tooSavvy Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Would a suitable length of pipe.... and a doubled over length of strimmer string = make a noose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camryv6 Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 14 minutes ago, tooSavvy said: Would a suitable length of pipe.... and a doubled over length of strimmer string = make a noose? I know it is bad but no need to kill himself !! tooSavvy, Reluctant Adult, beko1987 and 13 others 4 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommyboy12 Posted September 21, 2021 Author Share Posted September 21, 2021 1 hour ago, tooSavvy said: Would a suitable length of pipe.... and a doubled over length of strimmer string = make a noose? Good idea. Might try that later! Although I do have one of those little grabber claw tools on the way. I've read a few cases of this happening on the VW forums (It's a Golf/Scirocco gearbox). A lot of people leave them in there and let the gearbox mulch it as it's 100% plastic and change the oil after a few thousand miles. I'd like to try and pull it out if possible but I've ordered a replacement gear anyway for a whole £4.50. If it is all plastic I suspect that the cable peg has chewed up the slot in the gear anyway so it'll be replaced regardless of if I can actually remove it. tooSavvy and somewhatfoolish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommyboy12 Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 The right tool for the job definitely helps! Theres a snapped piece of the Speedo cable jammed inside and the nub at the end is meant to be smooth and round so I think we can definitely say a replacement is needed. JMotor, Fumbler, tooSavvy and 16 others 18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommyboy12 Posted September 24, 2021 Author Share Posted September 24, 2021 Finally got the new Speedo drive in the post. Definitely needed replacing based on the wear. I only dropped the new one into the depths of the gearbox three times trying to fit it and the new cable... Lucky I bought a claw tool! Two litres of fresh SAE 80 hypoid gear oil. I even went for the good stuff! Also fitted a cigarette lighter so I can charge my phone on the long trip. Wiring it straight to the battery is fine right? Found a grim hand wipe in the back of the glovebox... Conrad D. Conelrad, theshadow, Dick Longbridge and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liggle Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Are you doing some sort of rally in this @Tommyboy12? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommyboy12 Posted September 24, 2021 Author Share Posted September 24, 2021 Just now, Liggle said: Are you doing some sort of rally in this @Tommyboy12? @sharley17194and I are doing Lands End to John O'Groats next week! I've driven this a grand total of 20 miles and I'm about to do 2,500+ miles in a car that's not had an MOT for 11 years 😅 timolloyd, binhoker668, Talbot and 26 others 25 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 What, as they say, could possibly go wrong? cort1977, tooSavvy and Tommyboy12 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Shh, don't tell him - it'll be a nice* surprise! Seriously though, good for you @Tommyboy12 - is it for chaidee? Hope you'll have time to do a live thread on the journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMotor Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Nice work! Plus those claw tools are WELL worth the money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommyboy12 Posted September 24, 2021 Author Share Posted September 24, 2021 2 hours ago, High Jetter said: Shh, don't tell him - it'll be a nice* surprise! Seriously though, good for you @Tommyboy12 - is it for chaidee? Hope you'll have time to do a live thread on the journey. No charity. Just something we wanted to do. Doing it right in the middle of this mess with petrol stations seems wise... Low Horatio gearbox, anonymous user and binhoker668 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Perfect* timing! Proper AS. Tommyboy12 and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 6 hours ago, Tommyboy12 said: @sharley17194and I are doing Lands End to John O'Groats next week! I've driven this a grand total of 20 miles and I'm about to do 2,500+ miles in a car that's not had an MOT for 11 years 😅 Hopefully you'll actually be able to obtain enough petrol..... Tommyboy12, tooSavvy and Rab 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binhoker668 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 What a stunner! Great thread too. Following avidly. Cheers and good luck boyo!! tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 7 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Hopefully you'll actually be able to obtain enough petrol..... Aye.... SuziQ is on 50% and I'm not going anywhere.... Might be 'oh! did I miss something?' next time I need a top-up. Thank Fuc# 😱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommyboy12 Posted September 25, 2021 Author Share Posted September 25, 2021 Well I took the Montego to the shops this morning for food (past all the petrol station queues). Montego has about £30 in it which is now the main mode of transport as my daily is dry and no fuel around here now. Speedo repair lasted all of 1 or 2 miles before it died again. Once I got home I took the Speedo cable out again. There were bits of Speedo gear floating in the oil... The cable was seized so clearly it was the fault of the Speedo itself. Stripped down the Speedo. I love this design. It's just so retro. Took the Speedo unit out. It was very stiff on the drive input. Found a new unit on eBay for a tenner which I've ordered but in the interim I drowned it in wd40. Worked it loose by hand. Then stuck the Speedo in a drill and drowned it in more wd40 while I spun it round. It now is loose and still works! However it ticks which it didn't do before... I suspect I'll be changing it for the new one I bought at some point. High Jetter, Peter C, Dyslexic Viking and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 As @Zelandeth found with his BX, WD40 is probably the worst thing you can lubricate* an instrument display with..... tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommyboy12 Posted September 25, 2021 Author Share Posted September 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: As @Zelandeth found with his BX, WD40 is probably the worst thing you can lubricate* an instrument display with..... It'll do in the interim until the new Speedo arrives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: As @Zelandeth found with his BX, WD40 is probably the worst thing you can lubricate* an instrument display with..... 3-in-1 is ABSOLUTELY not to be put in Sturmey Archer bike gear mech!! I murmured possibility my SA may be a bit graunchy (bike had been in back of a garage for years...) and I got 'flamed' for NOT SAYING what I would use >> noob error 3-in-1 presumed by cog*nicete 😱 My own "hello everyone" new thread then got PosterBombed, by a couple of foreskin pullers, arguing the merit/demerits of WD-40.... as a lubricant/not. I hadn't mentioned it in any words of mine... *FWIW .... I bought a lovely 'pipper-dropper' of sewing machine oil, to administer ONLY THREE drops, every couple of months use 😵. F...F...S... @CycleChat tom13, AxWomble, Coprolalia and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 We pulled this off Skye in 2018...it was crustier than toast.. timolloyd, privatewire, ProgRocker and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Rab said: We pulled this off Skye in 2018...its was crustier than toast.. Skye. Believe in better* High Jetter, Rab, Twiggy and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommyboy12 Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 Well I managed an actual proper drive in the Montego today to the BL rally at Milton Keynes Museum. A whole 101 miles without incident! Met a few fellow shiters at the show too. @quicksilver @Slowsilver @Six-cylinder It was nice too meet you all! It was definitely a conversation piece with people doing a double take at the engine bay 😂 Im now slightly more confident about lands end on Wednesday! Eyersey1234, Coprolalia, Tenmil Socket and 22 others 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Tommyboy12 said: Im now slightly more confident about lands end on Wednesday! I think you can be very confident about Lands End being where you expect it to be on Wednesday, I just hope the same can be said of your fine steed. Eyersey1234 and Tommyboy12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharley17194 Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 We will get to lands end on Wednesday. I have confidence... Tommyboy12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 maybe you could put some kind of itinerary on here for us to come out in droves to "cheer you along" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommyboy12 Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 45 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said: maybe you could put some kind of itinerary on here for us to come out in droves to "cheer you along" By all means! WEDNESDAY - LANDS END 9am - Leave Peterborough via A1 10am - Meet @sharley17194 at M1 Northampton services 11am - Meet @Six-cylinder at Cherwell Valley services on the M40 to drop off his Allegro wing. 4pm(ish) - Lands End via M40/M4 6pm - Overnight stop at Launceston THURSDAY - LANDS END TO TELFORD 8.30-9am - Leave Launceston and take the coast roads north 9.30am - Boscastle 12pm - Combe Martin 2pm - Bridgewater 3pm - Bristol via M4 5-6pm - Telford via M4/A442 FRIDAY - TELFORD TO PLOCKTON 8am - Leave overnight stop 10am - Pass Preston on M6 1pm - Pass Glasgow on M6 4pm - Fort William past Loch Lomond 6pm - Overnight stop at Plockton SATURDAY - NC500 PT1 8am - Leave Plockton 9.30am - Applecross Pass and hopefully not death 2pm - Ullapool 3pm - Kylesku Bridge 4pm - Durness 6pm - Overnight stop at Skail SUNDAY - NC500 PT2 & CAIRNGORMS 8am - Leave Skail 9.30am - John O Groats (Fingers crossed!) 12pm - Inverness via A9 2.30pm - Braemar through the lanes of the Cairngorms 4pm - Perth via Cairngorms 5.30pm - Edinburgh centre for our overnight stop. I hope that theres still some light as I'd like to try and get some shots with the castle. MONDAY - EDINBURGH TO PETERBOROUGH 10am - Lazy start 12pm - Newcastle 1.30pm - Wetherby 2.30pm - Doncaster 3pm - @sharley17194 breaks off for Nottingham 4.30pm - Peterborough and home! privatewire, Six-cylinder, Dyslexic Viking and 7 others 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 NOON..... ? Photo opportunity 'crossing the *toon bridge'? *Tyne (as seen on GNR, the other day) 🎥 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommyboy12 Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 19 minutes ago, tooSavvy said: NOON..... ? Photo opportunity 'crossing the *toon bridge'? *Tyne (as seen on GNR, the other day) 🎥 Dipping into Newcastle could be an option! tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 I had the great pleasure of seeing this fine beast in the flesh today and it really is pure autoshite through and through. It reminds me so much of how many old Montegos looked when I was at school in the late nineties and my favourite bit is the 1.3 badge on the back, a completely unnecessary detail but whoever did the transplant clearly wanted to show off that he had downgraded his Montego to a puny little engine! Low Horatio gearbox, Tommyboy12, privatewire and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharley17194 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 You missed Manchester.....we are collecting a bonnet! 14 hours ago, Tommyboy12 said: By all means! WEDNESDAY - LANDS END 9am - Leave Peterborough via A1 10am - Meet @sharley17194 at M1 Northampton services 11am - Meet @Six-cylinder at Cherwell Valley services on the M40 to drop off his Allegro wing. 4pm(ish) - Lands End via M40/M4 6pm - Overnight stop at Launceston THURSDAY - LANDS END TO TELFORD 8.30-9am - Leave Launceston and take the coast roads north 9.30am - Boscastle 12pm - Combe Martin 2pm - Bridgewater 3pm - Bristol via M4 5-6pm - Telford via M4/A442 FRIDAY - TELFORD TO PLOCKTON 8am - Leave overnight stop 10am - Pass Preston on M6 1pm - Pass Glasgow on M6 4pm - Fort William past Loch Lomond 6pm - Overnight stop at Plockton SATURDAY - NC500 PT1 8am - Leave Plockton 9.30am - Applecross Pass and hopefully not death 2pm - Ullapool 3pm - Kylesku Bridge 4pm - Durness 6pm - Overnight stop at Skail SUNDAY - NC500 PT2 & CAIRNGORMS 8am - Leave Skail 9.30am - John O Groats (Fingers crossed!) 12pm - Inverness via A9 2.30pm - Braemar through the lanes of the Cairngorms 4pm - Perth via Cairngorms 5.30pm - Edinburgh centre for our overnight stop. I hope that theres still some light as I'd like to try and get some shots with the castle. MONDAY - EDINBURGH TO PETERBOROUGH 10am - Lazy start 12pm - Newcastle 1.30pm - Wetherby 2.30pm - Doncaster 3pm - @sharley17194 breaks off for Nottingham 4.30pm - Peterborough and home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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