Bren Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 15 minutes ago, sutty2006 said: Bargain. I’d imagine getting parts for that will be harder than getting parts for the Carlton. Hopefully it won’t end up on a banger track. Parts. And rot. Sadly it is easier to buy a good one. woodbine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted April 30 Author Share Posted April 30 2 minutes ago, Bren said: Parts. And rot. Sadly it is easier to buy a good one. Rot I can deal with. It’s sourcing parts that’s difficult 😥 tommytwo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 Captains log. Star date 180523. We had a fuel leak yesterday. I didn’t fully tighten up the tank sender bolts because I feared snapping them off was imminent. Nipping them up a bit more cured that problem. Along with a coolant leak from the main elbow to water pump, again, tightened the hose clamp up a bit. First meet of this year done. Pre 2000s daily driver meet. The caddy has a 6.5 v8 turbo diesel as fitted to Humvees that me and a mate shoe horned in one day 👌 NorfolkNWeigh, woodbine, uk_senator and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 7 hours ago, sutty2006 said: The caddy has a 6.5 v8 turbo diesel as fitted to Humvees that me and a mate shoe horned in one day I like, I like a lot. sutty2006 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted May 21 Author Share Posted May 21 Norton Autoextravaganza Burnside, mk2_craig, woodbine and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 Today I treated the Carlton to some new shoes. the fronts are 15 year old Firestone fire hawks. They still had the nobbles on when I received it. But I think it had sat on 4 flats for some time. The rears are 23 yr old Camacs and the captains side had begun to open up. Very perished and I didn’t trust them. I did the right thing and ordered Firestone multi hawks, which aren’t directional. £107 for 2. Wasn’t worth putting cheap shite hyfly on it. Grabbed a spare 30mins at the end of my shift to throw them on off with the camacs shiney rubber lovely job. Asimo, Wibble, Shite Ron and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 On 4/29/2023 at 7:00 PM, Bren said: On car and classic there is a V reg Royale saloon being auctioned. Been off the road since 1995. Bidding is up to £300. It's identical to the one I had. Now on ebay. Too much work for the new owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 I thought I had a wheel bearing on its way out. Turns out it must have been those old tyres! Scruffy Bodger, mk2_craig, Jenson Velcro and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 On 4/30/2023 at 7:03 PM, EyesWeldedShut said: Congratulations - I wondered where mine had gone. (Found out yesterday the barge is doing 22 mpg - told the wife it's doing 32 ) When my Mrs had a V8 Disco I used to sneak out and put the odd £20 in it, she couldn’t understand it when people would comment on the consumption, she told them it’s better than the diesel Espace she had before it! sutty2006 and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 On 5/21/2023 at 6:13 PM, sutty2006 said: Norton Autoextravaganza There looks a lot more than 20ish years between the Carlton and PA, by Comparison a 2003 Vectra and a new Insignia aren’t much different. sutty2006 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 12 minutes ago, NorfolkNWeigh said: There looks a lot more than 20ish years between the Carlton and PA, by Comparison a 2003 Vectra and a new Insignia aren’t much different. We aren’t developing as quickly as we did during the 70s-90s that’s for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted May 25 Author Share Posted May 25 I’ve been toying with fuel economy. I can’t afford to fill the tank yet. Infact no, I lie. I DARE NOT fill the tank yet, it’ll probably leak. They all do. I have done a very rough calculation on fuel economy. I put 14L of e10 in last week when the gauge gets to “uh oh!” and reset the trip. Done just about 80 miles until the gauge reached “uh oh!” again. That equates to 28mpg….and that’s round town/going to work… which is 4 miles each way. I’d say 28 is about right for one of these. Especially with a shift-o-matic! danthecapriman, Lacquer Peel, RayMK and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibble Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Sounds bloody good to me for an old auto on short trips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted May 27 Author Share Posted May 27 On 5/25/2023 at 8:58 PM, Wibble said: Sounds bloody good to me for an old auto on short trips. Yes. And my plan worked. I had threatened 12 months ago to push this into daily service as the fuel economy is comparable to the A6 Allroad round town. Yet diesel was loads more expensive than petrol. now, petrol is becoming more expensive than diesel again. you can thank me later. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJK 24 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 On 5/25/2023 at 8:58 PM, Wibble said: Sounds bloody good to me for an old auto on short trips. Definitely is. I had a W124 230E automatic and you’d have to drive very carefully to get 25mpg on short journeys. A steady motorway cruise got 31mpg absolute max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted May 31 Author Share Posted May 31 Something arrived in the post. Nearly a game of pass the parcel…. Plan is now, to have the front valence repaired and painted. Then fit the lower trim. I really want to fit it now…….. but I might hold on yet. lisbon_road, woodbine, Rust Collector and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted Thursday at 07:57 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 07:57 PM Have spoken to my body shop man. Going to take it over to him on Monday so he can have a look at what I need doing. Should have it done for next month hopefully. going to have this addressed too. tooSavvy, woodbine, Wibble and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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