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by SubPar
Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:36 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Sub Par Cars
Replies: 506
Views: 97395

Re: Sub Par Cars

I've been busy. IMG_20240120_111421.jpg.e10cd724a196417721debde677898aab.jpg IMG_20240124_150900.jpg.d824709bee2be556738b20afece2c966.jpg IMG_20240201_115916.jpg.f7b2073c031db69e8e885458c84eee5d.jpg IMG_20240202_145058.jpg.9e266caaff0618b95f6ccc5b9f5ad3ed.jpg IMG_20240202_150230.jpg.6808317e3fad26b7...
by SubPar
Sun Nov 26, 2023 9:19 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Sub Par Cars
Replies: 506
Views: 97395

Re: Sub Par Cars

I don't think I'd ever buy a brand new Vauxhall or Peugeot. The Astra was bought as car.exe and it's actually nicer than I thought. I still think the last good Peugeots ended in 6. I really rate 1990s PSA group cars, but their newer stuff is indeed just landfill. I won't bother with another Renault....
by SubPar
Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:03 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Sub Par Cars
Replies: 506
Views: 97395

Re: Sub Par Cars

Got it running nicely after checking the valve clearances, adjusting the mixture and properly connecting up the choke. Even got it to stay in high range too. We both had a shot of it. Good fun, but no bodywork on a farm track in November = washing mud out from my teeth with a cup of tea. We loosely ...
by SubPar
Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:27 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Sub Par Cars
Replies: 506
Views: 97395

Re: Sub Par Cars

IMG_20231119_110124.jpg I like the driving seat I had a Series 1 and suspect yours may be more comfortable than the original fitted by Land Rover I used to drive a series 3, and that seat is still an upgrade. Completing the bodywork and fittings will definitely mark a downgrade in seating arrangeme...
by SubPar
Sun Nov 19, 2023 4:15 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Sub Par Cars
Replies: 506
Views: 97395

Re: Sub Par Cars

I also fired up the BMW earlier and took it down the track. Stomped the brakes a few times and it still seems alright. The Astra is tucked just inside the door so I don't need to defrost it daily, but a lot more junk needs cleared before I can stash the BMW in there. IMG_20231119_143145.jpg IMG_2023...
by SubPar
Sun Nov 19, 2023 4:12 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Sub Par Cars
Replies: 506
Views: 97395

Re: Sub Par Cars

Aye, the Clio was shit. The Astra is only marginally slower, about 5mpg worse but a hell of a lot more car. The Land Rover as it stands today, including the battery cutoff mounted on a bracket fabricated out of a piece of the old floor. We managed to get it into high range earlier. It seems that the...
by SubPar
Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:15 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Sub Par Cars
Replies: 506
Views: 97395

Re: Sub Par Cars

Hmm, what have I done in the past year? Sold the Civic, replaced it with a Ssangyong Rexton that I ran on waste vegetable oil. What a bucket of shit, and going by the state of the underside and the rear seatbelt mounts it had a hooky MOT. It went away in March / April sort of time, went through thre...
by SubPar
Sun Nov 19, 2023 9:19 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Stupid questions about motorised conveyances
Replies: 1285
Views: 98160

Re: Stupid questions about motorised conveyances

This thing is old enough it doesn't even have freewheeling hubs on the front.

Might give it a hard staring at today sometime.
by SubPar
Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:57 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Stupid questions about motorised conveyances
Replies: 1285
Views: 98160

Re: Stupid questions about motorised conveyances

Folk with experience of carbs, points, etc. I have need of your help. I've been helping with a series Land Rover. It has an erratic misfire on tickover (erratic as in not on every revolution of the engine), plus it backfires through the carb under load on more than about half throttle. It's running...
by SubPar
Fri Nov 17, 2023 8:13 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Stupid questions about motorised conveyances
Replies: 1285
Views: 98160

Re: Stupid questions about motorised conveyances

Folk with experience of carbs, points, etc. I have need of your help. I've been helping with a series Land Rover. It has an erratic misfire on tickover (erratic as in not on every revolution of the engine), plus it backfires through the carb under load on more than about half throttle. It's running ...