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- Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:36 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Sub Par Cars
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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...
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 9:19 am
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Sub Par Cars
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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....
- Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:03 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Sub Par Cars
- Replies: 506
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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 ...
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:27 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Sub Par Cars
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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...
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 4:15 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Sub Par Cars
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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...
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 4:12 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Sub Par Cars
- Replies: 506
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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...
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:15 am
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Sub Par Cars
- Replies: 506
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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...
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 9:19 am
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Stupid questions about motorised conveyances
- Replies: 1294
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This thing is old enough it doesn't even have freewheeling hubs on the front.
Might give it a hard staring at today sometime.
Might give it a hard staring at today sometime.
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:57 am
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Stupid questions about motorised conveyances
- Replies: 1294
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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...
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 8:13 am
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Stupid questions about motorised conveyances
- Replies: 1294
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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 ...