Talk about your cars etc here. Keep it sort of sensible and on topic please.
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by PhilA » Mon Dec 14, 2020 2:37 pm
Drum wrote: ↑ Sat Dec 12, 2020 11:36 am
I've been watching these working on steep, difficult ground in 3 feet of mud. Some machines.
These things are fun to watch too.
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Tank? Excavator? Boat? You decide!
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by mercrocker » Mon Dec 14, 2020 3:02 pm
Is that for the Bayou/Swamp areas?
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by PhilA » Mon Dec 14, 2020 3:22 pm
mercrocker wrote: ↑ Mon Dec 14, 2020 3:02 pm
Is that for the Bayou/Swamp areas?
Yeah, basically it's a semi-floaty semi-amphibious base for a regular caterpillar digger. Gives you an idea of scale, the one in that picture has a long reach arm and the standard middle-size thin bucket.
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by Hooli » Mon Dec 14, 2020 3:34 pm
Which makes me think of this
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by Drum » Mon Dec 14, 2020 10:28 pm
Yesterday I attempted to deal with the child's polo and its unopenable rear door.
It's a shit job trying to get the door card off with the door closed. Lots of levering and wrestling finally saw it give up the fight.
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The metal panel has the window winder mechanism attached and the glass had to be disconnected from the mechanism.
This stage didnt go too well.
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Fucking bastard.
With the panel out of the way, I could drill a hole in the door frame and release the lock.
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A replacement glass arrives tomorrow. £26 including postage. Bet it's a cunt of a job to fit. New locking mechanism ordered too.
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by Tam » Mon Dec 14, 2020 10:40 pm
Drum wrote: ↑ Mon Dec 14, 2020 10:28 pm
Yesterday I attempted to deal with the child's polo and its unopenable rear door.
It's a shit job trying to get the door card off with the door closed. Lots of levering and wrestling finally saw it give up the fight.
20201213_105750.jpg
The metal panel has the window winder mechanism attached and the glass had to be disconnected from the mechanism.
This stage didnt go too well.
20201213_111100.jpg
Fucking bastard.
With the panel out of the way, I could drill a hole in the door frame and release the lock.
20201213_121544.jpg
A replacement glass arrives tomorrow. £26 including postage. Bet it's a cunt of a job to fit. New locking mechanism ordered too.
Not saying it is relevant but that big fuck off hammer appeared after the glass broke?
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by Eddie Honda » Mon Dec 14, 2020 11:07 pm
Aye, looks like he went Ballistic Bob on it.
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by panhard65 » Tue Dec 15, 2020 12:10 am
Those VW door locks are a bastard I had a front one jam on a Skoda Fabia and the easiest way to deal with it was to smash the solenoid off it with a big fuck off screwdriver. The locks are bloody expensive though about 180 quid if I remember correctly.
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by xtriple » Tue Dec 15, 2020 12:25 am
Noticed the other day that the drivers' door handle was a tad 'sticky' so finally feeling bit healthier, I went out with a can of WD40 and sprayed every hinge and handle I could find. Made a right mess of course as I am a clumsy cackhanded twat and the wind was blowing at about 90mph!
Was going to investigate why the car is making a moaning/whirring noise from the front/pulley/belt area. However, it was cold and the wind was blowing hard so I gave it a miss (I'll pay Panhard to investigate when he gets the lovely opportunity to work on my car next year - this may be news to him...) and then when I took the dogs out and also when I went to the shops, it didn't bloody do it anyway!
Problem seems to be, the driver I fear. I get tired really easily now and walking the dogs (well, Chester takes himself for a walk and I kill myself trying to play ball with Phoebe) absolutely ruins me and then I tend to hear every noise and squeak about ten times its real volume.
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by Drum » Tue Dec 15, 2020 12:34 am
Tam wrote: ↑ Mon Dec 14, 2020 10:40 pm
Drum wrote: ↑ Mon Dec 14, 2020 10:28 pm
Yesterday I attempted to deal with the child's polo and its unopenable rear door.
It's a shit job trying to get the door card off with the door closed. Lots of levering and wrestling finally saw it give up the fight.
20201213_105750.jpg
The metal panel has the window winder mechanism attached and the glass had to be disconnected from the mechanism.
This stage didnt go too well.
20201213_111100.jpg
Fucking bastard.
With the panel out of the way, I could drill a hole in the door frame and release the lock.
20201213_121544.jpg
A replacement glass arrives tomorrow. £26 including postage. Bet it's a cunt of a job to fit. New locking mechanism ordered too.
Not saying it is relevant but that big fuck off hammer appeared after the glass broke?
It's relevant!