Low mpg won't help. 55 plate so cheaper tax though!
Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 8:11 pm
by Scruffy Bodger
SiC wrote: ↑Mon Jan 13, 2020 8:06 pm
Low mpg won't help. 55 plate so cheaper tax though!
It'll be a high days and holidays car, unless he decides to drive it to his place in Portugal, which I wouldn't put past him lol. Cheaper tax is definitely a bonus though! He's got the MGBGT too so will be spoilt for choice come the better weather.
Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2020 1:20 am
by John F
I helped a mate remove the Watt's linkage from his 2001 Disco TD5 to replace all the bushes in it.
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The three centre bushes were steel, as per usual. The two outer ones that bolted to the body had a polyurethane outer shell, and they were a bastard to press in. It wasn't possible to use a suitably-sized socket to press them in on the rim as per usual, as the PU started to mushroom & split when they were about half way in. He'd paid £160 for the set of five bushes, so we couldn't afford a fuck-up.
Right, special tool required. Rummaging around the unit revealed a couple of pieces of flat plate with a suitably-dimensioned hole in the middle to shim the assembly up so the pressing force could be applied to the entire mass of the bush. That did the trick.
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I've never seen PU bushes like this on a vehicle before, mainly because I choose to own low-tech 20th century stuff. Is this sort of thing normal nowadays?
Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2020 11:09 am
by The Reverend Bluejeans
I sold my Z3.
Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2020 11:30 am
by John F
Good price?
Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2020 8:59 pm
by SiC
To the scrapyard?
Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:03 pm
by Hooli
SiC wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 8:59 pmTo the scrapyard?
I heard they refused it.
Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 12:16 am
by The Reverend Bluejeans
Bought for £650, sold for £1100. I hate them but knew there were wages in it.
Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 1:07 am
by bub2006
Had an extended test drive from Wednesday through till Saturday on a new car. As much as I love the ioniq I'm having major difficulties of late getting out of it with it being low to the floor. Test drive has been taken in a little big suv with a 1.5 3 cylinder turbocharged engine which develops around 135-140 bhp. The test car has a few issues I dont like,namely the sport package which gives it low profile tyres on 18 inch rims,bucket seats and stiff suspension coupled with a quite heavy clutch. The model I would choose would have proper seats,soft suspension and an automatic gearbox. I am still lying awake trying to decide on what to do.