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It's not naughty in the slightest from retropowers perspective. They are paid by a customer to build a car to a spec, the paperwork side is nothing to do with them. If you pay a bodyshop to respray your car they don't register the colour change with the DVLA, if you pay a garage to change your engine they don't register the new engine number/cc. It's the registered keepers responsibility to log all changed details with the DVLA, not the company who do the work. And trust, there's a hell of a lot more people who build their own cars who are "a bit naughty" than the few people a year who have their cars built by retropower. I get that they are a big company in the scene, but it's a bit silly people bringing their name into it when that side of things is absolutely nothing to do with them. So do they explain to the customers before starting the conversion that the car will never be able to be registered properly under its new identity? I'm not entirely sure how you expect me to know what's said between a customer and business owner during private meetings, but... Given we've never see a customer of theirs come out complaining about spending £500k having a car built by them and now not being able to register it properly, it's safe to assume that's the case eh?
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Last Edit: Apr 21, 2024 9:33:10 GMT by roccoguy
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Mar 30, 2024 19:53:02 GMT
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A couple of mates have p****d about and missed out on buying tickets, has anyone got any weekend tickets they no longer need that they would sell?
Cheers
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Last Edit: Mar 30, 2024 19:53:24 GMT by roccoguy
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Mar 26, 2024 16:02:22 GMT
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Has the system ever been flushed out? I've seen this before, but only when someone put screenwash into the header tank (no, really). The other thing is, how good are the heaters? If the BX is like 205, 106s an 306s, they really do need to be bled properly, so as to remove airlocks. The biggest giveaway tends to be a poor heating system. Best way to do it on a 106 and 306 is to brim the coolant right to the neck of the header tank, with the car facing nose up on an incline. Then hit the bleed points as follows: -Thermostat (an allen head screw) -Heater matrix (tends to be a thumb screw) -Sometimes the rad has one, but that tends to be BMWs IME. Yeah I've dropped the coolant a couple of times (repairing a split hose and then when I replaced the stuck thermostat). The last time I did it I ran coolant flush through it beforehand and emptied the whole system when replacing the water pump at the weekend. It did seem like there was some sort of contamination originally because the coolant was getting very frothy. That problem seems to of died right down now since flushing it. There is evidence of some sort of rad weld in the coolant. The lad I bought it off said the head gasket was gone when he got it so he replaced it. I can't help but wonder if he had the same issue I'm having and couldn't fix it, wrongly thinking it was HG failure. The heaters are probably the best I've ever had in a car (granted most of my cars have been old sheds). They get hot and they do so quickly. I've bled the system at the thermostat and the rad bleed screws, I didn't realise there was one on the heater matrix so I'll have a look for that in a little 👍
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Mar 26, 2024 15:47:43 GMT
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You do know that all RHD French cars are just revenge for Waterloo and since the 1980's it's been psychological, rather than direct action? I'm quickly starting to realise this 🤣
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Mar 25, 2024 18:14:53 GMT
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Bit of an update post with some videos for reference So this is what's going on in the header tank. Lots of bubbles at idle, hold the revs up and they go away, once it drops back to idle it takes a little while for them to appear again I redid the combustion test and again it came back clear And then I used the test on the exhaust to confirm it was working Again it's been sat idling for over an hour with no issues whatsoever. Coolant system has pressurised with the cap on, but not over pressurising. Fans kicking in fine and the temp is sitting nicely. No sign of any Coolant leaks at all. All I can think is something (maybe a hose) isn't quite sealing right but is sitting in a way that for some reason is only allowing it to suck air in and not let Coolant out. Once the coolant system is pressurised it won't let it suck any air in. If that is the case it's not something I've seen before but I guess it's not impossible. I'll run it and see what happens. I'll update this thread if I ever get to the bottom of it in case it helps anyone else in the future
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Mar 25, 2024 18:02:47 GMT
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Bubbles in your header tank could mean the coolant is boiling probably by restricted flow around the cylinder furthest from the radiator, head gasket passages blocked etc. I bet if you drove it very hard in hot weather it would boil over. Until then enjoy driving it. If that was the case it would take a minute or so for the bubbles to appear from cold. That isn't the case tho, they are there as soon as it fires up. They also go away when the revs are held and stay gone for a short time after it returns to idle. Give me a min and I'll make another post with some videos in I made today showing what's going on
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Mar 24, 2024 23:33:13 GMT
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It's not naughty in the slightest from retropowers perspective. They are paid by a customer to build a car to a spec, the paperwork side is nothing to do with them. If you pay a bodyshop to respray your car they don't register the colour change with the DVLA, if you pay a garage to change your engine they don't register the new engine number/cc. It's the registered keepers responsibility to log all changed details with the DVLA, not the company who do the work. And trust, there's a hell of a lot more people who build their own cars who are "a bit naughty" than the few people a year who have their cars built by retropower. I get that they are a big company in the scene, but it's a bit silly people bringing their name into it when that side of things is absolutely nothing to do with them. Did I touch a nerve? It may not be Retropower responsibility to build and IVA. But my point still stands that the vehicle should get all their ducks in row and have it properly registered. Whether thats the failing of a company that carries out the work or just bloody mindedness, I don't know 😕 Also means its more difficult for someone like the OP asking about IVA, when someone like myself thinks "wait a minute, that company built one of those, they would surely know what needs to be done" and its seemingly completely irrelevant No nerve touched, I'm just pointing out that the finger is being pointed in the wrong direction. What retropower or anyone else does or doesn't do has zero effect on the difficulty of someone else building a car. There are rules you need to build your car to if you want it to pass, those rules are available for anyone who wants to follow them. As for the ducks in a row, again that's nothing to do with the company doing the work unless the customer asks for them to line the ducks up. Customer tells the company what they want, company builds them what they want and takes their money. I'm fairly sure that with this sort of thing the discussion will take place about what "should be done", but if the customer isn't interested in that, then that's down to them, not the company. Which is probably why they "dodge" the question when it comes up, its not their responsibility but I'm sure they also don't want to publicly out someone who's just paid them a lot of money. Should cars be built properly? Yes Are most modified cars built properly? Probably not going off how many heavily modified cars I see still wearing their original regs... but that's non of my business.
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Mar 24, 2024 21:03:12 GMT
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The "special loophole" is that it isn't up to retropower to inform the DVLA of changes made to the cars, that's the responsibility of the registered keeper. Well, thats a bit naughty! And also rubbish for the rest that want to do the right thing if there's however many cars radically altered by them and not properly registered Makes the whole process misleading for those that want to do it the right way It's not naughty in the slightest from retropowers perspective. They are paid by a customer to build a car to a spec, the paperwork side is nothing to do with them. If you pay a bodyshop to respray your car they don't register the colour change with the DVLA, if you pay a garage to change your engine they don't register the new engine number/cc. It's the registered keepers responsibility to log all changed details with the DVLA, not the company who do the work. And trust, there's a hell of a lot more people who build their own cars who are "a bit naughty" than the few people a year who have their cars built by retropower. I get that they are a big company in the scene, but it's a bit silly people bringing their name into it when that side of things is absolutely nothing to do with them.
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Mar 24, 2024 15:07:42 GMT
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I know the go to reply is gonna be head gasket, but hear me out...
So I've got an xud7 powered BX. I bought it with a split coolant hose caused by it touching the exhaust. I fixed that, bleed it up, noticed some bubbles in the header tank but everything else was fine so I decided its probably a bit of trapped air and I'll send it and see what happens. After a month of daily driving it with no issues at all the coolant over pressurises and blows coolant out of the cap. The thermostat was stuck shut so I replaced that, bled it up and once again bubbles in the header tank.
The engine runs spot on, no missing, fires up fine from cold, I've done a sniff test and cones back clear of combustion gases. A mate suggested it could be the water pump failing and sucking air in through the seal. It did have a funny noise from that area and the cam belt was sitting funny on the pulleys which could tye into that. Once off it was clear the WP bearings had failed, so replaced it all, bled it up and still a constant flow of bubbles in the header tank.
So before I pull the head is there anything I'm missing here that could cause this? There's no EGR on this engine, seems to be a very basic coolant system. It's just the fact theres no other symptoms of HG failure which I'd expect with this amount of bubbles coming through.
So to summarise Lots of bubbles in header tank Bubbles go away when revs held up No misfiring Starts fine even cold No white smoke from exhaust (other than a bit of diesel smoke) Engine runs sweet as a nut Coolant system works fine. I've left it idling for near 3 hours solid with the cap on. Fan kicked in and out as it should, temp sat between about 84/87° with the fan kicking in/out. No over pressurising of the coolant system. Just a steady stream of bubbles at idle with the cap off.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated 👍
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Mar 24, 2024 12:01:41 GMT
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Rust encapsulator is just phosphoric acid with an acrylic binder. Doesn't really do anything special. What i would do is brush/spray some phosphoric acid on effected areas (after ruffing them up with a wire brush if possible). Leave that to dry then Id them probably put a bit of rattle can zinc primer over and coat with some rust protection like dinitrol/bilt hamber. We use "PH down" to remove rust on panels at work, it's 81% phosphoric acid and readily available. It doesn't flash rust when you wash it off with water afterwards so you have time to dry it down properly.
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Mar 24, 2024 11:52:19 GMT
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Well, they did. But it hasn't had BIVA or IVA, as the reg number on the Moggy comes up as Morris Minor still, and just been MOT'd Wonder if they have some special loophole to work around, being a big company that has done a few conversions already 🤔 (Maybe not the Minor, but I've checked a previous body swap build of theirs, and its still the original ID) the special loophole is using an mot and tax exempt vehicle and using that to hide behind, i’d look at the tax checker website to see if they have changed the CC etc , but as you know ignorance is bliss for some people The "special loophole" is that it isn't up to retropower to inform the DVLA of changes made to the cars, that's the responsibility of the registered keeper.
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Feb 12, 2024 21:57:26 GMT
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Miles since Also! Bonus bonus shot of a Paul Smith inspired Ford Scorpio limousine that was parked up near an engineering workshop in Nuneaton where I dropped off my MGB engine block 2 weeks ago, it looks like someone daily drives this and I can completely understand why, practical and stylish. How strange, i stumble on this thread and find a pic of a mates old car in it Anyway sorry if this brings back nightmares but...
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Oct 29, 2021 17:56:07 GMT
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Hi, Absolutely, i agree. We have seen cars brought back from worse by talented people like Tonybmw, although not all are that good. If panel supply is good it's easier, however I don't personally know what it's like for Mk4 Escorts. What I was surprised at was that DVLA acted, on the face of it, on just advert pics. Having looked at the DVLA site earlier the reg comes back as 'not found'. So that seems an end to it, well that car anyway. Is this a sign of things to come, one can only hope. Colin I think this might be an anomolie as the car still shows up on the check MOT site. If the DVLA do act on this to cancel the V5 that would be a very dangerous precedent, while the car is almost certainly too far gone to be worth doing that might not always be the case and if panels are available to repair it then it might become worth saving at some point. If the DVLA start making these decisions then for cars where it is worth rebuilding it from this kind of condition where does that leave us? If there are concerns the best thing to do would be for the DVLA to inspect it once finished and ask for photographic evidence of thew rebuild.
As a case in point on another forum I frequent a very tallented guy is rebuilding a mini van and a mini pickup which were far worse than the escort in the pictures, on the van the front had literally rotted off it and it was in two pieces, with the aid of a lot of new panels it is being fully restored and will undoubtedly be like new once finished.
In the eyes of the DVLA a car needs to keep a certain amount of its original bits to be able to retain it's ID (it works on a points system). Given that there are no orginal bits on it and the shell is way past saving (there's not on salvageable panel on it from what I can see?) Its no wonder the DVLA would cancel the log book. If it was a complete but totally rotten car you'd have every right to keep the logbook live as you could legally reshell it if you could find a new unregistered shell (A lot easier for some cars than others) and use enough of the bits. I assume almost totally rebuilding the shell with new panels would also be fine?
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Oct 26, 2021 12:02:58 GMT
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Rs turbo for "restoration"
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Mar 18, 2021 13:10:12 GMT
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Do they have to be 15"? I've got a set of 16" off a golf I bought a bit back
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This has just popped up for sale on Facebook market place. Had to do a quick search because I couldn't remember if it had been recovered after it was stolen m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/392118165459607/?ref=browse_tab&tracking=%7B"qid"%3A"6905520275336018866"%2C"mf_story_key"%3A"3516018718482090"%2C"commerce_rank_obj"%3A"%7B%5C"target_id%5C"%3A3516018718482090%2C%5C"target_type%5C"%3A0%2C%5C"primary_position%5C"%3A244%2C%5C"ranking_signature%5C"%3A14357495849943040%2C%5C"commerce_channel%5C"%3A501%2C%5C"value%5C"%3A1.1798342553826e-8%2C%5C"upsell_type%5C"%3Anull%7D"%7D
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Nov 27, 2020 22:23:08 GMT
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I'm not sure what's going on but for some reason the desktop version is barely usable on my android phone.
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Nov 25, 2020 21:20:04 GMT
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Nov 25, 2020 21:09:46 GMT
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Very cool - pic of fail sheet would be helpful.
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