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Aug 19, 2020 12:31:02 GMT
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It's not just car clubs that 'have problems' attracting new members; I have seen it across many areas of interest including railways. It all depends if the Club/Organisation has allowed two or more people to develop a 'clique' and then move into the Committee; that can radiate down through the membership and if you "don't fit" the clique, you'll never get anywhere. It can also happen further 'down' the membership, especially if money gets involved (from one car club I was in, some of the Committee were basically sponging off the club lining their own pockets with 'spares' and 'cars', making sure they were first contact points and having fingers in everything - it all got very, very messy and nearly killed the Club until one of the founders waded in with their big boots on). Thanks to a sort of decentralisation process, the Club is now thriving. The fact people 'don't get on' is a socialogical problem promoted by, for the main part, education and media. I was chatting with an old school friend a few weeks ago who used to lecture at a university and now doesn't, because he "didn't have the right attitude to society" - basically he had different views to the "accepted normality" and life was made difficult. As he said, years ago higher education was a melting pot of different views and attitudes to life and not everybody agreed with everybody else, but you got on with it and learned to accept (but not necessarily agree with) the differing views. Today, unless you "toe the line", you're done, and that is a destructive sickness permeating the whole of society. Sadly, though, it often takes an 'outsider' to look at an organisational set-up to see where the problems lie and if the problems are systemic and deep rooted (my favourite one is "I was in this club before you were thought of, boy!" - which is probably why you have three committee members left and a bunch of 'in for a year' members....) they won't be accepted with any grace. No one person is bigger than their organisation, but that is sadly overlooked, especially to "keep them quiet". It isn't an easy call and there are many facets to the problem, but it is good to see it being seriously debated at last.
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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When the Mrs moped (completely rebuilt) was nicked and then we found it again three months later, it went to Copart and they slapped a B on it. When I asked why, they stated it was "anything over a certain age gets broken up". P*ss*d me right off, that did.....
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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If it is the same Jatco box as per the 75, there is plenty of info on keeping them in rude health on the 75/ZT forums. The Rover 400/45/MGZS is a forgotten package of brilliance. And remember, that V6 was powering the MGZS in the BTCC - oh to hear that howl as they ran into the chicane at Donington....
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Last time I went there the treewalk was still in! Amazing to think that you could sail a ship up to the watergate as closely as the 1500's... anyway, thats off topic (a bit). Always had an eclectic mix of vehicles there including the 'racing cars' from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for many years. Great to see the more modern (but rapidly vanishing) stuff in there. I feel a trip out soon...
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Jul 26, 2020 20:55:18 GMT
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I bought some green paint and started to get the Steam Heat van looking a bit cared for.....Then I ran out of paint! We used to have a small fleet at Gt Yarmouth and Norwich of those things, but they were 'in house' builds at March depot so were slab-sided affirs. Many a time the first London or Birmingham sets would be shunted across to Thorpe station with one of the vans boiling merrily away next to the shunter.
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Last Edit: Jul 26, 2020 21:02:21 GMT by marinanut
Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Jul 23, 2020 20:23:06 GMT
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When finished drive it like this Just had an eargasm over that - three top engine sounds in my opinion are Rolls Royce Merlin, EE 12CSVT and 6R4 V6, but not necessarily in that order! I will be following this build closely!
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Jul 12, 2020 19:42:46 GMT
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If you're charging 7.4v batteries to 5v then they will die off. Get a proper charger for the batteries, you won't regret it.
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Jun 21, 2020 20:35:15 GMT
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The odd fuel tank mystery turned out to be Duck Oil, four and a half gallons of it! It'll come in useful I suppose... Anyway, after a bit of emailing and asking the right questions, the parcels company finally delivered the new wiper motor via Airdrie and three weeks late. At least I got it. I quickly whipped out the old one and rewired the lead for the new one as the old one had a five pin plug, the new one a four pin with flying earth. Bolted back in and I had a nice, quiet wiper motor - so, on to the linkages. I had a rummage in some of my workshop drawers and found a female rose joint, M6 size. looking at the size, it certainly looked like fitting a rose instead of the plastic bearing would work so once again Bay of Fleas came to the rescue with a M6 male rose joint and rubber boot winging their way east. It didn't take long to cut the old bearing off the wiper arm, drill it, tap it, modify the boot and fit the rose into place swamped in grease. I then cut the old plastic bearing off the main link, leaving a stub of internals which got drilled and tapped M6. The rose went into the main link, set roughly up and finally bolted down resulting in a lovely smooth wiper action. All for £6! So, that concluded the voting on the electrical system with a maximum points on everything required. Now, once the patio gets cleared (again), the Golden Shot will arrive for stripping (something I really don't want to do, but needs must unless someone wants a complete MGF as a swap for an engine/gearbox/drive shafts and ECU....??).
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Last Edit: Jun 21, 2020 20:36:06 GMT by marinanut
Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Jun 17, 2020 18:21:02 GMT
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Worth very little, but very capable Q cars (143Bhp) Rover 200/25Gti Starting to make movement upwards now, but as rare as the bubble 200...
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Last Edit: Jun 17, 2020 18:21:53 GMT by marinanut
Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Jun 15, 2020 20:12:20 GMT
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I rescued a 416Sli a couple of years ago - 19K from new on a J plate. Honda engine, once serviced and a new cambelt (very twitchy bum driving home...) it drove like a new car. Had to move it on; really wish I hadn't but SWMBO said so...
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Jun 14, 2020 18:47:12 GMT
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Emptied the fuel tank today; it definately wasn't diesel in there.......hmmmm.
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Jun 12, 2020 19:19:15 GMT
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I'd had a look at the wiper motor; it looked like the anchor for the Titanic so I happened upon one on the Bay of Fleas for a reasonable sum. A quick BIN and I sat back and waited..... and waited....and waited. Hermes strikes again! this and another item from a completely different area both AWOL. Globbits! What did turn up helped a bit - a new washer motor (standard Mini) and squirters, new bonnet stops and a few pieces of interesting paper to help with the K series install (hopefully). I got stuck in and started stripping old engine mounts and pipework out of the engine area, then had another look at the wiper motor. Suffice to say, a couple of hours spannering, battering, oiling, greasing, swearing and finally rebuilding got it going - once plugged in I had life! (okay it sounds cross between a cement mixer with bricks in it and an asthmatic garden strimmer but it works!) Then the wiper mechanism fell apart. Time for a cuppa then.....
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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May 30, 2020 20:01:35 GMT
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Now THAT is very nice! Well done!
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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May 28, 2020 20:32:04 GMT
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I finally dug an old battery out of the shed, gave it 24hrs of E-Ons best (other power companies are available) and it held charge. So, armed with two Maestro manuals (one petrol, one diesel) and a photocopied Rover wiring diagram, I set to work getting the electrics back up and running. After much checking, tagging, finding out that those wires were different on the other diagrams, checking again, re-tagging and finally getting a better idea of what is under the bonnet, I headed on to get the rest working. Good start with the battery on - fan heater, radio, interior light, half the hazards, half a tank of diesel and squeaky noises from a bodged flasher unit.The next few hours were spent checking earths, connections, bulbs, fittings, plugs wiring, manuals, sanity.... until eventually I had a full house front and rear! As usual, after feeling pleased with myself, SWMBO appeared with a cuppa and the question "So what have you done today then??".... Great. So, sit rep is the wiper motor is unfunctional but everything else is in rude health. Further checks on that tomorrow, just to make sure its not the control unit gone pop.
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Last Edit: May 28, 2020 20:33:37 GMT by marinanut
Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Not much happening in the world of Project Minion, until I finally had a good dig in the garage and found the Haynes manual for the Maestro I knew I had - only to find it was an '83-85 issue and didn't even have the van in it. Globbits! A quick scoot round the bay of Fleas got a very late manual for not a lot; this has wiring for pre-85, post-86 petrol vans, not diesel, so I've been working slowly through the underbonnet identifying which wire is what and which diagram is needed. It looks like the 1.6 post-86 one is closest. Anyway, I also found someone had been damn lazy removing the lights at the front and had chopped the loom; once again a trip to the boxes found all the scrag ends of the wiring so that is the next task. Much easier to have photocopies.... I've also been using the nice weather to rub down and start building up the colour coat properly. Still a long way to go but it doesn't look like such a mess....(and I have to keep 'Er Indoors on side..)
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Last Edit: May 16, 2020 7:50:15 GMT by marinanut
Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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May 12, 2020 11:07:49 GMT
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The p38 Range Rover is an X5 in a party frock anyway, apart from the fact that the X5 would get stuck in a puddle / oooh controversy 😳 X5 is a 4x4 in a party frock and high heel slingback wellies, as are the majority of BMW 'X' variants. Range/Land Rovers of most variants can at least go over a kerb or through a deep puddle without having a hissy fit......
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Someone at work had the 1600 Sport - went like stink! So did the tinworms though.....
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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If John Jackson hadn't survived this, I wouldn't be here.... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southport_and_St_Anne%27s_lifeboats_disasterHe wasn't treated very well, as he was a survivor. I've researched the full story - it sort of kickstarted the RNLI into what it is properly today, as before this it was a rival for the beachmen's rescue craft. It still gives me mixed feelings....
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Seeing as the world has come to a grinding halt for various reasons, it has also halted any work on 37003 apart from stuff that can be done in the 'comfort' of our own workshops; so, I decided to have a bash at getting these little beauties sorted out - the intercoolers. Two of. Aluminium, brass and copper and according to one 'expert', a 'one man lift' complete with hernia. Luckily in my library of stuff is the necessary documentation, here printed out in A4 size just to give you an idea of how big these beggars are. I should have them all rebuilt and fully tested soon....
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Apr 27, 2020 19:44:19 GMT
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This popped up on Farceache....Hmmmm......
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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