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I'm attending a "Ground Breaking" ceremony. Now, before you get all wide eyed with wonder at the speed with which I work, "ceremony" is the actual important word. Some politician or other, armed with a shiny spade will break the cheap plastic handle on a buried rock, get his picture taken and then go back to bed for five years, whilst we actually go through the process of building the thing, starting in 18 months! Still, gotta show willing, so I'll be off at zero dark o'clock to watch. Could be a laugh. This made me chuckle and reminded me of the ground breaking ceremony for the new office my company has just about finished (well, they built one of the buildings as both would have been too expensive! ). Local politician, maybe a junior minister for extra pizazz & various senior management scrabbling to get a photo in the local rag, all wearing Hi-vis and hard hats, holding a 7 handled spade (I kid you not). The local school children who were drafted in as marketing benefit background fillers weren't deemed worthy of any PPE for some reason... In other news, I hope the Jey-Ann situation works out all round.
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That's very neat, especially the lever arms to operate the switches. Please crack on!
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Volvo 940 or 850 T5mylittletony
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I've got a 940 turbo estate, but it's auto... std, scruffy but good underneath
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Dec 26, 2017 19:17:57 GMT
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I'm interested
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Volvo red block, 200/700/900 series, from 100-200hp (if you get a turbo and tweak it)
The AW70/71 in 900 series is pretty robust is you keep on top of fluid changes.
You'll get friendly with your petrol station though, 30mpg if you're really sensible.
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Dec 19, 2017 13:30:09 GMT
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The readers other modifications section is massively popular, why not just have another little sub heading for bikes? It can have projects and trading all under one small banner. I'm on your side on this one, there's a growing number of owners of both. There are a few threads on 'other mods' about bikes which stay, a few have been bought and sold on there too. I personally think it would be a benefit to the forum to have a small sub-section for 2 wheelers, including ads, because... ...there are loads of motorbike forums... ...but nothing that quite serves from an RR perspective. There's power ranger ones, super-rad-dude chopper ones, dirt bike ones, adventure rider ones, cafe racer ones, classic ones and make specific ones. The only remotely close one I can think of is the Bike Shed forum.thebikeshed.cc/ which is also pretty quiet... However, your ad was pulled because it was in the car parts for sale.
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Dec 19, 2017 10:11:55 GMT
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Dash IMO looks ok, but the flat centre console looks a bit hideous - not sure if you can make that look a bit more shapely or not? I entirely agree with this. I think the dash and gauge pod is actually quite suited to the Volvo, especially if you could trim in something suitably classy. A retro wheel like you posted will also help the disguise. If you can lose the plastic centre console and possibly replace with something more classic, I think you've won the battle. This is a mk1 Audi TT which has nice looking braces from the dash to the console: Or you could even go closer to the more floating dash of the P1800
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May I just ask how I go about hand priming the engine...?! most 205's ive seen used the remote filter head with a primer in the top of it, these are known to leak air. This is what I remember from mine, the filter canister in the engine bay had a button/plunger on the top. Did you have any luck over the weekend?
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Agree on the leak back issue. Mine would do this after a few days standing. After a prolonged break it needed hand priming before attempting to start.
That would be a good test, try hand priming it and see if it solves the issue
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Here's a France-wide search for "Dangel J5", seems the cheapest is €2000 right up to €12000. leboncoin
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Nov 29, 2017 13:29:53 GMT
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There are exceptions to the pre-01 rule, but if it's a standard C15 then I doubt it.
If you've dropped it over some tasty wheels and un-facelifted it back to 85 spec, then you might have more luck
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This excites me greatly
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Total weight 2233 Front 53.4% Rear 45.6% ... station wagon... Those figures must be pretty pleasing, will be a hoot once you're done! Station wagon?!?!? Shooting brake morelike...
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Nov 21, 2017 15:36:12 GMT
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I'm guessing the 4WD on these was originally intended to get them out of a moderately muddy field or similar situation, with the ground clearance & wheels it's wearing it wouldn't be suited to anything particularly challenging, (if you're after something a little more rugged that would lend itself to a camper conversion think Land Rover Forward Control, Unimog or similar). I guess it would be possible to upgrade running gear, suspension & wheels to improve off-road ability somewhat but would the end result be worth it? It would be like putting a whale-tail on a Reliant Robin. That's a bit cynical, ground clearance looks more than a van and tyres can be changed easily. A french fire service vehicle would have to tackle forest roads and far more rugged terrain than a muddy field. It looks comparable to a transit county or sprinter 4wd, both of which are fairly capable off road. Nowhere near a unimog, granted, but how often would you need their off road ability as a camper? Here's a camper conversion of a newer Ducato, by Dangel. www.dangel.com/fr/d%C3%A9couvrez-les-performances-du-fiat-ducato-4x4-dangel-expedition
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Nov 21, 2017 10:30:33 GMT
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probably signals unreliable mechanicals / corrosion-prone bodywork. I think most of these vans have died off for corrosion, early PSA mechanicals are generally pretty good. A lot of campers based on these still exist and still command decent amounts. Same for Dangel conversions, they are usually very rugged. Check out the 4x4 505 wagon! datman - if there's anything you can do to get the 4wd system working it would be well worth it. As an expedition vehicle/adventure camper this would be a great starting point. Or a Moto-x dayvan. Not sure where to advertise though... I drove a LWB 2wd Talbot express to the very bottom of Spain, via the entire west coast of Europe in the height of summer and it was faultless if not a little slow (2.5 NA Diesel)
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Hi
Due to a large crack, I need a manifold for a W124 230E; believe this is the M102.982 engine.
Or one that fits, maybe any other M102 engine, but happy to take guidance
Posted to W.Sussex or local for collection
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Tony
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Nov 15, 2017 10:09:46 GMT
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Take cars and coffee, in America you see videos of an early Sunday morning where all ages, backgrounds and interests join and look at everything you can imagine. I don't see that happening here Secondly until a couple of years ago this was true, but if you look at things like the Haynes Breakfast Meets or the Queens Square Meet in Bristol, or even the Goodwood Breakfast meets (even if they are themed), this attitude is changing, which is great! I'm going to add my local village car meet ( forest-row-monthly-meet) as an example of broad inclusive variety at a single meet. Hot rods through modern exotica, modified and "standard" classics - anything goes. It would be great to unify the 'scene', even only to illustrate the scale of car enthusiast owners in the UK (and maybe to highlight to some sensationalist papers that we're not devilspawn) Also, the US does have distinct scenes that show elitism over others - hot rodders vs. coal-rollers vs. low riders vs. import drivers etc. Somehow SEMA manages to cross boundaries
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Oct 24, 2017 14:15:02 GMT
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Yay!
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