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Apr 22, 2012 20:50:42 GMT
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Awesome purchase mate. Definitely very much 'you'  In a good way of course! I'm not too sure about the wheels either, but hey ho!!! So, tell us some plans then...................... ;D You have to remember with the wheels and stuff that James boshed them together purely for Wheels Day, so for a single event, big and bright (and whatever was in stock  ) was the order of the day. The blue is a bit bright for my tastes and the banded pair too big, but that's simple stuff to rectify to my personal tastes in the near future. Plans? There's no point repairing or replacing the dynamo when it's cheaper and easier to sort an alternator, so that's first Rebuild or replace my leaky carb and move the inline filter to somewhere less daft. The hole in the floor wiill get a tickle with the MIG Look into painting or changing the wheels Give it a good service to know where I stand with it all Maybe convert to electronic ignition. Fortunately someone has already changed it to 12v neg earth which makes it all much easier. At some point I'd like to find out what diffs will bolt straight up. I only need it tall enough that I can sit at the SAME speed as lorries. Sitting at 45-50 is just dangerous  Longer term, I don't know. Realistically, I won't be able to undertake anything too major for a fair while and since this will never be anything especially quick or nice handling, I'm happy to largely enjoy it as it is. |
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Apr 22, 2012 20:24:44 GMT
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Thanks for the encouragement, guys Bruce, it's exactly why I bought it. Very me and I've learnt a lot from the Volvo. Mainly not to try to daily a project ;D Herpes, Power will absolutely not come before brakes. The brakes on this car are horrendous and the gearing is far too low for anything other than bumbling about at 45-50mph so that needs to be considered too. It isn't on the bandeds and James didn't get a chance to spray the other GT6 rim so I've got one odd coloured one. I'm unsure on the pair of bandeds; whilst undoubtedly cool, they just don't quite fit and only remain vaguely legal by having stretched tyres, which doesn't suit the rest of the car IMO. Angyl, hubcaps are in the boot and the wheels will probably be going less blue. On the subject of being a 'tache car, I thought it appropriate to add a sticker  |
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Apr 22, 2012 13:39:27 GMT
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Given that electricity was a valuable commodity, I avoided using wipers when it started raining...  As we passed Stonehenge, we thought that we just might make it back!  To my surprise, we made it home on a reasonable amount of fuel, under our own steam, in about four and a half hours. Awesomes.  |
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Apr 22, 2012 13:32:11 GMT
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I dropped by '711200 Snr Friday night and he asked if I fancied some company for collecting. Some company on the train and for the long drive back was most appreciated. The morning of collection I'd assembled a survival kit  Wallet, funny multitool, AA card, a selection of screwdrivers, oil, mobile phone, WD40, pliers, longnose pliers, lead additive, a sharpie, a litre of water and an adjustable spanner. What could go wrong? ;D A late start, because sleep is a valuable commodity with a 10 week old baby.. Bec dropped us off here at about 11am to start our journey  A couple hours sitting backward feeling ill on the train we got here  and rushed about the station figuring out which was the train we needed to finally arrive here  where JamesP kindly picked us up and escorted us back to his place. It seemed rude to take pictures of James/his house so I left my camera in my pocket then. Paperwork sorted, money paid, quirks and routes discussed and we were on our way. It's worth pointing out that his dad had offered to deliver it on his recovery truck for us, but it didn't seem in the spirit of things ;D Inital impressions of the drive were that it was slow, wallowy and wandery. Perfect ;D First stop was for some fuel. Here's 711200 senior assessing my idiocy  He soon started to enjoy it ;D  I was a bit nervous...  Me "That burning smell.. is it countryside or car?" Dad "That smells like car" Me "Bums" That was 20 miles or so in. We stopped outside a posh looking golf club and investigated.  Lucas electrics normally work by holding the smoke in the wires, but on this occasion, they had released it all via the dynamo. The charge light hadn't come on yet though, so we let it cool down and cracked on. We also noticed this  The carb is weeping fuel from one of the gaskets. Still its only positioned over the exhaust manifold It wasn't pouring out so I just ignored it.. Also note the terrible fuel filter position. That will be sorted ASAP. Shortly after the charge light came on. We figured we'd just crack on until it broke down and then get the big yellow taxi the rest of the way back to Bridgwater  Dad had a play with the camera in the mirror whilst our eardrums ruptured at 50mph  |
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Apr 22, 2012 12:24:41 GMT
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Apr 22, 2012 10:39:01 GMT
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Thanks to all for the comments and advice Looks like if I am to use it, Castrol Valvemaster is the one to look out for but I won't worry too much if I'm caught short. My planned mileage will be low (2-3k a year), so I can either look at it as it costing only a couple bottles a year at most for piece of mind or that I will be doing low enough mileage that I can keep an eye and keep on top of it if I do start to suffer. I'll have a think while I use up the bottle I already have. It's certainly doing no harm. |
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Apr 20, 2012 21:41:49 GMT
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I had a look at this a while back and just looked again. As far as I know most countries don't have legislation for it but I know for a fact that in Italy as well as some Scandinavian countries, it is illegal. Otherwise, I think all other countries are fine. At least in sweden and finland it's completely legal, in finland some petrol stations sell tax-free diesel oil for use in tractors though, wich will grant you a huge bill if you get caught using in a car. We get that here too, though not many petrol stations sell it. It's what people are referring to when talking about red diesel. It also carries a hefty fine |
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Apr 20, 2012 21:28:07 GMT
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Sorry, I was perhaps a little unclear. My Passat is an unnecessary addition to the story and is a diesel. I'm looking for a car I'm about to buy Thank you. I will look up that test and read up on the Castrol one. Valvemaster does sound familar. |
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Apr 20, 2012 21:12:25 GMT
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I'm well aware of the school of thought that lead additives aren't really necessary due to 'lead memory' and the fact that it could take thousands of miles before I suffer from valve seat recession but I'm picking a car up tomorrow that is designed to run on leaded and I'd rather take the preventative measure of using an additive.
I grabbed a bottle of Redex lead replacement additive (RDX18) from a local petrol station when filling the Passat this morning and a quick Google suggests it's a fairly well respected product, though I'm dubious of reviews of products that you only benefit from by using over long periods of time.
EDIT: I note that it is quite specific about NOT being an octane booster. I don't know what octane the recommended fuel in a 948cc Standard is/was, though I would assume that the ignition timing will be set to make best of modern fuels.
I'm trying to figure out which product is the best to go for. Anyone have any specific recommendations, or should I just use whatever is available at the petrol stations and stop worrying about it?
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Apr 20, 2012 19:35:24 GMT
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Half teaspoon of the above youngs brewing sugar per pint bottle not as easy as carb drops but much more controllable and adjustable. |
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Apr 19, 2012 12:14:21 GMT
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Coming to everyone's favourite inner city magical vehicle altering, beer drinking, fire starting industrial unit soon... I hope! I can't imagine it will stay away for long |
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Apr 19, 2012 11:39:26 GMT
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Did you add the whole contents of the spray malt to the Coopers kit? I'm thinking of tweaking a kit in similar way so advise would be great. I used the whole kilo bag of sugar and the whole 500g bag of spraymalt and brewed to the recommended 40 pints. The instructions say 1 kilo of BKE (which is a mix of spraymalt and brewing sugar) so I've added 500g more fermentables than stated. It tastes really good. No odd homebrew tastes and strength (I didn't measure..) tastes/feels about right, ie. doesn't taste like I've bumped up the sugar or that it has struggled to ferment it out. I bottled and primed with brewing sugar and after a couple weeks it's totally clear and forms a really nice tight foamy head when you pour it. I'll be buying this kit again |
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Apr 18, 2012 21:44:52 GMT
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How do you say Delica? I'd imagine it's said der lisa. A friend tells me it's a del licker. I was under the impression it was the latter way. As if you were fondling an Only Fools And Horses character with your tongue. |
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Apr 17, 2012 11:18:15 GMT
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Call every company you can think of. I'd recommend Brentacre but I think they need a year's experience for young drivers.
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Apr 16, 2012 20:40:52 GMT
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Thank goodness I never venture off of the first line. I can barely see a difference between Hellaflush and Hellafail ;D
Cressida estate wagon is absolutely lovely. There's a part of me that wants to see a kiddy seat and some rice crispies scattered about in the back.
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Apr 16, 2012 11:43:12 GMT
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I've only used this service from Halfords two or three times but have been perfectly happy, both with a flat colour and a metallic. An independent place with a Saturday kid who has a hangover will be just as bad as an evening Halfords person who has his mind on getting home to see his ladyfriend |
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Apr 13, 2012 21:45:42 GMT
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The other thing to consider is that it can't really be a fair comparison unless it's like for like. My B4 Passat td gets 45-50mpg depending on how/where I drive. I can't imagine any of the petrol B4s get better than high 30s on a run. A 1 litre petrol corsa/matiz/generic modern compact will get similar mpg so be cheaper to run but I would be utterly lost without the biggish estate.
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Apr 13, 2012 20:22:12 GMT
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Oh wow. There are at least two cars there on my list.
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Apr 13, 2012 19:31:29 GMT
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It's really worth figuring out for individual cars if you know their fuel consumption. I think I figured out recently that the cost difference between diesel and petrol worked out at about 5mpg (ie, my derv Passat does 50mpg, a petrol car that does 45mpg would have the same fuel cost).
At the moment, I drive a 1.9td Passat that I can quite happily chuck veg in, and my partner drives a 1.4tdi Polo that on the last tank did 53mpg. I wasn't going slowly either because it's quite an entertaining drive...
As to which is 'better'. Surely that depends on mileage, personal taste, driving style.... For me, diesel wins every time. But I do lots of motorway and A road miles and need a bigger car for hauling the baby (small people have masses of stuff and seats that are too big for little cars).
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Apr 12, 2012 21:03:20 GMT
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Drill a little hole and spray waxoyl/paint/used engine oil inside? Careful if you weld the hole back up again though, especially if you use waxoyl. It appears to be a little bit flammable
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In a good way of course! I'm not too sure about the wheels either, but hey ho!!! So, tell us some plans then...................... ;D
) was the order of the day. The blue is a bit bright for my tastes and the banded pair too big, but that's simple stuff to rectify to my personal tastes in the near future.
