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- Sat Sep 17, 2016 6:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How is this possible.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2046
Re: How is this possible.
Maybe you got frustrated enough to use the right swear words
- Sat Sep 17, 2016 6:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Classic car snobbery
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6986
Re: Classic car snobbery
I wave at other classics owners and usually get a wave back, sometimes with a look of shock (maybe they were new to the game and had never thought of it). Often get waves from people on the side of the road - you do NOT own a Morry if you don't want to be looked at. The funniest one was a bloke in a...
Re: bind weed
Green concrete mate. Cover it, kill it, then if you're a real masochist, pull it up later though putting a shed over it to take your expanding Morry collection probably makes more sense.
- Wed Jun 29, 2016 12:30 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Post referendum malarkey
- Replies: 52
- Views: 10607
Re: Post referendum malarkey
Maybe it's time to revisit why you joined in the first place
https://youtu.be/EkpS-yBj7gY
Best of luck sorting it all out.
https://youtu.be/EkpS-yBj7gY
Best of luck sorting it all out.
- Tue Jun 28, 2016 10:09 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Citroen 2CV
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5726
Re: Citroen 2CV
I'm not an expert but did work on 2CVs for a Citreon main dealer back in the day. Even went on a week long course at Citreon in Slough! Must've been a lot of repetition if the course took a whole week :roll: :lol: Back in the late forties, my dad owned a Rugby - he claims he changed the head gasket...
Re: Twitter
Not sure I completely agree with you. It all depends on the users and unfortunately, social media has too high a percentage of mindlessness. On the other hand, depending on the forumites and the moderators, forums can be everything that's bad about social media. In general though, you've summed it u...
Re: Twitter
I call all social media 'Twitterbook'Peetee wrote:We give it a miss too.
Our generic term is 'Twitface'
But I'm considered a confirmed retro-grouch. Funny seeing I enjoy good forums, which aren't much different to the same concept
- Tue Jun 28, 2016 8:54 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Post referendum malarkey
- Replies: 52
- Views: 10607
Re: Post referendum malarkey
Being an aussie, I've no valid view one way or the other on the result. However, I was amazed that people seriously think that just because they lost the vote, they have the right to demand a second try... with different rules. It's like saying the wrong government got in (we get that all the time) ...
Re: bind weed
Had a wisteria out the back of one place I owned. We tried everything - all the poisons (the ruddy thing thrived), dug a massive hole to get rid of all the roots (must've been root bound by the way it came back). Eventually we extended the house and it copped a concrete slab over the top of it. Didn...
- Sat Jun 25, 2016 11:29 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: The wife left me!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3089
Re: The wife left me!
You mean something along the lines of:amgrave wrote:Was he your best friend or is he now
My wife left me for my best friend... funny thing is, I've never met him
Re: bind weed
Green concrete, the old car nut's friend
Re: joke
I'm on a couple of forums with joke threads and funny picture threads - they work well but only if people are willing to play by the rules and there is a moderator who is an enthusiastic participant (which means there's someone on hand to cut out the naughty stuff). The biggest problem would be that...
- Sat Jun 25, 2016 9:33 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: The wife left me!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3089
Re: The wife left me!
Yer sense of humour drove her to it
- Tue Jun 14, 2016 9:22 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Dead clutch and/or gearbox?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4571
Re: Dead clutch and/or gearbox?
Check out the linkages for wear. If they're very sloppy (like mine are), you'll wind up in this situation with most of the pedal movement taking up the slop before it gets to do anything with the clutch.
- Mon Jun 13, 2016 10:27 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Should I change my uni joints?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1422
Re: Should I change my uni joints?
Sound advice. Thanks.bmcecosse wrote:I would leave well alone meantime and fix the exhaust first...
Please ignore the dreadful pun.
- Mon Jun 13, 2016 8:41 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Should I change my uni joints?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1422
Re: Should I change my uni joints?
Whilst they may be free and smooth is there any rotational play in the joints? Try turning the rear flange and propshaft against other i.e. backwards/forwards and the same at the front. If no play I would advise leaving well alone. Yeah, I did that and there was no rotational play. Everything seeme...
- Mon Jun 13, 2016 1:50 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: brakes squealing
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4599
Re: brakes squealing
The good old 'Italian tune up'bmcecosse wrote:Try to giving the brakes a really good work out.....ie....use them hard over and over again until they fade and stink. Then let them cool. If that doesn't help. Drums off and file a chamfer on the leading edge of each shoe.
But yeah, it does work
- Mon Jun 13, 2016 1:41 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: squeeky breaks
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3327
Re: squeeky breaks
Someone's gotta be the spelling nazi - it's BRAKES :D But that's just me being cheeky. New pads do take a bit to bed in sometimes, though I'm not aware of squealing being part of it. I've just fitted new shoes and drums and got some vibration to start with. Just take her for a good drive with lots o...
- Mon Jun 13, 2016 1:07 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Should I change my uni joints?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1422
Should I change my uni joints?
My Moggy was suffering from extremely loud noises when driving associated with vibration. One suggestion was a seized uni joint. A head under the car showed that the old girl had grease nipples on the joints (OMG, someone fitted the correct bits :o ) and over the length of a good drive, the vibratio...
- Tue Jun 07, 2016 11:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Advice on buying a Convertible please.
- Replies: 120
- Views: 18534
Re: Advice on buying a Convertible please.
That info I got for our car from this site, if that's wrong then the site needs updating. I don't know the club yet but just as a bit of feedback I have heard from other Morris Minor owners that the club is and I quote "Sniffy" and the last owner found it intimidating because the car isn'...