HippY Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 My car failed at 30 things lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Wtf 30?! Pics or it didn't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 my "Ferrari" is due to MOT by 3pm today.There should not be any problems My car failed at 30 things lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted October 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Failed on 30 things... how could you not know!?Mine failed on 8 things back in July and I pretty much called them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Sorry guysIt just failed on 19 things3 advisoryFails includingParking brake is bad in general, doesnt work and stickI have a sticker on rear wind screenLamps are pooIndicators are wrong colour( they are orange though)Battery insecureBroken coil springAnti roll bar joints pooCv jointsAdvisoryBrake pipe slighlty corrodedOffside rear tyre has a cut in the inside As soon as they lifted the car i knew there will be trouble. I think ill just put it into a junkyard and wait with a car until i need one and have a proper income Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Knew it My Corsa was a shambles when i bought, after I too had uttered the famous last words "it should fly through"N/S and O/S front brake pipes excessively corroded front to rear brake pipes excessively corroded N/S rear brake pipes excessively corroded All brake flexi hose ferrules excessively corroded *dangerous* Brake flexi hoses insecure Parking brake efficiency below requirements Rear brake effort below requirements Wipers do not clear the screen effectively Rear number plate insecure They then advised on body corrosion, there was none, a brand new trackrod end, and a rear tyre. It kind of had to go in for a test just to see what was wrong with it. Stood me at 350. Then had two engines, both blew and then I scrapped it. Lasted 8 weeks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartMini Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 VAG boys,Am i right in saying with the newer gear linkage on the mk4's , the 5 + 6 speed is the same except the gearbox bracket?Also, is the gearlever 'quickshift' worth going for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Caddy is completely coated in silent coat, 1 full coat on 3mm insulation throughout with 2 coats on the floor. Carpet tomorrow ready for its maiden voyage Monday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMatt Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 After giving the 306 a little look over it seems most of the consumables haven't been changed in a good 5-7 years.The oil filter looks like the same one it rolled out the factory with and whoever changed the air filter doesn't know what a circle is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncy H Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Currently on route to brands hatch with a couple of VIP/all access media passes for me and a mate shooting pics of the British touring cars. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 (edited) Nice, look forward to seeing what you come up with! Bought a set of wheels for the Fury, they came with tyres, turns out they were pretty shagged (old and hard). Could tell on the first roundabout but by then I was already on the way to the track... Was a bloody handful, spun for the first time in ages Haha. Still fun though! http://youtu.be/OIw_DkCxtws https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OIw_DkCxtwsWhat an I doing wrong? I'm sure this used to work on the old forum? Edited October 11, 2015 by Adam@TartyBikes f**king YouTube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted October 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Spent all day yesterday replacing a hub and drive shaft. Drove it today, SAME NOISE STILL THERE. So it's either the other hub, or the diff. Annoying. At least I now own a massive breaker bar and a blow torch, so next time will be easier.On the plus side, I fitted a new battery this morning and it fires into life in half the time. Hopefully it'll stop being a dick randomly too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted October 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 My best set of photos from the Queen Square Breakfast Club meet: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.915359315209849.1073741858.317967944948992 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Gibson Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 What happens when you hit a tractor! The insurance are sending someone to look ta it to see if its fixable! Pretty sure its not. but what do i know!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 What happens when you hit a tractor! The insurance are sending someone to look ta it to see if its fixable! Pretty sure its not. but what do i know!! probably it would fail less things in MOT than mine, but wow, were you driving the car? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 @RobinJI, did anything ever come of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Yeah. They put a ramp on the front and ran it in a F&F film 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Weekend well spent, finished off all the silent coat deadening, all panels have been coated with an inch overlap. Then hit the whole van with 3mm foam insulation to keep the warmth when camping.Made a huge difference to panel resonating too, really worthwhile. Next up was the carpet..Ply board to go down tomorrow with a covering as well as the 'headliner'. I've got to cover panel boards too which will finish it off nicely. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topsy Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 @RobinJI, did anything ever come of this? I'd also be interested. Even though I've hardly been on here lately I was wondering about that a few weeks ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Currently on route to brands hatch with a couple of VIP/all access media passes for me and a mate shooting pics of the British touring cars. How was it? I went to Silverstone a couple of weeks ago as Joe Seddon was doing demos there, so dragged me along, free tickets for the weekend so can't complain. Really enjoyed it, although the touring cars were surprisingly a little dull compared to the Porsche GT cup and the Renault Clio Cup, they did sound and look awesome though.No pics (shan't expose you to the rivetting images of bits of pipework and crap) but ripped out the SAI, N112 (inc vac reservoir) and N249 on my car this weekend with the hope of removing a vac leak. Need to get the thing smoke tested.On a side note, does anyone know where to get fluorine lined silicone hosing (19mm ID) in black for less than £40 a metre?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoozie Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Got a drone on Friday and took it out Saturday to practise flying and got a bit of footage of my friend in his s14a. Video is in HD on the vimeo website.Liam's car is an absolute weapon, although probably not to anyone's taste on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Cool to be playing with the drone. Car is pretty sick, though not quite to my own tastes. Not a million miles off though! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 @RobinJI, did anything ever come of this?[picture]Sadly not. Life's got in the way of it too much and all physical trace of the project's gone now. I've still got the digital designs, and I'd love to one day build it (although probably not with a mini as the body), but I think it'll be a project for a few years time once I'm more settled. I'm sticking to rolling projects for now. I finished modifying the Porsche's gear linkage yesterday, just got to put it all back together now the paint should have dried on it all. It'll be interesting to see just how harsh it is with the mounts so solid. Worst case I can pull them back out and re-introduce some voids in them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 On a side note, does anyone know where to get fluorine lined silicone hosing (19mm ID) in black for less than £40 a metre?! I am looking at this, likely to be for a similar reason. Catch can? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 What's it for? That stuff on eBay: TEMPERATURE : -25 TO +55c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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