Show us what you did with your bank holiday weekend...

Show us what you did with your bank holiday weekend...

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ciaranthemurph

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278 posts

205 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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As the title states, lets seem some photos and lets keep it car/bike/etc. related please!

With the great weather over the bank holiday weekend, I took full advantage by cleaning the car on Saturday:



Went for a run down to Helensburgh for food and an ice cream on Sunday:



Today, hopefully I will be playing with my new toy of a machine polisher on a spare bonnet I have lying around:



I'll let you know how I get on, unless I bore a 4" 'speed hole' in my bonnet, in which case I will come back and delete the last part of this post!

What have you been up to then?

Edited by ciaranthemurph on Monday 21st April 15:05

HumbleJim

26,959 posts

182 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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ciaranthemurph said:
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Today, hopefully I will be playing with my new toy of a machine polisher on a spare bonnet I have lying around:



I'll let you know how I get on, unless I bore a 4" 'speed hole' in my bonnet, in which case I will come back and delete the last part of this post!

What have you been up to then?
Not now you won't.

ciaranthemurph

Original Poster:

278 posts

205 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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HumbleJim said:
Not now you won't.
Well played sir.

Tickle

4,881 posts

203 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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Had a night away in Pulford, then for the second weekend on the run had a blast around the EVO triangle. This has been a good Weekend.




surveyor

17,768 posts

183 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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Tools necessary to unjam door, strip out locking mechanism and replace with pre-purchased replacement. Will now lubricate the old one ready to swap out at some equally inconvenient moment.


ChemicalChaos

10,360 posts

159 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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I went flying at the start of it. And in between my turns in the cockpit, I helped out with ground ops such as towing gliders, shuttling from runway to clubhouse, and retrieving winch cables


jamieduff1981

8,022 posts

139 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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Didn't feel great on Saturday, and yesterday I felt compelled to clean my daily driver as it hadn't been washed since January and was completely and utterly minging. It looks fairly shiny in this photo after a quick polish, some sealant and a wax but in truth it needs a good machine polish again and a wheel refurbishment. New summer tyres are in the post too. I've gone for Michelin Pilot Super Sports after reading lots of good things about them. The winter tyres are getting noisy now that the roads are warming up.



Oh, and we did the easter egg hunt with our daughters too.

Quinten

1,140 posts

240 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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Decided to see if I could cure a sticking drum on my Westfield... and then discovered that my axle is missing a breather cap and that the wheel cylinders are leaking. So a 10 minute survey quickly turned into a £150 spending spree to get it all fixed biggrin





Thank god the weather is crap for the next week whilst I wait for the parts to be delivered...

Depthhoar

673 posts

127 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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Today: Rummaging around deep in the engine bay of my E39 M5...



...trying to remove the old timing chain tensioner (it's located at an awkward angle underneath and between the light coloured alloy casting & the A/C pipe): done....



..new one installed and properly torqued. (My banana-like fingers a complete hindrance when doing this job.)

Previous two days I've re-furbed the tatty Turbine-style alloys of my E39 530d.

From this:



....and after much sanding, wailing and gnashing of teeth, a goodly amount of Upol etch primer & high build beige primer later.....



Finally...



These rims are for my summer tyres which will be fitted to the car towards the end of the month.

(Not sure I can fully recommend re-furbing alloys to others. You can achieve a good finish but you need patience, time and wire wheel attachments for an angle grinder.)

The Moose

22,821 posts

208 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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Do bikes (motor) not count?!

ciaranthemurph

Original Poster:

278 posts

205 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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The Moose said:
Do bikes (motor) not count?!
Yes they do, original post edited accordingly!

Vladimir

6,917 posts

157 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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First nights of the year in the van:



The car has gone nowhere; no point as the hordes are down; luckily all back on the M5 now.

TorqueR

1,767 posts

131 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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Went for a random drive on Friday and filled the car up with Shell, then haven't driven it until today....which was to do some errands.



I did go to the BTCC yesterday. It was my first time but defiantly not my last.




Rawwr

22,722 posts

233 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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I put 520kg of bark chips into a Fiesta. It was not amused.

jimmyboy85

380 posts

147 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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Loaded up the car



Took it round the folks and sorted my stoppers out.







Had a fuel pump to fit as well but ran out of time/couldn't be bothered. Will do it next weekend I think.

Today I just vac'd a winters worth of crud out of the interior and gave it a good wash and wax.

ShiresV2

36 posts

166 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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After finally sorting the alignment on my Panda I went for a spin in the Dublin/Wicklow mountains.




Along the way I stumbled upon the German war cemetery, tucked away in a beautiful valley. Had to stop and have a nosey.


Rich1973

1,191 posts

176 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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Is that a bullet hole in the sign?

VR6T Gar

614 posts

122 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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jamieduff1981

8,022 posts

139 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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VR6T Gar said:
Doh - what happened?

VR6T Gar

614 posts

122 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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jamieduff1981 said:
Doh - what happened?
Only a blown Rad hose but was enough to screw up Friday and take the car off the road for the next few days.