Tell Us Something Really Trivial About Your Life (Vol 35)
Discussion
glenrobbo said:
Yeah!
Bring it man!
Or you could just buy it.
But make a daft low offer first.
The price is pretty low already ,like I said earlier ,I think this model is the cheapest way into a FIAT barring clapped out basket cases .Bring it man!
Or you could just buy it.
But make a daft low offer first.
If I get to the buying stage ,deffo try a cheeky offer if I genuinely find something to criticise on it .
I've had some advice off FIAT forum about this model too .
12 months MOT is reassuring .
Pericoloso said:
The price is pretty low already ,like I said earlier ,I think this model is the cheapest way into a FIAT barring clapped out basket cases .
If I get to the buying stage ,deffo try a cheeky offer if I genuinely find something to criticise on it .
I've had some advice off FIAT forum about this model too .
12 months MOT is reassuring ..
I know of a TVR that had a lovely fresh 12 month's MoT. If I get to the buying stage ,deffo try a cheeky offer if I genuinely find something to criticise on it .
I've had some advice off FIAT forum about this model too .
12 months MOT is reassuring ..
It also had chassis outriggers that had been reconstructed using fibreglass.
Just sayin'
Good morning all! 
Mising 's', Magoo?
Well done, S&M, any idea what caused the tyre failure? The trouble with those ultra low profile jobbies is it's hard to tell when they're flat when they look flat already.
And now for this morning's weather:
It's grim oop norf... when ApO brings the MK weather with him.
But he seems to have taken it back darn sarf with him now.
It's Oulton Park Gold Cup weekend, but for the first time in many years, I'm not attending.
Covid scuppered that for us. Pity, it's one of my favourite UK race events.
Damn this bloody war.
Mising 's', Magoo?
Well done, S&M, any idea what caused the tyre failure? The trouble with those ultra low profile jobbies is it's hard to tell when they're flat when they look flat already.
And now for this morning's weather:
It's grim oop norf... when ApO brings the MK weather with him.
But he seems to have taken it back darn sarf with him now.
It's Oulton Park Gold Cup weekend, but for the first time in many years, I'm not attending.
Covid scuppered that for us. Pity, it's one of my favourite UK race events.
Damn this bloody war.
So at 0630 this was the scene.
My wife had dropped me off. Car was untouched, windows intact.
First thing I did was smother a 22 mm socket with tape on the vain hope it would grip.
Fail.
Eventually I used a 21 mm socket.
Now I’ll post next why I didn’t want to use this, it wasn’t quite big enough.
So I used a cold chisel to make the top of the nut jagged and that gave it enough grip.
All in all it was 15 minutes work.
Here’s a rear disc for you. It’s 348mm and two piece, and vented. Love it.
Here is the offending tyre.
The back tyres are on the legal limit but I don’t get paid for another week. So it’ll be a credit card job.
Give you an idea of the size of it.
All done now.
I then drove to Morrison’s Market Drayton for a celebratory Coffee and jelly babies.
‘Ornin’
This is my first post on volume 35. How thrilling. I’ve been awake since about six, which is irritating, as my first “thing I have to do today” is take The Idiot out at 0930 to the field. It’s bright sun and clear blue skies here today.
I may even treat you to a picture of The Idiot later. I also need to find a Decent bacon butty van, but my trawls of the local industrial estates to date have so far yielded nothing. Diddly. Squat. Nada.
This is my first post on volume 35. How thrilling. I’ve been awake since about six, which is irritating, as my first “thing I have to do today” is take The Idiot out at 0930 to the field. It’s bright sun and clear blue skies here today.
I may even treat you to a picture of The Idiot later. I also need to find a Decent bacon butty van, but my trawls of the local industrial estates to date have so far yielded nothing. Diddly. Squat. Nada.
About the socket.
The reason I didn’t want to use the socket was a little bit sentimental.
I’ve done this job many times, I had a draw full of Britool AF and Whitwortn sockets, which are perfect for this job.
Unfortunately they don’t normally survive the job.
The socket set I took with me is an old Draper Expert one.
The story is, I used to know a girl in the nineties, her dad got made redundant and lost his company car.
He bought a Mk3 Escort with a CVH engine that was smoking like a pothead on a council estate.
So I rebuilt the engine for him cos he was a decent old boy.
The girl ( who coincidentally worked in the aviation industry) bought me the tools to do the job.
A socket set, a couple of sets of spanner’s, screwdrivers etc.
That was my payment.
That and lots of filthy sex with her, but that’s another story.
The reason I didn’t want to use the socket was a little bit sentimental.
I’ve done this job many times, I had a draw full of Britool AF and Whitwortn sockets, which are perfect for this job.
Unfortunately they don’t normally survive the job.
The socket set I took with me is an old Draper Expert one.
The story is, I used to know a girl in the nineties, her dad got made redundant and lost his company car.
He bought a Mk3 Escort with a CVH engine that was smoking like a pothead on a council estate.
So I rebuilt the engine for him cos he was a decent old boy.
The girl ( who coincidentally worked in the aviation industry) bought me the tools to do the job.
A socket set, a couple of sets of spanner’s, screwdrivers etc.
That was my payment.
That and lots of filthy sex with her, but that’s another story.
Morning chaps
Looks to be grey and overcast here Dahn Sarf!!
We have a day of absolutely nothing planned for today, so I may actually do some reading!!
Excellent work on the recalcitrant nuts there StuntmanMike, but why didn't you just use the correct locking wheel nut socket???
Ah Dibble old chap, give Jussi a good belly rub and a hug from us, enjoy your walk and bacon sarnie should you find one!!
Chores huh Magoo? I take it it's not a bank holiday over there at Station F?
Enjoy your Turkish lunch glenrobbo old chap!!
Looks to be grey and overcast here Dahn Sarf!!
We have a day of absolutely nothing planned for today, so I may actually do some reading!!
Excellent work on the recalcitrant nuts there StuntmanMike, but why didn't you just use the correct locking wheel nut socket???
Ah Dibble old chap, give Jussi a good belly rub and a hug from us, enjoy your walk and bacon sarnie should you find one!!
Chores huh Magoo? I take it it's not a bank holiday over there at Station F?
Enjoy your Turkish lunch glenrobbo old chap!!
Bobbers I lost the locking key.
The 22 mm slide over the nut, the 21 was a touch to small which is what you want for this job.
Ideally you want old scabby sockets for this job.
I didn’t initially want to use the 21 mm socket for sentimental reasons.
It usually splits the sockets you see.
I’ve gone back to bed. I’ll get the other side off later and diagnose the vibration I get at 70 mph.
I won’t use the car this week and I’ll have new tyre on her Saturday.
It’s a shame really cos I was going to have the wheels refurbished at tyre change time, I just can’t afford it though.
The 22 mm slide over the nut, the 21 was a touch to small which is what you want for this job.
Ideally you want old scabby sockets for this job.
I didn’t initially want to use the 21 mm socket for sentimental reasons.
It usually splits the sockets you see.
I’ve gone back to bed. I’ll get the other side off later and diagnose the vibration I get at 70 mph.
I won’t use the car this week and I’ll have new tyre on her Saturday.
It’s a shame really cos I was going to have the wheels refurbished at tyre change time, I just can’t afford it though.
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