The Joy of Running an Old Shed
Discussion
p4cks said:
Prohibiting said:
I've made a terrible shed mistake with my new shed purchase....
1. New number plates ordered (£15)
2. New wheel hub caps (£9)
3. New bonnet badge (£8)
4. New front and rear wipers (£15)
Number 4 I can forgive as the drivers side was knackered but 1-3 were completely unneccessary
It's a dangerous road to go down... I once spent £6 to fix something cosmetic on my shed and it didn't work. I was raging with myself for being so stupid and now everything gets fixed with superglue 1. New number plates ordered (£15)
2. New wheel hub caps (£9)
3. New bonnet badge (£8)
4. New front and rear wipers (£15)
Number 4 I can forgive as the drivers side was knackered but 1-3 were completely unneccessary
I also changed my wipers and these were a safety necessity. The old ones scratched and didn't clear the windscreen properly. It was only when the new ones were on I realised how bad visibility had been on the winter mornings!
IMO, even on sheds, stuff like wipers and tyres, don't scrimp on them as they're safety related.
Edited by greenarrow on Monday 23 March 15:44
A good day for the shed!
I fully expected there to be problems with the brakes - the shed has disc brakes all around, the handbrake was stupidly high from having spent the better part of the last year or so parked up on a very steep hill outside the previous owner's house, and then it was parked up on my parents' drive from middle of November to now, having not even moved or been started once!
Apparently when the garage driver came to collect the car, battery was completely flat and the handbrake was stuck on! Fired up first time after a jumpstart and then promptly stalled when the handbrake wouldn't release! Think the pad/disc corroded together, but it's all been sorted as you can see, 2nd MOT today was a pass!
I do feel slightly ashamed - it's only the second MOT fail in the whole history of the car!
I fully expected there to be problems with the brakes - the shed has disc brakes all around, the handbrake was stupidly high from having spent the better part of the last year or so parked up on a very steep hill outside the previous owner's house, and then it was parked up on my parents' drive from middle of November to now, having not even moved or been started once!
Apparently when the garage driver came to collect the car, battery was completely flat and the handbrake was stuck on!
Fired up first time after a jumpstart and then promptly stalled when the handbrake wouldn't release! Think the pad/disc corroded together, but it's all been sorted as you can see, 2nd MOT today was a pass!I do feel slightly ashamed - it's only the second MOT fail in the whole history of the car!
I'm only a few days in to owning my Chrysler Grand Voyager but I've grown quite attached to it, I've fixed a few of the niggles without spending and money and cleaned the inside of its 16 years of muck and grime as the wife and kids will be using it.
I'm trying to fix the wobbly wing mirror annoyingly I don't have the correct torx bit but does give me another excuse to buy more tools.
I had a panic moment whist writing this as I removed part of the mirror case to access the screws, I put the piece on the windscreen {standard place for removed parts}
The wife said she wanted to go out for a drive and you can guess what I forgot to put back on!
Just ran out to the car and the piece was still on the windscreen
At the moment nothing has gone to wrong so I'm loving it but I'm sure that could change quite quickly the second something serious is needed.
Keep on shedding
I'm trying to fix the wobbly wing mirror annoyingly I don't have the correct torx bit but does give me another excuse to buy more tools.
I had a panic moment whist writing this as I removed part of the mirror case to access the screws, I put the piece on the windscreen {standard place for removed parts}
The wife said she wanted to go out for a drive and you can guess what I forgot to put back on!
Just ran out to the car and the piece was still on the windscreen
At the moment nothing has gone to wrong so I'm loving it but I'm sure that could change quite quickly the second something serious is needed.
Keep on shedding
Yesterday, needed to transport an outdoor round table and chairs from one family members house to another (social distancing observed, don't worry!).
Took both sheds and was surpised that the Mondeo could carry stuff that the 3 series touring couldn't.
Thanks to the hatchback of the Mondeo boot, it would swallow the round top of the table that the touring couldn't.
Perfect reason to have 2 sheds.
Also, does anyone know what the situation is with MOT's at the moment? E91 is due this week but with shut down I'm guessing it wont be possible, not that I was planning on using the car much at the moment.
Took both sheds and was surpised that the Mondeo could carry stuff that the 3 series touring couldn't.
Thanks to the hatchback of the Mondeo boot, it would swallow the round top of the table that the touring couldn't.
Perfect reason to have 2 sheds.
Also, does anyone know what the situation is with MOT's at the moment? E91 is due this week but with shut down I'm guessing it wont be possible, not that I was planning on using the car much at the moment.
STIfree said:
Also, does anyone know what the situation is with MOT's at the moment? E91 is due this week but with shut down I'm guessing it wont be possible, not that I was planning on using the car much at the moment.
Garages currently allowed open.https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further...
watchnut said:
Why did you clean the inside of it if " Your wife and kids " will be using it? If they are anything like my daughter it will be trashed in no time....just asking 
Oh yes it certainly will get trashed, but gave me an excuse to tinker with the car and find more fun jobs to do! Milkbuttons said:
watchnut said:
Why did you clean the inside of it if " Your wife and kids " will be using it? If they are anything like my daughter it will be trashed in no time....just asking
Oh yes it certainly will get trashed, but gave me an excuse to tinker with the car and find more fun jobs to do! Was think today, is this a good time to be running a shed or what? I mean if I was leasing a car and paying £350 per month I'd be a bit unhappy this morning at the likely restrictions now in place in using it.
The rest of us can park up our sheds knowing they'll be pretty much worth what they were before the COVID 19 crisis when it blows over. Being generally simpler old things, less chance of their batteries going flat within a week of non use too!!
greenarrow said:
Was think today, is this a good time to be running a shed or what? I mean if I was leasing a car and paying £350 per month I'd be a bit unhappy this morning at the likely restrictions now in place in using it.
The rest of us can park up our sheds knowing they'll be pretty much worth what they were before the COVID 19 crisis when it blows over. Being generally simpler old things, less chance of their batteries going flat within a week of non use too!!
My shed is being driven every day, as a 'key worker'. The rest of us can park up our sheds knowing they'll be pretty much worth what they were before the COVID 19 crisis when it blows over. Being generally simpler old things, less chance of their batteries going flat within a week of non use too!!
Sadly my Evora and Clio won't be going far any time soon, but very much first world problem.
Thought I’d update on my C2 van shed.
Had it MOTD, drove it, hated how flimsy it felt and near fell off my seat when I realised it was the same to tax as my T5. A comment from my 9 year old petrol head son sealed its fate. Dad that’s awful, I’d rather you didn’t pick me up in that. Sold it for £500 to a mate
With that, I purchased this from a mate who had it traded in to him against an F31 335d
2005 330d manual, used, never cleaned ever, but mechanically spot on. 219,000 miles. No need for it, but the money I had in the Citroen would be squandered in other pointless tat, I see this as money in the bank if the need arises given the current situation.
Looked an absolute s
t tip, it was equally disgusting inside. A weekend of fetching and gathering wings in the correct titanium silver, fitting them and a thorough clean has it looking much less shed like.
The T5 has been behaving impeccably given it’s on 207k. I done 500 miles in it last week without fault.
It wasn’t without its faults when I purchased it however, some I knew about but others were found along the way,
Fixed the airbag light, fitted a mk5 Golf steering wheel and new wiring
Fixed the remote locking, usual wire under drivers seat
Fixed the door open warning, side door switch needed adjusted
Fixed the low brake pad light, new front pads
Fitted new ARB bushes and drop links too.
It still needs track rod ends, and I’ll do the inners too along with full alignment.
Intercooler has split, so Its time to focus on fitting a 174 turbo, with new Intercooler, boost pipes, clean out the inlet and have it mapped to suit.
Failed at running the T5 as a shed but it’s a keeper, the BMW we will see how it goes with that
Had it MOTD, drove it, hated how flimsy it felt and near fell off my seat when I realised it was the same to tax as my T5. A comment from my 9 year old petrol head son sealed its fate. Dad that’s awful, I’d rather you didn’t pick me up in that. Sold it for £500 to a mate
With that, I purchased this from a mate who had it traded in to him against an F31 335d
2005 330d manual, used, never cleaned ever, but mechanically spot on. 219,000 miles. No need for it, but the money I had in the Citroen would be squandered in other pointless tat, I see this as money in the bank if the need arises given the current situation.
Looked an absolute s
t tip, it was equally disgusting inside. A weekend of fetching and gathering wings in the correct titanium silver, fitting them and a thorough clean has it looking much less shed like.The T5 has been behaving impeccably given it’s on 207k. I done 500 miles in it last week without fault.
It wasn’t without its faults when I purchased it however, some I knew about but others were found along the way,
Fixed the airbag light, fitted a mk5 Golf steering wheel and new wiring
Fixed the remote locking, usual wire under drivers seat
Fixed the door open warning, side door switch needed adjusted
Fixed the low brake pad light, new front pads
Fitted new ARB bushes and drop links too.
It still needs track rod ends, and I’ll do the inners too along with full alignment.
Intercooler has split, so Its time to focus on fitting a 174 turbo, with new Intercooler, boost pipes, clean out the inlet and have it mapped to suit.
Failed at running the T5 as a shed but it’s a keeper, the BMW we will see how it goes with that
p4cks said:
You can often get a key cut on eBay from a photo alone - so even without Timpsons there are options
I know that they can also clone a key if you send them a working one (they can do this for Fords, as an example)
Always a bit dubious about this. So you send someone you don't know a key to your house or car (or the pattern of it) and tell them where you live .... I know that they can also clone a key if you send them a working one (they can do this for Fords, as an example)
Hmmmmmmm
M4cruiser said:
p4cks said:
You can often get a key cut on eBay from a photo alone - so even without Timpsons there are options
I know that they can also clone a key if you send them a working one (they can do this for Fords, as an example)
Always a bit dubious about this. So you send someone you don't know a key to your house or car (or the pattern of it) and tell them where you live .... I know that they can also clone a key if you send them a working one (they can do this for Fords, as an example)
Hmmmmmmm
Plus I don't think they'd be that arsed about a sheddy Ford in this case
A500leroy said:
its only if your mots due after 1 april.
I don't think that's the case is it?EDIT -
"You do not need to do anything to extend your vehicle’s MOT expiry date if it’s on or after 30 March 2020."
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-m...
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