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General Car Chat / Re: If you purchased a brand new motor....
« on: 30 March 2017, 23:25:02 »
Wish I had kept the '61 3.8 DHC E Type I had late 60s - better engine IMO than the later 4.2 - actually produced the same power as the 4.2
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I remember a bank holiday in the late 70,s. I had bought and rebuilt my first straight cutgearbox for one of my Mini Cooper S,s. Mated it up to the engine droped it in went for a test drive. Bearing noise. Bugger, must have built it wrong. Took it out, split it , back in pieces. Couldnt see anything wrong back in car . Still there. Then i thought, i wonder if it is a wheel bearing. Doh.
I'm impressed that you could hear a wheel bearing over the straight cut gearbox!
Anyone owned a TR7 on here ? Interested to hear of your views on it
Removing the screws and levering the door card aside unnecessarily stresses the plastic top rail and fourteen plus year old glue holding it to the door card.
Will say no more on it as it's starting to irk.
Andy, I use either one of those or a bit and a 6mm spanner
Why is it "starting to irk" you?
What is your problem? I know you have an evil character in your avatar, and you have adopted it's name, but more than once now I have noticed how rude and abrupt your comments are to me along with what I perceive is a certain dismissive attitude. As though you want to play a devil like character.
I , like any other member on this site, can only state what I have experienced and what I have learnt in my life, along with my opinions, even if ithose are wrong. I am the first to admit to making mistakes, which actually we all make. On this Forum we used to share our experiences, our challenges, with often laughing and joking until our sides split. But that was in the days that perhaps you cannot remember, when SCORES of members were signed in and actively posting. Yes there were clashes of personality, but mostly we laughed at out stupidity, and did not fear any backlash. We simply talked things through.
I have just returned (I previously had 19,000 posts) for the benefit of my Omega. I do not want to clash with anyone, but already I think perhaps I, especially as a woman, should not post on this boys club site. But no, I assure you I am not that easily put off and I can stand my ground, and will no matter how objectionable someone is. I did not experience 38 years of dealing with criminals, and with 25 years in a senior business manager role, without becoming toughened. I also have an extensive 47 years of car mechanics experience behind me. But I can do without pathetic little comments because your opinions are being challenged.
This is only a car forum, so live and let live. There is no need for rudeness. I will say sorry if I am wrong, as I may be on this thread judging by the valuable feedback received, but I expect the same from others and hope this forum will once more reflect a feeling of joviality that it once did.
I hope you can take these comments as positive feedback.
Anyoneremember tapping out free calls?
It worked but our nearest phone box was three miles away!
Well, as it happens it was a Zetec. Same wheels and seat fabric... But don't worry, it was also white.
Clearly never heard the phrase 'soot chucker'
And as for the BMW, I paid £500 for it... I could have bought your car to go with it, but I decided to go on holiday instead.
I can only hope that when I reach your stage in life that I still have my sense of humour because it must be hellish without one. Watt.
Just been looking at insuring a 1.8 '05 mondeo . . £200 more than the 2.6 omega
So then put details in for the omega as a comparison . . .that is £200 more than I paid in September as well
5 star policy full comp with Co-Op for the omega was £216 in September
Now £418 . . . what causes an across the board increase like that FFS ?
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements.
It that because I never use it? Never have on all my auto cars, as park is more than adequate?
Had one as a courtesy car... 1.8tdci auto... couldn't pull the skin off a sausage and used more fuel than my 3.2 Omega around town. Hateful thing... cheap carpets, cheap headlining and cheap plastics... You'll rue selling the Omega
Exhaust is on the n/s just in board of where the dark plastic starts at bottom of bumper,Opti.Readily identified by the pile of coal at the back of the car