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 11 
 on: 11 September 2025, 22:54:28 
Started by Doctor Gollum - Last post by Doctor Gollum
Been busy today...

Oil change all done. It only takes 8.5 litres. And guess who found the new sump plug washer on the floor having just refilled it and run it up to temp ::)

Managed to undo the sump plug, fit the washer and refit the plug without losing more than a cup full of oil or burning my finger :-X

Won't make that mistake again :-X

Other work was a combination of tasks, not least resealing the freshly sealed lights. Weather has finally been atrocious and inspite of the new seals, one light was flooded and tother clearly had water draining past it into the inside of the boot >:(

Stripped out the boot for several different jobs, removed the lights and bumper for 4 reasons. Reason number 1 was to remove the tailgate aperture trim which runs down behind it which needed removing to address the water ingress with a bit more vigour.

Picked up some expanding all weather roofing sealant and ran a thick bead behind the trim from the gas strut mounts to the rear panel. Hopefully this will be enough to divert the water away from the light apertures and into fresh air behind the bumper. I also ran a bead around the outside edge of the foam pads to dissuade any water that might now get behind the lights. Time will tell... :-\

Bumper removal reason number 2 was to address the beginnings of some rust on the nearside rear quarter. Turns out it's had a minor repair in the past and paint was chipping along the top edge of the bumper and eventually moisture had got to the metal. It's right on the bottom edge as it folds over the bumper, and barely an inch long... Well it was ::)

Really it could do with another small skim of filler, but I can live with the 3/4" scar. Been primed and painted and there's a scratch on the dog leg of the wheel arch, so once the colour coat has hardened over the weekend, I will rub both down with 1500 grit wet and dry and then lacquer it to blend it to the body line. A similar approach to a scratch on the OSF wing has saved the panel, so worth a go.

Bumper removal reason number 3 was to deal with the shin breaker. Now removed and replaced with a factory fold away tow bar. Just waiting on the last couple of bits of hardware to arrive to wrap that up and need to run the wiring. The wiring being reason number 2 for stripping the boot. Again...

Bumper removal reason number 4 was to investigate the non function parking sensors. Once the bumper was off, the inch of mud and other crap covering the sensor suggested it had had enough. Sensor swapped with the used one along with the relatively clean loom I acquired at the same time and I now have working parking sensors.

Today's surprises were the missing under trays and the lack of the low speed impact pad behind the rear bumper.

Oh, and the droplinks are floppy but will require cutting off to remove as they're quite crusty... and the CV boot cable tie bodge didn't hold... Need a metal one to clamp it a bit tighter. Failing that another CV shaft. If it needs removing it to fix, I may as well fit one that isn't broken.

 12 
 on: 11 September 2025, 22:18:21 
Started by Auto Addict - Last post by JamesV6CDX
Both Astra's are now 8 years old.

Mrs AA's has done 17k.

Mine has done 23k.

Should I get the cam belts changed?

I recall from one of your other posts, that these engines are the 1.4 variant, in both of your Astras?

If so, I am 99.9999% sure they won't have cambelts, but rather, a timing chain setup. Which, at those mileages, won't need disturbing yet.

Best bet if that's the case, is just to make sure the oil and all filters are regularly changed (more often than the recommended intervals, in my humble opinion) :y

 13 
 on: 11 September 2025, 20:00:59 
Started by Olympia5776 - Last post by Sir Tigger KC
So it's emerging that Starmer hasn't actually sacked Mandelson, he's been 'withdrawn' from the post of British Ambassador to the USA and is still on the payroll.  ::)

Do they really think they can put him on gardening leave for a bit until the dust has settled and then find him another job?  ???

He must have some serious kompromat on Starmer if so!  :o  >:D

https://x.com/aliciakearns/status/1966159203560731020


 14 
 on: 11 September 2025, 19:19:58 
Started by Olympia5776 - Last post by Rangie
Did anyone see the 92 year-old victim of the Post office scandal on the box yesterday?  Amazing lady who didn't mince he words about Starmer & Rayner and really the Labour party as a whole, Starmer removed Gareth Thomas from his position as Post Office minister & he hasn't been replaced, the lady spoke very highly of him & how hard he had been working on the victims  of the scandal, but in her words " Starmer doesn't want to compensate any of us"  I have never witnessed a government like this ever a total disgrace.

 15 
 on: 11 September 2025, 19:11:23 
Started by Olympia5776 - Last post by Kevin Wood
Hopefully this repugnant turd has flushed for good this time.

Speaking of which, anyone got any filth on B.Liar?

 16 
 on: 11 September 2025, 19:10:38 
Started by Field Marshal Dr. Opti - Last post by Field Marshal Dr. Opti
Nice one👍. And I have to manage on a measly 420bhp 1100kg🤣

Dial up the boost a few PSI. >:D

What's the worst that can happen. :D ::) ::)

He flies off the edge of a Welsh mountain?  :o  ;D

We all have to die of something. >:D

 17 
 on: 11 September 2025, 18:53:01 
Started by Field Marshal Dr. Opti - Last post by Sir Tigger KC
Nice one👍. And I have to manage on a measly 420bhp 1100kg🤣

Dial up the boost a few PSI. >:D

What's the worst that can happen. :D ::) ::)

He flies off the edge of a Welsh mountain?  :o  ;D

 18 
 on: 11 September 2025, 18:48:01 
Started by Olympia5776 - Last post by Sir Tigger KC
A nice bit of political opportunism from James Cleverly the former Foreign Secretary, but prescient nonetheless especially the last sentence.  :y


James Cleverly🇬🇧
@JamesCleverly
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3h
I’ve been Foreign Secretary, I’ve done senior ambassadorial appointments. Let me explain why the Mandelson situation is even worse than it first appears.

The Foreign Secretary has a huge amount of power when it comes to appointing Heads of Missions. Head of Mission is the general term for Ambassadors, High Commissioners, and Permanent Representatives to international bodies like the UN. Basically the choice of who the top diplomat is in an overseas post is down to the Foreign Secretary.

In almost all cases the choice is from a list of career diplomats, who have years (often decades) of experience, have been vetted, and tested by experience, and have previously held junior diplomatic positions around the world.

But the Foreign Secretary can choose someone else. Someone without those attributes. Clearly the Foreign Office system doesn’t like it when the FS does this and almost always advises against it. That’s not to say that choosing an outsider is wrong, just that that the FCDO will make it clear that doing so carries additional risks. And those risks sit with the Minister rather than the Department.

Obviously I wasn’t involved with any of the conversations about Peter Mandelson but I know the FCDO well and I know the personalities of the people who would have advised David Lammy about this appointment.

They would have reminded Lammy that Mandelson had resigned in disgrace twice before. They would have reminded Lammy that Mandelson had a longstanding relationship with Epstein. They would have reminded Lammy that Mandelson had widespread, complicated, and opaque commercial interests.

I have no doubt that they would have reminded Lammy that he and the PM were importing significant reputational risk if they appointed Mandelson. I have no doubt they would have unambiguously advised Lammy against appointing Mandelson to the post. 

And it is now clear that Lammy and Starmer ignored that advice and appointed him anyway.

And now we have no ambassador to the USA, a new Foreign Secretary, an imminent state visit, a damaged relationship with the White House, and humiliation for British diplomacy.

But most of all we have a number of unanswered questions about what Starmer and Lammy knew, when did they know it, and why they went ahead with Mandelson’s appointment.


https://x.com/JamesCleverly/status/1966142737637360049

 19 
 on: 11 September 2025, 18:10:49 
Started by Olympia5776 - Last post by Migv6 le Frog Fan
The thing that could finish Starmer is if its proved he knew more than he let on about Mandelsons relationship with Epstein at the time he appointed him.
But who would replace him ?
Cant see anyone on the Govt benches who isnt at least as useless as him, and the Tories and Reform dont want an election yet, as neither of them are ready for it.

 20 
 on: 11 September 2025, 18:06:40 
Started by Darth Loo-knee - Last post by Rangie
Been to the farm in the  RRS & collected the caravan off to Yorkshire for a few days to catch up with some family, several nice walks & of course some pub visits..🍺🍺🍺

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