Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[petelang]

Took the XJ8 door locks to bits (again) and put them back trying to solve a locking problem. After several hours, a lot of expletives and a few cuts and bruises, situation is exactly the same. Back to consult the frustratingly difficult to read wiring diagram...
Peter

[badhuis]

[lowdrag]

Drove it. With a fine day, we went to the Hotel de France in the XKSS and had a great trip through the forest and back roads, then a good £10 lunch, and a great trip back. Sunny spells, 14C, and the car purred perfectly; or more correctly snarled. But it is moments like this we live for, not the time working on our cars, not cleaning them, but those wonderful moments when all is well with the world; as it was today.

[Rick]

Treated little Dodge to a wash the other day, and while it was drying attended to the many steering, suspension and chassis grease nipples.

RJ
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[MikeEdwards]

While checking the pressure in my spare tyre I discovered the spare wheel well was full of water that had obviously been there for some time. Having cleaned it all out, I then parked the car at Oulton Park on Monday, and on getting it back home found another couple of inches, this time of nice clean rainwater. So now I'm trying to figure out how it's getting in - the seal around the rear light is the main suspect at the moment.

At the same time I'm trying to sort out the ventilation. I've fitted a new heater matrix recently, but on Monday it was steaming up quite a lot. I think the underfelt I'd put under the rear parcel shelf might have been blocking the air outlets, so I've removed that and replaced it with rubber anti-drum panels. I won't know if it's worked until I take it out in the rain.

[Da Tow'd]

[Rootes75]

With the weather this weekend finally reaching double figure I started doing a bit of painting, I am painting up rear wing stays on the Commer and that will be the last bits of painting and assembly then the lorry only requires re-wiring.
After 10 years of restoration this summer should be the one when she's finally back on the road. Fingers crossed...
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[badhuis]

Would love to see some pictures of your Commer please Rootes75
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[Rootes75]

I would like to post some photos, what is the easiest way to upload them?
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Various Rootes Vehicles.

[badhuis]

Use flickr. www.flickr.com
Create a login ID
Then it is easy to upload files. When uploaded it is easy to get text which you can paste into a reply on this forum. Remove all text after [/img] and ready.
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[badhuis]

1. Press the Upload icon



2. Press "Choose photos and videos to upload". A screen will appear which shows the contents of your computer. Select the image file
3. Press "Upload 1 Photo" to upload it



4. Doubleclick on the picture in Flickr to select it



5. Press the export icon next to the picture




6. If all is correct something like this will be shown. Note the "BBC code" mode, the highlighted text in the first box and the size option in the second box



7. Control-C does copy the highlighted text to your computers internal memory
8. In the Reply box of the forum, press Control-P to paste the text
9. You will get something like this



10. Remove the first line and everything after [/img] so only text starting with [img].....[/img] will stay
11. Press the submit button and it should work!
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[Rootes75]

I have been on Flickr for years so have an active account, I shall try to copy some photos from my photostream as you have shown.
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[Rootes75]

I have uploaded some photos, it works a treat! I will put some of my Hillmans on aswel.

Thanks very much for the instructions!
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[badhuis]

Not a classic car, at least not how I see it but getting pretty rare over here. Technically it is mine (I'm the owner) but my daughter is the sole user of the 18 year old Lancia Ypsilon bought years ago by my son. I drove this today to the annual inspection where it passed. Amazing how little maintenance this little car requires. Last year I had to weld two tiny patches on the floor where water was trapped. Apart from that the car has no rust.
Also amazing how fully equipped it is for a car nearly 20 years old and so small: power steering, mirrors and windows, remote locks, air con. Al that for a street value around 300 UKP.


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[badhuis]

Did something I have not done before. My TR4 increasingly became more louder, a tinny sound from the exhaust. I had fitted a stainless system more than 20 years ago.
So I removed the front silencer and cut it open.





Empty! There was only very little of the steel wool remaining. What to do?
I looked on the internet and saw that some had packed the silencer with glass wool - as used as isolation. I had half of an old roll somewhere...



... so I stuffed the silencer full of that and welded the silencer shut.
Result - a much quieter car!
Not sure how long this will do of course - we will see.
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