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Messages - Andy B

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General Car Chat / Re: Cam belt query.
« on: Yesterday at 19:03:03 »
....
which is why they weren't sold here. Instead, you could buy a mk3 Capri, mk5 Cortina - and I believe an early Sierra, but I've never seen one - with a 1300 crossflow, although virtually nobody did. ....

the 1300 Sierra was a Pinto .....  :y  Never seen one though  ;)

I do remember that from the time but Wiki confirms it  :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Sierra

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General Car Chat / Re: Cam belt query.
« on: 22 August 2025, 17:52:40 »
When a Pinto cam belt broke what you did was dependent on the capacity:


2.0l - fit a new belt and drive away(I did one at the side of the road when the AA patrol lent me some tools)




1.6l - fit a new belt and hope it didn't bend any valves. Some do, some don't. It's worth the 20 minutes to find out which.


They have different length valves(if I remember right), and a 1.6head won't work on a 2.0l. I found that out the hard way....

and what about the 1300 & 1800?  ;)

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General Car Chat / Re: MG
« on: 21 August 2025, 21:56:17 »
Ah yes, it's been well publicised. A very competent sports car by all accounts, but I went off MG when it changed its name from Morris Garages to Monosodium Glutamate.
;D ;D

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General Car Chat / Re: MG
« on: 21 August 2025, 21:18:52 »
Link won't work for me. Which MG is it?

that well known model of .... MG Cyberster  :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\  Never seen or heard of one!  ???

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General Car Chat / Re: Tyre Pressure Sensor
« on: 15 August 2025, 17:53:15 »
I'm quite happy with my Merc's ABS derived tyre deflation check set-up .....  :y

None of the rest of our cars have any kind of TPMMS  ;)

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General Car Chat / Re: Lotus Carlton coming to auction
« on: 14 August 2025, 07:53:32 »
.....

Shut it.....

60 of us are going to attempt to get to Hethel on Friday, and we don't want you jinxing it!!! ....

 ::) ::)

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General Car Chat / Re: Lotus Carlton coming to auction
« on: 13 August 2025, 18:32:04 »
Interesting, I didn't realise it had a lot of bespoke bits. TBH I thought it was largely made up of bits from elsewhere in the GM empire (a bit like Ford did with Jag, Aston Martin and others). I stand corrected.  :y
It mostly is GM Carlton.  But I seem to recall the ABS boys at one of the ABS meets saying some rear pads were going to be several hundred quid, as they were unique, and I think they were trying to organise a group production run or something like that.  I imagine suspension probably was unique as well.
I seem to remember problems with a pivot point for the clutch in the ally gearbox ....  :-\ :-\

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 11 August 2025, 13:13:45 »
Jeez, that was close :o

Doc who took it out said I will never know how lucky I was. Told me to buy a lottery ticket.
Tbh, it was terrifying, because I wasnt sure how much damage I had done.
Had to hold it in that position until Paramedics got there and bandaged it to my head.
Then over three hours at the Hospital before it was pulled out.

Bloody hell! That couldn't have been any closer! Glad you get to see another day!  ;)

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person
« on: 11 August 2025, 12:15:40 »
At least the coffin will have been made earlier.  :D
;D ;D and covered in sticky backed plastic  ;)

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person
« on: 11 August 2025, 12:07:22 »
Biddy Baxter of Blue Peter fame .... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c844nlk731go

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General Car Chat / Re: Old car?
« on: 09 August 2025, 20:54:57 »
I had a drive of a mates MGB years ago .... early 80s. I wasn't impressed even back then, even compared to my MKIII Cortina  ;D ;D

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person
« on: 09 August 2025, 19:32:30 »
He came out with the immortal line of .... Houston, we've had a problem!  :y

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General Car Chat / Re: Tyre Pressure Sensor
« on: 07 August 2025, 13:04:37 »
My front nearside tyre pressure sensor has developed a fault.

Keeps telling me the tyre pressure is about 10psi less than the other 3.

I've done a reset several times to no avail.

Is it an MOT fail as a warning light is showing constantly on the display?

Where's the best place to get it replaced?

Is it a dealer job?

long time .... no see!  ;) ;)

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General Car Chat / Re: Anyone older than 55? Take note...
« on: 07 August 2025, 13:04:00 »
Nothing to see here, carry on.
:y :y

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General Car Chat / Re: Anyone older than 55? Take note...
« on: 07 August 2025, 11:54:47 »
The links look dodgy to me  ??? .... however, in theory, it should be a good idea. There was a telly programme on Channel 5 recently-ish https://olderdriversforum.com/2025/05/26/channel-5-documentary-cause-of-death-licence-to-kill/ highlighting the fact that drivers who should declare eyesight problems are not doing so. One old bloke (88?) knocked over & killed another old bloke ..... it turned out that the driver had had a detached retina in 1 eye & macular degeneration in the other. You're expected to be able to read a standard number plater from 20 meters .... this old bloke had to be 2.5 m away befoe he could read it. DVLA had not been informed

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