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Post by Penguin45 on Dec 1, 2022 18:46:18 GMT
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Post by dave1800 on Dec 2, 2022 0:16:47 GMT
So sad to see this Chris. What kind of society do we now live in?
David
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Post by andrewa on Dec 2, 2022 2:14:05 GMT
Publishable words fail me....heart goes out to you.
Cheers
Andrew
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Post by peppib on Dec 2, 2022 6:11:58 GMT
Mindless idiots at work. So sorry for you Chris
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Post by halkyon on Dec 2, 2022 11:50:40 GMT
Ouch! Sorry to see that.
Insurance will cover it I hope, and we're on hand for parts and moral support!
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Post by Penguin45 on Dec 2, 2022 13:05:18 GMT
Cheers chaps. Not really what I wanted to be chased out of bed for at 6.30am by my neighbour coming home from her nightshift. Anyway, I had spare glass in the garage, so that was fitted by 7.45am. Hot-wired the car at 8.15 and got to work on time! I work for a well known Mini specialist, so a raid on stores produced a new ignition lock barrel and stuck that in at lunchtime. Total cost of repairs? £6.45! Oh, and a nice bottle of red for my neighbour, for being, well, a good neighbour.
Anyway, today I was going to pull out the interior and get the vacuum cleaner to work, before putting the door and the dash back together. Typically, it's chucking it down. Well, this is Lancashire after all.
It's just aggro. Even if they'd managed to activate the ignition, they'd never have started the car because of.... things. The girls across the road are coming over this evening with their video footage. It's caught the whole incident apparently, so there might be something we can pass to the police. 3am seemingly. At that time of night you could drop a bomb and I wouldn't notice.
Cheers,
Chris.
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Post by halkyon on Dec 2, 2022 14:43:22 GMT
3am seemingly. At that time of night you could drop a bomb and I wouldn't notice. Cheers, Chris. I have a period alarm system in a box somewhere (infrared triggers?). Perhaps that would wake you up?
That said, old alarms seemed to go off whenever there was a gentle breeze too.
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Post by dave1800 on Dec 3, 2022 1:40:40 GMT
Glad to hear you were able to sort the damage out so quickly. I am seriously impressed you managed to replace the glass so fast. Did you have to fight the "octopus"? David Cheers chaps. Not really what I wanted to be chased out of bed for at 6.30am by my neighbour coming home from her nightshift. Anyway, I had spare glass in the garage, so that was fitted by 7.45am. ..... Chris. |
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Post by 1800heap on Dec 3, 2022 3:37:20 GMT
Hi Chris
Sorry to see you have had the car damaged. There is no shortage of D heads in this world unfortunately!
I haven't been on here for a while and David told me today. Too many things going on!
I must admit to being a bit demoralised by the lack of dipstick replies!
I also have to apologise for the lack of reply regarding the dipstick pm. Thanks for trying for me. It should be ok though as I have gone somewhere in the middle at this stage.
Nick
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Post by cybercontroller on Dec 3, 2022 15:10:01 GMT
Stringing up is too good for those lowlifes. That is the politest I can put it. So sorry to see that Chris and I hope the video footage can get them tracked down
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Post by Penguin45 on Dec 4, 2022 15:53:58 GMT
The CCV footage showed the act. Unfortunately it's too far away to make any sort of identification. Rather frustrating. Still, life goes on. Sorted out the car this morning. Started off with a bit of lathe therapy.  VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr Made a wosser. Don't know what it is?  VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr It's for screwing that ring onto the ignition lock. Made a new trim ring too, as that was damaged as well. Even got the buffing wheel out and polished it.  VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr There we go. Nice and tight and looks the business. Can't finish reassembling the centre console as the cubby is badly damaged.  VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr It's papier maché and is quite strong when intact. Unfortunately, I can't rescue that. Tony Wood has some decent ones. So, on to two hours of digging and vacuum cleaning glass out of the car. Carpets and rear seats out and getting a skinny nozzle into the door let me get it all. Mindless tedium.  VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr I even had to vacuum him! I asked him what happened, but he wasn't in a mood to tell me anything. Door put back together and glass cleaned, so she's looking a bit more respectable. C. |
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Post by Penguin45 on Dec 4, 2022 15:57:17 GMT
Glad to hear you were able to sort the damage out so quickly. I am seriously impressed you managed to replace the glass so fast. Did you have to fight the "octopus"? David No octopus wrestling. If you take out the glass stop at the bottom, you can drop the rail just far enough to slide the glass off and the replacement on. Amazing what you learn at 7am...  Chris. |
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Post by Penguin45 on Jan 6, 2023 20:01:31 GMT
Been doing a Nick and making car bits on the lathe. Nothing quite as clever, though. After the change of heater, the hoses increased in size to 5/ 8", but the engine pipe and tap are 1/ 2". The hose to the tap on the block nipped up nicely, but the pipe from the radiator hose has had a little weep which has stubbornly refuse to stop. So, turned down some copper bar, bored it and put a little raised ring on the end, sweated it onto the pipe and soldered it.  Heater pipe by Penguin 45, on Flickr And now repainted with the obligatory Bronze Green.  Heater pipe by Penguin 45, on Flickr So that can go back on tomorrow and hopefully no more leak. Chris. |
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Post by Penguin45 on Jan 7, 2023 21:24:44 GMT
Popped it back on and now no weep. I did show it to MrsP first. Now among her many hats is the fact that she's quite a handy plumber. She looked at and listened to what I'd done, rubbished my soldering and asked why I hadn't just gone down to Screwfix and buy an Imperial to Metric pipe adaptor fitting...
I went back to the garage and changed the right hand drive shaft rubber joint. Caught just in time, as one pair of rubber lugs had worked themselves loose. Which brings me to a question. Looking straight down from above, the right hand drive shaft appears to be angled to the rear slightly. I suspect that this can't be right, as the left hand one appears to be running out straight. This suggests that the lower stabiliser bar is too short. If it was extended, it would push the bottom of the engine back and so change the angle of the drive shaft. Thoughts appreciated.
Chris.
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Post by dave1800 on Jan 8, 2023 0:43:28 GMT
An interesting point. Yes, you certainly do want the drive shaft to be straight in horizontal and vertical planes. A classic example where this was not the case was the Princess 2200 where the engine/transmission height meant that it could not fit under the sloping bonnet without bending the drive shaft. The result was extremely premature wear of the drive shafts and I suspect some loss of power and economy. There are various reasons why the shaft is not straight. The first and most obvious thing to check are the engine mounting rubbers. It is also possible that the body is out of true. Pre-production cars could push the wheels back in the wheel arch under very heavy braking. This was remedied by fitting a strengthening fillet. I guess it is just possible that the ravages of rust in the side member that you repaired could have had led to a similar outcome? This can be checked by measuring the gap between the rear of the wheel and the arch. Once you are happy you can adjust the lower stabiliser bar to realign the shaft. When the ride height is correctly adjusted the shafts should be straight in that plane. I'm sure you knew about the plumbing adaptor all the time, you just wanted to play with the lathe! Mrs P could earn a fortune with plumbing skills! David Popped it back on and now no weep. I did show it to MrsP first. Now among her many hats is the fact that she's quite a handy plumber. She looked at and listened to what I'd done, rubbished my soldering and asked why I hadn't just gone down to Screwfix and buy an Imperial to Metric pipe adaptor fitting... I went back to the garage and changed the right hand drive shaft rubber joint. Caught just in time, as one pair of rubber lugs had worked themselves loose. Which brings me to a question. Looking straight down from above, the right hand drive shaft appears to be angled to the rear slightly. I suspect that this can't be right, as the left hand one appears to be running out straight. This suggests that the lower stabiliser bar is too short. If it was extended, it would push the bottom of the engine back and so change the angle of the drive shaft. Thoughts appreciated. Chris. |
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Austin 1800 by Penguin 45, on Flickr
Austin 1800 by Penguin 45, on Flickr
Austin 1800 by Penguin 45, on Flickr
