SLROC Forum
General Category => GENERAL CHAT => Topic started by: CairnsAndrew on June 11, 2010, 04:25:29 PM
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God... stressful or what.
was doing well till the alternater packed in just south of carlisle, which was a great time to learn that my AA cover had lapsed, so now ?320 down im back home after freezing my butt off overnight. (was going to get the local garage to fixit but theywere to busy and i needed home for tonight)
Disco is good though, 3 door 7 seater, needs a thourgh clean out however.
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Welcome back mate. Come up to Dundee and I'll help you clean it.
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dont tempt me (i might just leave it up there the way im feeling atm)
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oh and a rather amusing story as to her new name 'caroline' (well not amusing but i unno...)
went to fill her up in rhyl and sat on top of the pump was one of those number plate name keyrings.
so caroline it is.
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Lol. Well the offer is there if you want a hand cleaning it. I have all the gear in the van. Good name too
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once i get her running and save up a bit o money i may take a jaunt up there, in the mean time i think it'll be stealing some of those disposable seat covers from the FIL's garage to protect my white shirt for work :D
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Do you have to wipe your feet when you get out the car? Lol.
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almost, a previous owner was a smoker, and by the looks of it never opened the window, the roof lining in disgusting,
on a positive note, the seats are that brownybiegy tweed with the coloured thread running through it.
probably meant to be white:D
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Well as long as there not ripped I'm sure it all cleanable.
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lol, i bought a rover hatchback years ago. i thought the headlining was meant to be yellow. started rubbing it with turtlewax upholstery cleaner. lo and behold it was actualy almost white underneath. i knew the previous owners and the fags were never out thier hands. makes you wonder what colour thier lungs are ::)
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Yuk. I clean cars like that often, it's not fun.
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thankfully halfords has a 342 on car cleaning chemicles.so were going to attack it today. ::)
got the alternator fixed, ended up with one with a plug fitment at the back, ?25, so the D+(diode wire, brown and yellow) goes to the small wire on the plug the white wire(revs) goes to the w post bolt and the b+(big wire) goes to the B+ post bolt. So i still have the 2 big wires on the plug unused, im guessing they are also B+ ???.... :-\
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I'm sure there should only be three wires. Might be wrong. Someone else will be along soon to tell you mate. Goodluck with the cleaning. If you need anything re the cleaning
give me a shout mate.
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well, there is only 3 wires, but theres...... 4 attatchment points(5 if you consider theres 2 big wires in the plug:P)
I think its just from whatever car it came from. The guy had an internal fan type from a LR Dsco, but it had a multigrove fitted on it, and he didnt think you could swap the pulleys over.
i just need to tighten up the belt a bit more as theres a inch 'wobble' on it at the moment.
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well i have found out that i NEVER want to clean it again.
may well bring it to you in future,
did however find some rust i missed though, quite a bit of it:(
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Lol. Anytime mate. I done a disco 2 today. Easy when your used to it. How much rust is there.? Sills. Inner wings. Boot floor are all bad on a disco.
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the boot floor has some surface rust on the inside, will wire brush it, then paint it, but the rail that the middle seats pivo on to fold them up, is very rusty,
its very strange, at the rear there is hardly any, but its showing a few holes along that point i mentioned.
Time to play with my welder:P
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Goodluck mate. When your done you can weld my 110 for me. Lol
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need to learn first:P
its just a ?30 welder from lidl....
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Ahh. I have an arc welder if you need one of them too.
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yeah its a ark welder, 60-130 amps iirc.
goes to 3mm.
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Great. Practice makes perfect.
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can i practice on yours?
was thinking bout going to the local scrappies and asking if i canbuy a scrap piece of metal, practice laying beads down, then take it back for a few quid less than i paid for it...
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Emmmmmm. No. Lol. Good idea for the scrap though. Go for it. Remember to keep your metal clean for a good weld.