Practically Classics Forum

Will we be saying goodbye to the Mercedes ?short lived visitor but very welcome :cry: do you have any news of the jag? Im missing it... :oops: I was due my 3rd jab later this week but tested positive last week :sick: ... ive never taken the egr? Valve apart ... while im on unplanned "holiday" for a...

Didn't have a huge amount of energy available today as I'm still feeling like death from the booster jab on Friday, nevertheless I was determined to get a few things done. First up was getting the interior of the S123 back into a presentable state. Calling it clean would be overselling it, but it's ...

It's a Polo of a certain age under all of the commercial and WAV stuff, so surely there's only one thing that can be done to recolour the vehicle in a marque appropriate way: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51822491093_39f8f4446b_c.jpg Go on, you know it makes sense! 8-) You wouldn't have too m...

Working remote central locking! :shock: Mine hasn't worked since 2012!! Ive changed the batteries tried to reset it several times, but no luck... now the drivers door lock is playing silly buggers... i think my old bus should come to live with you for a while :lol: :lol: You're going to really hate...

Not sure what the difference is between the two apart from the leaky turbo on mine... its already looking a lot nicer than when you collected it a few days ago... well done mate! :thumbs: No fancy turbos to worry about here! Hence the blistering 64bhp it's rated for. Also means the engine bay is ra...

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Tue Jan 11, 2022 5:45 am

Is that the 1.9 diesel engine? Its very similar to my galaxy..

Yep, the old 1.9SDi. AYQ engine code, which is a variant only used in the Caddy/Inca apparently. Not sure exactly how it differs from the ones used in passenger cars.

Having run out of daylight yesterday today's quick task was oil & filter change. Set the oil draining, then realised something...the Caddy is modern enough to have one of these strange plastic caps over the oil filter. https://i.ibb.co/T0sVPgT/IMG-20220110-150219.jpg ...Which I've never had to deal ...

Cleaning time has begun for the new arrival. Interior only as I'm currently without a pressure washer - and they've literally just driven past our house and dumped about five tonnes of salt on each of the roads in our neighborhood so it would be pretty pointless. Looking forward to dealing with the ...

Not much to report today. Had to take my husband to a hospital appointment this morning, so have confirmed that cold starting doesn't seem to be an issue for the Caddy, even at -4C that we had today, and oddly is the coldest we've seen this winter so far. All despite the rather old looking Lion bran...

That's on the "unusual" scale Unusual? Maybe... however it looks like a supremely practical, flexible and useful vehicle. So, what have I found, having had a chance to look over the...car? Van? It's half of one, half of another... we're just going to say "car" for the sake of simplicity. Wheel-chai...