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by megadethmaniac
Sat Sep 07, 2024 7:18 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Saab 9000
Replies: 3
Views: 10492

Saab 9000

I used to love the valuation guide on PC.

Unfortunately its now online and despite being a subscriber I can`t access the guide. It used to have details of the last buyers guide date etc.

anyway seen a decent ish looking 9000 for sale locally. The seller who I guess is an elderly gent by the 300 ...
by megadethmaniac
Fri Oct 13, 2023 7:27 pm
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: Moderns paintwork
Replies: 3
Views: 12866

Re: Moderns paintwork

Not at the moment its persisting down...
by megadethmaniac
Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:54 pm
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: Moderns paintwork
Replies: 3
Views: 12866

Moderns paintwork

got a stone chip on the bumper of the Punto last year nothing major which I touched up. The "pen" was from Fiat and thought no more of it. Anyway the year has passed and I`ve looked at it and there is a rough spot about the size of a 50 p where the paint is lifting. I can see the black of the bumper ...
by megadethmaniac
Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:20 pm
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: Trying to get an engine to run that hasn`t in ten years or more
Replies: 11
Views: 49578

Re: Trying to get an engine to run that hasn`t in ten years or more

I prefer their other "mix" for Christ`s sake come on...

The old ones are the best. Can`t imagine my 16 year old imagining just how flaky old cars were 30 odd years back.
by megadethmaniac
Mon Sep 13, 2021 2:29 pm
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: Trying to get an engine to run that hasn`t in ten years or more
Replies: 11
Views: 49578

Re: Trying to get an engine to run that hasn`t in ten years or more

Am I sure that fuel was getting into the carb, well I`ve been dosing the carb with superUL before trying to start it and or giving it a good spray of easy start 10 seconds before cranking the engine. Any one watch Hoovies car wizard? I`m sure he called it easy shart! Is that a side effect? Some fuel ...
by megadethmaniac
Sun Sep 12, 2021 6:37 pm
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: Trying to get an engine to run that hasn`t in ten years or more
Replies: 11
Views: 49578

Trying to get an engine to run that hasn`t in ten years or more

Ok I`ve been disassembling the Herald with a view to getting the chassis / body repaired. Things have been going pretty slowly, Glacially slowly if you listen to MrsM.

I`ve decided to men time try and get thee engine running.

The tank is off so I`ve been using a mix of a fuel can and easy start ...
by megadethmaniac
Sat Sep 12, 2020 7:14 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What classic vehicles have you seen?
Replies: 2271
Views: 896583

Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?

Opposite Bovington is Monkey world... You can hear the tanks running from aver the road there
by megadethmaniac
Wed Jan 01, 2020 2:14 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Guy Martin
Replies: 12
Views: 60042

Re: Guy Martin

Court case has been dropped - so I read in the press. Apparently Guy has an Autistic condition and the prosecution didn`t want to run the case as they considered a Jury would find that Guy would have believed that the licence obtained was actually real and not suspicious.
by megadethmaniac
Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:02 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Ones you should never have sold?
Replies: 29
Views: 113638

Re: Ones you should never have sold?

99 Marea Weekend, should have replaced that diff and run it into the ground. Excellent motor
by megadethmaniac
Sat Dec 15, 2018 5:36 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: flipping bangers..
Replies: 14
Views: 47719

Re: flipping bangers..

Agree on the Alfa point and why refurb the wheels and leave them on when crushed? If I were in their shoes I would have dropped the motor and left it in a corner dragged whats left to the yard and have the wheels off before the crush.

That Metro did make me think thats waayyyyyy too cheap, mini ...