Today I acquired...........

[Onoff]

Looks good. I acquired a nice little 206 for my boy when he passed his test.

Did loads of work on it, New radiator, cambelt, waterpump, couple of tyres, repaired some cosmetic damage on the rear panels, full service, Track rods, ABS module to get it through the MOT, etc etc.

Little sod wrote it off within 5 days of passing his test, so that was a waste of time.

Saw 206 and the work done and thought it was my post for a minute!

 

[vw-al]

Fitted with a wi-fi speed /braking recorder & time tracking device for cheaper insurance ?

Probably I will look into it near the time

Looks good. I acquired a nice little 206 for my boy when he passed his test.

Did loads of work on it, New radiator, cambelt, waterpump, couple of tyres, repaired some cosmetic damage on the rear panels, full service, Track rods, ABS module to get it through the MOT, etc etc.

Little sod wrote it off within 5 days of passing his test, so that was a waste of time.

Saw 206 and the work done and thought it was my post for a minute!

Hopefully he won’t do the same, this might need a radiator, it looks a bit wet at the bottom and needs front brakes, but bits are cheap, no cam belt it’s a chain, I got it for £300 which I though was a good price when you start looking around at prices.

 

[vw-al]

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Not today but I’ve been using it for a week or so. God knows what’s in this but it’s the best penetrating oil I’ve ever used. Got a can off a rep for free which is a bonus.

Bit spendy at £3.50 but we’ll worth it. Especially on corroded fittings.

Just ordered some cost me £6, I needed to stock up and was going to get Plus-Gas again but I will try this and it’s cheaper than Plus-Gas

 

[droopsnoot]

I didn't find - except for this "Alfa Cut" logo which leads me nowhere but to service providers for laser and waterjet cutting - any known manufacturer on the machine.

Seems to be an "Alfacut UE-100S". How's your Greek? https://www.kouretas.gr/product.php?id=5392

Searching for that it seems to come up as a Way-Train product as well.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

How's your Greek?

I was able to read the word "Service" on their page ...

Yes, that's the machine it seems. Thanks.

The " CE " .. IIRC the letters on a genuine CE should not be almost touching with little space between them nor too far apart . .

For some years now, CE has jokingly stood for ChinaExport amongst us.

I had already put the motor plate in that area and even if the whole machine came from there, I got a lot of machine with quite some use value for me for little money. I'm happy.

Have a nice day all

Carsten

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[JMS1972]

Not for me, but an early 17th birthday present for my son, his first car, needs some work but it’s a good project for us to do together and he can learn as we do it. Needs a couple of patches on the rear inner sills and a good service and going over. He’s made up and can’t stop grinning. View attachment 331648

Nice little cars. The last vehicle welding job I did was rear sill on one of those. For a friends son he ran it for three years and then got a decent trade in.

His didn't have ABS which was a slight downside but it didn't cause him any troubles.

 

[Fraserb]

New toy home.

 

[Blobber]

New toy home.

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Very nice, can I have your old one please?!!

 

[Fraserb]

Very nice, can I have your old one please?!!

It's heading abroad I think.

 

[winchman]

Not for me, but an early 17th birthday present for my son, his first car, needs some work but it’s a good project for us to do together and he can learn as we do it. Needs a couple of patches on the rear inner sills and a good service and going over. He’s made up and can’t stop grinning. View attachment 331648

Fantastic little cars usually rotten on the cross member under the rad but as its classed as a radiator support its usually not a fail! I though it was mad too.
Sporting Micra forum is a great source of info too

 

[winchman]

It has two cam chains, the do rattle but if you know how you can change just the top one and it usually cures it.
I think ours was about £100 from the scrappy with a two page fail sheet, 95% of it was bulbs and simple fixes, ran it for about 10 months taught Winchgirl to drive in it then got £300 trade in against a Diesel one

 

[Gragson]

Not today but last week I acquired Hobbymat mini lathe from @Blobber - thoroughly nice chap, good to meet you!
It's already fairly stripped down but think I will go the whole hog on it and get it working and looking good



Today I made trip up to Chester and picked up this Femi bandsaw with table, nice bit of kit. Thanks to @Ubique for the tip to look for one with a table for upright work, the table design is really simple and effective and would be easy to knock up for the Aldi Workzone one I have, but the Femi is leagues ahead in quality.





And on the way back I stopped off in Brum and picked up this Eclipse 14" x 6" mag chuck - Lovely

 

[Tangledfeet]

One of those things you have but hope not to have to use!

Mrs TF's Land Cruiser didn't start on Sunday morning so had to jump start it from her late Mum's old VW Up; suspect cold weather and lack of use more than anything untoward. Seeing as we're away for a long weekend in it soon I suggested we look at getting a jump starter...

 

[lotus_esprit_s1]

One of those things you have but hope not to have to use!

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Mrs TF's Land Cruiser didn't start on Sunday morning so had to jump start it from her late Mum's old VW Up; suspect cold weather and lack of use more than anything untoward. Seeing as we're away for a long weekend in it soon I suggested we look at getting a jump starter...

I bought the 70 version when on offer from Amazon recently. Didn’t really believe the hype but it started a completely flat TDCi Defender after being put on the battery for five seconds

 

[Tangledfeet]

I bought the 70 version when on offer from Amazon recently. Didn’t really believe the hype but it started a completely flat TDCi Defender after being put on the battery for five seconds

Good to know! I did see a discussion on here about them and the NOCO did seem popular.

Her Land Cruiser is a 2.8 and her new 3.5t horse lorry (treated herself with some of her late Mother's estate) is a 2.3 so hopefully the GB40 Boost Plus wills suffice; it says up to 3.0 diesels.

 

[Melvyn Best]

Good to know! I did see a discussion on here about them and the NOCO did seem popular.

Her Land Cruiser is a 2.8 and her new 3.5t horse lorry (treated herself with some of her late Mother's estate) is a 2.3 so hopefully the GB40 Boost Plus wills suffice; it says up to 3.0 diesels.

If her 2.3 is a Fiat Ducato are you aware of the likelihood of damaging the airbag ECU when jump starting ? If t’s a common problem on motorhomes that stand for long periods , likely the same for horse boxes?

 

[bricol]

One of those things you have but hope not to have to use!

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Mrs TF's Land Cruiser didn't start on Sunday morning so had to jump start it from her late Mum's old VW Up; suspect cold weather and lack of use more than anything untoward. Seeing as we're away for a long weekend in it soon I suggested we look at getting a jump starter...

Get a decent charger/battery conditioner - keep the battery healthy. Once a month, I give all mine a day or two on the charger/conditioner. Batteries doing well after 2 yrs of not much actual use.

 

[Tangledfeet]

If her 2.3 is a Fiat Ducato are you aware of the likelihood of damaging the airbag ECU when jump starting ? If t’s a common problem on motorhomes that stand for long periods , likely the same for horse boxes?

She only got it a couple of months ago and it has been built on a low mileage 1yo Vauxhall Movano chassis; that's as much as I know!

I must get round to taking some photies as the welding is very impressive; both aluminium and steel. It's very well put together throughout; Boss Horseboxes in Flint.

 

[Edward Teach]

Been looking for a set of Dunlop tracking gauges for a while. Usually they are too far away and collection only or if the seller is willing to post people bid bonkers money for them.

I don't mind travelling but when they are all 3 hours or so away that's too far

Browsing FB MP last night found a set in Pontypridd for £50 and only 45mins each way to collect

They need a really good clean but are all there and work

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Exactly the same as the gauges I have,
I was lucky enough to find a replacement degree/millimetre scale on eBay.
Dunlop Tracking Gauge Scale

 

[dobbslc]

One of those things you have but hope not to have to use!

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Mrs TF's Land Cruiser didn't start on Sunday morning so had to jump start it from her late Mum's old VW Up; suspect cold weather and lack of use more than anything untoward. Seeing as we're away for a long weekend in it soon I suggested we look at getting a jump starter...

I borrowed a GB 40 and it just started my 3.0 diesel Surf so I went for the GB50 which is 1500 amp so hopefully works a little easier next time.