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Vard66

I cut the ridges back with a flap wheel before painting, but mainly to see what it looked like before taking the plunge and spraying them mad-bastard-orange. Hopefully that'll help a touch. I'm using VHT Chevy Orange, non ripple finish, but it is coming up very slightly orange-peely, which I'm actua...

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Hey guys. I'm in the middle of doing a pair of V8 rocker covers with VHT (both brand and description) paint. I'm looking to sand back the ridges and polish them before I hit it with a couple of careful coats of clear to seal it. Is it advisable to wait until the colour coat is completely dry before ...

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Yeoooo-oohh.

I'm about again. Been lax recently, but now that I'm twofold over a Discovery owner, I'll troll about a bit on here.

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Will look into it tomorrow if I've been bloody paid.

In related news, I had forgotten how much I hate polishing a car back by hand.

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Hey guys. I'm currently in the middle of T-cutting back the scratched to buggery lacquer on my new e39, and I'm looking to actually keep this in good nick - bit of a different direction after the olive green matte Astra, but hey. Anyway, after cutting it back I'll be aiming to get a decent wax, and ...

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I've still got eight Vit Sports sitting in a stack in my garage if you want them, Jon?

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It is? Were the others useful? Wait. Actually, easier to ask if the others were done sober. It was tinky winky awesome. About 18,000 miles in total, over just under three months. Two breakdowns that stopped the car moving - both times just the fuel pump relay jumping out of the fusebox because of a ...

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I'm beginning to look away from SAKs. Had one in my pocket every day since I was 18, and I love them. I just don't like the fact that you can't really... service them. You can't take them apart like you can a Leatherman and replace anything that's just ridiculously bent or blunted or broken. Not tha...

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I'm very likely making a trip this year, but earlier - late June time, to coincide with a friend's return leg from a trip up to Denmark. And in an Astra diesel.

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Bump.

Firstly, because This has been dead for too long.

Secondly, because I just re-read the whole thing and go to the final post and went 'What the bother? That was this guy's only post on the forum?"

Vard66

Brilliant Richard, thanks.

I ought to be heading down soooort of past you (depending on where in SSet you are) as I'm going down and across to Guildford sometime in the next few weeks. I'll find out the skinny on the parts I'm apparently picking up and give you a shout.

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Grant picked up on my need for a fuel pump from a Facebook post and immediately sorted me out. As always, particularly helpful, and insistent on going out of his way to ensure I was happy with the transaction - including sorting me out with next day delivery; which I didn't ask for so was a lovely s...

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Bumpty-bump.

Still need these, I had forgotten I was in the middle of this job; and my father's doorcards are still sitting in his living room waiting for me to finish it.

Vard66

This is literally the only example of scenarios in which I am going to be messed up by the swear filter replacing the word somebody that I used to know. somebody that I used to know. Seriously. somebody that I used to know. They play polo with goats. And if you go to Morocco, you will see goats that...

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Hey folks. Just crossed my mind that I've not updated this since Turkey. So thats... About five weeks and six countries ago? I'm currently sitting (well, ok, lying on a nice bed) in a surprisingly lush guesthouse/ homestay in Bokonbaev, Eastern Kyrgyzstan, along the south bank of Ysyk Kol, a massive...

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Evening folks! Coming to you now from the south shore of the Black Sea, little town called Doganci, Northern Turkey. Have stopped for a coffee and to hijack WiFi to try to find somewhere near the sea to camp tonight. Not looking likely, it's all rather built up... Just realised I've not updated anyo...

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Ten days to go now. The Blog We now have the blog online, you can find us >> Here << at http://3unwisemen.wordpress.com/ The Car So far, we've replaced; shock absorbers, glow plugs, oil and filter change, cam belt & tensioner, aux belt, radiator. Oh, and the rear passenger door after the glass r...

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Thanks very much guys, appreciate it a lot.

Andy; I'm very hopeful yeah, We've had the link live for almost two days now and raised £155 towards that goal.

The more we get over the top of that, the better though!

Vard66

Bump!

JustGiving page link added, please read it, share it as much as you can, and if you can, give a little money to the cause folks!

Thanks!

Vard66

Ruddy hell Dave. That's beyond brave. It's beyond stupid. It may even be beyond ludicrous. It might be plaid.

(Anyone who gets that reference, high-five yourself mentally).

How did it get on?

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The PROC is ridiculously complicated and bass-ackward to get visas for, and prohibitively expensive to boot. Kazakhstan there's not much reason for us skirting around, besides IIRC the visa doesn't give very long in the country, and it's a monumental sized country. There is also the fact that if we ...

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Hey guys. Later this year (albeit not much later now, we're aiming to leave on or slightly before June 1st), two friends and myself are undertaking our own version of the Mongol Rally. 6 weeks out to Ulaanbaatar in outer Mongolia, and we're planning to take 4 weeks to come back via Russia and Scandi...

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Oh were they?

Learn something every day.

I'll update the OP. Thanks Pete.

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R8 steelies are 14" though aren't they Dan?

I forgot that when I typed the title.

Gotta be 15", as they're for some semi-roads from a Vitara to be fitted to, unfortunately.

Thanks anyway though dude.

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Set of 4. Wanted super. Super. Cheap, as they're to go on a car that may or may not be coming back into the country after driving to Mongolia.

Wilts preferably.

Vard66

Got a bit of a job on here. Little brother bought a 53 plate MG TF Cool Blue SE. Two nights ago he spun it avoiding a badger as he came off a roundabout, and stuffed the back left wheel into a kerb. I've a fair shopping list; upper arm, lower arm, trailing arm, caliper, caliper carrier, driveshaft, ...

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Hey guys, I'm in need of both front and rear working driver's side door lock motors for my father's 418.

PM me if you have some.

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S'just a good job it didn't want another couple of seconds until my bonce was under it tbh.

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After my maestro turbo rebuild I wondered why it wasn't running right. (Whenever I leave any pipes open I wedge blue roll into it to stop anything falling in. Sadly my assistant didn't realise when he helped replace some pipes). It was weeks later when I started stripping the plenum to resolve the ...

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Air freight, Ant.

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Anyone shipped heavy car parts to the states on a pallet before? I've got an undersize pallet here (950mm x 770mm x 570mm), weighing in at ~150kg with two manual gearboxes, clutch and fly, an inlet manifold and assorted manual odds and sods from a Volvo 940 to go to a friend in Connecticut. I've bee...

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Good news. That doesn't deserve to be sold for scrap value and broken for it's engine by some chav, look at it. It's beautiful.

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No longer for sale, delivered to a collector who is going to strip, dip and restore to factory standard early yesterday morning. As an aside, the guy who 'bought' it and then messed me about turned out to be Andy Collier, I recieved a lovely message from him saying 'nice lie you told on Rovertech th...

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Hi Tom.

Have you advertised this on the 800 owners club forum?

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It 'sold' on eBay for £310 yes, but the guy never bothered contacting me until I chased him, then I got replies like 'give me your address I'll come get it Saturday' and 'I'll let you no wen I'm coming I'm still trying to sort trailor out', until seven pm on the Saturday when I messaged him threaten...

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