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by quietside
Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:51 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What sort of cars do benders drive? Credit to AMCrebel
Replies: 32
Views: 1726

Re: What sort of cars do benders drive? Credit to AMCrebel

BenHar wrote: Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:08 pm

Very gay chap who owned Patisserie, I think.

Ben
But was he happy with it?
by quietside
Wed Oct 26, 2022 10:15 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Car Accessories That Scream BELLEND To You
Replies: 149
Views: 7492

Re: Car Accessories That Scream BELLEND To You

4D plates Those 'Carisma' BBS knock off wheels that look fucking shite on almost everything they're fitted to 'Prancing Moose' stickers on Saabs and Volvos Cars lowered so much they ground out on speed bumps and slow the traffic down/get stuck on drop kerbs/get stuck going up car park ramps Whitewal...
by quietside
Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:03 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: 1966 Volvo 121
Replies: 154
Views: 33579

Re: 1966 Volvo 121

Hooli wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 4:07 pm Nice find & welcome back. Have you been dead for tax purposes?
ssssssshhhhhhhh
Broccoli wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 3:37 am
What’s next for it?
Few shows, the less cunty ones.

Then get the sunroof and the interior done.
by quietside
Fri Jul 08, 2022 1:33 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: 1966 Volvo 121
Replies: 154
Views: 33579

Re: 1966 Volvo 121

Eddie Honda wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 1:21 pm Electrical gremlins. PITFA.
Especially when it doesn't behave like leccy gremlins and the fucking car starts and runs!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH.
by quietside
Fri Jul 08, 2022 12:56 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: 1966 Volvo 121
Replies: 154
Views: 33579

Re: 1966 Volvo 121

Any progress with this? Fixed, finally. One of the lives wasn't connected to the car at all. https://i.ibb.co/f9wzGLc/IMG-20220617-002452.jpg There's a plate on the starter that the lives connect to via a ring connector secured by a nut. It *looked* like it was connected, but it was just roughly te...
by quietside
Tue May 31, 2022 1:32 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Scrapyards that let you in to remove parts yourself.
Replies: 10
Views: 1297

Re: Scrapyards that let you in to remove parts yourself.

Windley's in Tattershall, Lincolnshire.
by quietside
Fri Aug 06, 2021 1:18 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: 1966 Volvo 121
Replies: 154
Views: 33579

Re: 1966 Volvo 121

Could it be weak idle mix , then drawing in oil on the overrun , valve guide seals worn,( high vacuum ) , which puts out the fire in the cylinders ? Does it smoke when at the bottom of a hill you apply the throttle ? Petrol tank vent partly blocked ? No smoke under any load. Petrol tank was another...
by quietside
Fri Aug 06, 2021 1:13 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: 1966 Volvo 121
Replies: 154
Views: 33579

Re: 1966 Volvo 121

Could be wear to the spindle(s); after being open at full or at least partial throttle one or both plates are failing to close- probably the primary, leading to a weak mix and stalling. The carburettor is less than six months old and has fewer than than 1000 miles on it. I wondered if some kind of ...
by quietside
Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:38 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: 1966 Volvo 121
Replies: 154
Views: 33579

Re: 1966 Volvo 121

Quietside, does it stall while still rolling or when you actually stop? If the latter, maybe there is a loose connection that is breaking as the engine rocks forward? Probably bollocks, but I'm clutching at straws. Ben While still rolling. You stop and then fire the engine back up (it starts up str...
by quietside
Tue Aug 03, 2021 11:43 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: 1966 Volvo 121
Replies: 154
Views: 33579

Re: 1966 Volvo 121

IN REVIEW: I'r angered the car gods I (apparently) don't know how to drive There is some kind of PCV issue There is an old Volvo specialist on the Wirral The balance of shit parts to good from new inventory is higher than I thought Ben test caused it to stall at the same near-stationary speed as I c...