What did you do today?

[DodgeRover]

Grab the cunt by the neck and squeeze the truth out of them.

Balls would probably work better if it was a bloke driving....

[John F]

Fixed a mate's Shogun passenger window today, the glass had parted company with the clamps on the scissor mechanism. Not too tricky to fettle, once I'd worked out how it all bolted together. It's a MUCH better design than on a Discovery.

[Nibblet]

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Back on the Saab today, got out the front offside wing I'd bought for it. Once the underseal had been scraped off the inside it was rustier than I had expected. Odd that.
A couple of small patches to weld up too. Then I can get some paint on the bastard.

[Nibblet]

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There was a dent which I got 90% out, good enough for this motor. The steel is very good to work, very soft and malleable, I beat a dent outwards with hammers, then run a propane torch over the area, sand any paint off and give it coat of grey primer. Then slap any high spots down from the outside. The outside of this wing is really rather good for it's age, I just hope it fits reasonably well.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I replace the fucked rear brakes and fucked water pump on the Z3. The brakes were an utter cunt, the pump piss easy.

I've had a 200 quid gripper on the fucking thing so it should be gone in 3 weeks.

[Nibblet]

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A lot of scraping and two blasts with some rust converter later and a decent result. I rate this Hammerite stuff, citric acid is the main component, cheap and good enough for stuff that's going to get slobbered with Hammerite paint, I still have a few tins of the old school stuff about.
I welded in a small patch pretty abysmally; not helped by welding helmet being out of battery so point and shut eyes technique used, nonetheless I had a mild tan this morning.

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[CLINT]

Shogun is a MUCH better design than a Discovery.

[John F]

Shogun is a MUCH better design than a Discovery.

I've had to do a few jobs on that Shogun.

It isn't.

[SiC]

*Hnnnnnnngh*



Then labour on top. Porsche Tax basically. Non genuine bottles exist but its been advised many a time for your own sanity to not use them.

I was intending to do most of it myself and make a YouTube video on it once we move house. However I just want to use the car right now. My local garage said ok to the suspension work on the Boxster and I'm really hoping that they'll be happy to do the coolant tank too. No special tools are needed, apart from small and leathery thick hands maybe.

I'm hoping that in 2020 we'll have a bit of a road trip to South of France in it.

[SiC]

I've SORN'd the Laguna and put it in storage. MGB GT is out till after this weekend and it'll go back in. Boxster will then be taxed and come out for a bit of a run. Not only could it do with it, I also want to have a play in it. Especially in this cold weather with the roof down. I'm hoping my local garage will do most of the work - they've previously agreed to the suspension work but I seriously cba to do the coolant bottle as its supposed to be a pig of a job. Especially not in this cold weather. I also planned to do a bunch of YouTube videos on it, but that needed to wait till we move. Bit fed up with everything at the moment in life, so thought I should play with my toys a bit and hopefully cheer me up.