On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:51:03 +0000, Mother scribbled the following nonsense:
I've already suggested that she should go walking with Charlotte at some of the shows.... Her comments were along the lines of she'd be dead before they got halfway round, given the monster marathons charlotte does!
Depends on the show really. Eastnor has miles and miles and miles of really good walks (so she says - I guess she may also have found a chocolate factory nearby tho'). Mind, Charlotte always manages to souce decent walks at most showgrounds by at least the 4th year... :-)
You haven't, have you...
I want it back so much it hurts.
I was on the verge of doing so!
It's a good car - a few interesting issues have cropped up, but I think she wants to hang on to it I'm afraid.
So where did the fish come from? I wasn't one of mine...
What's cropped up? The arches were shot, but I didn't think there was much on the horizon apart from that.
If I'd been going to keep it I'd have had to do the arches and probably a respray to the roof and pillars - it was a "customer-facing" vehicle after all.
Volvo isn't long for this world.... :)
have you just isued Martyn a challenge, Austin? Teehee.
Badger.
On or around Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:06:49 +0000 (UTC), "Badger" enlightened us thusly:
's traditional, innit. Any time someone mentions something unlikely such as that, someone says "You'llnever get it to work" or "it'll never fit".
Cept of course, you're right - in this case.
It would mean rebuilding the entire back body as the way it is currently constructed affords 4 mini rollcages and a very high degree of strength (I've seen them rolled with little or no damage).
To build in slide out sides would mean a complete rethink as to how to maintain structural integrity. Essentially, it's probably something worth doing to a rolling chassis - but not an existing ambi.
Pay attention at the back!
It's what Max rolled in whilst I was at the AGM and Charlotte was off walking him along the canal towpath...
Done the arches ages ago - not resprayed, but it isn't public facing.
It's developed a very (very) severe shaking and juddering on the odd - unexpected occasion. Done all the usual stuff, wheels, s'pension, and all. May have everything at the front replaced and buy some new wheels...
I'm also, it would appear, becoming a lazy old fart, as I really could get used to driving an automatic now I've the ZF in Grumble :-)
On or around Thu, 19 Jan 2006 19:22:42 +0000, Mother enlightened us thusly:
"becoming" ?
RSJ. ;-)
Steve
It did have the usual swivel-pin shake, cured by Himself at the same time as the brake rebuild. Didn't have all the bushes done IIRC.
It also had an occasional 'burning smell' from the PAS, which I put down as a side effect of the swivels being buggered, causing the PAS to work harder (?). It certainly never came back after the swivels were done.
So many buggered Discos around now a front axle shouldn't be hard to find to strip and rebuild as a replacement. There was a bit more prop and diff play than ideal, so it would take a bit of the clunk out of the drivetrain too.
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