What have you done on your 90/110/130 today?

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0utcast said:
Nothing too exciting today, but did start the work on the removable bed in the back.

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¾" plywood stretching across the gap, just resting on the metal at the moment. I will add some form of padding, thinking neoprene or rubber under the ends of the ply to stop them rattling/ even out the rough surface of the wheel boxes. Riveted on the angle aluminium to the front to protect it from bangs and scrapes. First time riveting anything, was good fun!
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Back piece fits on the piece towards the front, which means the bench seat still functions. They also both fit turned 90deg in the footwell if I want to store them that way. Hand holes cut into the ply really make it much easier to manoeuvre them around in the back.

Side note, does anyone have any ideas how I mount another bench seat beside the one in the pic above? I reckon I need some sort of bracket for the area in the photo below:
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I know I'll need to drill some holes down thru the top of the wheel box for the vertical bench supports, but not sure what to do about that area for attaching the seat to the wall.

Photo below shows the threaded hole that is available on the other end for the bench to bolt to:
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Are you keeping those rear seats in?
 
Well this thing came off..
 

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Seeing as it was sunny this morning and not raining I thought I'd have a look at the panhard rod bushes. They felt all right to me last time I wobbled them but the MOT people gave me an advisory for 'slight play'. I got some more Superpro brand bushes and started taking things to pieces. The bushes looked fine, but the source of any play was probably because of the bolt:
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As you can see it's developing a nice 'neck'. I'll need another. I thought I'd change the bushes anyway. Nice and easy once you've fitted polybushes. Alas, I was availed of no such benison. After having tried to tap them out unsuccessfully, I had to get the hydraulic press on the job and put fifteen tons on the one in the photo above in order to move it. The picture shows it with the tube coming out of one side and a socket wedged in the other. Once it was out the new ones popped in easily, and the Panhard rod was reinstalled temporarily, until I get some new bolts. I also had a look inside the passenger side door because the MOT garage said they couldn't get it open. When I turned up to collect it, I got the door open straight away so was able to get a pass certificate the same day. But it merited a look, because I realise I've been gradually putting up with more and more jiggling to get it unlocked. There didn't seem to be much wrong with the mechanism, other than the fact that it's not used very often. So I sprayed with lubricant and then put some grease on the moving parts for good measure. It seems to lock and unlock much more easily now.
 
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Brown said:
Seeing as it was sunny this morning and not raining I thought I'd have a look at the panhard rod bushes. They felt all right to me last time I wobbled them but the MOT people gave me an advisory for 'slight play'. I got some more Superpro brand bushes and started taking things to pieces. The bushes looked fine, but the source of any play was probably because of the bolt:
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As you can see it's developing a nice 'neck'. I'll need another. I thought I'd change the bushes anyway. Nice and easy once you've fitted polybushes. Alas, I was availed of no such benison. After having tried to tap them out unsuccessfully, I had to get the hydraulic press on the job and put fifteen tons on the one in the photo above in order to move it. The picture shows it with the tube coming out of one side and a socket wedged in the other. Once it was out the new ones popped in easily, and the Panhard rod was reinstalled temporarily, until I get some new bolts. I also had a look inside the passenger side door because the MOT garage said they couldn't get it open. When I turned up to collect it, I got the door open straight away so was able to get a pass certificate the same day. But it merited a look, because I realise I've been gradually putting up with more and more jiggling to get it unlocked. There didn't seem to be much wrong with the mechanism, other than the fact that it's not used very often. So I sprayed with lubricant and then put some grease on the moving parts for good measure. It seems to lock and unlock much more easily now.
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I do put a bit of red brake grease on the bushes & metal makes them hopefully push out next time
 
Had a somewhat hairy moment on the M4 Wednesday morning. Trundling along in Lucy at 75mph when the engine just cut out... 🤯 Literally nothing, nada, zilch and zero warning of engine cut out. Luckily was in inside lane, pulled over hazards on. Feck it, up with the lightweight 40kg bonnet and found the 12v power wire to the FIP chose to disconnect for no apparent reason 😠😡🤬 It's not much fun fault finding whilst 40tonne lorries are whizzing by. Upon close inspection the female connector on the new Autosparks wiring loom is one size too big and had slowly worked its way loose. Off now to replace with correct size female connector.

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It was pure luck and a fair dose of logic that I found the fault so quickly + was able to come to rest on the grass beyond the hard shoulder. Even then I was thinking this is such a dangerous place to suffer a breakdown. Can't imagine how scary motorway breakdowns must be for women/mothers with children 😱😬
 
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v8250 said:
Had a somewhat hairy moment on the M4 Wednesday morning. Trundling along in Lucy at 75mph when the engine just cut out... 🤯 Literally nothing, nada, zilch and zero warning of engine cut out. Luckily was in inside lane, pulled over hazards on. Feck it, up with the lightweight 40kg bonnet and found the 12v power wire to the FIP chose to disconnect for no apparent reason 😠😡🤬 It's not much fun fault finding whilst 40tonne lorries are whizzing by. Upon close inspection the female connector on the new Autosparks wiring loom is one size too big and had slowly worked its way loose. Off now to replace with correct size female connector.

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It was pure luck and a fair dose of logic that I found the fault so quickly + was able to come to rest on the grass beyond the hard shoulder. Even then I was thinking this is such a dangerous place to suffer a breakdown. Can't imagine how scary motorway breakdowns must be for women/mothers with children 😱😬
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Was that a "smart" bit?
They scare me.
Glad it was a quick easy fix to get you going again.

J
 
marjon said:
Was that a "smart" bit?
They scare me.
Glad it was a quick easy fix to get you going again.

J
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Luckily not the death defying "smart..." motorways. Whomever decided to convert the hard shoulder into a driven lane should be publicly shot. They're beyond stupidity and run such high risk of fatality.

A friend had an offside rear tyre blow out on his RR Silver Shadow some weeks back. Even changing a tyre is a life risking activity on today's motorways. He too was lucky in that the motorway still had a hard shoulder...but no spare underpants to hand 😲
 
v8250 said:
Had a somewhat hairy moment on the M4 Wednesday morning. Trundling along in Lucy at 75mph when the engine just cut out... 🤯 Literally nothing, nada, zilch and zero warning of engine cut out. Luckily was in inside lane, pulled over hazards on. Feck it, up with the lightweight 40kg bonnet and found the 12v power wire to the FIP chose to disconnect for no apparent reason 😠😡🤬 It's not much fun fault finding whilst 40tonne lorries are whizzing by. Upon close inspection the female connector on the new Autosparks wiring loom is one size too big and had slowly worked its way loose. Off now to replace with correct size female connector.

eta:
It was pure luck and a fair dose of logic that I found the fault so quickly + was able to come to rest on the grass beyond the hard shoulder. Even then I was thinking this is such a dangerous place to suffer a breakdown. Can't imagine how scary motorway breakdowns must be for women/mothers with children 😱😬
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It is surprisingly scary and loud breaking down on a motorway. Lucky you got it sorted so quick.
 
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