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  • pinnopinno Posts: 50,604
    Morning Troglodytes

    Very soggy, very grey. Meh.
    Providing that there is no interruptions, I should have the Porker back on 4 wheels today.

    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 1,391
    Wet on the way home last evening, very wet roads on the way in this morning, I expect more wet on the way home. Nice tailwind this morning though - I can always tell, because I can twirl the 15 cog like it's the 17 cog, and it reminds me that I need to fettle the gears because the change from 15-14 is very slow, and liable to chonk into place just as I get out of the saddle, causing fear of groinal bashage.

    Wfw today and tomorrow, then wfh Thurs and Fri.
  • seanoconnseanoconn Posts: 10,961
    pinno said:

    Morning Troglodytes

    Very soggy, very grey. Meh.
    Providing that there is no interruptions, I should have the Porker back on 4 wheels today.

    Seems like the porker is constantly under construction of some kind?
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • seanoconnseanoconn Posts: 10,961
    beansnikpoh said:

    Wet on the way home last evening, very wet roads on the way in this morning, I expect more wet on the way home. Nice tailwind this morning though - I can always tell, because I can twirl the 15 cog like it's the 17 cog, and it reminds me that I need to fettle the gears because the change from 15-14 is very slow, and liable to chonk into place just as I get out of the saddle, causing fear of groinal bashage.

    Wfw today and tomorrow, then wfh Thurs and Fri.

    Ahh the dreaded fear of slipped gear groinal bashage, I know it well. Tune those gears you lazy b.ugger.

    Surprisingly un-wet at the moment. Should have pedalled in but knees a bit sore because I’m too lazy to move my seat back until new pedals & cleats arrive.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • homers_doublehomers_double Posts: 7,841
    Almost recovered from a weekend away in Keswick which included a 10 mile hilly run on Sunday.
    Got the turbo trainer set up last night and up early this morning. No doubt I'll want to be in bed by about 8.30 tonight.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • homers_doublehomers_double Posts: 7,841
    Congratulations to you both!
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • pinnopinno Posts: 50,604
    haydenm said:

    pinno said:

    Morning Troglodytes

    Very soggy, very grey. Meh.
    Providing that there is no interruptions, I should have the Porker back on 4 wheels today.

    I'm heading over to New Galloway this afternoon, hope it clears up a bit. Would expect a few flooded roads at this rate!

    Been a while! In case anyone was desperately worried about me while I've been away, my OH gave birth to twins last Sunday nice and early at 32 weeks. Bit wobbly through the week but all good new, OH is home and happy. The boys wont be home for 5-8 weeks I'd guess. All good here!
    Fantastic.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • orraloonorraloon Posts: 12,317
    Good news @haydenm Enjoy your next 5-8 weeks of 'freedom', then life gets serious 😊

    There is a bright, warmish thing in the sky over The Valley, weird stuff. Potter about, retrieve more bits from daughter's garage (tip run?), be lazy then off to enjoy t'musick in t'evening.
  • N0bodyOfTheGoatN0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 5,782
    Ferengi have 178 different words for rain.
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    2016 Voodoo Wazoo
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 56,875
    haydenm said:

    pinno said:

    Morning Troglodytes

    Very soggy, very grey. Meh.
    Providing that there is no interruptions, I should have the Porker back on 4 wheels today.

    I'm heading over to New Galloway this afternoon, hope it clears up a bit. Would expect a few flooded roads at this rate!

    Been a while! In case anyone was desperately worried about me while I've been away, my OH gave birth to twins last Sunday nice and early at 32 weeks. Bit wobbly through the week but all good new, OH is home and happy. The boys wont be home for 5-8 weeks I'd guess. All good here!
    Congrats Hayden and good luck with all of that. Wondered where you had disappeared to.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinnopinno Posts: 50,604
    seanoconn said:

    pinno said:

    Morning Troglodytes

    Very soggy, very grey. Meh.
    Providing that there is no interruptions, I should have the Porker back on 4 wheels today.

    Seems like the porker is constantly under construction of some kind?
    It's 9/10th's there. It has been a huge restoration and a solo effort too.
    I can literally list all the untouched things on the car:

    1. ABS pump
    2. Brake servo and master cylinder.
    3. Torque tube bearings (although the torque tube was cleaned up and enamelled).

    Everything - literally everything has been stripped, powder coated or painted/enamelled, restored, replaced, re-built, re-bushed, re-bearinged (uh?). Even removal of the instrument cluster to restore the functions and lights back to former glory.

    [I'll post the jobs list later]

    ...and slow. I have sourced parts from the US, Australia, Germany which takes eons. This as opposed to paying the thieving sons of flea bitten motherless goats* Design 911 or Rose Passion silly money. So many things are NLA.
    Recent issue was clutch judder: Squidgy rear gearbox mount.
    Ordered a new one. My bad for not doing it in the first instance.
    Time. Such a protracted wait. For example: Ordered a mount from Design 911. They had a sale on. Found an online discount code and it worked (on top of the sale price! That'll teach 'em, the baskets) 2 weeks later, nothing (this was mid September). Emailed them to find out what was going on with my order and they told me that they wouldn't have then in stock until mid November. Uh?! I asked for a refund.
    Then decided to make my own out of fast cure liquid polyurethane.



    Ta da!



    But I also got the x member that the mount sits (hangs) on powder coated. So the wait for the Poly to arrive and the powder coating to be done took me to last Tuesday and other commitments meant I couldn't get started on putting it back together until yesterday.

    If I had a mount, I could have had this particular job wrapped up 2 months ago.

    *Seano™.

    If you are not bored:

    https://forums.tipec.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=24357

    Once this has been done, i'll strip and re-build the dicky ABS unit, then it get's a bit of welding and then it's MOT time.
    Then drive the fcuk out of it for a while.
    ...then it will disappear into my mate's body shop for... I dunno. Yonks but i'll press the hell out of him.


    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • haydenmhaydenm Posts: 2,997
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    orraloon said:

    Good news @haydenm Enjoy your next 5-8 weeks of 'freedom', then life gets serious 😊

    Hopefully the nurses will get them into some sort of a routine by then but that might be wishful thinking!

    Cheers all
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 56,875
    Day in the office but feeling a bit jaded as woke up at 2:30am for no apparent reason and took a while to get back to sleep. Not many people in as the trains are still screwed up 4 days after they called off the strike 🙄
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 1,391
    haydenm said:

    pinno said:

    Morning Troglodytes

    Very soggy, very grey. Meh.
    Providing that there is no interruptions, I should have the Porker back on 4 wheels today.

    I'm heading over to New Galloway this afternoon, hope it clears up a bit. Would expect a few flooded roads at this rate!

    Been a while! In case anyone was desperately worried about me while I've been away, my OH gave birth to twins last Sunday nice and early at 32 weeks. Bit wobbly through the week but all good new, OH is home and happy. The boys wont be home for 5-8 weeks I'd guess. All good here!
    Congratulations!
  • Charlie_CrokerCharlie_Croker Posts: 1,660
    pinno said:

    Morning Troglodytes

    Very soggy, very grey. Meh.
    Providing that there is no interruptions, I should have the Porker back on 4 wheels today.

    Nice work @pinno
    But can you keep it clean [inside and out] that's the question B)

    Wet n Windy on the way to WFW this morning. Brightened up a little after sunrise so hoping for a nice day now.

    ...OOWWHH gasp! gawd blimey I hate it when a tea-bag breaks and I didn't realise, cough spit cough spit... :s
  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,732
    Morning all. WFW as always. Just grey murk out and not wet yet. Picking OH up with some Christmas packages she can't handle on her own so car again.
    Congratulations Hayden and good luck. Double trouble, argh.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 1,391
    edited November 2022
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  • seanoconnseanoconn Posts: 10,961
    pinno said:

    seanoconn said:

    pinno said:

    Morning Troglodytes

    Very soggy, very grey. Meh.
    Providing that there is no interruptions, I should have the Porker back on 4 wheels today.

    Seems like the porker is constantly under construction of some kind?
    It's 9/10th's there. It has been a huge restoration and a solo effort too.
    I can literally list all the untouched things on the car:

    1. ABS pump
    2. Brake servo and master cylinder.
    3. Torque tube bearings (although the torque tube was cleaned up and enamelled).

    Everything - literally everything has been stripped, powder coated or painted/enamelled, restored, replaced, re-built, re-bushed, re-bearinged (uh?). Even removal of the instrument cluster to restore the functions and lights back to former glory.

    [I'll post the jobs list later]

    ...and slow. I have sourced parts from the US, Australia, Germany which takes eons. This as opposed to paying the thieving sons of flea bitten motherless goats* Design 911 or Rose Passion silly money. So many things are NLA.
    Recent issue was clutch judder: Squidgy rear gearbox mount.
    Ordered a new one. My bad for not doing it in the first instance.
    Time. Such a protracted wait. For example: Ordered a mount from Design 911. They had a sale on. Found an online discount code and it worked (on top of the sale price! That'll teach 'em, the baskets) 2 weeks later, nothing (this was mid September). Emailed them to find out what was going on with my order and they told me that they wouldn't have then in stock until mid November. Uh?! I asked for a refund.
    Then decided to make my own out of fast cure liquid polyurethane.



    Ta da!



    But I also got the x member that the mount sits (hangs) on powder coated. So the wait for the Poly to arrive and the powder coating to be done took me to last Tuesday and other commitments meant I couldn't get started on putting it back together until yesterday.

    If I had a mount, I could have had this particular job wrapped up 2 months ago.

    *Seano™.

    If you are not bored:

    https://forums.tipec.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=24357

    Once this has been done, i'll strip and re-build the dicky ABS unit, then it get's a bit of welding and then it's MOT time.
    Then drive the fcuk out of it for a while.
    ...then it will disappear into my mate's body shop for... I dunno. Yonks but i'll press the hell out of him.


    Top job Pinno 👍
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • veronese68veronese68 Posts: 26,931 Lives Here
    Afternoon folks,
    Busy day in the orifice, managed to time my wobble in to avoid the downpours, also managed to walk to Sainsbury's and back in one of the dry spells. Pretty sure I'll get drenched on the way home.
    Poxy fookin' dishwasher packed up yesterday so spent last night dismantling it to try and find the fault and fix it. Fixed something, but now it has a different issue. I'll have another go before I admit defeat and call someone or just replace it. I'd just go with using the sink, but the EPO insists we need one.
    Good work Pinno, even better work HM.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • thistle_thistle_ Posts: 6,976
    Stevo_666 said:

    Day in the office but feeling a bit jaded as woke up at 2:30am for no apparent reason and took a while to get back to sleep. Not many people in as the trains are still screwed up 4 days after they called off the strike 🙄

    Glad it's not just me having that sleep problem and it's lucky I don't have a job where getting it wrong could kill people :no_mouth:

    Cunning plan on the trains - call off the strike last minute, no time to change the rosters but they're not on strike so presumably getting paid?
  • thistle_thistle_ Posts: 6,976
    Congratulations @haydenm
    These things were everywhere on hols the other week, they even had some 2x2 ones which would be ideal for you, mrs HM and the kids: https://goo.gl/maps/B9RA2WSDMYimKJRd8
  • thistle_thistle_ Posts: 6,976
    'ning

    Run this morning due to weather
    In the office but not much working, a day full of meetings
    Off out again shortly if the rain eases off
  • N0bodyOfTheGoatN0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 5,782
    thistle_ said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    Day in the office but feeling a bit jaded as woke up at 2:30am for no apparent reason and took a while to get back to sleep. Not many people in as the trains are still screwed up 4 days after they called off the strike 🙄

    Glad it's not just me having that sleep problem and it's lucky I don't have a job where getting it wrong could kill people :no_mouth:

    Cunning plan on the trains - call off the strike last minute, no time to change the rosters but they're not on strike so presumably getting paid?
    On the plus side, many carriages will be near spotless inside and out. ;)
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    2020 Voodoo Marasa
    2017 Cube Attain GTC Pro Disc 2016
    2016 Voodoo Wazoo
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 56,875
    thistle_ said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    Day in the office but feeling a bit jaded as woke up at 2:30am for no apparent reason and took a while to get back to sleep. Not many people in as the trains are still screwed up 4 days after they called off the strike 🙄

    Glad it's not just me having that sleep problem and it's lucky I don't have a job where getting it wrong could kill people :no_mouth:

    Cunning plan on the trains - call off the strike last minute, no time to change the rosters but they're not on strike so presumably getting paid?
    That's a bit unusual for me - I normally sleep quite well. Might have been the Merrydown...

    Yep, they still get paid. And London Underground are on strike on Thursday...must dig out that old song about them.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • haydenmhaydenm Posts: 2,997
    thistle_ said:

    Congratulations @haydenm
    These things were everywhere on hols the other week, they even had some 2x2 ones which would be ideal for you, mrs HM and the kids: https://goo.gl/maps/B9RA2WSDMYimKJRd8

    The OH would love that when I inevitably steal the comfortable car and leave her to that! Admittedly it is probably more high tech than the Defender is.... :#

  • tlw1tlw1 Posts: 21,660
    haydenm said:

    pinno said:

    Morning Troglodytes

    Very soggy, very grey. Meh.
    Providing that there is no interruptions, I should have the Porker back on 4 wheels today.

    I'm heading over to New Galloway this afternoon, hope it clears up a bit. Would expect a few flooded roads at this rate!

    Been a while! In case anyone was desperately worried about me while I've been away, my OH gave birth to twins last Sunday nice and early at 32 weeks. Bit wobbly through the week but all good new, OH is home and happy. The boys wont be home for 5-8 weeks I'd guess. All good here!
    Awesome news 😎
  • tlw1tlw1 Posts: 21,660
    Long day of shoot meetings down the toll road end of here, then a few jobs and no pub - not the most fun end to my 40’s
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 56,875
    tlw1 said:

    Long day of shoot meetings down the toll road end of here, then a few jobs and no pub - not the most fun end to my 40’s

    Life starts at 50 ;)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinnopinno Posts: 50,604
    edited November 2022
    Charlie_Croker said:

    pinno said:

    Morning Troglodytes

    Very soggy, very grey. Meh.
    Providing that there is no interruptions, I should have the Porker back on 4 wheels today.

    Nice work @pinno
    But can you keep it clean [inside and out] that's the question B)
    The interior is off white* so no chance.
    However, the outside is black.

    *'Linen' colour, according to the boys in Stuttgart.

    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
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