TheRealNips

We have arrive for the AGM

If you leave now, you will just make it... ?

Arrived!

Use the force my young padawan....

Welcome!

Mileage on engines is important of course, however the heat cycle of an engine is more important. That is how many times an engine has heated up and cooled back down again. A little old ladies fiesta that is driven to the local shops and back everyday will do more heat cycles than a taxi driver and could suffer an earlier failure. Have a look at those remarkable stories of ford mondeos or toyotas in america doing 1 million miles and the common denominator is that they are taxi drivers or salesperson, so they start the car in the morning, drive 1000 miles and then turn it off. Yes that's 1000 miles, but its only one heat cycle and less damaging to the engine. If you are starting the car to let it idle and turning it off, you are doing a heat cycle for no reason. If the conditions are nice, start it and take it for a drive. not 2 miles down the shops but a proper drive to get it up to temperature and hotter. Get all the fluids moving around, get the turbos spinning and get some nice fuel in it. Most important though, get that grin on your face. I don't start my car unless I need to, sometimes its in the garage for the whole winter without moving, I just disconnect the negative on the battery. I have no power in my garage for a trickle charger, but that is only if I know it's going to be a few months of not driving it. During spring, summer and autumn, I park it up and just leave it as is until I next need/want it. If I do disconnect the battery all I have to do is re-do the settings on the stereo, but it's not a complicated one so it takes 30sec.

Hi all, My car is (hopefully) being converted to a manual this winter, along with a few extra bits. However Im really struggling to find all the bits I need. A couple of ebay sellers I have been in contact with are selling conversion kits for £2500. I messaged them to see what they would sell the kits to me minus the gearbox and propshaft (I have sourced these already) and one refused and the other said £1500. £1500 is a lot of money for a bunch of old rusted parts, so I went on Z1 to look at their conversion deal. Without the gearbox and what-not, theirs comes to $1400, already cheaper than the greedy ebay sellers over here as thats $1400 for brand new clean parts, but there is a catch: it is currently unavailable. I have messaged them to see whats happening, but Im not having much faith. I have even been looking around for a tatty manual car to use as a donor, but the cheapest I can find is a tatty red one in Wales for £4500. Gone are the days of cheap donors cars... So, I am looking for help. I need to beg, borrow (permanently), buy and steal (preferably not of course!) all the bits I need for a conversion. Please can you please raid your garages, lock-ups, cupboards and brains for the knowledge of any good quality parts you know would be sold to me (for the right price ofcourse!) Here is my list of items I need for a conversion: Gearbox = sourced TT flywheel = sourced Flywheel bolts Pressure plate bolts & washers transmission plates Propshaft = sourced Clutch booster, lines and vacuum canisters Clutch master Clutch slave Clutch lines Clutch pedal Brake pedal Shifter and linkage Shifter brace 2x rubber shifter boots Shifter boot Shifter boot retainer Shift bushes Gearknob Wiring harness I believe that is everything I need, I compared various online sources to create this list, but if you see something that is missing, please let me know. If you have any of these parts, I will get on my knees and pray to The Great God Zed that you say "here Tom, have it for free, ill pop it in the post"..... Failing that, money will exchange hands...

Yes please! Or change it to a twin for Ian and I to share....assuming Ian is ok for that ofcourse ???

Not looking likely but I'll see what I can organise

Just me then... The Toyota club obviously knew it was just me and filled up the rest of our stand...

Happy Birthday!

I will be attending, but on my own as the wife has a project going live that week/weekend

Check the fuses down by the drivers footwell, then check the bulbs are not blown. I had two main beam bulbs died on me at the same time once and spend hours tracking around the car trying to work out why. First thing my mechanic did was change the bulbs and they worked fine! I would then start checking voltages with a multimeter

Pearl white is lovely....almost as good as red

That is some serious forward planning.... 2022 hasnt even happend yet...

Happy Birthday!

Two girls one cup?!

Enjoy it and take a gopro so we can see!

Repair panels. You dont know how much rust the donor is holding....

Rest in peace Liz, you have been a rock to this stormy isle..... ?

You are welcome to use my car as reserve, but due to a weekend away, I can not be there to man the stand ?

Count me in and the hotel accommodation as well please

Happy Birthday Ian!!!!

So at the moment we have one confirmed car: 1) TheRealNips

Can we start a list of people who are coming to this please?