Stick it to the man, Man.

39 in a 40, they should be paying YOU, for being so safety aware and considerate.

The main question is: What was that speedo showing? 53??

39, I had the right tyres on it remember!

JPB wrote:39, I had the right tyres on it remember!

By that, he means the wrong tyres.
You should drive it NOW john. Large thick steering wheel, better tyres, pumped up a bit, its almost a PASmobile these days.

JPB wrote:39, I had the right tyres on it remember!

I honestly couldn't think what your avatar was from for absolutely ages, but knew I'd seen it before. Then it suddenly came back to me this morning.

"Hello, I'm JPB, I'm the "Jesmond Road Speeder", only I never done it."

Mr hoppy!

Must of spent that £120k on 5 kilos of cola cubes...

Went to a bus meet in Whitley bay today.
(pics uploading for those who enjoy Bus-porn)

Came back to the car, dead.
Nothing.

Luckilly, I had Filthyjohn with me.

Many checks, swear words and compaints about the rain later, the starter motor was out.
One hammer, screwdriver and refitting later and the car burst back into life.

Starter motor isnt engaging reliably. Needed to be seriously freed off, soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Does anyone have a spare tested working B14 starter that I can swap for money?

Cheers all.

Dude, I assume you just tried tapping the solenoid when attempting to turn the engine over?

If it's not the end of the world to remove it, I would and clean it. I reckon that will sort it. My mate done that to his Mondeo TDi and it was fine aftwerwards.

L14MNP wrote:Dude, I assume you just tried tapping the solenoid when attempting to turn the engine over?

If it's not the end of the world to remove it, I would and clean it. I reckon that will sort it. My mate done that to his Mondeo TDi and it was fine aftwerwards.

Yup dude, tried that first.
Tried everything before resorting to removal.

Being a vario, couldnt rock it or bump start it.
CVT fail.

Not really confident enough to dismantle and clean the SM myself like.
Might be able to manage a straight change over though.
Possibly.

volvosneverdie wrote:
Many checks, swear words and compaints about the rain later, the starter motor was out.
One hammer, screwdriver and refitting later and the car burst back into life.

Really sorry to hear that mate, we had lovely sunshine here today

Bit of a nuisance about the motor aswell, hope you get it sorted soon.

Bump for hillarious pic.

Me doing something usefull, and John messing around with spanners.

I actually think this is fairly common on 1.4's. My Dad carried a hammer for a short while before replacing the starter on his too

Ben... that umbrella suits you sir

SteveP wrote:
Ben... that umbrella suits you sir

It was Johns birds.
Shes quite small compared to me, thus hillarious small umbrella + large man photo.

SteveP wrote:I actually think this is fairly common on 1.4's. My Dad carried a hammer for a short while before replacing the starter on his too
Ben... that umbrella suits you sir

+1 to fairly common (Bosch (360) beats Paris-Rhone (340))
+1 to the umbrella

Drove around for about 6 months without a starter in our old 343 Junior in pre-Ebay and pre-forum days. But that's not an option in a vario ...

Tom