Manky Monkey Motors

well weve all heard of countin chickens before thay hatch.
took ,MEG, my daily for mot this morning thought it should pass but the hand brake isnt the best but if you pull it hard on it holds ok  ::)
told this to ,pete, the mot tester and he said ok they were never good h/brakes on omega,s
anyway he found a couple of brake pipe ends a bit grotty and advised me that if i promised to change them and he found nowt else he,d pass it  :) great i thought.
then onto the brake rollers all foot/service brakes ,,eccellant,, :) :)
then came the dreaded h/brake he pulls it on and its very nearly good enough  ;)   then he pulls it a bit harder and ,,BANG,,grind,grind,,grind the f####ng hand brake shoe,s disintigrated OH,SH1TE  he shouted  youre gonna have to fix that ,,,and whilst youre at it,, you best do them pipe,s
all my ramps and brake tools are 86 miles away at wonderland  ::) ::) ::)
looks like i,ll be lying on me back under ,MEG, for a few days now

The joys of motoring mate. :(
But you'll fix it. ;)

thats pants Spanners but it could be worse only minor things really,good luck with the retest

it is worse  :o :o now its in bits its gonna cost a bomb as i,v found a damaged brake caliper ,,,, :oits got hammer ,rash,, from some time years ago there a chunk ,chipped/knocked ::) out where the pads sit, :o :o previous bad workman ship,,,,
so to do it correctly it going to be ,
two rear calipers,, two rear discs ,pad set ,, h/brake shoes couple of fitting kits,, a roll and a half of brake pipe as the pipes are the front to rears ,, fluid ,, pipe nuts etc,etc,,
and i,v got to do it all on my own (billy no mates) lay on my back  as i havnt got a ramp or pit here yet,,

this gets better /worse  ::) ::)

new parts collected this morning , :) all looked correct , so i cracked on with it ,,only to find out the new brake discs fit ,,but,, the hole for the retaining bolt dosn,t line up  ::) ::) its half a hole out  :-* :-\ so i phoned the supplier and explained ,,so its thought they are a mis-machined ,batch got to get some more a differant make tommorrow,

got the discs exchanged for some that fit more expensive make but got them for the cheeper price as the cheeper were ,faulty goods,  ;)
also swapped the pads  ;) ;) and the retaining kit  ;) ;) ;)

even treated ,MEG, to a pair of new rear springs whilst i was playing with her ,undercarriage,, ::) ::)

just been for retest service brake over 100%  locks up on rolling road ,,,,, parking brake locks up on rolling road  so all good,,

now to all the other little jobs i,ve spotted .
but i may have to go and ,tickle,, EMILY,, first ,, :D :D :D :D :D

See i said you'll fix it. ;)

more crappy car sh#te  :o :o .

err, indoors informed me on sunday night that her car had just run out of mot,, ::)
i knew the h/brake cables are sticky so i,v got new ones waiting ,, ;)

what i didnt know was both inner sills and sill bottom edge,s a rotton  :o :o :o  i absolutely hate welding rotton owd motors  >:( >:( >:(
 it also needs front discs and pads
and it makes basingstoke  day out look almost impossible now  :( :( :(

  :( sorry to hear that Mike.
Hopefully things can only get better from now on :)

bought all the bits it may need and told her indoors that i,ll get rount to it in my own time ,,,,she,s not tooo happy ,,, and i,m on ,taxi,, dutie,s for some time ,,

aint it a funny old world,,lol,

MEG,, the old omega that started this thread all that time ago is set to make a come back maybe about 6 weeks time but

she,s been sat unloved in north lincs and a mate owes me a favour  and he said if she will start that he would mot her  for the end of november 

he,s been on the phone and said she started straight of the key  but the batts fooked  so he is going to honour his offer when he has a bit of time

watch this space for updates  ;) ;)

Excellent news :)