All Quiet

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Tramp
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All Quiet

Post by Tramp » Fri Aug 07, 2015 10:07 pm

So, it's all quiet at the moment,
let's kick some life back into things, what's going on in people's lives? I don't care if it's Suzuki related or not, tell me what's happening!

It's been steady away for me, I spent last week at the east Coast with the family staying in a static caravan, it was a good holiday except for the

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But in fairness that would happen regardless.....

When we were walking one day we found a nice 4x4,

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It had some good sized tyres

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Then now I'm back, I bought another RC car as I'm a bit of a sucker for retro things,

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It's ok but looked rubbish on top of the fridge,

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So I knocked a couple of stands up to position them better, I used a camera ball head mount with some 1/4unc nuts and bolts and tada,

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So that's me for now, my current priorities are:- continue wiring the garage up using SWA cable - the old wiring was appalling and continue making some brackets for the plastic sill covers on my SJ I've made one but have no steel left of the right gauge, plus I want to borrow the guillotine at work to make some appropriately sized strips, the steels a little thick for my tin snips,

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Re: All Quiet

Post by twiss » Sat Aug 08, 2015 2:16 am

Not much going on for me.... still gradually putting my zook back together fixing everything as I go along!
Enjoying the sun and the hot weather! :D
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Re: All Quiet

Post by Rhinoman » Sat Aug 08, 2015 8:17 pm

Over the last week I've started painting the outside of the house, a lot of render needs repairing so I won't be getting too far with that. I went to a car show today at Wroughton but it was a bit of a non-event so I went laning around Barbary Castle instead.

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Re: All Quiet

Post by turbo-tom » Sun Aug 09, 2015 3:04 am

Cant beat a tw series specially the 35 :rockin:
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Re: All Quiet

Post by mark98 » Sun Aug 09, 2015 9:57 am

Just gone holiday, drove my Jimny from Suffolk to Scotland. Shame there's a lack of greenlanes up here, but should be a good holiday :D

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Re: All Quiet

Post by RickUK » Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:52 am

Was just going out detecting for the day as the crops have just come off and the top radiator has gone,what a bummer,had to abort and come back home.Trying to locate a top house is not as easy as i had though as most motor outlets dont carry Vitara hoses.
Deceased.
SJ413 tinwormed to the great car grave yard in the sky.
Vitara LWB V6 engine deceased and also in the great grave yard in the sky.
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Re: All Quiet

Post by Jordi » Sun Aug 09, 2015 8:08 pm

Went to the Volvo owners club meet at Wetherby.

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Re: All Quiet

Post by donkeychomp » Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:07 pm

The usual. Work. Carer for my mum and when I get a moment I'm working on the zooks/bikes. On a happy note I sold the Mini!
If it ticks over...leave it

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Re: All Quiet

Post by andyrew » Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:22 pm

Jordi wrote:Went to the Volvo owners club meet at Wetherby.

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Re: All Quiet

Post by RickUK » Mon Aug 10, 2015 8:45 am

RickUK wrote:Was just going out detecting for the day as the crops have just come off and the top radiator has gone,what a bummer,had to abort and come back home.Trying to locate a top house is not as easy as i had though as most motor outlets dont carry Vitara hoses.
What a stroke of luck,phoned around all the main Suzuki dealer and other main car spares retailer and non in stock,but my local SAM centre can get one in for 12.00 and for under a tenner,bet the local Suzuki dealer would of doubled the price and what annoyed me was they said they get most of the spares they use from the same place but put massive mark up on it as well.

Top radiator hose is on and truck is back in action again,and had change out of £8,you could say i am well pleased,must admit it was not a genuine Suzuki hose,a general universal right angle one and had to cut 2'' from each side,total job time 17minutes.
Deceased.
SJ413 tinwormed to the great car grave yard in the sky.
Vitara LWB V6 engine deceased and also in the great grave yard in the sky.
www.hideones.info www.hideones.info
Current wheels.
BMW X5 Le Mans 3.0turbo diesel.
Looking for a newish Suzuki Jimny.

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