Car Talk

[BroadAmbition]

That's the new s/steel exhaust fitted by a firm here in Donny  - Well chuffed, lifetime guarantee too.

You can see the original one was about to let go anytime soon

Griff

 

[Smoggy]

That's got years left in it! Call yerself a yorkshireman, do you not have old coke cans and wire up there in the grim norf.

[OldBerkshireBoy]

Anybody remember what the old pink bandage was called where you wrapped it around a silencer and the heat when you started the engine made it harden?

[unclemike]

20 minutes ago, OldBerkshireBoy said:

Anybody remember what the old pink bandage was called where you wrapped it around a silencer and the heat when you started the engine made it harden?

gun gum bandage

[MargeandParge]

When a teenager with very limited funds the old Gun Gum bandage was always deployed. 

Every time it was used it was always going to be your bestest job and yes the times it worked a real triumph until you drove away and the pipe blew straight out of the silencer with the increased pressure. Back to the drawing board. .

Regards Marge and Parge 

[Regulo]

16 hours ago, Smoggy said:

That's got years left in it! Call yerself a yorkshireman, do you not have old coke cans and wire up there in the grim norf.

Noooooooo!!!! Heinz baked bean tins did a much better job. Bit of gun gum underneath and you were good for another 100 miles at least! Aaah, the good old days, lying in the gutter with a Ford Corsair gearbox on your chest. Yes, change the clutch was a simple DIY job in those days. No wonder my back hurts just getting out of bed now.

[Bikertov]

LOL, in London we never bothered repairing the exhaust. Sounded much better when it was blowing anyway ...

[ChrisB]

I remember in the 70s pulling away from the lights and the car stopping.

I called the AA and he changed the broken cam belt and we were on our way.

The car was a MK3 Cortina no bent valves or ruined pistons with that single cam.

Break a belt now and it is a second mortgage.

[Bikertov]

12 minutes ago, ChrisB said:

I remember in the 70s pulling away from the lights and the car stopping.

I called the AA and he changed the broken cam belt and we were on our way.

The car was a MK3 Cortina no bent valves or ruined pistons with that single cam.

Break a belt now and it is a second mortgage.

I had a similar experience with my 1979 2.0L Capri, which was probably the same Pinto engine as the Cortina.

The engine made a funny noise and lost drive. Got towed home, my neighbour who was a mobile mechanic put on a new cam belt and I was back on the road in no time.

[BroadAmbition]

Maybe it’s me wishful thinking but with this new gas flowed less back pressure exhaust Trevor seems to be picking up quicker, sounds better too

Griff

[grendel]

many years back I had a transit van 2.0 litre v4 one day the timing gear stripped several teeth and i came to a grinding halt, one freind came out and towed me back to the campsite where we were staying.

a friend lent me their car and I found a scrap yard within about 10 miles, and they had a v4 transit engine, i stripped the front f that van, grapped the fibre timing gear, and a full set of pushrods to boot, and brought the goodies back to my van, in barely more than a day and in the middle of a field I rebuilt that engine with the new timing gear, and used about half the pushrods to replace those that had been bent,  engines were good in those days, no fancy belts, all the gears had marks and only lined up one way, after that i managed to drive home and ran the van for several more years.

[BroadAmbition]

Which reminds me to check and find out when Trevors timing belt is due for renewing

Griff

[FlyingFortress]

See if you had bought British there would be no need to worry about bits of elastic keeping your engine from self destructing 😥🤪😁

[BroadAmbition]

Don't think we make a modern transit sized van nowadays?

Griff

[Andrewcook]

Hi Griff there is a certain mileage the Timing Belt ought to be changed I wish all your Valves would go plus the Head would be very expensive in my view.

[grendel]

when I bought my current car i asked if the belt had been changed, as we were close to the mileage, as they were unsure, i got them to renew it for my peace of mind, thus i have a good few years of not having to worry about that ahead.

[floydraser]

Doesn't the potential damage caused by the broken timing belt depend on whether or not it's an "interference" type engine? Ooh er, Missus! So if there's no chance of the pistons clobbering the valves you'll get away with it.

My little diesel 1.3 Corsa was struggling this morning, it has a timing chain and 90,500 on the clock. It was -3C and booked in for MOT so I had to start it. Mis-fired and sounded like a tractor for a bit but soon settled down, then three times round the village before taking to the garage.

[BrundallNavy]

A lot of modern engines now have a hollow cam shaft so if the belt breaks they just spin the lobs round the shaft, so it’s just a new cam shaft and belt and your good to go. 
 

A cam belt change on my car is £1250. !! 

[Andythetiddler]

12 hours ago, FlyingFortress said:

See if you had bought British there would be no need to worry about bits of elastic keeping your engine from self destructing 😥🤪😁

The engine with all the timing belts etc. for your Transit was made in Dagenham, so very British. 

If you really wanted a British van you have to buy a Vivaro, Dispatch, Expert or Scudo. 

[Bikertov]

52 minutes ago, Andythetiddler said:

The engine with all the timing belts etc. for your Transit was made in Dagenham, so very British. 

If you really wanted a British van you have to buy a Vivaro, Dispatch, Expert or Scudo. 

I arranged / went on a factory visit to Ford Dagenham as an apprentice in the early 80's, when they were making the Sierra there.

It was a massive and very interesting site. A very enjoyable day was had.

[floydraser]

Corsa passed. 

My Volvo XC90 (5cyl diesel) had it's first five services for £500 as part of the purchase deal. The quote for the year after was over two grand! They said it was due to it being due for a timing belt change at 60K. Volvo say it's good for over 100K. Quite common for Volvo main dealers to claim this. 

[annv]

Hi Floyd It all depends what type of driving you do when fords first bought out the escort it had a replacement belt millage of 50,000 but many vans that where used for town deliveries had belts break before this millage, they soon bought the millage down to 36,000. these days with computers that can measure the amount of revelation's so millage is not a problem but they now also add a yearly count to catch the very low millage users. my Honda was 100,000 miles or ten years. I now have a chain driven camshaft Honda no mileage to worry about, if tensioner wears you get a noise to warn you , But regular oil changes each year regardless of millage prevents wear. Cam belts have replaced exhausts as a good earner for the trade. John 

[BroadAmbition]

Nice one, my Trevor van is the 2:2Ltr engine therefore it has a timing chain no belt - bargain and seeing as I’m doing oil & filter changes every 10k instead of the recommended 18k chain and tensioner should last an age 

Griff

[addicted]

I well remember the early 6os  driving through Southgate having just returnned from a trip to Stevenage, aware that all was not well with the exhaust system. We got flagged down by a beat copper (remember those?).  Son, he said to my boyfrfiend, if you care to check I think you will find you have a bloody great hole in  your exhaust pipe, Thanks officer, said my boyfriend , I wondered what the noise was. Get it fixed,  he replied.  Will do  said my boyfriend. and we continued on our way. I'm glad he didn't look said my boyfriend, the exhaust fell off somewhere along the A1. No hole, no exhaust at all!

Carole

[OldBerkshireBoy]

On 12/12/2022 at 18:31, Smoggy said:

That's got years left in it! Call yerself a yorkshireman, do you not have old coke cans and wire up there in the grim norf.

Fear not, I reckon that box has been wrapped in a couple of Halfords finest exhaust bandages and is already fitted to a van in Doncaster!