Some cars are polite and some aren't.
I was out on my rounds this morning. Heywood then Spotland. Plenty of cobbled streets about.
WP_20141029_005 by EthelRedThePetrolHead, on Flickr
I went to Lake View in the afternoon and had lunch at my usual spot in Silktown - plenty of cobbled streets about.
WP_20141029_012 by EthelRedThePetrolHead, on Flickr
Ethel, Daffodil and the Blue McFoo all glide over cobbles noiselessly.
Daffodil can take speed bumps at more than a crawl as well.
Hildegarde bobbles over cobbles but I don't care - this is a quirk of the car.
I'm less indulgent when it comes to pinking and sluggish performance - I tend to look less kindly on the situation and when we start spraying the contents of our radiator over our newly painted engine bay, I get very fed up.
WP_20141029_008 by EthelRedThePetrolHead, on Flickr
Hildegarde's engine is in a sorry state.
It was an unknown - all we knew about this engine is that it was original to the car.
I won't get to decoke the engine with my steam cleaner after all but at least one of the combustion chambers will be shiny and clean thanks to a perforated head gasket. Combustion gases bubbling into the radiator, localised overheating.
It won't break down overnight but I know how this is going to develop - been there, done that, paid the garage bills.
I didn't need Tom to tell me that changing the head gaskets on this engine would be a sideways stab in the dark at the very best - the chances are this engine has suffered damage from overheating, quite possibly on the disastrous maiden trip to Scotland.
There is still life in Lil's engine. Lil was the ill-fated Three Thousand Five that was written off in the smash.
Tom gave up on this engine because of a snapped water pump bolt but this can and will be repaired.
That was a decent engine in a rotten car - it'd be a nice line in the story if it got to ride again.
Tom is fully booked for the rest of the year and I have taken steps to reduce my dependence on the garage.
Practical Classics by EthelRedThePetrolHead, on Flickr
I got a magazine with my beloved Blue McFoo - Daffodil has exactly the same symptoms as fixed by Mark Gray
I was out on my rounds this morning. Heywood then Spotland. Plenty of cobbled streets about.
WP_20141029_005 by EthelRedThePetrolHead, on Flickr
I went to Lake View in the afternoon and had lunch at my usual spot in Silktown - plenty of cobbled streets about.
WP_20141029_012 by EthelRedThePetrolHead, on Flickr
Ethel, Daffodil and the Blue McFoo all glide over cobbles noiselessly.
Daffodil can take speed bumps at more than a crawl as well.
Hildegarde bobbles over cobbles but I don't care - this is a quirk of the car.
I'm less indulgent when it comes to pinking and sluggish performance - I tend to look less kindly on the situation and when we start spraying the contents of our radiator over our newly painted engine bay, I get very fed up.
WP_20141029_008 by EthelRedThePetrolHead, on Flickr
Hildegarde's engine is in a sorry state.
It was an unknown - all we knew about this engine is that it was original to the car.
I won't get to decoke the engine with my steam cleaner after all but at least one of the combustion chambers will be shiny and clean thanks to a perforated head gasket. Combustion gases bubbling into the radiator, localised overheating.
It won't break down overnight but I know how this is going to develop - been there, done that, paid the garage bills.
I didn't need Tom to tell me that changing the head gaskets on this engine would be a sideways stab in the dark at the very best - the chances are this engine has suffered damage from overheating, quite possibly on the disastrous maiden trip to Scotland.
There is still life in Lil's engine. Lil was the ill-fated Three Thousand Five that was written off in the smash.
Tom gave up on this engine because of a snapped water pump bolt but this can and will be repaired.
That was a decent engine in a rotten car - it'd be a nice line in the story if it got to ride again.
Tom is fully booked for the rest of the year and I have taken steps to reduce my dependence on the garage.
Practical Classics by EthelRedThePetrolHead, on Flickr
I got a magazine with my beloved Blue McFoo - Daffodil has exactly the same symptoms as fixed by Mark Gray