shed of the day.

[graemewelch]

as promised pics of the 850 ive bought for development reasons. i wont have this long. its a embarisment to have on my drive. its done 191k 2.3 t5 auto. will prob be striped when im finished with it. things didnt go well once it we got it off the recovery truck. first the batter was dead. no big deal. but the hand brake wasnt very good. so had to leave it in gear. so i got it started. got the mrs to move my car as i couldnt take my foot off the brake unless i wanted to collect it from the bottom of my street. went to move it and it stalled. typical. jump started it again. parked it on my drive went to put the poor handbrake on and the lever came off. enjoy the pics

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg483/gwexhausts/20131209_150615_zps0527c308.jpg (http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/gwexhausts/media/20131209_150615_zps0527c308.jpg.html)

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg483/gwexhausts/20131209_152159_zps0df0d549.jpg (http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/gwexhausts/media/20131209_152159_zps0df0d549.jpg.html)

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg483/gwexhausts/20131209_152223_zpsaba4fa88.jpg (http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/gwexhausts/media/20131209_152223_zpsaba4fa88.jpg.html)

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg483/gwexhausts/20131209_152415_zps59a0add8.jpg (http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/gwexhausts/media/20131209_152415_zps59a0add8.jpg.html)

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg483/gwexhausts/20131209_152423_zps427c483f.jpg (http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/gwexhausts/media/20131209_152423_zps427c483f.jpg.html)

[graemewelch]

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg483/gwexhausts/20131209_152427_zps71c68e79.jpg (http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/gwexhausts/media/20131209_152427_zps71c68e79.jpg.html)

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg483/gwexhausts/20131209_152439_zps458bf2f0.jpg (http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/gwexhausts/media/20131209_152439_zps458bf2f0.jpg.html)

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg483/gwexhausts/20131209_152458_zps32ea250b.jpg (http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/gwexhausts/media/20131209_152458_zps32ea250b.jpg.html)

[M-R-P]

What a turd!

Intresting use of a P2 headrest lol.

[JamesT5]

"Shed of the day"....... for a moment there I thought someone had posted an thread about my T5.... ;) :hilarious

[Nealevo]

Auto??? But it has a stick.
I've taxed worse lol

[graemewelch]

Auto??? But it has a stick.
I've taxed worse lol

i thought it was auto. there loads of play in the gear selector. the smell inside is terrible. i felt sick when i sat in it. ill wash it and clean the inside tomora and jet wash the engine bay. i cant work on it when its in such a state.

[expolicev70t5]

Mmm polish the turd :uglyhamme

[munster732]

I think I've got a spare handbrake lever in the garage at home Graeme, will look later on

[M-R-P]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiJ9fy1qSFI

[t5 pete]

I think I've got a spare handbrake lever in the garage at home Graeme, will look later on

Oy whats happening to gym

[expolicev70t5]

I thought the expresion was you cant polish a turd.... but you can roll it in glitter

[AndysR]

Wow! Don't think I've seen a handbrake lever snap off like that before :0

How can people treat cars like that, don't care what mileage it has done... Look after a car and it will look after you?

[graemewelch]

after a closer look the body work isnt that bad. needs a front passanger wing but the rest looks ok. the inside is realy disgusting. i had the intake pipe of and the turbo has a lot of play in it. ive seen worse though.

[graemewelch]

fitted this while i had a spare half hr

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg483/gwexhausts/20131209_173129_zpsc552441a.jpg (http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/gwexhausts/media/20131209_173129_zpsc552441a.jpg.html)

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg483/gwexhausts/20131209_173100_zps60468e23.jpg (http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/gwexhausts/media/20131209_173100_zps60468e23.jpg.html)

fits like a glove

[merc85]

blimey lol, did you get the headlight ok btw?

[jamesy12345]

Nice garden ornament there! Had a hard paper round that one

[graemewelch]

blimey lol, did you get the headlight ok btw?

not yet but thanks for that. think i might end up returning it to you though. i think this one is beyond repair. needs a little more work than im willing to do. i think the rear spoiler is the best but about it

[merc85]

not yet but thanks for that. think i might end up returning it to you though. i think this one is beyond repair. needs a little more work than im willing to do. i think the rear spoiler is the best but about it

no probs bud,

[AndysR]

Looks like it fits nicely, what's all the wet fluid around the abs modulator, it's not leaking brake fluid I hope :0

[stribo]

That car is just plain nasty, but ideal for your usage.

[graemewelch]

Looks like it fits nicely, what's all the wet fluid around the abs modulator, it's not leaking brake fluid I hope :0

its the oil that came out of the pcv valce. wasnt a good idea testing a pipe when its dark.


That car is just plain nasty, but ideal for your usage.

thats my pride and joy your talking about there. if i had a unit id keep it. but i dont yet.

[graemewelch]

today i decieded to give it a wash to try and make it look better. dont want the outside of my house looking like a volvo grave yard. outside came up ok. looks presentable. inside well ill let the one pic i took do the talk. i scraped it off with henry. then soaked in disinfectant then out came the jet wash. blasted the carpet then removed water with vax. i repeated this 3 times.

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg483/gwexhausts/20131210_105119_zpsb0c1ee7d.jpg (http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/gwexhausts/media/20131210_105119_zpsb0c1ee7d.jpg.html)

[M-R-P]

I hope you're gonna burn that thing out when you finish with it. Or push it off a bridge or something.

Nasty.

[graemewelch]

I hope you're gonna burn that thing out when you finish with it. Or push it off a bridge or something.

Nasty.

im going to wiegh it in and get my money back. i think its the most disgusting thing ive ever sat it.

[M-R-P]

You should see the sheds I end up going through when I go scrappy-wombling :yikes:

[graemewelch]

rather you than me if there out like the shed ive got

[M-R-P]

rather you than me if there out like the shed ive got

Sometimes, it's worth it. ;)

[graemewelch]

Sometimes, it's worth it. ;)

i used to know i guy that worked wear the cars went after serious accients. he said he used to find bits of flesh in windscreens blood soaked carpets and ill leave the rest to the imagination.

[M-R-P]

i used to know i guy that worked wear the cars went after serious accients. he said he used to find bits of flesh in windscreens blood soaked carpets and ill leave the rest to the imagination.

Yeah, I've seen a few face-prints in dashboards and windscreens.

[JamesT5]

today i decieded to give it a wash to try and make it look better. dont want the outside of my house looking like a volvo grave yard. outside came up ok. looks presentable. inside well ill let the one pic i took do the talk. i scraped it off with henry. then soaked in disinfectant then out came the jet wash. blasted the carpet then removed water with vax. i repeated this 3 times.

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg483/gwexhausts/20131210_105119_zpsb0c1ee7d.jpg (http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/gwexhausts/media/20131210_105119_zpsb0c1ee7d.jpg.html)

Personally , I'd have removed the carpet because I learned a few years ago whilst valeting cars that pressure washing the carpets in the car will soak the underlay and then it will slowly rot and stink. No matter how much vax extration you do will get it out because it soaks right through. I'd advise you to take them out and dry them in a garage in you have one, you'll be amazed at how much water has built up underneath!

[JamesT5]

That reminds me, a mate of mine took his car to the Romanian car valeters place and left his dog inside. When he came back the dog was soaking wet as well, so he asked the guys why his Dog was wet, they said....

"You ask for your Car Pet to be wash, we wash for you...." :ices_rofl :B_thumb:

[iancho]

Very interesting thread Graeme, I love your pipes with GWE !

Keep up the good work! :B_thumb:

[WillT5]

I actually laughed at that joke...i feel ashamed..

[graemewelch]

Personally , I'd have removed the carpet because I learned a few years ago whilst valeting cars that pressure washing the carpets in the car will soak the underlay and then it will slowly rot and stink. No matter how much vax extration you do will get it out because it soaks right through. I'd advise you to take them out and dry them in a garage in you have one, you'll be amazed at how much water has built up underneath!


ive no intrest in the car james, it will be getting scraped in the new year. i just wanted to get rid of the smell a bit. theres a nice puddle in the back still. itll add to the wieght when its wieghed in

[JamesT5]

ive no intrest in the car james, it will be getting scraped in the new year. i just wanted to get rid of the smell a bit. theres a nice puddle in the back still. itll add to the wieght when its wieghed in

Why did you buy a car just to scrap it, that seems like an odd thing to do?

[T5frankie]

Why did you buy a car just to scrap it, that seems like an odd thing to do?

james you cant not read graemes threads and come out with comments like that lol, he is using it as a base to copy its pipework so he can make some money on upgraded pipes

[JamesT5]

james you cant not read graemes threads and come out with comments like that lol, he is using it as a base to copy its pipework so he can make some money on upgraded pipes

It's an honest question.

[T5frankie]

It's an honest question.

he is earning a living mate, the car is a wreck anyway

[RiPsTa33]

Here's one for your photo album

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i265/shildonpcrepairs/S70%20TDi/IMG_20130409_190851_zpsabd886f8.jpg (http://s74.photobucket.com/user/shildonpcrepairs/media/S70%20TDi/IMG_20130409_190851_zpsabd886f8.jpg.html)

[graemewelch]

Here's one for your photo album

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i265/shildonpcrepairs/S70%20TDi/IMG_20130409_190851_zpsabd886f8.jpg (http://s74.photobucket.com/user/shildonpcrepairs/media/S70%20TDi/IMG_20130409_190851_zpsabd886f8.jpg.html)

i could use that pic and claim my car is in ok condition lol

[jamesy12345]

i could use that pic and claim my car is in ok condition lol

No-one would believe the photo was real - it looks too posh for Shildon that :)

[graemewelch]

No-one would believe the photo was real - it looks too posh for Shildon that :)

how do you know thats shildon

[jamesy12345]

how do you know thats shildon

That's where Ripsta's at isn't it? I used to go to Shildon quite a bit. As bad as Wheatley Hill where I'm from :) I meant to go and see him about a gearbox but I forgot about it

[graemewelch]

That's where Ripsta's at isn't it? I used to go to Shildon quite a bit. As bad as Wheatley Hill where I'm from :) I meant to go and see him about a gearbox but I forgot about it


didnt realise he was local.

[jamesy12345]

didnt realise he was local.

he's on VOC, good source of bits and pieces by the look of it

[RiPsTa33]

how do you know thats shildon

Had somebody looking for a t5 engine and gearbox yesterday if you want to sell the car on when you're finished with it, saves dragging it to the scrappy


No-one would believe the photo was real - it looks too posh for Shildon that :)

You're right mate, it's not Shildon (the town that time forgot)

[graemewelch]

[QUOTE=RiPsTa33;672873]Had somebody looking for a t5 engine and gearbox yesterday if you want to sell the car on when you're finished with it, saves dragging it to the scrappy




i might just do that if i dont bust it for bits.