The Water pump debacle thread

[numpty]

Congratulations Scallops and well done to your tech support crew.

[abaddonxi]

Yay.

[Scallops]

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didnt Kat order the pizzas?

was great to see the look on your face when you snicked it into gear on the road.

Got me again! But it was fun going for a spin - I enjoyed watching your face driving her yourself.

.....This would have to go down as the longest water pump repair that I know off.

Hodgo

Come on Hodgo - it only took 10 weeks

Congratulations Scallops and well done to your tech support crew.

Thanks Perry - your workshop manual came in very handy too. Let's get a drive in before the fuel pump goes!

Yay.

Totally Yay! And again, I thank everyone who offered suggestions as well as the folks who came over here to help me solve this - old cars can throw a few swerve balls but each thing I do, albeit with quality help, arms me with more knowhow and confidence and I am greatly humbled by the support.

Thanks,

Dan.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Yay.

X2

[digger]

done and dusted, split the deck and pass em out, its delt with.

Matilda rolls on under her own steam, well without the steam so much now the cooling system works.

Well done all involved!

MY OLD BANGER.

Once I bought a motor car,
It didn't take me very far.
Her colour was a deep bronze green,
With bits of chassis hinting a rusty sheen.
But I fell in love instantly with Matilda,
I pulled her apart and nearly killed her!

Some said I'd dropped a hefty clanger,
and that I had bought a real old banger.
I couldn't believe that this was true,
To me she was beautiful, just like new.

Petrol was her favourite drink,
The oil she burned made a tad of a stink.
She also had one spare bald wheel,
On cornering her tyres squeal.

The ho Hars helped and said to me,
She'd go for years, just wait and see.
Thanks to help from far and wide and to ZD
The Ho Hars and the colonel a special pride.

Now Matilda is completely rust free
And gleaming new paint is what people see
Matildas horn is loud and makes a lovely sound.
The steering wheel goes round and round.

She's very well sprung for her age,
Lumps and bumps don't make her rage.
When you say she's got a rattle,
I just won’t believe that tittle tattle.

What care I if parts are leaking?
At the lights I see blokes peeking
To fix the pump may have taken a while
But lets be fair, its travelling in style

Thanks to the Black Knight and to Killer
To hear Matilda purring was such a thriller,
So, Who care when your brakes don't work,
(It's not me it’s the kangaroo petrol that makes you jerk.)

You've got everything to make you go,
Some are jealous and say your slow.
Some say ugly some say plain
But know I love you just the same

You are not a Rolls or Bentley fair,
To tell the truth, I just don't care.
For my car you are and my car you'll stay,
Till the Im dead and the next guy comes and drives you away.

(Apologies to Bernard Shaw for the severe bastardisation of his work!).

[Scallops]

And that last line says it all, digger. They'll get the keys for this one out of my cold stiff fingers!

Thanks for the great verse. Between yourself and Mr Shaw - genius.

[Blknight.aus]

They'll get the keys for this one out of my cold stiff fingers!

hmmm, wheres my bolt cutters.. see you next cold snap.

[The ho har's]

Thank you Digger.....


now scallops that one is worth printing off and framing

hang it next to the series 1 photo...see you all at the BBQ

Mrs hh

[Scallops]

Thank you Digger.....


now scallops that one is worth printing off and framing

hang it next to the series 1 photo...see you all at the BBQ

Mrs hh

Yes - I've made a fine copy and printed it - I shall do as you suggest and frame this piece and hang it next to my special Series 1 print in our home.

Thanks again digger for this verse - And thanks again everyone here - you are all wonderful people.

[solmanic]

I declare this debacle OVER!

Thank Christ for that! Hope to see you over here for coffee in her when the weather clears.


...let's just hope the clutch doesn't....