Replacement parts

[Pastis]

Point taken. It's a 10 year old with low mileage (34K) and bits of it are beginning to go but TBH it's not worth getting rid of. The manifold heat shield was in a right old state and although the RAC man said it should be replaced there's quite a few opinions on various Rover/MG fora that say it's not necessary.
I'll ask the wise guys up the road shortly because it's due an MOT and a service. The last time their (Polish) electrician fixed the heater switch because no parts were available ~ good to find someone with some nouse and a soldering iron 

[Snoopy]

Miss D could take it on her next trip to Cuba ~ prolly get a fortune for it.

[Barman]

I've just had a brilliant idea! 

If you could lend me that tinfoil hat of yours Nick I could re-model it into the part needed 

I'm not sure how the heat shield affects the alternator wiring...?

In an ideal world it shouldn't and doesn't but if the shield is old, decrepit and falls off it's fixings and starts banging against the wiring ... 
You get the picture?

Take it off - wrap the wiring in tin-foil... Bish-bosh job done! 

[Barman]

It may be that that bit is OK and it is the rest of the car which is the problem 

[Snoopy]

I've just had a brilliant idea! 

If you could lend me that tinfoil hat of yours Nick I could re-model it into the part needed 

I'm not sure how the heat shield affects the alternator wiring...?

In an ideal world it shouldn't and doesn't but if the shield is old, decrepit and falls off it's fixings and starts banging against the wiring ... 
You get the picture?

Take it off - wrap the wiring in tin-foil... Bish-bosh job done! 

Says the man spending a fortune on buying new parts for old.

[Barman]

I've just had a brilliant idea! 

If you could lend me that tinfoil hat of yours Nick I could re-model it into the part needed 

I'm not sure how the heat shield affects the alternator wiring...?

In an ideal world it shouldn't and doesn't but if the shield is old, decrepit and falls off it's fixings and starts banging against the wiring ... 
You get the picture?

Take it off - wrap the wiring in tin-foil... Bish-bosh job done! 

Says the man spending a fortune on buying new parts for old.

Parts which are available and therefore render such temporary repairs irrelevant... 

Seems odd that I can buy every single part for a 40 y/o Mini and Pasty can't get a bit for his (relatively) recent Rover... 

[Snoopy]

TBH 10 year old Rovers were never, ever, going to be a sought after collectors item.

The Mini was an icon and as such has always attracted people who want to do what you are doing (upsetting the wife )

[Pastis]

TBH 10 year old Rovers were never, ever, going to be a sought after collectors item.

   How very dare you! 


 

[Snoopy]

Dunno what you are worried about.

My parts are all well worn out and I am certainly not a collectors item 


In fact I suspect that SWWLTBO is just waiting for the men with a black van to collect me in a zipped bag.

[Pastis]

The friendly mechanic at Honest Dave's Motors looked under the bonnet yesterday. He smiled and said:

"To be honest, (he always says that ~ that's why we call him Honest Dave), to be honest the main thing that heat shield does is to protect anyone when they're working on the motor when it's been running and hot. You could get a nasty burn off of that manifold.
Yer water pipes are well clear of it but keep an eye on them; if yer find a replacement shield, buy it and we'll fit it but don't worry."

Well, it's either thumbs up or famous last words ~ time will tell 

[Barman]

The friendly mechanic at Honest Dave's Motors looked under the bonnet yesterday. He smiled and said:

"To be honest, (he always says that ~ that's why we call him Honest Dave), to be honest the main thing that heat shield does is to protect anyone when they're working on the motor when it's been running and hot. You could get a nasty burn off of that manifold.
Yer water pipes are well clear of it but keep an eye on them; if yer find a replacement shield, buy it and we'll fit it but don't worry."

Well, it's either thumbs up or famous last words ~ time will tell 

yay!

[Snoopy]

The friendly mechanic at Honest Dave's Motors looked under the bonnet yesterday. He smiled and said:

"To be honest, (he always says that ~ that's why we call him Honest Dave), to be honest the main thing that heat shield does is to protect anyone when they're working on the motor when it's been running and hot. You could get a nasty burn off of that manifold.
Yer water pipes are well clear of it but keep an eye on them; if yer find a replacement shield, buy it and we'll fit it but don't worry."

Well, it's either thumbs up or famous last words ~ time will tell 

  "Village life" in the city eh?  

I lurve small communities like that.

It's why I never went back to live in Southampton .... it became less and less of a community and more spiteful as a consequence.

[Darwins Selection]

The friendly mechanic at Honest Dave's Motors looked under the bonnet yesterday. He smiled and said:

"To be honest, (he always says that ~ that's why we call him Honest Dave), to be honest the main thing that heat shield does is to protect anyone when they're working on the motor when it's been running and hot. You could get a nasty burn off of that manifold.
Yer water pipes are well clear of it but keep an eye on them; if yer find a replacement shield, buy it and we'll fit it but don't worry."

Well, it's either thumbs up or famous last words ~ time will tell 

  "Village life" in the city eh?  

I lurve small communities like that.

Wot he said. 

[Snoopy]

I blame "Executive" housing developments and those that live in them for a couple of years and then move on.

Oh and the Teabag ~ invention of the devil ~ that lost us an Empire.

[Pastis]

'Tis very true; it's well worth engaging with the folk that live and work around you ~ some I find are those that stay a while and move on but there are others whose lives are firmly rooted locally and they make the place richer, be they wealthy or poor.