horror stories ?

[mk1seymoore]

First of all thanks to all at osf for a top weekend !! on the down side ... a bad connection in my fuse box melted the fuse to my leccy fan and cosequently massivley over heated !! any one else out ther have much trouble ??

[Mk2Jo]

We saw poor Martin (Martina) broken down on the M3 in his MK5 'tina Sorry mate, we couldn't stop as had cars right up our arse as we were towing Hope you got home safe

[Vista]

mk2Griff looks to have had a terminal engine failure on the way home and I had a few dodgy moments in traffic with the temperature climbing towards the red. Got home and found my Kenlowe isn't working so am amazed I made it there and back without incident, especially in this heat.

 

Ultimate horror story has to be that lovely yb converted mk1 Mex that went up in flames though. Not sure I could cope with that happening to a newly finished project.

[FredTransit]

Had a rear flat tyre on the way home on the M1, and it took out the inner tyre! So came home on five......

[MEXY867M]

left early fet sh.t got about 4 miles out of pod and the bl..dy rear exhaust mount decided to break had to bungie strap to hold it up and its still holding it up good old strap,sorry to hear all the other problems peeps had,BUT IN ALL GREAT DAY WELL DONE TO EVERYONE INVOLVED,

[antz]

My only problem was my fuel gauge gave up and read 1.5 tanks of fuel for over 360 miles The needle went past full and off the other end of the gauge so I had to use my mathematics skills of when I last filled the car and how many miles I can do until I need to stop for fuel again.

 

Other than that the car performed perfectly

[V8ian]

This has to be the ultimate Horror story,

 

http://www.shitboxracing.co.uk/viewtopi ... =10&t=2229

 

dont think you can say too much and whatever you say wont be enough

makes my back axle maladies pale into insignifcance!!!!

 

 

[BIG G]

great weekend and peeps but the roadd trip makes the weekend for me specially repairing the weirdest stuff hey kev

[ZetecVan 2.0]

No problems for me considering I was having electrical problems on the Friday. However the Mk1 German Fire Tranny was having a serious misfire on the A1 on the way home. We were doing 40mph up hills.

 

On the plus side because of the slow speeds, I managed to get home on a tankful and averaged about 28 to the gallon!

[bomber1]

my car was seriously hot on the way home got as far as staines pulled off with the elcy fan on constantly for 20 mins trying to get the heat out off the engine. was so hot i was nearly sick the other 2 zcars breezed it even in traffic

[Conor]

My only problem was my fuel gauge gave up and read 1.5 tanks of fuel for over 360 miles The needle went past full and off the other end of the gauge so I had to use my mathematics skills of when I last filled the car and how many miles I can do until I need to stop for fuel again.

 

Other than that the car performed perfectly

 

Where were you hiding? Didn't see you or the car on Sunday.

[Vista]

Antz's car was in the back row near the OSF marquee. Unfortunately our limited space meant we had to park them in two rows with front row priority given to those that wanted to get their cars out on the strip. Sadly it meant that those on the rear rows didn't get the attention their cars and efforts deserved.

[antz]

I was parked to the left of the osf marquee third car along on the back row. between my dads mk1 and ian1300s green mk2 escort

 

As Vista said its a shame the layout was restricted due to some people being rude and taking 1/2 the space of our stand and it resulted to everyone parking like a Morrisons carpark and some of the cars on the back row didnt get as much attention....for instance Ian1300s gorgeous green mk2 escort next to mine.

 

Hopefully next year we can get a long line going again and a better place for the stand

[gpcmatric]

Thought id give the qtr mile a run for the first time on saturday and snapped the throttle cable had to buy a push bike cable for a fiver and spent an hour or so with a nail file to file the nipple down to fit the bike carbs.will have another go next time

[escamino]

Crunched my diff

[Trevmk3]

i overheated on the M1 in traffic saturday, then the starter motor needed to be pursuaded into life sunday morning.

[Messenjah]

started motor fell out on the way there on saturday and spent all of sunday trying to get the car running right and had not really managed and then it broke down as i was leaving and had to wait about 4 hours for the rac

[Trevmk3]

started motor fell out on the way there on saturday and spent all of sunday trying to get the car running right and had not really managed and then it broke down as i was leaving and had to wait about 4 hours for the rac

 

thats why you were lurking around at the end of the road, only just spotted you before i had to nail it accross the crossroads was good to meet you anyway

[Type49]

Well my mex (on its original engine over 100,000) ran like a dream as usual, but hubby Dean's capri had terrible running probs on the way home... still changing bits now to fix it. Had to keep pulling off with lack of power and then rejoin the motorway police were very nice to us (a 1st) and we at least we managed to nurse it back slowly

[BaileyMex]

My heart goes out to that blike and his MK1, I'd be mortified

 

Thankfully mine was good as gold, did get King hot trying to get out of the pod tho, what about those ques

[steve dray]

Leaking rear hub seal AGAIN (Big time this time) whining front wheel bearing, and pinking for some reason, apart from that, faultless!!

 

I really feel for the guy with the fire damage , heart wrenching

[Mrs O/H/C]

there seems to have been loads of breakdowns either on the way there or back ... our convoy included.. a tow car whose head gasket went and another car who got a puncture ..BUT nothing compares to the mk1 escort.

 

I got goosebumps when i saw the pic... how gutted the owner must be and i think we all sympathise with him/her

 

On a better note... The weekend was FAB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to all involved in arranging it again ..roll on 2010

[Hunter T]

I managed to do summin to my head on the way up (pissing about)

 

compression test and head off tomorrow to see what its done, drove home slowly which was fine but dont like the tapping noises big thanks to Kev16v who came and had a nosey under my cam cover as well top bloke

[the shonkster]

I DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT GREAT EVENTS LIKE THIS BUT THE LAY OUT IS SO WRONG ONE ROAD IN AND ONE ROAD OUT ISENT IT ABOUT TIME THE POD BUILT A TWO LANE ROAD AROUND THE BACK OF START FINISH LINE IF WE HAVE TO PARK ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE PLACE IF WASNT FOR US SPENDING A FORTUNE ON OUR CARS THESE SHOWS WOULD NOT HAPPEN ANY THOUGHTS OH AND A BIG THANKS TO ALL INVOLVED HAD A GREAT DAY SUNDAY

[over_head_cam]

I DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT GREAT EVENTS LIKE THIS BUT THE LAY OUT IS SO WRONG ONE ROAD IN AND ONE ROAD OUT ISENT IT ABOUT TIME THE POD BUILT A TWO LANE ROAD AROUND THE BACK OF START FINISH LINE IF WE HAVE TO PARK ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE PLACE IF WASNT FOR US SPENDING A FORTUNE ON OUR CARS THESE SHOWS WOULD NOT HAPPEN ANY THOUGHTS OH AND A BIG THANKS TO ALL INVOLVED HAD A GREAT DAY SUNDAY

 

Agreed. Or even another exit maybe so that people can head off in another direction?

 

Caps lock off BTW m8 ;)