GT6 M Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Went to Tebay to nosey aboot, so too did a few others.most of the crws got there, some were having trouble with fuel probsseems to be fuel in Scotchlandshire, or had Mr J Mc Jim been filling the tanks with Lambrini!!the crew of the 2.5 had no heater, so were a bit frozenthe Geordie Ladds, having trouble with the TRs fuel hope they sorted it, and got better as they put new fuel in.Met Bill Goody, gave him a present, but think he was more intrested in looking for BEER,!!!nice to meet you Bill, hope you no got any symptoms frae the present.And a very great full thankee to the Scrapmans crew , and Monsignoir Velo Rosso, for the delivery of what I thoought was 1 diff, but turned oot to be two, which had winged its way all the way frae Colchester,to Tebay, thru the CT Express.And Colins car is really unmissable in the dark, as he got a antanna, bigger than Blackpool tower, and more lit up than it too. ;) ;)good to see so many ..ole bangers.. getting well used, well done , and hope you all make it back okMarkus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 M Posted October 7, 2012 Author Share Posted October 7, 2012 Can only put two pics up, as a normal digi camera dont take pics in the dark, :-/ :-/Roys crewTims crew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiggrr1 Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Tim you look knackered in that Pic ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTRoger Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 I don't see any shorts!!!????? :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 GTRoger wrote:I don't see any shorts!!!????? :P...it was a bit cool on Shap Fell(what) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferny Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 tiggrr1 wrote:Tim you look knackered in that Pic ;)You should have seen him at the end. He'd eaten a packet of Pro Plus. ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Reckon Tim could have driven the event again, jeez I'd hate to go out for a drink(!) with him.Seriously buzzing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedmonkey Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 796 wrote:Went to Tebay to nosey aboot, so too did a few others.most of the crws got there, some were having trouble with fuel probsseems to be fuel in Scotchlandshire, or had Mr J Mc Jim been filling the tanks with Lambrini!!the crew of the 2.5 had no heater, so were a bit frozenthe Geordie Ladds, having trouble with the TRs fuel hope they sorted it, and got better as they put new fuel in.Met Bill Goody, gave him a present, but think he was more intrested in looking for BEER,!!!nice to meet you Bill, hope you no got any symptoms frae the present.And a very great full thankee to the Scrapmans crew , and Monsignoir Velo Rosso, for the delivery of what I thoought was 1 diff, but turned oot to be two, which had winged its way all the way frae Colchester,to Tebay, thru the CT Express.And Colins car is really unmissable in the dark, as he got a antanna, bigger than Blackpool tower, and more lit up than it too. ;) ;)good to see so many ..ole bangers.. getting well used, well done , and hope you all make it back okMarkus I hear you slipped Homer a pie - which I smelt several times through Wales! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferny Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 timbancroft61 wrote:Reckon Tim could have driven the event again, jeez I'd hate to go out for a drink(!) with him.Seriously buzzing!It gets very very messy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 M Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 ajp wrote:I hear you slipped Homer a pie - which I smelt several times through Wales! AJ, pies were a wee treat frae me to any one woe wanted one,You no aboot, so missed oot.And I bet Homer scoffed it with relish too :) :)M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedmonkey Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 I was having a hot shower! :)-and would have taken up the pie offer if they had been wheat and gluten free, :-/ cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 timbancroft61 wrote:Reckon Tim could have driven the event again, jeez I'd hate to go out for a drink(!) with him.Seriously buzzing!Just getting into the spirit of the event :) :) just about back to normal now having to endure a 10 trip back home and 4 recovery trucks :B :B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Just getting into the spirit of the event :) :) just about back to normal now having to endure a 10 hour trip back home and 4 recovery trucks :B :B[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 tiggrr1 wrote:Tim you look knackered in that Pic ;)I can't think why?? Any chance you can pm me your address so I can post your VR back to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferny Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 339 wrote:Just getting into the spirit of the event :) :) just about back to normal now having to endure a 10 trip back home and 4 recovery trucks :B :BWhat happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 ferny wrote:What happened?We departed the Plough for the premier inn and on the way the car started making the most horrible noise. I had a weird clutch pedal and assumed it was the clutch release bearing finally giving up. We made it into the hotel car park to be meet with a temp gauge off the scale and the water boiling!! We think it's the water pump that seized so I locked the car and went for a shower, food and beer!! The next morning we all had a quick look and while checking the clutch pedal noticed the crank pulley moving a good 1mm in relation to the clutch pedal. The decision was then made to call recovery as I didn't fancy risking thrust washers falling out on the drive home. Must be the latest RBRR car failure in history! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagerbeaver Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 I'm really pleased you got back OK Tim. I was admiring your car before going for breakfast and hope I didn't cause offence by taking the sneaky picture later as it was being loaded on the recovery truck but I needed some pictures of broken down cars to convince some of my sponsors over how demanding this event is :)I've got some of it on the event as well whilst it was running Ok if you would like those!You might have gone by the time the AA man had helped be open the bonnet of my magenta TR6. I am now an expert on overcoming this problem. In fact I'm tempted to not to use the cable and use the AA technique just to add to the challenge. Well, maybe not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Englishbull Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 My brother saw your Magenta TR6 yesterday......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Eagerbeaver wrote:I'm really pleased you got back OK Tim. I was admiring your car before going for breakfast and hope I didn't cause offence by taking the sneaky picture later as it was being loaded on the recovery truck but I needed some pictures of broken down cars to convince some of my sponsors over how demanding this event is :)I've got some of it on the event as well whilst it was running Ok if you would like those!You might have gone by the time the AA man had helped be open the bonnet of my magenta TR6. I am now an expert on overcoming this problem. In fact I'm tempted to not to use the cable and use the AA technique just to add to the challenge. Well, maybe not. Any pics would be gratefully received. Cool to be able to put a face to a forum member 8) 8) 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiggrr1 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 339 wrote:We departed the Plough for the premier inn and on the way the car started making the most horrible noise. I had a weird clutch pedal and assumed it was the clutch release bearing finally giving up. We made it into the hotel car park to be meet with a temp gauge off the scale and the water boiling!! We think it's the water pump that seized so I locked the car and went for a shower, food and beer!! The next morning we all had a quick look and while checking the clutch pedal noticed the crank pulley moving a good 1mm in relation to the clutch pedal. The decision was then made to call recovery as I didn't fancy risking thrust washers falling out on the drive home. Must be the latest RBRR car failure in history! At least you made it to the finnish Tim :)Like you say better safe than sorry, so I reckon not technicaly a breakdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 M Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 Queeerie, did the Geordie ladds in the Yellow TR 7 make it round, did it stop missing, was it fuel related, !!!and did the two in the 2.5 saloon get their heater to work. be cold if it didnt get to work.going home thru Blencathra, the intkake temp was reading 3 degs :-/M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve P Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 I was Bill Goodwins team mate and i ate the pie you gave him,nice!Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris p Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 796 wrote:Queeerie, did the Geordie ladds in the Yellow TR 7 make it round, did it stop missing, was it fuel related, !!!and did the two in the 2.5 saloon get their heater to work. be cold if it didnt get to work.going home thru Blencathra, the intkake temp was reading 3 degs :-/MYes we got round , it missfired all the way untill the severn bridge then it just cleared and was spot on for the rest of the event ,Thanks for the help and the crack , We will be back might even be a 2 car team next time :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiggrr1 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Good to know you made it round lads :) and didn't give up (you were pretty pi**ed off at the time)I'm guessing it must have been dodgy fuel the Jocks sold you and that you filled up again around the Severn bridge thus clearing the problem.Either that or whatever was in your float bowls was eventually sucked into the engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Wilson Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 As Chris has said we did make it to the end. Thank you for all the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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