I would just like to say

Stanleysteamer said:

Now ere's summat.
Drove doon the toon for shopping today in the Pluriel.
Car drove as normal down the mounting and to the market, then on to the dump. Had so little to get rid of I left W in the car with the engine running while I got rid of the bits in various bins.
Got back in and drove out, terrible, raucous noise coming from somewhere, stopped, looked all around the car, nothing draagging on the ground, no flat tyres, nowt. Drove on a bit, same thing, stopped and looked again. Noise was intermittent and seemingly dependant on which way the wheel was turned, as we cornered at one point I thought it was linked to the steering so I put it through lock to lock, but it din't seem to show anything more, or less. Drove to the butcher's drove away again, noise still there.
Went to Leclerc, each bit of these journeys was between half a mile and a coupla miles. Tried pulling on the handbrake to see if it was coming from the rear brakes. It sounded as if a bit of metal or summat was rubbing on a wheel or a brake disc, but that made no difference. TBH the only worse noise I have ever heard like this was when a bit of exhaust came off and dragged along the tarmac.
So, at Leclerc did our shopping, got back to the car loaded it and then I went round it shaking it as vigourously as possible on each corner trying to make it make the noise, to see which corner it was coming from, heard no noise whatsoever.
W going on a bit about it, so I told her if it made it back home I could always get it on the trailer and leave it there to be towed home and fixed there, i.e. in Blighty, as we are only 22 days away from that happening.
Anyway, we started it up and drove out of the carpark, no noise as yet, around a roundabout off towards toon, still no noise, over a sleeping policeman, round another tight roundabout, then off it, still no noise. Long story short, all the way up the mountain, i.e. 44 bends, 3 at least hairpins, and back home. No reptition of the noise at all!!

WT actual Flip!!!!!?????

Had I shaken summat loose just like that??

I am still going to have a proper look on Sunday as we are busy with a dinner party between now and then, but this is the first time I have given a car a physical piece of my mind, a la Basil FAWLTY, and it has started behaving itself!

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Hippo said:

If their teef grow too long it can stop them eating. Wearing them down on nuts helps them.

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Wimblowdriver said:

Afternoon tea in TenerifeView attachment 349270

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Hippo said:

Chuck, chips and pea's fer tea.

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kevstar said:

I see Maverick has left his sunglasses...
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Turktowner said:

Nipper i used to work with had a similar thing, terrible grinding noise and he asked me to take a look. Got down beside it and poked about and asked him to push it a bit to localize the noise. Went backward six inches and a bit of stone dropped from the brake caliper. Had been trapped as long as the car moved forward..

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Stone56 said:

Be careful with the sugar as figs are sweet when cooked,W made that mistake and it set like concrete

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kevstar said:

Stone trapped in the brake disc n caliper or back plate.

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DanClarke said:

Morning All.
I had a quick measure up of the gas-pipe run the bloke will be replacing on Saturday.
I don't think 12Metres will be enough.
I caught the ball of my thumb in the mechanism of the Valve spring compressor a few days ago and now that patch is dying and is becoming sore.
Still, there's worse things to have happen.
Have a great day!

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Stone56 said:

Have had a few heavy showers brought the crops on a bit to fast but that's nature View attachment 349244

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