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Post by TitzonToast » Wed Mar 05, 2025 8:56 pm

Just ordered it there. I found a service that lets you order stuff for collection just over the border in the North of Ireland.
Brexit really put a block on buying stuff from England!
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Post by wurlycorner » Thu Mar 06, 2025 12:29 pm

TitzonToast wrote:
Wed Mar 05, 2025 8:56 pm
Brexit really put a block on buying stuff from England!
It's made everything harder, more complex, more expensive - as it always was going to, despite all the BS that Farage and Johnson etc. spouted.
Anyway, glad if you've sorted a replacement!

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Post by woOtSalami » Mon Mar 10, 2025 7:30 am

TitzonToast wrote:
Wed Mar 05, 2025 8:56 pm
Just ordered it there. I found a service that lets you order stuff for collection just over the border in the North of Ireland.
Brexit really put a block on buying stuff from England!
I feel you! Had the same issues since. Hard to source and hard to invest. Prices nearly doubled. And shipping times we not want to talk about that here shhh... :D

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Post by TitzonToast » Sat Mar 29, 2025 3:59 pm

I'd been getting a random but persistent squeaking from the front of the car for ages now and it has been driving me nuts.
I've been after it none stop and I was convinced it had to be something I'd done when I either poly bushed the car or after some other work.
I stripped the driver's side completely this morning and smothered all the bushes in silicone grease and ptf tape but they didn't really need it from what I could tell.
Then I happened to spot what was all along.
The rubber mountings for the radiator, I couldn't believe it.
Noise gone.
I'll sleep like a log tonight, I swear!
Also, my new engine mount landed this morning while I was down in my lock up. I'm not sure if I'll get away with heading down back tomorrow with it being Mother's Day though.
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Post by wurlycorner » Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:48 pm

Wowzers, that’s astonishing if radiator mount bushes caused that problem! Well done finding it

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Post by TitzonToast » Sat Mar 29, 2025 7:18 pm

I couldn't believe it myself tbh.
Something is clunking away in the rear also, I'll be using a friend's ramp to find that problem.
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