that’s what i felt too, it’s not much extra, but perhaps just for the word Bosch on the label

panic, not being able to decide what to do. bring bcak lots of handtools…

no, he means the lumpy bit on the elbow of his right arm

yes diesel. it sounds like the pump on a fake espresso coffe machine, and sounds like it’s struggling as it slows down over the course of 5-10 seconds.

i haven’t waited to see if it stops, perhaps i should, cos i don’t like the sound, so either start it or knock it off. if i knock it off without starting it doesn’t come on again when re-starting. i obviously need to start wit bonnet open so i cna jump round and see if i can locate it…

there is occasionally (twice since sunday) a grunty noise before starting, comes on like fuel lifter pumps do, but sounds wrong and too loud.
did it just nowwhen i turned to third position (before sprung start position).
when i turned off and went to 3rd pos again it didn’t do it, nor consecutive times.

but this made me think i had read somewhere about a vacuum pump doing this.
where is the vacuum pump? is it not driven by main auxiliary belt?

thanks again edukator, there usually is somewhere too right. just a matter of finding it, which seems to be my weak spot : )
i’ll have a read of that. hopefully there are some actual sentances in it…

right, good stuff. does sound like the MC, especially from your earlier description.
it spring back right away. doesn’t achly feel too bad, and brakes work for now, but i reckon i’ll just replace the MC, given the possibilty that a seals kit might not fix it if it’s damaged inside. and given the work needed (presumably) to get to it all.

thanks again edukator, there usually is somewhere too right. just a matter of finding it, which seems to be my weak spot : )
i’ll have a read of that. hopefully there are some actual sentances in it

ok thanks everyone. feels like we’re getting somewhere, dispite the disagreements.

i should’ve said, and forgot to, that in the reservoir the fluid looks fairly black and murky.
i guess this could be indicative as it is if it’s black in the MC?

trail rat, not sure i’m equiped to check the vacuum pump/system pressures. how do you go about it? also, is the Vacuum pump the servo?

and another: i guess if i buy a seals kit (€8) i just need to check part numbers for compatibilty?

another question: how do i work out if it has abs or not (apart from trying to skid!)?

reckon i’ll have a go at replacing the MC seals.

the thing is, even if ‘they all do that’, they presumably didn’t do it when they were new, so it should be possible to get the system back to working properly.
ok, this may entail a fair amount of parts darts, as it often seems to with modern vehicles, but at least these parts aren’t too pricey. a complete new master cyclinder is only 30 or 40 euros for example

jesus that brake pedal creep article was painful to read! didn’t make any sense and didn’t really conclude with anything useful.

trail rat, ‘hence why’, really?

yep so don’t seem to be losing fluid from the system overall. reservoir full anyway and been driving a couple of days (picked it up on sunday).

it only does it when engine running, not when off. and the brakes do work, tho perhaps not as sharp as i would’ve expected.

from what people have said, not losing fluid implies master cylinder seals, but not doing it whe engine stopped suggests not.

so if not, would it be the servo seals? when wwaswas says brake booster, is that the same as the servo.

Carbon monoxide?
good This American Life episode about ghosts/CO, tho i’ve just spoiled it for you.

doesn’t explain anti-gravity or flying toy effects tho of course

wet room doesn’t necesarily gain you any space. but could work. the question for me would still eb stopping water getting everywhere. i don’t like curtains.

in your new drawing, could you turn the toilet through 90deg so it backs up to right hand wall, and would you gain a little slace that way for eg the radiator?

i know cosmetic rust is an oxymoron when it comes to cars n britain, but it was n’t rusty underneath. of course i didn’t go poking a screwdriver into the rusty patches, the guy wouldn’t have been to happy, so it will probably be a bit worse that i optimistically decided looking at it.
i have to admit that i was swayed by the engine. clearly in great nick and injectors already done. my OH having recently dinged my scudo, and living in Ardeche where stuff doesn’t really rust, i just felt the body stuff was actually acceptable. and means i don’t have to care too much if it get dinged again.

now i’m gettting buyer’s remorse, thanks you lot!

right well, went to see it, and turns out, i’m gonna buy it!
best thing about it, the injectors and seals have been done.

worst thing about it, you were all right, RUST, BUT, it’s not mostly cosmetic and it’s a bit of a tatty old hepa anyway, so, i’m just going to scrub the spots back, mastic them and epoxy undercoat from bilt hamber. then get a couple of rattle cans of the right colour mixed up and that’ll do it.

otherwise the engine sounded sweet, much better than my scudo with the same mileage and exhaust was super clean. there’s a radiator tube needs doing, not sure if the guy realised or not. ther are lots of general little bodywork and door issues, electric windows etc, but those’ll just need to get sorted bit by bit.

if i tell you the price it’ll sound expensive, but it’s way cheaper than other vito Fs go for, so i think worth it. and vans are expensive in france.
ok, 3500€, with the radiator tube fixed.

thanks all. rust as i said, is not a real worry. i’ve had bits of bare body-work (non galvy) sit un-treated for months in the climate where i live and they don’t even get a spot of surface rust. but i will check obviously.

injector seals yep, clocked that thanks. i’ve had them go on my scudo so know what it looks like. only cost me 150 euros to get it done. not too shabby. but can turn into an expensive PITA apparently

holy crap

there’s this attitude in france which i come accross fairly often. a lot of people i talk to , and i don’t talk politics/economics by choice, say things like “yeh i mean l’europe, what has it given us? They said this and they said that and what have we got?”

to which i feel like saying ” what, you didn’t get the free money they promised you personally?”

i don’t dispute there are huge inequalties in society, rich elite looking after their own interests etc, but a lot of folk seem to feel like the world owes them a living. social benefits are actually pretty generous in france if you’ve worked (ever) and are part of the system. health care isn’t in the mess it’s in in britain tho not free at point of delivery, or whatever the phrase is.

it’s the righteousness of it all that gets me. Yeh, i’ve got a right to cheap shit poluting technology, it’s all those rich folk who are f-ing everything up. not me, i just work, consume unthinkingly (ok, i do that too) and drive everywhere all the time (are you mental? cycling’s for exercise when you’re retired)

france is a lot less densly populated than britain, and public transport coverage is not great. a trip i do semi-regularly which takes 2 hours wuld take all day on 2 buses and 1 train if i’m lucky. so life would be hard without a car, and so it seems for folk who don’t have much money and have shit cars or not at all. but in an area where the weather is fine for cycling probably at least 80% of the time, in a school of 200 kids, in an area which is less than suburan with quiet roads and easy cycling, i am the only parent who regulary takes their kid on a bike. people look at me like i’m crazy. or wow, really ‘sporty’

2 degrees climate change, nobody protests. 2 cents on fuel they’re all in the street behaving like they think they’re traffic police.

bunch of f-ing idiots. sick to the teeth of them

yeh! lets support an old dirty technology!

i like diesel engine as much as anyone else, but these protest have really given me the fear for the future.

the world is going to shit and a lot of people are too selfish to give a frick.

thanks granny ring for giving me the chance to vent. probably safer than shouting at them from my bike : )

i could get it tested, but there’s not much doubt. it’ll be from the sixties. my grand-father in law was a builder in the town and was dead by 60. i’d not be asking the seller as it’s the uncle of my wife and we’d be getting it for a sinch.

i could easily do the work sure, but not sure if i’m allowed in france and anyway it’s 2/3 stories up in the middle of town so i’ll just be using a roofer who has a scaffold and insurance.

so thanks geetee1972 3m x 5.5m = 16.5 sq m for £700 = £42.42 a sq m

x 50 = £ 2121

hmm so maybe not as much as all that. food for thought thanks

i wouldn’t know, but just for geek sake, i’m a Small in patagonia, a Med TNF was way too big, between s and m in Montane, ,and small in Rab

good good. sounds like the small should be spot on then. thanks everyone

2.6″ nobby nic fits fine on i23 rims turns out. wider rims would be better obviously, just for profile, but wider than 2.6″ wouldn’t fit i think

righto the vitus ey?

sounds a bit like what i currently have: a 26″ YT wicked which turns out will fit 2.6″ 275 on the back on a scraper rim.

but i guess i would like to fit a 2.8″ on the back. still, good to know.

the evil i’m sure is great, but falls into the same category as Santa Cruz; i don’t have any grandma’s left… : )

thanks for the snabb reccomendation twonks. the 130plus looks on the money, if a little over-built for me (65kg, not a radge), but i think most of these ikes will be since they are gonna be pretty capable.

nah alex, it’d almost certainly be B+, i don’t have any 29er wheels anyway, was just to include some frame which are a bit older. so you still got your mojo have you?

thanks for all the suggestions so far. much as i’d love to be able to afford a SC, i’d  never be able to justify the price tag, even if i had the cash…

thanks fellas

new Jamis portal looks nice, tho same front and back

there’s a fair bit between 2.25″ and 4″ weeksy. he just want bigger than 2.25″ if it’ll fit in the frame. 2.4″ is hardly fat territory

thanks jake. does look like the 2.4 off the front would fit.  might get something in about 2.4 and jus tstick it on the front if too tight for the back

in the end i got some level TLs (significant jump in quality, lightness, technology it seems fro Level Ts) for 119 euros free delivery from bikediscount.de

not too shabby : )

thanks, just wandering if i should look there, but i meant a bit lower down the range (ie cheaper!) than that

ok, finally got one : )

wandering, has anyone made up a set of 29er wheels to swap in?

don’t get me wrong, i love it as it is, and bluto arriving next week i’ll love it more, but i can imagine a use case to convert into a more regular hardtails for certain types of rides.

also will 29er rims/tyres fit in a bluto?

all good info macruikskeen thanks a lot.

It won’t be like home-made bread and it won’t be like shop bought bread – it’ll be something else, but it can be something else thats really good.

agree with that. that’s the idea

i personally don’t give a damn about the cost.

i do, about being able to put bread on for next morning when you realise there isn’t any at 9 o’clock at night, and the nearest shop is 10 miles away. and about being able to choose what goes in the bread, and about not having to spend much time getting it made when i’ve got a renovation to finish downstairs

well said covert, i’m planning to be in the same camp as you. except it’d be an alternative to actually pretty good, but not spelt of wholemeal, bread 12km away, rather than tescos sliced!

i have used the dough function and then an aga to bake.that was great, but again, i attribute that to the closed, not ventlated, therefore humid oven of the aga.

anyway, thanks for all the replies. i think i’m going to go for a fairly basic one without fruit dropper etc for ~ €60 and see how i get on. i’ll try to glean what i can from pics about the paddle, viewing window etc.

but i just said i have done it ‘the old fashoined way’ loads. it’s not time i have to spare. and in the end it comes down to the oven more than anything else. i’ve made ‘proper’ bread in agas and stone bread ovens, as good as some loaves i can buy here in france. but with my electric oven it’s just not happening. and i want the timing et of a bread machine.

i’m asking about bread machine’s for fuxake! stop telling me how to make bread! : )

i have made my own bread for years in the oven.  even if a stand mixer did the rising for me (does it?) i can’t be arsed manipulating the dough, remembering to kneed it after an hour etc etc.

my folks have got one and i’ve made pretty good bread in it (tho what they make is a bit rubbish; too tall and empty) so i know what i’m getting myself into. it’s not going to be left and forgotten about, especiallysince spelt loaves i like here cost €7!

so ok fruit/seed dropper sounds worthwhile, i do want to use seeds for sure, tho maybe they survive better than fruit in the mixing/kneedingprocess?

and do some do yoghurt too?