CitroJim wrote: 19 Jun 2023, 14:07
I was thinking the Renault was Tax and MoT exempt Zel... Then I looked at the registration plate and see it's got a year or so to wait yet
I'm sure all will be good
To be fair it's just a matter of finding someone to do the work. Especially as a lot of folks seem unwilling to get involved in work which is likely to total a significant portion of the value of the car. We know that sort of boring logic isn't in play with this car though, it will get whatever work is needed done.
The damage around the chassis outrigger I could probably manage myself as it's a pretty straightforward repair. It's pretty clearly damage from the car being improperly jacked there and corrosion which has just happened around the damage rather than awkward long term corrosion. Plus being buried well under the car nobody is ever going to see it, so if it's not pretty it's not the end of the world (and trust me, my welding is not pretty!). Sorting the inner wing seams though needs a bit more finesse, as that's both a more complex shape to work with and is visible when the bonnet is open.
In other news, oh look another one!
While I've not actively been going looking for anything lately, I do have a few saved searches set up on eBay, and "Toshiba T1600" is one of those as I'm still trying to get hold of a working example. This was listed with a buy it now price of £30 - so I immediately pounced on it. If you're even vaguely familiar with the market for this range of machines these days you'll know is even in non-working or "untested" condition is silly cheap.
This basically continues the ever increasing count of "how many do I need to buy before I find one which hasn't been blown up?"
The seller in this case seems to deal mainly with antiques and house clearance items, with very little by way of electronics at all in there. So maybe this one *will* actually have escaped the usual fate of having been plugged in and blown up.
It certainly doesn't have the usual smell of suspiciously fresh magic smoke which usually (read: almost invariably) accompanies one of these machines. So time will tell I guess.
While it's filthy, the case seems to be free of immediately obvious damage and the display looks to be in good order (these are prone to fading similarly to the ones on the T1200) so at the very least that will be a nice spare to have.
There isn't much wear on the keyboard, so I don't think this has a massive number of miles on it.
So expect to see some further carnage at some point in the next few days when I get time to tear into it. There's quite a lot of that involved here as getting the power supply board out of the T1600 is way more involved than on the T1200 where it's literally a ten minute job, as the T1600 is far more densely packed under the cover as this really was a machine that was pushing the limits of what could be done at the time.
So, did your head re-torquing help with the leaks?
