
What did you do to your Marina today?
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- Morris McKinnon
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
I still use cassettes 

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I do use both cassettes and the transmitter in the Escort.Morris McKinnon wrote:I still use cassettes
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
Cassettes not used much, but I kept my pre-recorded ones but binned my home recorded ones a few years ago. Still got a deck to play them on, and a 70s Grundig portable that was a Christmas present over 40 years ago (ulp!) and I have a teeny tiny collection of old car radios and radio cassette players when I went a bit berserk on eBay about four or five years ago. Though I've got a Clarion with digital display that was new to me in 1990, one of those pull-out jobs with a handle that you carry around like a suitcase to stop it being nicked, before they thought of removable face plates! My favourite to potentially go in the Marina (which still has its original Radiomobile push button MW/LW radio) is a mint looking, but never tested, Sharp FM radio/cassette that is identical to the one that came out of my mum's club book (Empire Stores) in 1978, and went in my Mk3 Cortina when I was a learner. My Mk1 Marina was the last car that Sharp radio graced, in 1985, by which time it had chewed a few too many tapes, before I went and got a Mk1 Astra with a Philips Turnolock radio installed. Though the Astra only stayed with me for six months, after the best part of four years with the Mk1 Marina.
Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
That’s no good as an advert for selling the other radios Tony lol
AM was rubbish in East Anglia with Smooth radio being just about the only music station I could pick up here, but then a few months ago Radio Caroline came back to AM with their transmitter on the Suffolk coast!
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AM was rubbish in East Anglia with Smooth radio being just about the only music station I could pick up here, but then a few months ago Radio Caroline came back to AM with their transmitter on the Suffolk coast!
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1971 1.3 DL Coupe- #343- Awaiting Frank's attention
1971 1.3 SDL Coupe- #25621- In regular service
1971 1.8 SDL Coupe- #55065- Rust, rust and more rust
1972 1.3 DL Saloon- #74890- Hibernating
1988 Citroen BX19 GTi- Don't ask
1995 Peugeot 405 2.0- Receiving new engine and brakes
1999 Citroen Xantia Exclusive HDi- Daily
1971 1.3 DL Coupe- #343- Awaiting Frank's attention
1971 1.3 SDL Coupe- #25621- In regular service
1971 1.8 SDL Coupe- #55065- Rust, rust and more rust
1972 1.3 DL Saloon- #74890- Hibernating
1988 Citroen BX19 GTi- Don't ask
1995 Peugeot 405 2.0- Receiving new engine and brakes
1999 Citroen Xantia Exclusive HDi- Daily
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My good lady likes Smooth FM Josh.! It's the compromise I needed to make! However it's a nice Radiomobile model with the FM so the upcoming Devon trip will fray tempers should I have 5 live on all the way....JoshWard wrote:That’s no good as an advert for selling the other radios Tony lol
AM was rubbish in East Anglia with Smooth radio being just about the only music station I could pick up here, but then a few months ago Radio Caroline came back to AM with their transmitter on the Suffolk coast!
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- Morris McKinnon
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
Well, that was a nightmare to get off
Did a quick oil and filter change on PTH earlier.
That filter was stuck fast! I tried everything from a filter chain tool to smashing a screwdriver through it to turn it. Had to chisel the thing from the base in the end and even that took some brute force. I put that filter on myself last year only hand tight like I always do. I've removed rusty oil filters from engines that have been on for maybe thirty years and even they have been easier to remove than this!

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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
Wow that looks like it was a mission!! Did you put a smear or oil or grease on new filter seal? I find it helps when trying to remove it next time.
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- Morris McKinnon
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
It was indeed a mission! Yes, I always smear a bit of oil on the rubber. I think I read that in PC years and years agodavid painter wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 5:40 pmWow that looks like it was a mission!! Did you put a smear or oil or grease on new filter seal? I find it helps when trying to remove it next time.
Dave

Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
Didn't eat enough weetabix.....
- Morris McKinnon
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
Hmmm. I have bitesize Shredded wheat in a morning. What does that say?!?!?!?
1974 Marina Tc Coupe - Blaze - nicknamed THE PLOUGH!
1973 Marina Citron saloon TC - VERY rotten
1975 Jensen GT - shoddy but quick
2008 Ducati 1098R TB21 LE 200bhp/99lb/ft of a monster on two wheels. All from 1198cc
1998 Laverda 750 Formula-rare
1997 Ducati 916 Senna - appreciating in value nicely still
!974 Honda CD175-awaiting resto - now stripped
1973 Marina Citron saloon TC - VERY rotten
1975 Jensen GT - shoddy but quick
2008 Ducati 1098R TB21 LE 200bhp/99lb/ft of a monster on two wheels. All from 1198cc
1998 Laverda 750 Formula-rare
1997 Ducati 916 Senna - appreciating in value nicely still
!974 Honda CD175-awaiting resto - now stripped
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
Think that filter needed three full sized Shredded Wheats!!!!!
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
I think it says, some people can't handle the full size servings!


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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
Loaded brown Mk3 Coupe on the trailer to take it into work going to put new Clutch, Slave Cylinder & pipe in it then try and remove trim to get it painted work diary looking quiet this week that may change though.
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
Had a lucky escape - was moments away from having this burst. Feed from stat housing to heater core... it slipped onto the exhaust manifold on the Turbo... whoops. The car obviously didn’t like red pipes... replaced with a standard heater hose and re-routed away from extreme heat...

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