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Post by llovegrace on Sept 17, 2020 16:33:18 GMT
As the title say's...I am getting some sort of orangy bug doodas all over my cars not only in the day time but also over night as well. The doodas are about 1/4'' long, straight & set hard and a git to remove with water. I never see the critters but I can wash the car, go inside for a cuppa and yep! there back. I have changed the wash/wax using varying types but still the attack of turdies from aloft prevail.
I have owned cars for some 50 years + and I have never experience such an onslaught. I have no trees in the immediate area nor water. Any one else got this problem?   |
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Post by robleaver on Sept 18, 2020 12:04:23 GMT
Dont seem to get it where I live but we do get dust, loads and loads of dust. I wash the car and do it up a treat then DUST! As for micro-turds or little dollops of joy, maybe they are heaven sent  gets his coat and leaves. |
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Post by scottyboy on Sept 18, 2020 18:27:53 GMT
Got alot in Scottyland Yer mote mote is a lavvy for jobby keech beag shits 11ovegrace. Nae chance of stopping it yer ken. Sorry gonna try to write English Don't You Know chaps pip pip.
I used to get a load of them tiny small turdy shits up in the Highlands but I dont think that you can stop it. They must be attracted to your car for some reason. Ask other people if they suffer the same problem. Got to go now because Im knackered Good night to you all.
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Post by robleaver on Sept 22, 2020 15:17:05 GMT
11ovegrace you must have sent pooey vibes as I now get squirts of bug shit on my car, garden table, and things. F-ing nuisance.  |
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Post by llovegrace on Sept 22, 2020 17:28:56 GMT
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Post by scottyboy on Sept 25, 2020 9:12:09 GMT
Little birdy flying high dropped a message from the sky, aint we lucky cows didnae fly - Shakespeare!  |
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Post by llovegrace on Sept 27, 2020 18:40:00 GMT
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Post by robleaver on Sept 30, 2020 14:25:20 GMT
There must be a whole herd of heffers flying over my house. Good job the wife's not named Patty  |
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Post by scottyboy on Oct 4, 2020 9:08:36 GMT
Wonder if it was Rabbie Burns who wrote that  coz it was a saying bantered aboot t'wen I was a wee bairn  (Sassenach translation is F*ck knows who did it John, Stitch that!)  only joking |
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Post by llovegrace on Oct 4, 2020 11:17:36 GMT
(Sassenach translation is F*ck knows who did it John, Stitch that!) only joking
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Post by robleaver on Jan 10, 2021 11:41:21 GMT
My Singer doesn't like the cold cold weather. I keep it garaged but she takes a lot of turning over before she coughs into life and I mean cough, splutter, fart for what seems an eternity and then - She's alive! My mates E-type is also a buggar to start when it's cold or damp. I told him to spray WD40 on the leads and electrics and as far as I know - it works.  |
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Post by llovegrace on Jan 11, 2021 10:24:29 GMT
 WD 40 ...1001 uses. Back in the day, If the motor wouldn't start, I would spray a bit of WD down through the air filter into the carb ...worked every time. An old mechanic once told me that if you have a git of a car to start then remove each spark plug in turn and spray WD down each pot but quickly screw back in the spark plugs to keep the vapour inside the cylinders ...then try to start. If you have stubbon shit on your bodywork ...WD gets it off great. If your paintwork is dull then spray WD onto an old cloth and rub onto the body work ...brings it up like new (even on faded paint)...and no, on our old motors it doesn't ruin the original paint ...far from it as it leaves a layer of water proof film over it ...lasts about 2-3 weeks.
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Post by robleaver on Jan 11, 2021 22:38:16 GMT
Had a chat online with an old school pal who told me of a product called Start Ya Bastard. Sounds like it works like WD40 but a lot more comical and quite a talking point. Hope the picture comes out or I'll have to ask my delinquent son to help - YUK!  |
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Post by llovegrace on Jan 12, 2021 13:02:48 GMT
Wow! Yes, I've totally forgotten about that one...I have one somewhere in the garage but haven't seen it for years...but in my garage thats not surprising as it's only the stubbon stains holding it together. anyway Rob, how is your son...behaving himself I trust? |
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Post by robleaver on Jan 12, 2021 18:05:19 GMT
Hi 11ovegrace - Funny you should be talking about stubbon stains - Yep, that describes my son to the hilt. Talk about Young, Dumb and well full of something - Come on, I could use a whole can of Start ya Bastard up his rear dirt box, just getting him out of the bed in the mornings  +  =  wont be the first time he got fired. |
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gets his coat and leaves.
only joking
WD 40 ...1001 uses. Back in the day, If the motor wouldn't start, I would spray a bit of WD down through the air filter into the carb ...worked every time. An old mechanic once told me that if you have a git of a car to start then remove each spark plug in turn and spray WD down each pot but quickly screw back in the spark plugs to keep the vapour inside the cylinders ...then try to start. 
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wont be the first time he got fired.