View Full Version : Mother Nature picks on my SR :-(
Newbury has never flooded in my lifetime. The old lady next door tells me its never flooded in HER lifetime either.
However, I get home from work today to find this...
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Turns out the water was even higher than that diring the day. You can see by the watermark on the back of the passenger seat how high it actually was.
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My mates Escort was parked next to it. He's only had it a day or two and its the nicest car he's ever owned. I really feel for him TBH, he was gutted. Funniest thing was though that once we got into the river which used to be our cul-de-sac and pushed them onto dry land, the Escort emptied immediately, and the bastid Nova didnt leak a drop. I ended up having to stab loads of holes in the bottom of the drain plugs to empty the water out thanks to the sound deadening.
I set about the Nove with a can of WD and she fired up on 3, then eventually 4 so im chuffed that the water didnt make it up to the carb!
The water also got into the house, luckily only by about an inch so all its done is kill the carpets. Still rather be doing things this weekend than gutting the ground floor :(
and the bastid Nova didnt leak a drop. I ended up having to stab loads of holes in the bottom of the drain plugs to empty the water out thanks to the sound deadening.
I set about the Nove with a can of WD and she fired up on 3, then eventually 4 so im chuffed that the water didnt make it up to the carb!
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at least you know the nova's floor isn't not full of holes then lol lol
good stuff that it still starts :cool: :thumb:
unlucky mate, im sure youll get everything sorted tho :thumb:
peester
20-07-07, 08:46 PM
**** thats a pisser.. crazy behaviour.
so it got it in, but couldnt get out?
thats gay..
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quick theres a huge handbrake swiming in your car..
sorry bt lol..
hope its fixable
realy am glad my novas in a garage
Philsutton
20-07-07, 08:57 PM
mmmm lovely, thats going to smell of **** in the not so distant future. Im getting bored of all this rain, I even spent a week out in portugal a few weeks ago an it was the same there, stupid amounts of rain. Dont know what happened to the summer this year.
lol, not as good as the empty fag packet and bottle of rad weld that actually WAS swimming.
mmmm lovely, thats going to smell of **** in the not so distant future. Im getting bored of all this rain, I even spent a week out in portugal a few weeks ago an it was the same there, stupid amounts of rain. Dont know what happened to the summer this year.
at least they've shut up about global warming
Dont know what happened to the summer this year.
Its you and your turbo Phil, its killing the planet lol
at least its on all 4 and not floatin away
Gutted for you lee, i have a glovebox full of networkq air fresheners you can have. Thats gonna honk!
Gutted for you lee, i have a glovebox full of networkq air fresheners you can have. Thats gonna honk!
Aye.
TBH ill probably drag it up the barn and hook all the interior out of it and give it a proper dry out, and then attack it with a bottle of Febreeze lol
think it will need more than a bottle of febreeze looking at the colour of that water, doesn't look too good
General Baxter
20-07-07, 09:34 PM
am i only one that nearly fell of there chair lol
sorry lol
think it will need more than a bottle of febreeze looking at the colour of that water, doesn't look too good
lol aye, maybe new carpets and seats, but then its the Mrs who will be using it most lol
nah, a good steam clean will sort the seats out. the sound deading will take a week at least to dry out properly tho.
the sound deading will take a week at least to dry out properly tho.
Nope, thats all coming out! So when it floods again i can just remove a floor bung lol
gutted for you bud..
weather is getting on my nerves aswel at mo as i cant work all the time it's rainin..:roll:
feel really sorry for you mate.. are you going to fix it?
read the bloody thread, you'll see that he's stripping the interior, to dry it out etc etc
chris gsi
20-07-07, 10:41 PM
not nice bt our work shop was 3 ft under water today and we lost a lot of new cars and kit
Fcuk me, what a site that would be to come home to.
The wiring loom may well be screwed too :(
Your quite lucky that its a carb motor and dont have an ecu etc for water to short out.
on a lighter note, i've 'shopped your next mod lol
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/2738/novaboatha7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Think black would look better tho
lol
I really feel for you guys in the flooded areas - I live in Scotland which seems to have had the warmest mildest weather in the whole of the fecking UK - even though it rained for almost all of June!
For those that are thinking of moving house soo DONT move within 1 mile of a river - or at least make sure youre at lease 20ft above the nearest one and theres flat rland all round it. I work in insurance and I can guarantee that most companies wont touch flood risks after thie year - meaning that a large part of the country will have to pay HUGE premiums to get cover.
Some poor sods have had to claim 3 times so far - I really feel for them.
If you aint got it in place now get home insurance (Buildings and contents) - you'll regret it later if you dont and get flooded.
Ade
The wiring loom may well be screwed too :(
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Agreed, give it a week or so and it'll probably start to rot. A new loom wont be hard to slap in anyway, especially as im stripping it out
lol Ash, that definately would have helped.
sh1t the bed! Gutted for you Lee, the car and the house aswell! I bet your mate with the Escort is completly gutted too!
On another note, why has your SR stereo been replaced with elec window buttons lol
You now have an excuse strip it bare and get some buckets in ;) lol
You now have an excuse strip it bare and get some buckets in ;) lol
and sell me the wheels :D at a discount price too, second hand AND water damaged lol lol lol
On another note, why has your SR stereo been replaced with elec window buttons lol
Cos my stereo is mounted where the middle vents are lol
Ad, no chance of that till she passes and then gets bored and buys another car. Then it may get a LET lol
i feel sorry 4 ya mate...
what is goin on with the weather,its like a bad dream
i feel sorry 4 ya mate...
what is goin on with the weather,its like a bad dream
The weathers all fooked up, ive heard xmas day is set to be a scorcher this year lol
BigStan
20-07-07, 11:29 PM
Blimey, hope it all works out ok mate ! :thumb:
no doubt how the weather is at the mo, that'll porbably happen lol
That really is awful news :(
shy witness
21-07-07, 12:27 AM
AW MATE.........THATS WILD
I'D B DISGUSTED MYSELF...
similar things happend here in belfast last month........it was wild
a friend was working on a pug 306 td ...that got caught out .....and sunk in the floods
he had 2 peplace everything ...........fuse box.....starter.......alternator.............alll the light bulns etc etc just kept blowing
on fact i stilll dont know if he got everything sorted
its a horribnle state of affairs......but i hope ya get it all sorted anyway mate
ya've no idea how many cars have been scrapped over the flooding
im only glad that my area hasnt been effected at all........its woiuld b a tough hurdel 2 get over
at least i has to flood for you to get water in yours. i now permenatly have the floor bungs removed as my cars fills with water when it rains lol
Thats harsh news mate, you might need to steam clean the seats and carpets on a hot day to get them as far back to normal as possible and get some silica gel in the car to dry the shell out effectively.
craig green
21-07-07, 02:05 AM
Proper gutted for you. Not what you need & shame about the interior & EVERYTHING!
at least they've shut up about global warming
Balls, the rain is all supposedly due to global warming too :roll:
Lee, felt really gutted for you when you called yesterday, hopefully the water won't have caused too much damage - at least the cars still there and working, I've seen some clips on the news of cars being washed away!
(If I sounded a bit odd on the phone btw its because I was hiding in the garage from the rain and holding a freshly painted GTE bumper up with one finger lol)
/Jack
Ahaa, so you DO use Alex's profile. lol
Noted for future reference!
As previously stated you will need to get them steam cleaned mate, if ya know a valeter get them to blather all your seats with interior cleaner and give em a good hot steaming out, only prob is they will need a good few weeks in somewhere warm and dry to dry out thoroughly,otherwise they will smell really musty especially if you just leave them to dry out as they are, your interior will stink and thats not good lol!!
lol yeah, i'm on her windoze profile and couldn't be bothered to change to me :D
btw, jack has a really big cock :thumb:
mk1-eden
21-07-07, 12:17 PM
me seeing that makes me want to cry:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
sure it will get sorted tho mate:roll:
krobinson
21-07-07, 01:22 PM
Nightmare!
Thank god there's been no flooding near me! :)
Gutted for you, all the best for fixing the car
Novadex
21-07-07, 01:44 PM
ahh thats a ****er! You could do with an oven to stick it in for a while, dry it out quick!
coochiSR
21-07-07, 02:14 PM
Doh! Unlucky mate, all the best with the car AND house, hope you get it sorted fella, last thing you'd of thought of!
Didnt expect to see that, maybe up to the wheels but not in the car! jesus christ, im suprised that still started!
I experienced it 1st hand the last time when yorkshire flooded,destroys everything,can relate to what ya going through its awful and feels like the authorities dont give a toss,i abondoned ship and moved to my lasses in scarborough.The 'rents are starting to regain normality but still no work carried out by insurance companys nearly 6weeks on!
Been busy today. Spent the morning sorting most of the house out, then started on the car..
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The sub box which someone built (one of the previous owners lol) was built like a brick sh1te house. No wonder it sat so low at the back! Getting rid of this thing ought to bring the PTW ratio up a bit!
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Luckily theres a covered ally between our house and the neighbours. Ill leave the seats there for a while and see if they dry out. Im going to keep an eye out for some leather at the same time though :)
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When I was peeling my sound deadening off it felt fairly moist underneath it - wasn't stuck down as tight as I had thought. You removing it to ensure it's properly dry?
yeah, theyre like giant sponges, plus its always nice to srip some weight out :)
Im only going to put carpet back in too, feck the underlay stuff lol
You'll save 5.7kg removing the red stuff on the floor, I weighed it lol Good to see you cracking on with it
Lol at the sub box.
Good to see you've cracked on drying it out :)
gutted for you lee , glad to see your powering on with it though
smcgsi16v
21-07-07, 09:08 PM
Thats rooten luck Lee, I was stuck on the A34/M4 Friday for 4 hours and i've never seen rain like it. At least with a Nova their easily stripable to dry out.
Hope the house has dryed out, cos that could be a right bitch.
gammienov16v
21-07-07, 09:14 PM
they say it never rains but it poors and there we have it, unlucky matey get itstriped down and rebuilt, you dont now it could ov done you a fayver i.e engine change, gud luck anyway.
Nice to see progress already:thumb:
Those seats look too far gone to me and i'm sure those belts are now not safe. Best get some buckets and harnesses in :D
gammienov16v
21-07-07, 09:33 PM
a nice cage wouldn't go a miss too.
Id love to but it has to stay standard for now as its hayleys car. When shes bored with it ill buy it off her and do something silly with it no doubt lol
**** mate first time on here over the weekend as been out dragging stranded cars home with my trailer. If you do need a set of belts i think i got a set in my garage some were you can have for nowt and the gsi rear quarters. let me know if you need a hand fella and gutted for you as that car was near mint the last time i see it.Im scared to go and check on the stick as it's at the bottom of a hill in my mates garage as the white 1 is in my lock up. The white 1 is fine but best go check the stick today wish me luck.
I sell you a half decent car and you fooking drown it!! gratitude for ya!!
That boot build was well fitted and all werent it!! Good luck with it matey!
Stantonio
22-07-07, 11:17 PM
I feel for you so much, it flooded at my mates house aswell and whent into his garage a foot deep, his corsa 1.6 (belmont engine lol) leaked like made and there was a toad sat on his back seat lol, but his GTE didn't let a drop in, he was well chuffed. :D
After speaking to Lee yesterday i endded up on a little trip for well over 6hrs to help him out.First of i went and got my trailer and did a little road trip down to lee's were we moved my trailer on to his transit and loaded the nowas' ark up. Sorry nova sr up.
Then took it on it's trip to dry out.
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(little caption time)
Lee. "It wont start".
Lee's boss "I think it's flooded"
Now that was the easy bit done. The trouble started just past juntion 14 were we got stuck in traffic for about 3 hrs.
But at the end of the day the nova is now drying out nicely and cheers for an eventfull evening Mr Lee and hope you got all sorted back at home.
Lee Page
23-07-07, 11:36 AM
That sucks man, least it fired up.
lol, hes not my boss, hes my business partner lol
I did notice it was refusing to start, but then I remembered I had removed the coil lead to prevent theft lol. Im such a n00b.
Cheers for your help Chris, saved me a lot of hassle having to go and get my trailer.
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