Anyone affected by the weather?

[Philwhiskeydrinker]

I hope that no one's been affected by the latest flooding.

Plenty, I got called into one of my jobs today.
A workshop & vehicles flooded with 4' of water.
The workshop is grim.

 

[Lutin]

Ooh, that's not good.

Whereabouts?

Been looking at the pictures of the flooding on-line and on the BBC news. Looks like York just managed to avoid even worse flooding.

 

[Philwhiskeydrinker]

Thats near Halifax, lots of vehicles from the one business flooded to above the dash, now all but scrap.
Everyone nearby was throwing sodden rubbish & swilling out.

 

[OhJ]

Be some good deal at the scrappies with all theses flooded cars. Bought one cleaned it up. And sold it for profit. Only takes a bit of cleaning and drying. Andrews do brilliant gas powered dryers.

 

[Philwhiskeydrinker]

How do you clean silt from inside the speedo?
Doesn't it feck up all the electronic control boxes & relays etc under the dash?

 

[africajim]

I wouldn't buy or sell a car that had been hip deep in diluted sewage, even from a health and safety point of view. The electrical issues etc would also be a nightmare.
After flooding here in Elgin all cars were crushed in the clean up, the insurance would not pay out otherwise.
Best of luck in the clear up down there, we've been through it here a few times over the last decade.

 

[outrunner]

The last time Carlisle was flooded the local breaker up here had hundreds of cars from the area, every one of them had to be crushed because of contamination issues, not allowed to sell even a valve cap!





Andy.

 

[Philwhiskeydrinker]

I wouldn't touch a properly flooded vehicle with yours (or anyone elses).

While in the good old days, flushing the engine/box/axle etc & they'd be fine, modern vehicles with various electrics/electronics & control boxes, not a chance

 

[Lowflyer]

I wouldn't touch a properly flooded vehicle with yours (or anyone elses).

While in the good old days, flushing the engine/box/axle etc & they'd be fine, modern vehicles with various electrics/electronics & control boxes, not a chance

Ha ha ,

This bring back memories of my mate and myself returning home from a weeks surveying on the west coast many years ago.
We were going far too fast down the ramp at the Corran Ferry whilst the ferry was just leaving.We were in his old Austin Westminster, a big brute of a car with a kick down pedal to make it go faster

Anyways he slid on the wet ramp and slid into Loch Linnhe. We both escaped out of the windows before the car went under
I can always remember the survey notes and the plans popping to the surface
The local ferry boys pulled it out with a tractor and took it back to their workshop.
Two hours later and we were sitting on the ferry with soggy bottoms much to the amusement of the ferry guys. Car ran perfectly all the way home and for years afterwards, although the seats never quite recovered.

Don't make them like that anymore


Shame

 

[Philwhiskeydrinker]

There's been more than the odd drowned boat tractor/dumper/landy on the beach in the NE, 12 hrs when the tide had subsided they were dragged out, flushed through & fired up. Just don't try to tow start 'em