PeteH

My Memory of "Piano Wire", from the days when I did make Model Aircraft, is that is was a "spring" steel. Used primarliy but not exclusively for Undercarriages. It was a right "bitch" to work with, that I do remember. Pete

I started something there😂. I believe, "Anchors Away" is the primary March of the US Naval Service?. Of course "weigh anchor" has nothing to do with the measurement of "Mass". But now I`m (thread) drifting into Dick`s Territory. Pete

Possibly, one problem may be that early day foam`s tend to degrade and flake with age, I attempted to cover some patio furniture seats a few years back, Sun damage, the amount of dust/flakey foam bits was quite extensive. We suceeded in the end, but it would have been so tempting just the replace the whole set. By my reckoning, a bit like Car restoration, if you factor in the "labour", you`d be way out of pocket!. Pete

The next question is? Where is the Golden Rivet?. Ditto, from spending a Lot of time travelling the USA, and visiting family. I even call pavements sidewalks, get`s a few strange looks here, living out in the sticks!. Pete

Strictly speaking, to be Right, of course, One passes to Port to Port. Pete

About the only thing I remember about taking my kids to see chitty bang bang, around `68ish, is that daft song!!.🙄 Pete

`Er indoors Hair dryer?. and a good smack with a hammer and non ferrous punch. Pete

Port? or Starboard?.😁 Pete

Sadly, foam per-se has become exceedingly expensive, I bought some to make seat bases for my Desk Chair. Silly money for what seemed to be a small amount, nearly justifying the scrapping and replacement of the whole chair.🙄 "for the want of a Nail the battle was lost". Yet we are being constantly urged to "reuse/recycle"?. Pete

Something I have always done. I have been asked by several folk that very question “why”. On the big marine diesels they go as far as having the oil feed to the turbo bearings taken from a tank in the engine room upper gods, itself supplied via the pressurised system. This allows of a supply of oil to the turbo for an extended period of time after the main pumps have been shut off. Some turbochargers can idle for a considerable period. Pete

I personally, although I do have a face ache presence, am extremely cautious as to just how much information I allow. More so since my granddaughter was hacked a few years back. She suffered horribly at the hands of a decidedly nasty oiK. who was himself hacked and his site taken down by her uncle. Karmah? PETE

Does that ever surprise anyone?? Built in redundancy has been a feature of life since “god was a lad”. Enhancement of the bottom line, the mantra of “business”. 🖕 Pete

Ahh! Yessssss! Malta, some good runs ashore there. Memories!. A Night out down the "gut", (What was it`s real name???) and working in a hot engine room with a sore head next day. Pete

Carb; Icing, is a function, not of the fuel, per se, but the relationship between External Air temperature and Relative humidity. There is a useful, Article Here, Curtesy of Wiki:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carburetor_icing Note it`s main thrust is toward Small Arcraft engines, which can suffer more. Pete

Looking tidy, All credit to you👍 Hate that white stuff though, Saw far too much "Commuting" to Sweden twice a week in winter in the 70`s. Pete

Interesting point made there. As the Freezing point of Petrol, dependant on grade and octane rating, is in the region of -50C. The likely hood is that the fuel contained Moisture (water specifically). More likely these days to be found in Bio-Fuels/Ethanol additives than straight Dinasour juice. I`ve had Diesel lines freeze in the past, But even that is not usual, as the suppliers normally put a preventative additive in the bulk fuel between October and April. In the UK petrol freezing is highly unlikely, as the lowest Temperature ever recorded was above -25C. (according to The Met Office?). I did have the Steam Heating on the Fuel Tanks of a small sulphur carrying Tanker in the Baltic one year, even then we struggled to pump the "Heavy" Fuel to the Daily Tanks, and it was touch and go as to wether we ran on the light, and substantially more expensive, "Gas Oil", normally reserved for the Generator sets. Pete

Am I right in thinking the Club Shop used to Factor, Recon Full/Half Engines at one time? Pete

Nahh!!!!. Just an MOT advisory.😁 Pete

He learned his "trade" working for HMG in Marsham St. Pete

OR, Buy the engine, use the manifold, (re)sell engine and broken manifold as spares?. Could prove cheaper in the long run?. The Basidon one, still has the exh manifold. Pete

Not the multiple layers of "nylon" tights then?.😁 ( as allegedly favoured by our "boys from Hereford" in cold climates) Pete

I suppose, if the overall condition is atractive, I might have been tempted to offer a very low bid, and leave my phone number. It`s surprising how often the phone will ring, I put in a daft offer for a Fiat (Punto) once because I knew I had the Part`s on an existing car. The phone went before I got home!. I finished up with one car out of the two and the £50, from the scrap guy!. It ran for a further 2+ years passed 2 MOT`s, and went for only £100 less than my overall outlay. Pete.

I`ve seen cast welding carried out, many years ago now. It can be done, it can also be hit and miss. The one parameter that has to be right is preheating, followed by CONTROLLED cooling. It also can affect the granular structure of the casting, ocasionally making the finish (near) imposible to machine. For very large castings, "metalock"ing is more often used. Pete

I view it as getting a second pair of eyes to check all ok, pretty much what we did examining critical components in the past. I once carried out a steam test, only 250 psi. But the fitters had overlooked the pressure controller isolating valve, had I not picked up on it the first indication would have (hopefully) been the safety valve lifting. But that too was the object of the examination to ensure they too operated at the design pressure. We even used our own certified pressure gauges. Marine or power station boilers running in excess of 600psi. Had even less room for error. Pete

Something that was not understood for many years was the fact that a tyres ability to provide grip had much to do with its compound flexibility. I have seen perfectly good visually, bags of tread etc, and yet because of age/lack of use, they are unstable on any other than dry conditions. Tyre storage is another issue, many tyre bays even, store them wrongly. Justifying it by the greater turnover. Or throughput. Currently I have the spare off my Motorhome stored in the garage at home. It’s the same age as the van. 2008 and has never seen use. Should I trust it?. Maybe as far as the nearest tyre place at relatively modest speed. But no further . Not on 3.8tonne. The 13/60 I won in 2015. Came with tyres that could easily be from the early 90’s. Never checked them as it was always the intention to replace all 5 anyway. Pete