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  1. mark powell
    As a retired garage door 'technician', I am fortunate not to have sustained any really serious injuries... There are some evil mechanical systems out there!
  2. mark powell
    Garador Mk111C garage door... So glad I don't have to replace the cables or springs any more! Nice work, by the way!
  3. mark powell
    Hermes now Evri I thought?
  4. mark powell
    I can recommend WERA tools. I use their Allen keys on a regular basis and on the strength of their performance I persuaded my son to buy me a set of their 'Joker' brand metric ratchet spanners as my birthday present when they were on offer at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Expensive, but excellent quality. I also have some Halfords ones. Also good quality. https://www.primetools.co.uk/product/wera-073290-joker-4-piece-metric-ratcheting-combination-spanner-set/
  5. mark powell
    I recently saw a post elsewhere about an American RV owner who left the Fiat 500 towed car in first gear. No favours done to Fiat! https://www.thedrive.com/news/rv-driver-annihilates-fiat-500-by-flat-towing-it-in-first-gear-on-the-highway
  6. mark powell
    Dunlop, according to these? https://acespeed.co.uk/product/nos-sh-original-mini-alloy-wheels-in-need-of-refurbishment-as0166/
  7. mark powell
    Or these.. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234805664598?hash=item36ab821b56%3Ag%3Al~YAAOSwNhxjXTjq&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoJ9DV6yGAI21un1dzY5jPKASKCMA1fUF2RCZaBLggncD6M3OOKvNai41aRE%2Fo5VxG1U36g3vXWPdzqqBsW9aS3NZerHLKmNwFdXWc1j6by%2FX2BKhumjb0kgT8Y86TVKWYZUAPO2%2BRBszx4ouyF2WwSOn55LFtFrcbuLiY8Z2wcghZvxI8urIvOLVC7%2BP8GE9iswEVEsIbBAC3BGY2I8vC%2FU%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_b8taecYQ&LH_ItemCondition=3000
  8. mark powell
    How about these? http://www.banks-europa.co.uk/pinboard/pinboard_view_advert.php?pin_id=1680;
  9. mark powell
    It wasn't till I transferred that earth from the body to the engine bell housing, that I got my starting problems sorted. Highly recommended.
  10. mark powell
    Looked at them. Are you happy with them? I would have to stitch these on myself, as SWMBO has arthritic fingers..
  11. mark powell
    I've done that on the same wheel fitted to my Midge. However, I feel it looks too 'chunky' and want to revert to the original stitched look. Modern steering wheel covers seem to be made for modern 'fat' wheels.
  12. mark powell
    I've got a 15" cover that doesn't really fit, ie, it slides round, so no good. I really want to get back to the stitched cover.. Used to be a sadler locally, but long retired.
  13. mark powell
    I have the 15" 'banjo' type steering wheel in my pick-up which lost it's leather cover some time ago. Now, following some rather damp weather, the wheel has decided to shed a load of black 'gunk' on my hands.... So, can anyone recommend a replacement leather cover? Ebay seems to show several, but before parting with my hard saved money, I wonder if anyone can point me in the right direction?
  14. mark powell
    Daimler 2.5 in Katie? Go on, you know you want to! Lovely hemi engine.
  15. mark powell
    A pipe usually helps too...
  16. mark powell
    Series 1 Landy.... Drove one with a trailer and horse from Norfolk to Surrey and returned a couple of weeks later to collect said horse. So about 550 miles for both trips. An experience, to say the least. Bear in mind the steering set-up on the Series landy, a little bit of play or stiffness and you had to steer it like a ship... The Galaxie, Yes, handled like a boat, but a whole lot of fun!
  17. mark powell
    Zodiac had a Raymond Mays conversion with triple SU's and 6 branch manifold. And yes, Galaxie convertible. Canadian import, I believe. Should have been a 360 cu in, but someone had fitted 302 cu in. Shared the same PCD wheel stud measurement as the Zodiac, so sometimes swapped the wheels over!
  18. mark powell
    As promised Before, during and after... About 6 months work.
  19. mark powell
    Apart from 'run of the mill' Escorts and Focus(es) or should that be Focii? I have had a couple of Ford 'Beasties' I miss both of them.
  20. mark powell
    Decks, I could cope with. It was working upside down under the hull that got me!
  21. mark powell
    Next time in the loft, I will dig out photos of the old converted MFV that I lived on for 6 years. A dribbling noise one day, alerted me to a leak below the waterline. An emergency lift out at the marina led to 'Teach Yourself Boat Building'. Bear in mind that she was a Scottish built wooden boat, larch on oak, 1933 with a history of fishing in the North Sea and well past her 'Best Before Date', I really let myself in at the deep end! Gribble worm had made a meal of parts of the Stem, Keel, Sternpost, Rudder and parts of the planking. I set to with various 'How to' books and repaired it all. Then re-caulked under the 30ft waterline up to the rubbing strake with the correct oakum etc. Never again!
  22. mark powell
    Orford recently on BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001c2lk#:~:text=Archaeologist Ben Robinson unearths the,shingle spit called Orford Ness.
  23. mark powell
    I used Martrim when finishing my Midge. https://www.martrim.co.uk/car-trimming-supplies/everflex-vinyl-pvc-hooding.php
  24. mark powell
    Looks like an Ashley fixed head coupe. https://www.fordspecials.co.uk/ashley.html
  25. mark powell
    Some more wiring systems.
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