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50 minutes ago, Colin Lindsay said:
They'll all think it's a street party and start the old 'Kneesup Mother Brown' bit.
And then get a £1000 fine for partying.
Tony.
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1 hour ago, Pete Lewis said:
the advantage of working in the rain it washes any spilt antifreeze down the drains , you'll polute the Thames Ha !
Pete
And washes away tears of frustration if things go wrong.
Tony.
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16 minutes ago, Paula said:
Not starting this morning. Normally starts very easily.
Sounds like you have upset him Paula......
Tony.
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Another vote for Dum Dum, i really miss that stuff in it's yellow tin.
Tony.
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Further to what Pete say's above, take the plugs out that end.... You will probably find a very nice clean one and that will tell you for sure.
Tony.
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12 minutes ago, Paula said:
I've just run it without the radiator cap on and it's still bubbling out of the same place. It does it straight away from cold as soon as it's running.
That means head gasket i guess?
Mmmm, i guess so Paula, so long as there is nothing else close to the leak? For it to be bubbling out it must have blown into a cylinder.... I would have thought it would be overheating or pressurising the system though.
Tony.
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I have used meth's to remove wax in the past, the cutting compound should not leave anything nasty George. Thinners would damage the paint Dave, ok for a small spot but on a panel it would bring the paint off.
Tony.
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57 minutes ago, Colin Lindsay said:
I suspect the LED tubes; they're very bright and with the white-painted walls the place looks quite sunny. Flies come in, head for the roof windows, then find out it's not a tunnel they can go in one end and out the other. I just can't understand why there are hundreds of them all doing it!!
Could be the LED tubes, i also have white walls and large south facing window ordinary flourescent lights, but no roof lights. I do get quite a few but not hundreds...... Change of aftershave perhaps?
Tony.
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Hi Paula, have you tried running the engine without the pressure cap fully tight? ie no pressure in system. If the leak stops, it probably is not the head gskt. If it continues look elsewhere.
Tony.
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14 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said:
Funny you should mention that, we're surrounded by fields on three sides and they were out spraying last week, my garage then being inundated with flies on Saturday... the connection never occurred to me. Wonder why they swarm into the garage but never the house?
I can only think it's the bigger doors Colin?
Tony.
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2 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said:
I can confirm that it works, it actually knocks the spiders down immediately. No idea what the chemical is but they just drop to the floor, tatey bread. My biggest problem is large flies, I think it's the LED lights in the garage are too sun-like and if I work with the doors open in daylight they swarm in, cover the roof light windows in their hundreds, then drop off all over the floor and have to be hoovered up. And no, the spiders don't eat them...
Do your local farmers use chicken sh*t on the fields Colin, we get those damn things but only for a couple of weeks after muck spreading......
Tony.
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To get rid of any creepy crawlies in the garage, i use this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-X-No-More-Spiders-200ml-Spider-Creepy-Crawly-Insect-Killer-Spider-Spray-Aero/303636166446?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item46b220372e:g:qkQAAOSwGpxfHw4g&amdata=enc%3AAQAFAAACYBaobrjLl8XobRIiIML1V4Imu%2Fn%2BzU5L90Z278x5ickkpFtSR0CGv%2Bh98r8Yb9quS795SPOWISJ2vnLoIBy8epLsH8AiRokrYS49GS6VWrBEjqorLC4UbUzDu86%2B5a9UuQpJQldnRSHKGNDKqNdTZALCOtTLx2e%2FjeBj6jFRFhXiwJ26xvtYek%2F%2BgQ59HWvv8UhC4V%2F%2FpiKeZ3AzaZVCe4peNYquAiksalOB7HqSRweZ0ZpB6sYhMJNKgESK6RN6KBwWPkcOCGYUplwlNHhS%2FmmlO2OsNvaUc7dXJPwWUqjaTomVikNIqMsDmikvBLRoaoMrfUMolXDjOx1oWMRckd%2BC%2BC%2Fan%2FKN1l3ELXr0yihnw0PkO5Q8AQU%2FHxdnhfRDJbjfa42dQPsYoCmihfW5rVD8qny2ejxbHGXu3jodhA%2F0ni9vgvEyL1AUF7dKlp1poTjSMLvVGsPtwZObLL8QkE8PNNMMNXP%2F0z0cgihMFEhUFxWZdBZIgYtt7be5DD%2BXw%2BRljl3R6MEcPuEJysBWDaoZuudJe85CPYvXZ1dkzGUN3RHcKJMNZwNRbeO%2BNSJUqUdMMODglcGRb701Opc446H3yK1xOQMn4i2pbCPn8K5ttRRSjWLxEgdHuTOzbnzdsR7qQYxr5zn7eTCObHvP5KTbhfWNBp4olecqL6NLVvhKtSvKEpUOuDgsanMAnJeL89bB9K2yfs2ZJuIXD4GKmcTt7vQv2BV%2F4N0Ub1pOwxzmpvk7TdO1KM1t9pXeh1MRH88CHZkUts4iajNyFz5IedJ6JLUQqYzw7YZg%2FPfjvPQc|cksum%3A303636166446567aee6c1ca24931af79b94ecc2a90b4|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2334524 You can get anywhere, but it works... The day after spraying it your garage floor will be covered in dead creepy things, and carries on for about 12 months.
Tony.
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You will never find anything now it's tidy Karl.......
Tony.
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1 hour ago, johny said:
Ive just been lucky enough to run a Sandero 1.5 diesel on petrol. Yes thats not a typo - the car had various alarms coming up relating to emissions although was still driveable but then mistakenly got filled with petrol and driven. It started to run very rough within a mile or so and realising what had happened I stopped straight away. The tank had to be pumped out and fuel filter changed but the car has run perfectly with no alarms since, great result although its not a repair method I would recommend🤪
I have heard of that before Johny, in fact some people i know will put in a gallon or so of petrol to cure dpf faults and it seem's to work. I am not saying "do it" as i have not tried it myself......
Tony.
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1 hour ago, Woody2000 said:
Ok will try and thanks for all the advice
I was just about to say spanner on nut stilson on track rod end
Try all three and let us know who win's? Have faith it will go. They can be bloody tight though.....
Tony.
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I simpathise with you Colin, i have just finished writing yet another letter about the so called "drivers" of DPD van's down our lane..... Total lunatics.......
Tony
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A photo of what you are trying to undo, would help us to help you if you can?
Tony.
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1 minute ago, Pete Lewis said:
Ive got some spare 1600head gaskets
you could back of 1/2 each nut and re pull them but the 1600 uses a thin steel shim gasket its not very compressable
washers do deform and you loose head clamping torque
and the down side to K seal is it doesnt taste anything like EGG
Pete
Can't say i've tried k-seal after a dodgy curry Pete?
Tony.
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1 minute ago, Paula said:
What stuff? I've ordered the K seal already. £11
Tony.
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This stuff works wonders Paula, even sealed my stag inlet manifold leak
Cheaper than K-seal. Nothing will stop a water pump leak.
Tony.
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I have a wife like that Colin, not a fan of cat's i'm afraid Colin one is alway's in our garden for a crap and is always trying to get on my bird table. I will have to get my mate to send his beagle in his Stag
Tony.
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11 hours ago, Bordfunker said:
Just to further the thread drift, we’ve got two Beagles, and have had 4 over the years, and they’ve all been thieving little sh1ts!
We had the gas man come to read the meter in our old house, which was under the stairs.
Meter man enters cupboard and gets down on hands and knees with his torch, trying to read the meter in the recesses of the cupboard.
Enter one Beagle, who proceeds to follow meter man into the cupboard, stops, squares herself up, and then does the most tremendous bark.
Meter man promptly bashed head on the underside of the stairs, and emits a stream of oaths.
Mrs B struggled to apologise, while keeping a straight face, as the Beagle ambles off, content that she has done her bit to protect the pack.
There are so many stories like that over the last 13 years, but I wouldn’t have any other breed.
Karl
My mrs really dislikes dogs i don't know why? Maybe a beagle is the cause? A friend of mine takes his beagle everywhere with him and when he visits said dog aways seeks her out and barks like hell behind her
He just wags his tale at me and sit's and wait's for his biscuit.....
Tony.
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22 minutes ago, Colin Lindsay said:
Now that I'll happily second!
I do however remember being in SMW Volvo in Belfast listening to a woman who was getting a new motability Volvo; she stipulated leather trim, and larger alloy wheels with low profile tyres, plus an uprated sound / sat nav system, then complained that it left her very little of her allowance for fuel per month... but overall I will have to agree with Tony that it is one of the most abused benefit schemes available these days, and has gone far in excess of its' original remit.
They are clamping down on it fine style though Colin, if you want any extra's to the model you choose you have to pay for the them, even down to floor mat's if they are not standard. Even GTI model's are off the list so they are cracking down on it as much as they can. The main abuse these day's are the blue badge.... Grrrrr Those bstds that abuse that should be grateful they can walk unaided. I can only ask that people report blue badge abuse. Just take the reg number and send an email to the council as a blue badge is registered to three reg numbers, and they do check them out
Tony.
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1 hour ago, Colin Lindsay said:
...and THAT makes all the difference.
(Don't start me on Motability cars...watched a disabled female park in a blue badge space yesterday and practically fall out of a HUGE brand new 4 x 4, how on earth she got back in is beyond me. If she could climb into that again she's fitter than I am.)
Now don't you lot start slagging off mobility car user's..... I have one!! I do look after it as if it was my own car and am very grateful to have one
I do know what you mean though.. I doubt very much if the Chelsea tractor was a mobility car Colin as they have really tightened up with what car you can have, and rightly so as it was abused terribly. They are also not "Free" as many people think they are a lease car and come with same restrictions. I would swop all my mobility aid's just to be fit and healthy again When i had my garage i came across my fare share of "minging" cars, which sadly had mostly female owners.... The things you would find were disgusting, the worse being when i went to a house to start a car with a flat battery was met with a huge dog turd (still steaming) on the passenger seat..... I politely told her to find another garage....... Aaah well the sun is shining
Tony.
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Paint/advice for vinyl headlining restoration
in Bodywork & Fittings
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Use vinyl silk emulsion paint, works a treat.
Tony.