PeteH Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 33 minutes ago, Anglefire said: I don't look - but I have had two texts that say they are from the NHS and that there is a letter that I need to read - with a helpful link. Given that I am waiting for one, I thought I'd have a look later as I was at work and very busy - forgot and got the second a few days later. Being a bit more awake I thought very odd. So checked the NHS app - nothing! So it is another scam - makes my blood boil - not for me, I very rarely click on that sort of link regardless, but for others that are not necessarily that untrusting and cynical. Seriously, there is a text that keeps coming, about Test and Trace having logged me as having been in contact Etc,Etc,. I know its a scam, and gets deleted. 1) Test and Trace was scaled back and is no longer running withdrawn back in February. 2) The dates quoted are usually days I have never left the house!!. How many are still getting sucked in by these parasites?. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 1 hour ago, ahebron said: Lost a piston once, big hole in the side of the block but no piston outside the engine. Once the engine had cooled down I put my hand in the hole but still no piston. We all know a piston will not drop into a sump with a baffle plates so where was the piston. Started to strip the engine down to remove what was left of the engine and I found the piston. It was in one of the airfilters in lots of tiny pieces. Valves were probably shot as well. I was breaking the speed limit on the M4 in the GT6 and, BANG! The oil light came on and the engine started to run a bit lumpy. Made it 2 miles back to dad's garage and the following day discovered an end cap had lost a bolt, twisted off and con rod and piston slammed into the crank. Bent con rod and shattered piston in the sump. Very lucky nothing else damaged, GT6's first re-bore and re-grind. I'm getting mobile calls from London numbers starting 0203 every other day, I let it ring out and block it. My block list has 20+ of these numbers, I'm told 0203 numbers are easily spoofed and could be coming from anywhere. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 How do you delete a post that has mysteriously duplicated itself? Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 you should be able to pick up the 3 dots and click cancell ??? as for phones would you like you mums back ??? try put number into "who's called me free uk tells you how many duff calles are made Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Pete Lewis said: you should be able to pick up the 3 dots and click cancell ??? as for phones would you like you mums back ??? try put number into "who's called me free uk tells you how many duff calles are made Of course! No you can keep mum's phones, this is happening on my mobile. Tried "who's called me" for half a dozen of my blocked numbers and two says SCAM! Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglefire Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 9 hours ago, PeteH said: Seriously, there is a text that keeps coming, about Test and Trace having logged me as having been in contact Etc,Etc,. I know its a scam, and gets deleted. 1) Test and Trace was scaled back and is no longer running withdrawn back in February. 2) The dates quoted are usually days I have never left the house!!. How many are still getting sucked in by these parasites?. Pete Yes I get them too - as does the wife and my Mother - though she always checks with me or the wife before doing anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglefire Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 8 hours ago, dougbgt6 said: I was breaking the speed limit on the M4 in the GT6 and, BANG! The oil light came on and the engine started to run a bit lumpy. Made it 2 miles back to dad's garage and the following day discovered an end cap had lost a bolt, twisted off and con rod and piston slammed into the crank. Bent con rod and shattered piston in the sump. Very lucky nothing else damaged, GT6's first re-bore and re-grind. I'm getting mobile calls from London numbers starting 0203 every other day, I let it ring out and block it. My block list has 20+ of these numbers, I'm told 0203 numbers are easily spoofed and could be coming from anywhere. Doug Probably is a classic now, but a friend of mine was in the challenge for the BTRDA rally championship back in the 80's - running an Escort Mk1 Mexico with a 2ltr BDA in it - and was running out of top end on one rally - so had the bright idea of removing the rev limiter. First time he missed a gear it was ok. Second time, it hit about 9000rpm and suddenly stopped. Checked the oil and the dipstick came out with half the block. Found one con rod which had gone through 90' but never found the piston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 45 minutes ago, Anglefire said: Probably is a classic now, but a friend of mine was in the challenge for the BTRDA rally championship back in the 80's - running an Escort Mk1 Mexico with a 2ltr BDA in it - and was running out of top end on one rally - so had the bright idea of removing the rev limiter. First time he missed a gear it was ok. Second time, it hit about 9000rpm and suddenly stopped. Checked the oil and the dipstick came out with half the block. Found one con rod which had gone through 90' but never found the piston. Oh Im going to miss all this so much with electric☹️ Wish Id been born sooner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahebron Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 On 25/10/2022 at 06:29, johny said: Oh Im going to miss all this so much with electric☹️ Wish Id been born sooner! Just you wait till they start throwing regen braking units. The stories in the pub will go well into the night 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 On 24/10/2022 at 18:29, johny said: Oh Im going to miss all this so much with electric☹️ Wish Id been born sooner! Back in the Circuit of Ireland days in the late 1970s early 1980s, when it was a great and very amateur rally, the camaraderie was superb and you'd spent the entire weekend living off barbeques, sleeping in cars or under tarpaulins, and working on the most amazing variety of car most of which could be repaired at the roadside with a variety of tools everyone carried in the boot, or scrounged from the nearest farmyard. Can't do that these days... Things got too complicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 It's called progress.🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 Still I suppose theres still hope, we could be uprating batteries and tuning hydrogen cells soon😒 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 3 hours ago, Firefly said: It's called progress.🤔 When an accelerator cable breaks, fit a new cable - you can buy them in bike shops and even supermarkets. Some people even have a spare one in the boot. On my modern, a sensor at the pedal talks to a sensor at the engine. If either one breaks even the dealer doesn't have one, and has to order one in. That's progress, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 Indeed not Colin, it was said sarcastically, I`m with you 100%. Seriously considering dumping my 18 month old modern, so fed up with false alarms and all the electronic crap that I have no use for. If i could find a really nice Dolomite that would be my ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Firefly said: Indeed not Colin, it was said sarcastically, I`m with you 100%. Lol I know, we have a common enemy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 "fly by wire". Nearly dumped an Aircraft on a Crowd at Farnborough Air Show one year. Frightening to watch, It` might be on U-Tube?. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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