andybeau Posted March 29, 2023 Report Share Posted March 29, 2023 35 minutes ago, JohnD said: Any car built in 2016 will have metric parts, so that sump plug is really 21mm! But you never know with Fords. As a Ford apprentice in the 80's I worked from drawings with both imperial and metric measurements on 🤷 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1969Mk3Spitfire Posted March 30, 2023 Report Share Posted March 30, 2023 11 hours ago, andybeau said: But you never know with Fords. As a Ford apprentice in the 80's I worked from drawings with both imperial and metric measurements on 🤷 I have a 1990 Ford and it has a mix of AF and metric fasteners. For example, starter motor and alternator are both 1/2 in AF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted March 30, 2023 Report Share Posted March 30, 2023 13 hours ago, JohnD said: Any car built in 2016 will have metric parts, so that sump plug is really 21mm! Typical socket sets - my Halfords set goes from 10mm to 18mm then jumps to 20 and 22 to 24, no 19 - which I needed for the Mondeo - nor 21 for the Fiesta. Thank goodness for Imperial! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted March 30, 2023 Report Share Posted March 30, 2023 Whenever I find that there is a gap in my range of tools, I fill it! Why struggle with the wrong tool? 21mm sockets are widely available, and not expensive -see ebay! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68vitesse Posted March 30, 2023 Report Share Posted March 30, 2023 Just replaced the "rubber tyre" on the arm of my Black and Decker power file with a piece of brass tube, will have to see how it works. The arms seem to be getting expensive and worse quality. Regards Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted April 9, 2023 Report Share Posted April 9, 2023 Novel use of a pipette/burette holder :- dampens vibrations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted April 9, 2023 Report Share Posted April 9, 2023 What sort of vibration!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted April 9, 2023 Report Share Posted April 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, JohnD said: What sort of vibration!?! "Good vibrations" 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted April 9, 2023 Report Share Posted April 9, 2023 Vacuum gauge. Not the ideal spot but in 'test mode' at the moment. Have you not seen the 'pulse problems that occur? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted April 9, 2023 Report Share Posted April 9, 2023 Vacuum Gauge? In the intake manifold? Cured by extra mass on the clutch master cylinder? Pull the other one! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68vitesse Posted April 10, 2023 Report Share Posted April 10, 2023 Think it is just being used to restrict air/vacuum flow in the pipe, in my limited experience with vacuum gauges they all have an insert in the connection with a very small hole. Regards Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted April 10, 2023 Report Share Posted April 10, 2023 usual solution is to add a short bit of metal pipe and squash it with pliers to get a nice steady damped needle if on plastic tubing aquatic air valves can work without some damping restrictor you wont see the needle Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Truman Posted April 10, 2023 Report Share Posted April 10, 2023 As a kid I remember a box of restrictor’s ie snubbers in our home workshop from the instrumentation in petro chemical plants and steel plants that dads company used to build here. brass female and male threaded ends with a small hole in a disc. They we’re to damper out any surges so the gauge didn’t bounce about. The instrument boys at our water board used to just kink/flatten the pipe to the pressure gauges, also used oil damped gauges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted April 10, 2023 Report Share Posted April 10, 2023 Apologies Jeffsds! You didn't mention that your burette clamp was compressing the plastic pipe! I have a test pressure gauge for my Lucas Pi system, on a long length of flexible brake pipe, so I can insert it anywhere, and see the measured pressure while driving, by mounting the gauge on the dash. I do NOT use it routinely! I don't fancy a jet of petrol at 100psi in the cockpit! When I made it originally, the pulsatile nature of the pump working caused violent oscillation of the needle, so violent that it was shaken off its axle! I cured this with , as Paul suggests, by inserting a restrictor. I made this from copper pipe, by cutting a round piece from the wall to fit inside the connector and boring the finest hole I could through it. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted April 10, 2023 Report Share Posted April 10, 2023 think we all puzzled a bit about what the clamp was doing but as it unfolded we all got there Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted April 10, 2023 Report Share Posted April 10, 2023 sorry guys. Yes, the Master cylinder was a red herring ! the vac pipe was nearby so I just used it as an anchor point. Will try a bit of small bore pipe when I get a chance.. M in L just passed away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted April 10, 2023 Report Share Posted April 10, 2023 just add a squashed bit of bundy just squeeze the plier cutters till you get a nice steady needle sorry about the M in L theres alot of it around think this cough will carry me off so i duck a lot pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagger Posted April 10, 2023 Report Share Posted April 10, 2023 57 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said: just add a squashed bit of bundy just squeeze the plier cutters till you get a nice steady needle sorry about the M in L theres alot of it around think this cough will carry me off so i duck a lot pete There was a duck playing a toy piano on TV this morning. Apparently, it hatched out with puppies around. They grew up together and it even follows them around the training route. Good job they were not hungry. Actually, our collie guarded our chickens when I was a lad. Trained animals behave much better than humans. Back to gauges, beware of watching the dashboard too much. Best to keep eyes on the road. I used to watch the MPG meter too much when I first had a car with one. Late braking cured me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted April 10, 2023 Report Share Posted April 10, 2023 on my new C5X i couldnt see the trip mpg .... its not on the dash but is on the head up display on the screen i mean who looks there when youve done 60 yrs of dashboard ogling pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTV8 Posted April 24, 2023 Report Share Posted April 24, 2023 I had been having trouble with a blocked windscreen washer-jet on my TR4 - the usual thin pin didn’t work dispite many attempts. However, I managed to clear it in 2 mins using the smallest size (00) of Pikster interdental brush. worth trying if you have a similar problem. ………. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahebron Posted April 24, 2023 Report Share Posted April 24, 2023 At last a proper use for the dental tools of satan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daverclasper Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 On 10/04/2023 at 18:10, Pete Lewis said: just add a squashed bit of bundy What is "bundy"?, please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigolf Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 It's the metal pipe type originally fitted as brake and clutch line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahebron Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 In this part of the world it is also a Ginger Beer https://www.bundaberg.com/brew/ginger-beer/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Truman Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 A good drop too, but a lot of sugar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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