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General Discussion Area / Re: Possible project?

« on: 12 January 2008, 16:48:05 »

I suppose it is a cheap way of solving a problem but it's also another car that's got to be taxed, insured and tested every year. :-/

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Possible project?

« on: 12 January 2008, 12:06:09 »

I'd prefer to do a proper head off - valve out job on it...

Don't suppose there's a spare head knocking about that you could prep in advance?

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Possible project?

« on: 12 January 2008, 12:05:02 »

I suppose you could always disconnect the prop and tow it. Really need a cradle though to lift the front wheels off the ground.

Isn't there a nearby OOfer who could loan you a driveway for a day?

Brighton... in the Region of Mr Wood    

I've emailed the seller to see if it drives at all. If so, may try and limp it home in stages like I did the Elite.

I'd prefer to do a proper head off - valve out job on it...

Probably still 50 miles or so from me. You'd be welcome to bring it here and we'll sort the HGF, if that helps

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Parking fines in London

« on: 12 January 2008, 11:03:54 »

The reason? A lady from the H&S brigade stared straight into the camera and said in a very serious voice that drivers driving away trying to avoid a ticket are a 'serious safety hazard to other drivers and pedestrians'.

We'll just have to resort to grabbing his ticket machine and educating it with Sammy Sledge then. Can't see a safety hazard there.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: West Mids cambelt day

« on: 09 January 2008, 12:31:33 »

So a 10-15 min stumble?

On the way there. Allow 3 hours on the way back  [smiley=beer.gif]

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: West Mids cambelt day

« on: 08 January 2008, 18:51:57 »

Have voted 16th although it looks like both dates would be OK for me.
Would also be up for staying over somewhere for a beer or two [smiley=beer.gif]

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Local police station has had its toilet stolen

« on: 11 January 2008, 16:29:43 »

I saw some "Toilets to go" in the local B&Q the other day... Not sure what else they'd be used for?

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Any good ideas for bleeding my clutch?

« on: 10 January 2008, 10:19:15 »

I wonder if I could improve my gear selection if I were to use the eazibleed method...

Sounds worth a try. It's much easier to get air out when you're working "with" it and not trying to bleed from the lowest point in the system..

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Any good ideas for bleeding my clutch?

« on: 10 January 2008, 00:15:08 »

I find non return valves are pants for bleeding brakes. Air seems to get in round the threads of the bleed nipple when you lift the pedal. Another vote for easibleed.

Only don't let it run dry - from experience. Had just got my Westfield brakes right, which is a pain because the master cylinder is pretty much the lowest part of the system. I give it one more tweak on the bleed nipple and a massive amount of air comes rushing out

Back to square one.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: fuel consumption

« on: 11 January 2008, 16:40:30 »

The signal to the air con compressor clutch passes through the engine ECU, IIRC, so the engine ECU can veto the use of air conditioning (if coolant temp is too high, for example). If there is a break in the circuit further on in the system, ECU will see that air con is on, thus raising idle speed, but clutch won't engage.

There are manual pressure and temperature sensors which can disable air con compressor. Definitive way to tell if it's running is to watch the compressor pulley. If the front of the pulley with the 3 round weights on is spinning, it's running.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Price of petrol up again

« on: 11 January 2008, 00:29:36 »

I'm not sure the Conservatives are any better but every so often we need a clean out and start again, and that only happens when someone loses an election.

A sort of political CTRL-ALT-DELETE.

We're overdue for one right now, but the same was true when the Conservatives had been in for years too.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Price of petrol up again

« on: 10 January 2008, 15:15:13 »

Personally I think interest rates should have been raised long before they were to reduce the availability of "cheap credit", as the levels of debt people have acquired in this country is staggering.

Me too. I personally think the government saw consumer spending (fuelled by credit) artificially propping up their economy and decided to milk it for as long as they dared. It'll leave a lot of people smarting if we get a proper "correction" (and it'll delay recovery).

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Price of petrol up again

« on: 10 January 2008, 12:14:38 »

We've only got ourselves to blame, we/I moan about it all the time but do nothing  Embarrassed

You're right, Pete. Must get that LPG kit organised.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Price of petrol up again

« on: 10 January 2008, 12:11:03 »

Mortgage companies send you the letter the day after the BOE raise interest rates to tell you yours has gone up but it takes them weeks for the letter to tell you its gone down, if you receive one at all

Bit like fuel prices then, really? Cost of barrel goes up, pass straight on  to customer. Cost of a barrel drops, customer over said barrel!

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Humbled...

« on: 10 January 2008, 16:00:03 »

Some of those Transporters are quick. Too quick for the muppets that drive them

One is always belting along in the opposite direction on a road that's barely more than single-track on my way to work. Way too fast and expects everyone to get out of his way.

On the one day I was in a Micra "courtesy" car (which deserved to be put out of its' misery, TBH), and determined to stand my ground, I didn't see him.

Kevin