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General Discussion Area / Re: Super Glue scratch fix

« on: 09 October 2013, 08:19:53 »

It's a normal practice to repair chips & deep scratches on a persons personal Tenpin bowling ball with superglue,Ive done loads in the past, Just fill up the chip & spray with an activator, Leave for an hour then file down & polish, I'm always amazed that it don't fall out what with hitting pins & going through the machine.

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General Discussion Area / Re: It always happens to me.

« on: 08 October 2013, 20:29:10 »

did i read that wrong....you dont mean subframe.....
sorry Tim, been a long day here. lol 

Thanks for that!, Only the front cross member mate, I've now got to explain to the other half that my barrage of profanities earlier were unjustified.

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General Discussion Area / Re: It always happens to me.

« on: 08 October 2013, 20:26:31 »

Yes basically my car has been rebuilt  Still worse things have happened 
There's always one bolt that wont budge or snaps off , or goes missing  Ive got a pot full of spare bolts but the car is still holding together 

Just as well to keep everything you can, I went down to the VX stealership as I wanted some of those little plastic clip in nut things (expanding nuts?), Nope he don't have them & cant get them, I then asked for two bobbin (cotton reel) mounts for the intercooler rad, He comes back & tells me they are no longer available  , bleedin' useless lot they are.

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General Discussion Area / Re: It always happens to me.

« on: 08 October 2013, 19:28:08 »

you will have to get your geo set up again Tim. could send your tracking & all way out. not too bad a job to change really.
good luck with the owd boat. lol. 

Blimey I didn't think it would knock out the tracking , Oh well I suppose it's just another "aw bugga" moment to add to all the other "aw bugga" moments I've had since I've owned this trusty old chariot!.

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General Discussion Area / It always happens to me.

« on: 08 October 2013, 16:06:55 »

I decided to change out my water pump,fan belt, rad & thermostat on the old tractor the other day due to a slight cooling issue, Rad came out pretty well as did the water pump, From then on it all went oopsy . Firstly I couldn't get the thermostat bolts undone as they just tried to round off , I then happened to take a glance at the front cross member & it looked a little flakey, So I thought i'd remove the fans to clean up the cross member & give it a blast with stonechip, With a firm tug out came the first fan along with 4 inches of rusty metal attached , Then pulled on the second one & that too had a similar sized lump of rusty crud hanging from it ., So now I have a new cross member waiting for me to fit when my anger subsides & enthusiasm kicks in once more, My other half says I should scrap the old girl but as the cross member looks pretty easy to do I reckon I should save her (that's the car & not the mrs ), Has anybody done one of these before & anything to take into account?.  

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Omega General Help / Re: TD running hotter than a few days ago

« on: 08 October 2013, 15:42:06 »

Had pretty much the same with mine as well, I stripped out the rad & water pump as I happen to have spare ones, I couldn't change the thermostat as planned as I couldn't get the bolts out, Anyhow my water pump although o,k was changed out for one with a metal impeller as I don't trust plastic , Changed the rad as well & now it seems better,(although I found another job to do with a rusted out cross member ), You might want to check the thermal switch on the rad while you are at it i case it's getting lazy.

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General Discussion Area / Re: You've got to love this tour guide!

« on: 05 October 2013, 22:16:03 »

Just found a load more of this guy.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=282_1378504218

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General Discussion Area / You've got to love this tour guide!

« on: 05 October 2013, 14:45:15 »

Well at least he makes history more fun, Don't think he likes the French much though.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ac5_1296223481#7VmXoCrb8jdI9YgO.99

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General Discussion Area / Re: Jimbobs 2013 Newent Pics

« on: 02 September 2013, 22:49:53 »

I'm just trying to work out in picture 30 whether the dog is being used as an axle stand or a foot stool , Either way it does look like serious abuse of an animal.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Radiator fan switches. TD

« on: 12 August 2013, 09:40:04 »

Some have the combined switch (earlier models?), some have the 2 switches.

When you say "combined switch" combined with what exactly?, So do I leave the switch that matches mine mounted where it is at the bottom of the new rad whereas mine is mounted at the top, I'm also looking at fitting an intercooler fan sometime (if i can find one that aint seized!) so i could use the spare 2 pin switch for that?.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Radiator fan switches. TD

« on: 11 August 2013, 18:24:39 »

Ive got a spare radiator that i was going to fit that I bought off another OOFer quite a while ago, The thing is the replacement has 2 rad switches fitted on the right hand side of it, One at the top & one at the bottom whereas mine only has one at the top, Now normally I would just ignore the spare but the thing is the switch mounted on the replacement that fits my wiring (3 pin) is mounted at the bottom, The other switch on it only has 2 contacts, So obviously my questions are why does the replacement have two switches (one for an intercooler fan perhaps which my car dont have?) & should I move the switch with 3 pins like mine to the top position or what difference would it make if I just left it in situ on the bottom, Sorry if this is a bit long winded but hope you get what i'm trying to say .

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: why is my battery still going flat ?

« on: 08 August 2013, 23:09:23 »

You haven't by any chance fitted a cheap after market stereo have you?, I had one of those & it kept sapping the battery even when turned off,

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: After market (pattern) headlights.

« on: 08 August 2013, 12:21:11 »

Cheers Chris, Yup they are the Depo ones, I'm not worried about the lever to switch them over, As for the adjusters inside, How could they be any worse than the VX ones  , Ive got the bulbs out of mine I could use (Osram night breaker) so i'd be using them anyway.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Godfrey Bloom

« on: 08 August 2013, 09:49:37 »

I didn't hear the media complaining as the cheques rolled in for airing this over the years though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYj5o4kQsXs

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / After market (pattern) headlights.

« on: 08 August 2013, 09:42:39 »

I just wondered if anyone has had issues with pattern headlight units?, Trying to find good original Pre/fl projector units is now getting to be difficult, I know the alloy adjusters are available but one of mine has chewed up the nylon knob thing that the adjustment screw mates up with, I have been offered a couple of these pattern units second hand (but look new) at a good price but as they are already off the car I never got to see if they fitted correctly, So before I commit myself i thought i'd find out if anyone has had problems with these units,,,,,Ta!.