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Messages - Dave G

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General Discussion Area / Re: Formula 1
« on: 14 March 2026, 16:34:40 »
Ace fun, yes. Agree with you there Lizzie. But when you see your beloved  Victor 101 being demolished… ?

There was always a Rover 90 or 110 that smashed everything else to bits.

Still fun though!!!

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 04 March 2026, 16:38:50 »
Might be wrong there. Was it the front that was torsion bar?
Whatever, it wasn’t too pleasant.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 04 March 2026, 16:24:22 »
Well, I used to borrow my Dad’s Marina, a 1300 2-door (coupé?), maroon, looked like a crap respray. Always narked me that he didn’t get an 1800, with the rev counter!

Anyway, with four in the car it would bounce around corners given the slightest bump. Scary for everyone. Maybe because of the torsion bar rear suspension, or as previously said, 1950s design.

No redeeming features whatsoever.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Trying to keep myself ‘purposeful’
« on: 20 February 2026, 16:22:54 »
Indeed.

Oh shit, my “pints I owe The Boy” counter has just encountered an Integer Overflow error.
And it’s a 64-bit integer as well…

 :y :y

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General Discussion Area / Re: Trying to keep myself ‘purposeful’
« on: 20 February 2026, 16:03:17 »
It’s still engineering !!
And thanks TB, I did get a notification just then.

And for your PM.


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General Discussion Area / Re: Trying to keep myself ‘purposeful’
« on: 20 February 2026, 12:48:01 »
With respect Yer Onner, and in my defence, this is a metal machine containing rotating parts, gears and grease, and powered by mains electricity. Therefore I propose that it should belong in MY domain.

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General Discussion Area / Trying to keep myself ‘purposeful’
« on: 19 February 2026, 15:33:43 »
Used the old Kenwood Chef A901E to knead some dough the other day and noticed it smoking like a docker and grinding its gears.

As the topic suggests I had a go at it. For the sake of £6.50 for new snubber R/C components and a suppression cap, some Duckhams grease and a couple of hours ‘enjoyment’, it’s now sweet as a nut. So substantially built too. Not like a modern appliance that’s pressed and snapped together so it busts as soon as you look at it.

And it’s over 40 years old. FORTY!!

Before...

After...


P.S. Admins, is there a problem with the Notify function on the forum? Most likely it's just me, but I used to get topic and board notifications no problem.

Now I get none. I’ve checked all my profile settings and all looks good but just now I looked on the forum and there were new posts on boards I was watching but I got no pings…



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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person
« on: 12 February 2026, 15:42:35 »
To continue the cheerful theme - My cousin’s husband died of that. AAA - Abdominal Aortic Aneurism - not the battery.

I had to get an ultrasound test at 65 for it to detect risk. It measures the diameter of said aorta. 1.2 to 2.4 cm is OK. I measured 1.9. At 3cm it’s considered not good.

By comparison, imagine a 28mm pipe bursting in your house. That would empty your tank pretty quickly as others have suggested…
 :-[

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General Car Chat / Re: Another MOT pass
« on: 10 February 2026, 18:18:41 »
I have to agree with you Lizzie, that “the older you get the less confidence you have”. And daft questions have been my forté over the years.

Not only that, but one (that will be me) is far less flexible in the ‘under-car’ department. And I also know (to my cost !!) what can go horribly wrong when you do the wrong thing, or your ambition exceeds your ability! 

Don’t start me on arthritis in the hands!!!

Good on you LZ  :y

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General Car Chat / Re: The Victor...
« on: 06 February 2026, 15:33:57 »
Blimey mate - you've gone way out of my league with a 3.3 Ventora.

Was it called an 'Intercontinental' or something...?

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General Car Chat / Re: The Victor...
« on: 06 February 2026, 15:31:30 »
I never thought of it as being 'big'. Maybe I should have, but I did get all my tools in it - had to, with that age of a machine - you never knew when you'd need a pair of tights for a fanbelt - and yes, I have done that...

Mum & Dad used to take my sister and I on holiday - in a mini. With a roof rack on! Now, THAT was cosy.

I also had an uncle - Manager at a Martin's Bank - he had a VX 4/90  Dead jealous. Mind you, his was new, my 101 was well old when I got it.

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General Car Chat / The Victor...
« on: 05 February 2026, 13:42:43 »
Just found these - scanning through old slide transfers...

My 1967 Victor 101 FC. A little surface rust as you can see! Roof and boot were quite clean - the rest was very flat.
Ford Transit carburettor, dynamo changed to an alternator.
The rest of it was mostly stock - shame I had nowhere to store it at the time it to sort it out.
It went to a demolition derby 'race' for £30.

 :(



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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 30 January 2026, 11:55:50 »
I understand your logic there.
Sod’s Law would have it become too drained to start because I forgot to put the charger on, and I need to get somewhere urgently!

Just feel more confident knowing it’s in tip-top shape.
I’ll monitor the state of the new one over time and compare.

Cheers for the advice.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 30 January 2026, 11:06:30 »
Fitted a new battery. Car had been garaged for about 3 weeks over Christmas when I noticed the door locks were very sluggish to open, so put the battery on the charger which went right to current limit of 8A.

Turns out that with no load and the car in the garage, it had lost 50% capacity in just 5 days.  Checked quiescent current and that was less than 50mA after settling down, so no problem there. Alternator charging to about 14.7V so that’s OK too.

Battery was 6 years old or thereabouts, so about right I guess.
Anyway, all good now!   :y

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General Car Chat / Re: BMW i4 M60 Arrived
« on: 26 January 2026, 12:15:23 »
Superb colour too.
But then I do like shiny things!

 :y

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