Has any one else every had recourse to go through the F.O. and if so did it reslove well?
I have just just lodged a formal complaint about Pheonix Life - years ago i took out an endowment life policy with another company that was bought up by Phoenix - anyway long story short, I have been...
I've just done a few of the brake pipes on the Aston - using Kunifer pipes and a bog standard pipe bending kit I got on the internet. There were two very tight bends where the pipe's leave the servos, and the first couple of tries i kinked the pipe. I used the bending tool first, then put a...
I use knee pads all the time (I've got arthritis in my right knee).
The problem is they tend to twist around a bit if I move too much. I also occasionally forget to take them off before taking my overalls off (now that IS getting old and doddery!)
I am not embarrased to say to the...
I set fire to my wife's car - I was rebuilding the front end and cutting out all the rust with a grinder - left it over night and forgot the next morning to vacuum out all the swarf from the bulkhead. Gaily welding away when i realised that the swarf was burning like a sparkler.
Very pretty i...
That pink cat-track looks rather like a rusty piece of kit behind the barn at Malcolm's place....
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Two of the Astons I bought had started off as restoration projects - The first i bought from someone who just found it too difficult and abandoned it. I then sold it on to become a racing car in France - the second I bought for parts for my restoration was just far too expensive for the owner to...
Hi Andy
When we had the thatched cottage on Hayling Island I used to visit the Island recyclying skips to replenish the scrap heap in my garage. There were always masses of bicycles - I rebuilt a couple for son and self, and used them up the Hayling billy Line to visit the Royal Oak...
I love the fact that the Manby website lists for sale parts for Centurion tanks!!!
A limited slip diffential please.
Certainly sir, what vehicle?
Centurion tank....
Spark erosion sounds fascinating. I wonder how much the company would charge to come and clear out my broken tap = several broken bolts which I still need to drill out.
Conversely, how much would it cost to build one of these machines from the DIY books?
(Malc should this be tools and...
Even if you do get a 'luxury barge' you'll still put far more into it than it's worth. My Aston has cost me far more than a running one - and it's still a box of constituent parts...
I like quirky cars and agree with Malcolm. NSUs are cool - I always fancied a pea green Ro80
what does "get it spark eroded out" mean?
I've got a broken tap in a very inaccessible captive nut so if your process might work on that I'm happy to try.