dobbslc
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I better check mine then I suppose...
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Red'n'Black
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"Gearbox life with oil, 3000 hours.
Without, 3 minutes.
Check level regularly".
Or so it says on the label on mine.
Without, 3 minutes.
Check level regularly".
Or so it says on the label on mine.
oldbikedavey
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Mostly spent plumbing in an airline spur over to the Colchester, which sprang a leak at around 10 bar, the sod, and thinking about making an indexing ring for the chuck on said Colchester, in order to better use the toolpost mounted air drill attachment that I'm scheming up......
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Well inspired by my trip out this morning I decided to make a start on "Samantha". I realise I have made a mistake here and I should have made a hollow mold from the Mannequin, but I am going to press on, gravity is against me whereas it would have worked in my favour working the other way round, if you know what I mean. Anyhow:
Certainly scorched her a couple times. A good earth was also a challenge.
Certainly scorched her a couple times. A good earth was also a challenge.
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I fitted a new seat to the tractor. What a miserable job! 50-odd, awkward kilos that will only go out and in via the back window (which is nearly six feet off the ground). Normal approach is to use a forklift at the back of the tractor; however, my only forks are on the very tractor to which the new seat is being fitted. Ended up erecting scaffolding at the back of the tractor, with a "bridge" to the window.
Had to fabricate a new mounting for the multi-function armrest as the design has changed.
Feel very grand though now in my super-dooper new seat!
A tractor? Wow, that looks extremely clean. I thought it was a dental surgery when first saw it.
Bouledogue
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Thank you. You have made me happy. I am fastidious almost to the point of being mental. My wife jokes that I am the only farmer who is allergic to dirt...
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I picked my sister up at the station last Friday and she said "wow, how do you keep a white car looking so clean and shiny?" We didn't speak for thirty years, long story, anyhow one of my sons who was with us said, "you don't know dad, he will have a full valet kit in the boot" and I do actually, I cannot see my way clear to driving around in a shed, even my old van was kitted out to the max. I was very sorry to see the end of that van, still Pi$$es me off when I think about it.
Bouledogue
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You're a man after my own heart, @northwest .
During Covid lockdown, we had a hosepipe ban. Sometime before that ban came in was the last time I washed any of my cars.
I wash the glass, the lights, plates if needed. The rest . . . it rains . . .
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I'd love to be like that.
Was it silver by any chance?
Stops me seeing the micro-blistering that appeared on my Lancia after a period in a Carcoon.
Someone misheard me at work once - thought I'd split from my other half at the time as she'd washed my Peugeot 106 - they knew I'd not washed it since I bought it last century
I am working up to washing something, at some point, maybe this year
Mechanically they are all fine, the undersides are all good, no rust appearing anywhere.
Black. 620GSi. A customer of mine bought it at a year old and had it 14 years, I had it for the rest of its life.
I also had a nightfire red 620Si auto and a gold base 620.
Great cars.
Drove my boss's from Bradford to Aachen in Germany, via a quick stop over at the NEC - arrived in the early hours in Aachen - climbed out, realised I wasn't stiff, no bad back, not deaf. Similar drive back, but with four new tyres for my Lancia, the rest of the space in the footwells and boot filled with beer and whisky - it was cheaper in Germany - looked lowered.
Excellent long distance cruising car. Got scrapped when he dropped a rear wheel into a deep pot hole and pulled the rear suspension off - still quite a new car then too.
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I envy your Zen, @bricol .Stops me seeing the micro-blistering that appeared on my Lancia after a period in a Carcoon.
Someone misheard me at work once - thought I'd split from my other half at the time as she'd washed my Peugeot 106 - they knew I'd not washed it since I bought it last century
I am working up to washing something, at some point, maybe this year
Mechanically they are all fine, the undersides are all good, no rust appearing anywhere.
Talking of women and cars, I once broke up with a girlfriend because she ate a peach in my car. Who eats a bloody peach in a car? The only two acceptable places to eat a peach are outside or standing over the kitchen sink.
And don't get me started on puff pastry.
