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Re- the gaffa tape, a lot of moto x guys use it for holding the grips tight. They put a couple of wraps on the bars, put some petrol in the grip. Slide in on, (bit like the hair spray) but importantly the petrol melts the glue on the gaffa tape, then evaporates off leaving the grip well & truly stuck on tight 😀 Cool looking thing btw
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Apr 18, 2022 20:17:39 GMT
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Visitor George He looks like he can get through a tin of Whiskers or two 😀
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Apr 18, 2022 18:41:36 GMT
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The fuel economy on both of my Subaru Foresters improves when pulling a trailer. How? That can only be down to the fact that you’re driving slower as it cannot give better mpg pulling something, that is just not possible. If you drove at the speed you do pulling the trailer without it on, it would clearly return better mpg You want to try adjusting the brakes up a bit so they bind a bit, that will obviously improve the mpg even more 🤣
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Last Edit: Apr 18, 2022 18:48:53 GMT by rattlecan
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Apr 18, 2022 17:24:15 GMT
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Brilliant, I mean why wouldn’t you want a hovercraft, sounds perfectly sane to me 😀
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Apr 18, 2022 16:35:43 GMT
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You will see on the pic with the batons on, there are already rawl plug holes at the top from the old kitchen cupboards I took down. So used those the attach the top of the batons & meant I only had to drill a lower one. That’s the finish point today, it’s coming on nice. Hope you like
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Apr 18, 2022 16:32:20 GMT
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You just sikaflex them to the wall. Then I clad some of the back wall & with batons vertically every so often, by the time you put the pallet planks on top it clears the thickness of the brick panels & allowed me to do a ‘hit miss’ finish at the end.
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Apr 18, 2022 16:27:41 GMT
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Back on the subject of budget, the one extravagance I did go for was these ‘mock’ brick panels. They aren’t cheap at £30 a square meter, but I went for 10 panels to cover 5 square meter. They are 1m wide x 50cm high so two panels gets you a square meter. So £150, but they look fantastic, really realistic & tbh I also thought at least they cover a large area quickly because, you start to lose the will to live after a while processing the pallets. It’s quite labour intensive breaking them down. Anyway what d’ya think? They do literally about 50 different kinds of brick style, I went for a sort of old wash house, come industrial look.
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Apr 18, 2022 16:17:30 GMT
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On the subject of budget I have spent £60 on stud frame timber. I did have some stuff kicking about, but all different sizes etc so I just bit the bullet on that to save time really. The roof boards were £8 each x 6 off (so £48) they are only 3mm which is fine to just close off the loft section, but I couldn’t get the edges to lie straight as they bow & move a bit once nailed up, plus the joists are slightly off on places. So I just put a strip of pallet wood along them to create a bead Think I’ll have enough pallets
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Last Edit: Apr 18, 2022 20:20:47 GMT by rattlecan
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Apr 18, 2022 16:05:07 GMT
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Just on a side note, because it’s in the background, this is my bbq, we call her Christine 😀 My Son lent me this I can’t tell you how much grief it’s saved, I’ve not looked at the price but I’d guess pretty cheap from Screwfix or the like & it’s brilliant. Also as mentioned before, this is a budget build to some degree so I’ve also used old nails from old pallets that have been through the chimnea, then saved from the ashes 😩😀
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Apr 18, 2022 15:59:15 GMT
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Been at it since 9am this morning & literally just sat down in the summerhouse with a beer. Built the stud wall & clad it On this wall I’ve just put planks over the gaps in the pallets, there was no way I was gonna break them all down & fit them flush & I’m happy enough with the result. Also it is gonna have a large TV plus some signs etc, so lots will ‘disappear’
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Apr 17, 2022 17:50:20 GMT
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Apr 17, 2022 17:24:25 GMT
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Nice pics, love the gold fizzy. Some rare stuff amongst them
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Apr 17, 2022 17:18:19 GMT
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Managed a bit more headway today. Got the stud wall frame in
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Apr 17, 2022 16:11:54 GMT
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Yeh look great, ride like dog poo. Do you care? Do you mean when lowered or from stock? I'm going to go with Bilstein and Eibach, plus poly mount the ARB's to tighten things up. A strut brace might help too. I'd really like a hard top but they cost more than the car did! Well yeh, let’s be honest, we’ve all done it, coz it looks cool but the ride quality just goes terrible.
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Great looking things, my mate has a black one, had it from new. Strong money now
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Apr 16, 2022 21:15:28 GMT
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It’s a wonder no one’s slid by with a Philips late at night & had those tail light lenses away
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Apr 16, 2022 21:10:37 GMT
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^ Australian registered, right? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Apr 16, 2022 17:31:55 GMT
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There ya go
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Apr 16, 2022 17:31:27 GMT
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Apr 16, 2022 17:27:39 GMT
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Is there/was there a DMC in there? Yes there was since 2006, I sold it last August. The sign you can see is going to go in the bar once done. They are basically smaller versions of the original’Dealer’ signs that were about 25 ft long to hang outside workshop/showrooms etc.
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Last Edit: Apr 16, 2022 17:29:54 GMT by rattlecan
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