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Nov 15, 2017 21:57:39 GMT
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Nov 15, 2017 21:54:30 GMT
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Nov 15, 2017 18:26:50 GMT
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The only time my Hunter died was when a flake of crud got into the pickup pipe in the tank, and blocked the fuel line at the point it left the tank.
Suggestions : Fit a glass fuel filter between the fuel pump and carb so you can see what's happening. Remove the petrol filler cap, disconnect fuel line from the pump, blow (airline?) down the pipe backwards to check it's clear and reverse any blockages. Remove your pickup from the tank, if it doesn't have a mesh filter in the tank to to stop crud getting sucked into fuel line - fit one ! As a temporary test - can you run a line from a gallon can in the boot to the fuel pump and see if it sorts the problem - if yes then you have a blocksge somewhere before the pump.
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Nov 15, 2017 11:43:17 GMT
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Neat ideas Lights - I'd agree - COB LED are the ones you want If you can increase your budget to £5, you can sometimes find full-size 3xAA inspection lights on offer at Lidl/Aldi (I got a few last year for friends - all were very well received!), I was in Halfords today and they have similar www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/garage-equipment/garage-essentials/ring-utility-led-inspection-lightI also spent £30 on a branded "Inspection lamp" (magnetic base etc) that recharges from USB and kept that for myself, it gets used a lot ! Copper block - find an offcut of pipe (ask a plumber?), hammer 1 end flat as a backing piece, bend a swan-neck in the middle so you can get it into difficult corners. I have one made from 15mm pipe in my welding kit Edit - I hold the copper with a pair of pointed mole grips if I have space, no heat reaches your fingers Bonus tool ( free) : find a piece of 1" round bar about 6" long, use a 1mm disk on an angle grinder to make a slot 5mm deep in one end, 10mm deep in the other end. Use your new tool to bend neat 5mm/10mm edge flanges on sheet steel
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Last Edit: Nov 15, 2017 1:45:33 GMT by nomad
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I was going to say "AX" but that's already been covered (pedals close together + size 12+ shoes = ...., same as 106s etc) 105E Anglia for anyone over 6 foot. Even with seat all the way back you end up with 1 knee resting on the drivers door, the other hampering gearchanges. Bonus points if it's a 998 with original "crash" box (no sychro on first gear), especially if you work in a city and "double-de-clutch" is a phrase you've never heard before Anything with a dogleg gearbox (pre-72 Porsche 911 ) - who thought it was a good idea to put reverse where first should be? Worst car to drive safely? I vote quick FWD Lancias - Beta, HF Martini etc (I *love* RWD as they suit my driving style, Lancias are very front heavy so the back end slides if you ease off in a corner, I saw one buyers guide that said "common problems : check the boot floor for ripples in case it has gone off the road backwards! )
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Nov 14, 2017 21:54:11 GMT
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Bookmarked I'm on 2 minds about this thread, on one hand I'm not sure it feels right bringing OBD code readers onto a Retro forum. On the other hand - I ordered a £30 handheld yesterday for my modern-ish BMW and would really appreciate any tips on how to use it ! (I've borrowed a commercial Snap-on Solus in the past but not used a hobby type code reader before) Idiot level instructions are fine - I guess you plug it in before you turn on the ignition
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Nov 14, 2017 20:46:39 GMT
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The olde-worlde MOT brake testers I've seen have a window to display the braking force. I'd guess the one you saw does a similar job but was never MOT related, best suggestion so far is from igor
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Nov 14, 2017 20:24:33 GMT
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Nov 12, 2017 23:28:42 GMT
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Many years ago I had a '92 plate E36 328i, it had factory standard twin tailpipes. 1 pipe had a vaccume operated butterfly, the other was always open. (1 open = improved low down torque, both open = flat out power )
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Nov 12, 2017 13:30:19 GMT
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My understanding (from lots of articles & a variety of bikes & cars in the 80s/90s) was that the performance of paper filters dropped off after xxx miles. This doesn't happen to the same extent with K&N etc. K&N can also be washed and re-oiled and used again, and again, and ...
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Nov 11, 2017 23:06:45 GMT
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^ Water & condensation I often have a calor gas/propane heater around. They're handy in a room or small workshop but beware the naked flames and the water they create. The heat they give off won't do a lot to heat a big workshop.
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Nov 10, 2017 12:02:31 GMT
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E30 BMW best rear lights ever , i think its was one big plastic catch to turn and the whole assembley just dropped out. Approx. 10 seconds to change a bulb. They have changed the design a lot on the modern ones E93 BMW, you need to remove a bit of boot liner then 2 torx screws to release the cluster Then you discover the shape of the bodyshell and the thick rubber insulation means you don't have space to wiggle the cluster out so you need to remove the whole light assembly anyway (3 x 8mm captive nuts, partly obscured by non-removable bits of boot liner) Making LED running lights (that often fail ) an intergral part of the assembly have been mentioned above
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The Hunter Estate gets 230 ish by my scoring (using some creative accounting)
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Celebrations were in order today*, so it seemed a good time to filter the gin & vodka that was set away last month. Decant (& taste test ) 1.7 litres each of Vodka & Gin, remove the elderberries, and crack open a rather delicious bottle of "Decadence" ale I got from Wales a few months ago. Life is good Tip : if anyone is passing or near Porthmadog in North Wales, call into the Purple Moose brewery shop on the main street img.retro-rides.org/i/v/nomad/fae7462d334c.jpgimg.retro-rides.org/i/v/nomad/1df2749443b1.jpgThe end result is a litre bottle of Gin, same of Vodka, and a good measure of Gin left over Questions : The Gin is fine as it is, the Vodka is still a bit sharp - I guess it needs another dose of sugar? I'm not surprised the strained Vodka didn't fill the litre bottle it started in, but why did the Gin give more than it started with? Any suggestions about what to do with 3lbs of well pickled elderberries? * The reason for the celebrations? I've just managed to fix a notoriously expensive ABS fault on a modern'ish daily ("they all do that Sir - you need a £2k ABS pump" ) using a 2lb lump hammer
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Let's begin with a sightly unusual request : if you recognise the place below I'd prefer it if you didn't share the info I got a call a few weeks ago to help tidy a house up, one of the main priorities was the kitchen. Great fun was had finding flat-pack pieces that had been removed from their boxes and "tidied up" a couple of years earlier This was another of those houses that appeal to me a lot, plenty of space and loads of potential inside - and outside was even more special Built near the town center with a good sized patio area and riverbank footage, and a huge extension done many years ago giving a great view of the river. I love this type of job
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Related info - I have fitted a couple of cheap £2 alarms, both worked ok but failed and started to buzz if the ignition was on but the lights were off. Fine if driving with lights on but annoying if you were driving with lights off. I connected 1 wire to switched ign, the other to the lights circuit. Is there a better way?
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Just to lighten the tone - most things can be fixed up and mot'd to live again with a little bit of effort
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^ dva will cancel the tax if its not mot d , or applied for Do you have a source for this - it's not something I've heard before The mot on my daily ran out just after RRG, then it was parked up off-road (insured and taxed). It took a while for me to arrange the time/parts/repairs and get it mot'd. According to the DVLA website they didn't cancel the tax when the mot was expired. Me is confused
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