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OTOH - I guess having two sets spreads the wear a bit for what that's worth.

The downside to this is having to change tyres that aren't worn out, just perished due to age (t-shirt anyone?)

As a side.note, the latest awful Japanese thing came with a set of Michelin Lassitude all seasons and also an original never-been-on-the-road 8 year old Yokohama G91A spare. One of the Michelins got a puncture, so the Yoko went on. I was expecting to slide about on it but it's fine. I certainly wouldn't trust the Michelins at that age (helping out in my mate's tyre place really showed me how badly they age). It's still on there too.

I'd definitely go for the Yoko's when I need to replace the Michelins, sadly nobody imports them to Croatia.

There ya go. Sadly not much from me either but my income is zero (or very much negative, considering the current exchange rate )

Lordy It doesn't sound like it's misfiring, just like you're stamping on, and then releasing, the throttle like a loon. Two carbs, both doing the same I guess. Fuel supply? Already eliminated. New fangled throttle linkage? Probably not. Could you fit the conventional dizzy just for porpoises of alimentation?

^^ Wor he said. It's probably not the shite way but it's a real pain. Grinding the old system of sounds like a good plan to me but I'll bet you'll still get some nice jagged rust in your eyes (got any eye shields?).

3. pull the battery and bring it inside for the winter 

That's what I was going to add (but took too long about it) - batteries don't like freezing.

Perversely, I had a quick Google (I really should stop using that) to see if I could find some figures and was told hot temperatures are far worse. Really? So why do so many more batteries get sold in the winter? Maybe if you live in Death Valley...

Is your alternator suspect or summink? You shouldn't need to charge it at all if the alternator is working correctly, although during the winter months, with more use of lights, wipers etc. it helps to give it a boost now and then, but this time of year? Nah.

Images off the internet of a similar carb:

 

That looks like the Bings on my JLO-powered Flymos. Do not be tempted to overtighten the float bowl/main jet nut to compensate for a shagged gasket (Bing! )

If it's anything like mine it's totally frigged and there aint no spares anywhere ever

They'll complain about all the harmful methane they produce and campaign to have them fitted with catalytic converters. Or would that be cattleyitic?

Sorry

When do you reckon we should send out search & rescue?

Maybe it's something to do with a rough surface being harder to effectively paint, plus welding producing a small amount of oxidation that needs removing.

I often think of the medieval sculptor who didn't bother finishing the back of statues because nobody could see them. "Ah, but God can see everything" they said, before cutting his balls off.

Not up on Fords but are you sure it has a DMF? Thought they were diesel only...

Yes there is, cubic centimetres which are delightfully base-10.

 

As opposed to cubic inches, which are in base, erm... Or were you thinking about converting cubic inches to cubic feet? That would be (briefly) confusing, however I don't think there are many engines that big

That looks like it's just been used to ram-raid Homebase.

It's 7 degrees, according to a duck.. sorry, ADAC ect. This is a bit of a piece of string question - if you live out in the wilds and you need to get to work early in the morning then yes, as soon as. If you only do journeys that can be differed 'til later then meh, as and when.

Here in Croatia we have to have winter tyres from November 15th 'til April 15th, no matter how stupidly warm it gets in March.

Panandenema.

I think I can confirm that as I was going to say Citroen but I couldn't remember which.

Duff tyre?

Oooh, 406 diff whine, don't hear that much. If you're topping up the oil you may or may not find a level plug. Much easier to drain the lot out and stick 1.8 litres 75w80 in through the reversing light switch hole (18mm I think)

I occasionally get a shock off a car (wrong jumper maybe?) but the only time I got persistent shocks the regulator blew up soon after. No shocks after fitting a new one either. It may have been coincidence but it would tie-in with battery death.

Apparently it's quite an important work, I mentioned it at work (when I was a plant research technician) and a couple of plant pathologists got quite uppity about me poking fun at it!

Maybe it is, potato blight, starvation, people buggering off to the colonies...

I wonder if there's a similar work about brussel sprouts.

Our copy of T.H.A.S.I.O.T.P. is sandwiched between The Science of Meat(vol.1) and Sheep Husbandry and diseases.

 

A few shelves up from my favourite:

 

Plywoods of the World. Their development, manufacture and Application.

 

Matt had a thing for "interesting" charity shop books.

Mate of mine sent it to me - "I've found a bible for you". Apparently I like spuds more than is "healthy". Must be my Irish ancestry :frown:

It does seem an unlikely subject for such a tome, you'd have thought a pamphlet would have covered it.

Actually if they go slower the closer you get, that would be ideal - slow them down to about 20mph and then a nice painless overtake! Brilliant.

That was my thought, although I tried doing that here but I had one twat in a Å koda pull in front and slow right down - "Yeah, I know this game" and one guy in an Aldi overtake then slam on and stop, then get something out of his glovebox and start to get out of his car - "If that's a gun I'm running you down". So I don't bother any more, I don't speed up, I don't slow down. Which doesn't always work either, last year I had an artic overtake me on a road that wouldn't even qualify as a B road in the UK, forcing me and 3 cars coming the other way off the road.

They might start to get less brilliant if people weren't so flaming stupid, but at the minute they're brilliant. I base this on using the M42 or M1 south of J12 most mornings, so I'm using a lot of Smart motorways in my working week.

Why are they brilliant? People can't read the signs that say "Congestion - use hard shoulder" so they pack themselves into the traditional running lanes and are doing 45-50. Meanwhile, me and a few other literate people are on the hard shoulder blasting past everyone at 60mph. It's awesome, it's almost like it's a Pillock Lane made just for Pillock.

Which is ok until one of the twerps in the queue sees cars zooming past on the hard shoulder and thinks "I'll have some of that", pulls onto it without looking and...

psst 1981 less than 100kkm spare tyre is original and useless obv.