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Absolutely. I like mechanics creepers, have two different ones, but they have cons: 1: they lift you three or four inches off the ground, and on regular axle stands, that can make all the difference between you having enough room to work, or even fit under the bit of car you need to work on, and not. 2: when you're in position and start hefting on the part/bit of rusty chod/tool you need to move, what you don't need is to be on something that rolls easily away from what you're working on. Mats don't do that, yet still allow easier sliding about while getting in position. A mate has a one piece, smooth foam mat, about 4ft by 2ft and about 1.5" thick, that he deploys often. It was standard equipment for Openre*ch engineers etc and is brilliant for the same reasons as the interlocking mats
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I put 'guide pin bellows' into google and got a few possibles
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They're drop shippers - they look like they hold stock, but they don't - they buy in when they have an order (possibly only when they have enough orders to buy their stock at a wholesale price). If they don't get enough orders along with yours, or their wholesaler has no stock, you'll either get a refund, or a long delay, and then a refund when you chase your order. Annoying, but unfortunately legal, afaik.
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I'm 59 and it's a decidedly cooking diesel Focus. Postcode isn't the issue either. Insured for 'the carriage of goods for hire and reward' IS the issue. I've paid over £900 before now for the same cover... ...on a 2001 pez Corsa C badermatic. So, yes, robbing bastards
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Glorious noise that 6 pot makes. I yearn to hear mine running again. First really is a crawler gear in an early LT - even with the enormous coachbuilt body on mine, it'll still pull away in 2nd, and the clutch isn't on fire after. Edited to add: we owned a very similar ex school minibus, ex rental LDV Convoy (medium wheelbase) for a bunch of years. Despite all it's rustiness, and the harshness of the neglected suspension and kingpins, we loved it. I actually couldn't bear to be there when the scrap man came for it...
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Focus delivery hack insurance is due at the end of the month. No renewal notice from Admiral, because i had it set to not auto renew. Goc0mpare and C0nfused both gave me just one quote, from the same company iirc (and not one I'd heard of) and these were £1,030 and £1,300. I paid £823 last year with Admiral. Went back to the Admiral site and logged on - their renewal quote is now available: £883 That'll do. I might get a quote from them for the Voyager too (already lapsed and on the drive awaiting pre MOT fettling) and see if i get a multi car discount...
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Thanks @Talbot! Similarly interested - i like anything that'll save me money, esp if it's complicated!
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Would a consolation 'like' help?
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I'll get round to it at some point - Finishing starting
chodweaver replied to Rust Collector's topic in AutoShite
I'll check my set this afternoon - i honestly can't remember if they're half and half metric/imperial. I know: 1 it's cheap tat 2 I've only used half the set at most @Rust Collector What part of the country are you in? -
If you have to ask, you'll never know. If you know, you only need to ask.
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I'll get round to it at some point - Finishing starting
chodweaver replied to Rust Collector's topic in AutoShite
@Rust Collector Got anything that'll chill the stud? Blast of gas? Plumber's freeze it spray? If all the welding is expanding both the stud and the casting, perhaps a blast of something very cold and very localised on the stud to contract it would help break the seal... -
Don't start making excuses for them. The cause is ignorance and arrogance.