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[IronStar]

Tried polishing headlights on 307CC today.

Parkside 12v polisher with 2Ah battery is an absolute wank though. I burned through two batteries and I’m not really happy with the finish.

Before

After:

 

Side by side:

 

7/10.

So like any other sensible man, I got fed up after 2 batteries shitting themselves and went to

 

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Buy an entire suite of Lidl’s more powerful 20v system 😂

It may be 4x the price of getting someone to do it for me, but now I have the tools I’ve been eyeing for a while, and battery uga-dugga to do the rear suspension as well. Surely that’s a net savings, right? 😂

 

Missus is going to kill me.

[Six-cylinder]

41 minutes ago, IronStar said:

Tried polishing headlights on 307CC today.

Parkside 12v polisher with 2Ah battery is an absolute wank though. I burned through two batteries and I’m not really happy with the finish.

Before

After:

 

Side by side:

 

7/10.

So like any other sensible man, I got fed up after 2 batteries shitting themselves and went to

 

.

.

.

.

.

.

Buy an entire suite of Lidl’s more powerful 20v system 😂

It may be 4x the price of getting someone to do it for me, but now I have the tools I’ve been eyeing for a while, and battery uga-dugga to do the rear suspension as well. Surely that’s a net savings, right? 😂

 

Missus is going to kill me.

Have you tried the work light yet? How long does the battery last?

We are going to need a work light as IanBMW is going to put subframe bushes in the Carlton Estate at the FoD without electricity. We have a range of Parkside 20v tools with batteries and charger.

[IronStar]

7 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Have you tried the work light yet? How long does the battery last?

We are going to need a work light as IanBMW is going to put subframe bushes in the Carlton Estate at the FoD without electricity. We have a range of Parkside 20v tools with batteries and charger.

Not yet, I just got back from Lidl. It cost me less than a fiver with a voucher, so it’s probably amazing for the money. 😄 Reporting back as soon as I try it properly.

[Snake Charmer]

@bobdisk and I went to the Great Cockrow Railway on Sunday, they had a gathering of trains from across the country running. I had no idea it was there, quite close to where I work in Lyne. Well worth a visit, two lines to ride on each about 1.25 miles. (Bob was very good on the trains, didn't scream once. 👍)

LINK

 

[stuboy]

Another carburettor on the mighty moped.. it ran ace...

Only thing was I had to suck the fuel tap open, it's brand new, wonder if not enough sucking on the inlet?

 

 

[Snake Charmer]

55 minutes ago, stuboy said:

Another carburettor on the mighty moped.. it ran ace...

Only thing was I had to suck the fuel tap open, it's brand new, wonder if not enough sucking on the inlet?

Does the fuel flow stop immediately if you release the vacuum?

[stuboy]

7 minutes ago, Snake Charmer said:

Does the fuel flow stop immediately if you release the vacuum?

yeah i think so.

[bunglebus]

Think this is the first year I've not heard any mention of the September 11th attacks at all

[Yoss]

8 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Think this is the first year I've not heard any mention of the September 11th attacks at all

Until now. 

[Yoss]

4 hours ago, IronStar said:

Tried polishing headlights on 307CC today.

Parkside 12v polisher with 2Ah battery is an absolute wank though. I burned through two batteries and I’m not really happy with the finish.

Before

After:

 

Side by side:

 

7/10.

So like any other sensible man, I got fed up after 2 batteries shitting themselves and went to

 

.

.

.

.

.

.

Buy an entire suite of Lidl’s more powerful 20v system 😂

It may be 4x the price of getting someone to do it for me, but now I have the tools I’ve been eyeing for a while, and battery uga-dugga to do the rear suspension as well. Surely that’s a net savings, right? 😂

 

Missus is going to kill me.

I already have most of the stuff you have there. I find Parkside stuff pretty good for the price. The ugga dugga gun isn't quite as strong as the old Clarke one I had but that broke and when I looked all the others were so much more expensive. So sometimes I have to start things off with a breaker bar but it does wheel nuts back up fine. 

I also bought a cordless vacuum that runs off the same battery that was on offer for £20. That works just as well as our old cordless that was four times the price. 

[IronStar]

7 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Have you tried the work light yet? How long does the battery last?

We are going to need a work light as IanBMW is going to put subframe bushes in the Carlton Estate at the FoD without electricity. We have a range of Parkside 20v tools with batteries and charger.

It’s decent, but not amazing. Worth it if you have batteries laying around, but otherwise very mid. Despite having 3 leds, it’s much stronger in the center. Much better then cheapo lights you get for 5-10 quid, but I’ve seen and used better. Annoyingly doesn’t have a magnet either.

3 hours ago, Yoss said:

I already have most of the stuff you have there. I find Parkside stuff pretty good for the price. The ugga dugga gun isn't quite as strong as the old Clarke one I had but that broke and when I looked all the others were so much more expensive. So sometimes I have to start things off with a breaker bar but it does wheel nuts back up fine. 

I also bought a cordless vacuum that runs off the same battery that was on offer for £20. That works just as well as our old cordless that was four times the price. 

I generally highly rate Parkside tools, I have almost entire 12v offering. To be fair to the polisher, it probably needs 4Ah battery instead of 2Ah ones I have. I’ll get those bought next time they’re around. Their socket sets are absolutely top notch. I knew a very busy garage that used the socket set for years with 0 of them snapping or breaking. The guys there were as impressed as I was.

Only actually bad piece of kit I got from them is an electric jigsaw. That fucker vibrated like there’s no tomorrow, laser was pointing off the line where it was cutting and it was generally shit. We did manage to do most of a kitchen with it, when the head gave up, and melted the plastic insert keeping the saw straight. Sent it off, got replaced with another of the same. Still not great, but much better than example #1. I’ll get a blue Bosch next time I need to cut something actually straight.

I’ll try ugga dugga gun on rear suspension of 307CC. I’ll get a huge fuckoff bar on standby, but I’m really hoping 180Nm is enough to get the bolts out.

Speaking of Parkside tools, I tried polishing the other headlight. The drill is too slow to polish effectively. Which meant back to the polisher. The trick with these batteries is using it for a minute so it doesn’t boil, wait for it to cool down a bit, then do it again. The other side came out much better then first one. I wanted to touch up the left one as well, but backing pad failed on the polishing sponge, so I probably made it even worse than it was after first attempt. I have another sponge, so I’ll try again. I probably didn’t sand far enough either, so might as well repeat the entire process.

[Snake Charmer]

10 hours ago, stuboy said:

yeah i think so.

Can you easily check to see if it has a tiny air bleed hole in the back side of the diaphragm housing? If that hasn't been drilled or is blocked then it will need high vacuum. Could also have a stronger spring than the old one. 

[reb]

That's the moped away to its new home!

I am now going to spend several days momentarily thinking it has been stolen every time I see the space it has been sitting all year.

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[comfortablynumb]

The RAC 

Apparently now you can't ring them up if you break down, you have to go online.

That's only going to end well!

Last time we tried to use them, it was MK1 son in his series landie, he broke down( injector pump failure) on the main A10/A1122 junction near Downham market.

He rang them, told them he was not in a place of safety, and needed urgent assistance.

He then rang me.

I was in Lowestoft. At this point, with the aid of the police he actually got it off the roundabout and into a nearby layby.

In the time he waited for them to show, I finished what I was doing there, drove back to Downham, checked and agreed what the fault was, went another 10 miles home, took another pump from a spare engine, returned to him, fitted and timed the pump, and he drove home.

We didn't bother to tell the RAC, thought we'd wait and see if they contacted him at all.

They didn't.

He's now with brittania rescue, like me.

And it's going online? 😱

[juular]

9 minutes ago, comfortablynumb said:

The RAC 

Apparently now you can't ring them up if you break down, you have to go online.

That's only going to end well!

Last time we tried to use them, it was MK1 son in his series landie, he broke down( injector pump failure) on the main A10/A1122 junction near Downham market.

He rang them, told them he was not in a place of safety, and needed urgent assistance.

He then rang me.

I was in Lowestoft. At this point, with the aid of the police he actually got it off the roundabout and into a nearby layby.

In the time he waited for them to show, I finished what I was doing there, drove back to Downham, checked and agreed what the fault was, went another 10 miles home, took another pump from a spare engine, returned to him, fitted and timed the pump, and he drove home.

We didn't bother to tell the RAC, thought we'd wait and see if they contacted him at all.

They didn't.

He's now with brittania rescue, like me.

And it's going online? 😱

On all of my recent breakdowns, and there have been a few, I've had an atrocious signal where I could barely make a call. Internet signal was always non existent.

I reckon this is purely to reduce the number of callouts they get.

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, comfortablynumb said:

The RAC 

Apparently now you can't ring them up if you break down, you have to go online.

That's only going to end well!

Last time we tried to use them, it was MK1 son in his series landie, he broke down( injector pump failure) on the main A10/A1122 junction near Downham market.

He rang them, told them he was not in a place of safety, and needed urgent assistance.

He then rang me.

I was in Lowestoft. At this point, with the aid of the police he actually got it off the roundabout and into a nearby layby.

In the time he waited for them to show, I finished what I was doing there, drove back to Downham, checked and agreed what the fault was, went another 10 miles home, took another pump from a spare engine, returned to him, fitted and timed the pump, and he drove home.

We didn't bother to tell the RAC, thought we'd wait and see if they contacted him at all.

They didn't.

He's now with brittania rescue, like me.

And it's going online? 😱

I gave up on the RAC 2 years ago because they took 7 hours to come out to me after updates saying they were on there way. Next time it took so long I gave up and had @Slowsilver help me.

My experience was so terrible with the RAC that I would recommend everybody look elsewhere for breakdown cover.

[stuboy]

13 hours ago, Snake Charmer said:

Can you easily check to see if it has a tiny air bleed hole in the back side of the diaphragm housing? If that hasn't been drilled or is blocked then it will need high vacuum. Could also have a stronger spring than the old one. 

no idea its one like this..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261203521649?chn=ps&_ul=GB&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1S6D2RiylQvSdVCH5hZ9m_A23&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=261203521649&targetid=2340006585303&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9045114&poi=&campaignid=19090194174&mkgroupid=169936178361&rlsatarget=pla-2340006585303&abcId=9303860&merchantid=101725354&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxcX7vIu-iAMVGZtQBh0rWw3nEAQYAyABEgJgFvD_BwE

was thinking i could modify it so uses a fuel tap.. only down side would be turning it on/off

Edited September 12 by stuboy
forgot the link and im stupid

[captain_70s]

4 hours ago, comfortablynumb said:

The RAC 

Apparently now you can't ring them up if you break down, you have to go online.

I phoned them in July when the Dolomite died, but they do try to push you towards using the app instead at every opportunity.

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 20/08/2024 at 23:49, Ghosty said:

I have the 1250a one. Can confirm, they're bloody good. They work as a USB-C power bank too.

i have the GBX45 and got the 65w charger which is fookin fast

[artdjones]

This was parked up outside a hotel in Dinan today.

Edit:- I looked the car up, it started as a 3 litre saloon scrapped in 1947. Apparently the chassis was "recovered" in the 1960s, and fitted with the cliché Vanden Plas replica tourer. After that it was "converted" to a 4½ litre. 

I'm not sure what makes this bitza any thing other than a money making replica, rather than a real Vintage Bentley.

[Snake Charmer]

1 hour ago, stuboy said:

no idea its one like this..

Ah, not the type I was thinking of, doesn’t come apart.

[wuvvum]

53 minutes ago, artdjones said:

This was parked up outside a hotel in Dinan today.

Edit:- I looked the car up, it started as a 3 litre saloon scrapped in 1947. Apparently the chassis was "recovered" in the 1960s, and fitted with the cliché Vanden Plas replica tourer. After that it was "converted" to a 4½ litre. 

I'm not sure what makes this bitza any thing other than a money making replica, rather than a real Vintage Bentley.

Still better than a Sherpley mind...

[artdjones]

5 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Still better than a Sherpley mind...

I suppose a lot of parts are Bentley parts. Which is more than can be said for a lot of "vintage" Bugattis, which are sometimes almost complete replicas, with bits from one car spread across several vehicles.

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, artdjones said:

This was parked up outside a hotel in Dinan today.

Edit:- I looked the car up, it started as a 3 litre saloon scrapped in 1947. Apparently the chassis was "recovered" in the 1960s, and fitted with the cliché Vanden Plas replica tourer. After that it was "converted" to a 4½ litre. 

I'm not sure what makes this bitza any thing other than a money making replica, rather than a real Vintage Bentley.

I like the look of it. I suppose it depends on the valuations of this versus a genuine car. £100k v £1 million?