richardmorris Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 21 minutes ago, Fabergé Greggs said: Love the little train! Could be a normal sized train and a Giant. Stanky, Jerzy Woking, Fabergé Greggs and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 50 minutes ago, Fumbler said: I spy my workplace in the distance. Did you take the road through Lydd, Camber and up to Rye? It fantastic to blat along. I drove along the A259 this time after a trip to Rye Harbour. I was following a winner in an F-reg Bedford Bambi, and he lost me a couple of times through the bends. But I was in waft rather than blez mode. Fumbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vantman Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 52 minutes ago, RobT said: I drove along the A259 this time after a trip to Rye Harbour. I was following a winner in an F-reg Bedford Bambi, and he lost me a couple of times through the bends. But I was in waft rather than blez mode. There is a good cafe at Rye Harbour,The Bosuns Bite where good grub is available. RobT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyland Worldmaster Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Plastic Pistons. Okay... https://www.carthrottle.com/post/plastic-pistons-work-way-better-than-youd-expect/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Peak Autoshite? All of the beige! Spurious, Soundwave, Six-cylinder and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Thanks to @jamescarruthers' recommendation, I've mangaed to sort myself out with a spare wheel basket, wheel brace and hanger from Edwards & Son in Essex. Cheers man, you've saved me a fair bit of hassle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamescarruthers Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 25 minutes ago, Fumbler said: Thanks to @jamescarruthers' recommendation, I've mangaed to sort myself out with a spare wheel basket, wheel brace and hanger from Edwards & Son in Essex. Cheers man, you've saved me a fair bit of hassle. No problemo. They are really nice there and very helpful. I’ve even returned parts without hassle. If you ever drive there to collect though, be careful, the roads outside have moon sized craters in them. I wonder if people go to pick up parts, find their car destroyed and then leave it for scrap?! I went in the freshly restored Avantime last year and was having kittens on the last off road part to get in! Also, it is in Billericay, Essex and I amuse myself no end shouting “Biwwewikkaaaayyy” to myself when I see the village/town sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Balls. My pressure washer has just expired quite spectacularly (pump seized by the sound of it). So I've now got a 1/2 de-mossed front path. To be fair this one has lasted me seven years, though it's leaked like a sieve since about six months in. Need to do some research before picking up another one...fed up of plastic consumer grade tat. Would really like to get the one we used to use at the garage which is about as simple as it gets...a tubular frame with a couple of wheels on and a pump bolted on the end of a stinking great induction motor. That's about £500 though for the base unit though and I'd need to probably spend half that again for a hose etc...pricey. Also complete, total overkill. I'd also really rather go down the petrol powered route as I have a seething hate for tools like that trailing wires behind them. Especially something like this which has two boxes also involved for it to get tangled around. Time for some research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Zelandeth said: Balls. My pressure washer has just expired quite spectacularly (pump seized by the sound of it). So I've now got a 1/2 de-mossed front path. To be fair this one has lasted me seven years, though it's leaked like a sieve since about six months in. Need to do some research before picking up another one...fed up of plastic consumer grade tat. Would really like to get the one we used to use at the garage which is about as simple as it gets...a tubular frame with a couple of wheels on and a pump bolted on the end of a stinking great induction motor. That's about £500 though for the base unit though and I'd need to probably spend half that again for a hose etc...pricey. Also complete, total overkill. I'd also really rather go down the petrol powered route as I have a seething hate for tools like that trailing wires behind them. Especially something like this which has two boxes also involved for it to get tangled around. Time for some research. If you can stomach the wires at all get a Kranzle. Petrol ones that sit around always take too long to start when you do need them. Pierre3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort1977 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Got a Nilfisk one a while ago that has survived 18 months of fairly frequent car washing and path cleaning duties. Better than B&Q grade Karchers anyway. Sigmund Fraud 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 26 minutes ago, Zelandeth said: Balls. My pressure washer has just expired quite spectacularly (pump seized by the sound of it). So I've now got a 1/2 de-mossed front path. To be fair this one has lasted me seven years, though it's leaked like a sieve since about six months in. Need to do some research before picking up another one...fed up of plastic consumer grade tat. Would really like to get the one we used to use at the garage which is about as simple as it gets...a tubular frame with a couple of wheels on and a pump bolted on the end of a stinking great induction motor. That's about £500 though for the base unit though and I'd need to probably spend half that again for a hose etc...pricey. Also complete, total overkill. I'd also really rather go down the petrol powered route as I have a seething hate for tools like that trailing wires behind them. Especially something like this which has two boxes also involved for it to get tangled around. Time for some research. shame its the pump thats gone, was hoping you could abuse it to make a pulse jet (its seriously something id love to try/do at some point, it just blows my mind how simple they are!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Hangs his head in shame, in spite of the large number of cars we have there is not one beige one amongst them! Floatylight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangernomics Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Balls. My pressure washer has just expired quite spectacularly (pump seized by the sound of it). So I've now got a 1/2 de-mossed front path. To be fair this one has lasted me seven years, though it's leaked like a sieve since about six months in. Need to do some research before picking up another one...fed up of plastic consumer grade tat. Would really like to get the one we used to use at the garage which is about as simple as it gets...a tubular frame with a couple of wheels on and a pump bolted on the end of a stinking great induction motor. That's about £500 though for the base unit though and I'd need to probably spend half that again for a hose etc...pricey. Also complete, total overkill. I'd also really rather go down the petrol powered route as I have a seething hate for tools like that trailing wires behind them. Especially something like this which has two boxes also involved for it to get tangled around. Time for some research.Nah buy a shite one from Argos It’ll have a hose trailing off it anyhow unless you get one of those cordless ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Very pleased with my Nilfisk. Has lasted many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 1 hour ago, LightBulbFun said: shame its the pump thats gone, was hoping you could abuse it to make a pulse jet (its seriously something id love to try/do at some point, it just blows my mind how simple they are!) Even better Austat, barefoot, LightBulbFun and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Would anyone know why my new-to-me refurbished Samsung Galaxy S9 won't upload pictures? I get the 'add file' button and it looks like it's trying to start the upload but no progression happens 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 1 hour ago, bangernomics said: Nah buy a shite one from Argos It’ll have a hose trailing off it anyhow unless you get one of those cordless ones. True... though the hose doesn't care if I lose track of it and blast it with the pressure washer, whereas the cable reel takes exception to that and trips out the RCD which takes out most of the house electrics. Last one was a Nilfisk which has outlasted it's predecessors by a factor of about three. Found this stain on the path where it expired...if it's left oil behind that suggests to me that something pretty spectacular went wrong. Will definitely need to pull it to bits to figure out what happened. I can't see lack of use with a petrol one being an issue given it'll be used pretty regularly - longest gap is likely to be a couple of months in the winter. The only thing which I've tended to have a bit of a fight to get going in the spring is the hedge trimmer...though that was a £50 Amazon cheapie so I kind of knew that going in! Don't know...I need to have a think. Just topped off the tyres in the van...I always forget how much of a difference it makes. Feels like I've gained about 10bhp and had power steering fitted. Bit different to your average car though... they run 56psi on the front and 65 on the rear. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Only excitement, went to hospital pain management clinic to be examined, and now the want to do ... ultrasound guided injection ....were I had hernia operations... so have a glorious picture of refuelled v6 average 18 mpg Stevebrookman, sdkrc and Cord Fourteener 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chancer Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 3 hours ago, Zelandeth said: Balls. My pressure washer has just expired quite spectacularly (pump seized by the sound of it). So I've now got a 1/2 de-mossed front path. To be fair this one has lasted me seven years, though it's leaked like a sieve since about six months in. Need to do some research before picking up another one...fed up of plastic consumer grade tat. Would really like to get the one we used to use at the garage which is about as simple as it gets...a tubular frame with a couple of wheels on and a pump bolted on the end of a stinking great induction motor. That's about £500 though for the base unit though and I'd need to probably spend half that again for a hose etc...pricey. Also complete, total overkill. I'd also really rather go down the petrol powered route as I have a seething hate for tools like that trailing wires behind them. Especially something like this which has two boxes also involved for it to get tangled around. Time for some research. Aldi have a petrol one online just now. £210 delivered with 3 year guarantee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobyd Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Tim_E said: Would anyone know why my new-to-me refurbished Samsung Galaxy S9 won't upload pictures? I get the 'add file' button and it looks like it's trying to start the upload but no progression happens 🤔 Is this using Firefox? @Talbothas noted the same issue - I just haven't gotten around to plugging my phone in to find out the problem. Seems to only get upset with images over 2MB and only with Firefox. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 58 minutes ago, tobyd said: Is this using Firefox? @Talbothas noted the same issue - I just haven't gotten around to plugging my phone in to find out the problem. Seems to only get upset with images over 2MB and only with Firefox. Nail on the head, I'm using Firefox whereas before I wasn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 17 hours ago, artdjones said: If you can stomach the wires at all get a Kranzle glad u reminded me i got a kranzle and missus wants it, but im afraid she strip the paint of her car..lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Parking sensors have been playing up on the Focus for a few weeks, and it's been doing my head in, as it shuts down all the sensors, self parking etc, and gives a warning on every start, so decided to fix it tonight. Forscan said left rear outer sensor. Swapped it with another and still the same.. Took the back bumper off, removed the loom which is also the BLIS loom. Stripped all the tape off and found s tiny nick in 1 wire, and green copper inside. Replaced the bad section and taped it all up again. Sorted 😀 Blood everywhere though. Seems every time I go near a car just now I cut myself, and my nose was running like a tap.. and I got shit in my eye. Parking sensors. Blood, snot and tears 😕 RobT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 11 hours ago, Barry Cade said: I got shit in my eye I think you're doing it wrong! beko1987, Talbot and Barry Cade 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Casting a vote for Count Binface today. SRi05, Twiggy, AnthonyG and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 +1 for Firefox being a dick, I was trying to search content on a page with it yesterday and it wouldn't search for shit. Fired up chrome, spent 10 minutes navigating our system back to where I was and boom 2 seconds done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 12 hours ago, Barry Cade said: Blood everywhere though. Seems every time I go near a car just now I cut myself, You are me, I think my skin has got thinner as I have got older. The slightest knock seems to draw blood. Barry Cade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 50 minutes ago, anonymous user said: You are me, I think my skin has got thinner as I have got older. The slightest knock seems to draw blood. Same here, after the engine change I did recently the backs of my hands looked like they belonged in a leper colony Barry Cade and Lacquer Peel 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Fumbler, sdkrc, dome and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 @Fumbler I accidentally quoted one of your posts, soz! Fumbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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