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[hairnet]

Oi leave me out of this ....

sounds like you started it lancastrian

[wuvvum]

If you see anyone over 6', ginger, and with a big orange beard run.

 

 

Aye, sounds like good advice to me.

[beko1987]

Dear Admin,

 

Please change Beko's username to Dougal.

 

Ta.

Test...

[iainrcz]

Pretty much me, but slightly less receding.

 

Aye, sounds like good advice to me.

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[iainrcz]

Turns out, if I scuff my feet along the floor in Asda then touch the Mrs she gets a static shock.

Apparently not funny, but obviously I had to try it a few more times.

 

 

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[stuboy]

Got my butt in gear and fitted a flip uo reversing camera and screen, neighbours cats once again helped....lol

[richardmorris]

My mechanic friend came over at 7 to replace the slave cylinder on the x1/9. He’s just left. All swapped over with new spring, washers and flexi hose too. Slight difficulty with the retaining R clip at the end of the arm, the new arm had a hole that was ever so slightly smaller and burred, which we only discovered after it was all fitted.

 

We have not been able to get any pressure in the pedal yet though. He’s coming back on Saturday with a big pry bar ( to physically move the arm to take the weight off the cylinder ) and an eezi bleed. Club wisdom is that it can take a lot of bleeding!

[Guest Hooli]

Try a huge syringe of brake fluid on the bleed nipple & push it though from there. I do it all the time on bike brakes as they can be an utter twat to bleed too.

[Guest Hooli]

Job news!

 

I got offered the job in Oban

 

I turned it down

 

I can't make the figures work as houses are more up there than where I am. It's a damn shame but that seems to be how life often is.

[Tickman]

Job news!

 

I got offered the job in Oban

 

I turned it down

 

I can't make the figures work as houses are more up there than where I am. It's a damn shame but that seems to be how life often is.

 

Liked and then unliked.

[Guest Hooli]

Cheers, it's bloody annoying to have had to say no. But I'd have ended up in a studio flat paying a load more than my house costs currently with nowhere for my bikes etc & that'd just piss me off.

[Cavcraft]

It’s my scouse nephew’s birthday today. Going to surprise him by leaving £10 in his nan’s purse.

[Supernaut]

Cheers, it's bloody annoying to have had to say no. But I'd have ended up in a studio flat paying a load more than my house costs currently with nowhere for my bikes etc & that'd just piss me off.

This is the constant mental balancing act I do, too. I'll look at a job and think "ooh, that sounds good" then look at the living costs in the area the job is based and go "HOW MUCH?!"

[Guest Hooli]

Aye it's a right bugger at times ain't it?

 

If I'd got a couple more years where I am in the bank (as it were) then I'd probably have taken it, but that's life. I'll get up here eventually.

[alcyonecorporation]

Got my butt in gear and fitted a flip uo reversing camera and screen, neighbours cats once again helped....lol

Please do a calendar. It would chill my vexed brain thusly.

[anonymous user]

And the red Land Rover has played up again, the grey one is in having PAS fitted so I'm using the red one. Fortunately, although it's up for sale, I haven't cleaned it out yet so there were still tools in it. Yet again it's the ignition system, back to a misfire. Checked the points which have probably done just over 100 miles and they were pitted badly. I gave them a clean and it was ok for about ten miles before doing it again. That time I swapped them and the condenser for new ones (which were in a box under the seat). This is not the first time this has happened, which is why I carry spares and put the tools back in it, I'm not sure where the spare coil has got to because that should have been there as well.

 

Conclusion is that new ignition parts are shit.

[Richard]

Please do a calendar. It would chill my vexed brain thusly.

Mine too. Please do this.

[AlabamaShrimp]

And the red Land Rover has played up again, the grey one is in having PAS fitted so I'm using the red one. Fortunately, although it's up for sale, I haven't cleaned it out yet so there were still tools in it. Yet again it's the ignition system, back to a misfire. Checked the points which have probably done just over 100 miles and they were pitted badly. I gave them a clean and it was ok for about ten miles before doing it again. That time I swapped them and the condenser for new ones (which were in a box under the seat). This is not the first time this has happened, which is why I carry spares and put the tools back in it, I'm not sure where the spare coil has got to because that should have been there as well.

 

Conclusion is that new ignition parts are shit.

Would converting it to those electronic things you stick in the distributor solve it? Saying that I've never tried one.

[egg]

Getting a lot of cold callers at the door lately, the proverbial duster salesman, moneyexpert (who try and get you to change energy supplier on your doorstep - nothing to do with Martin Lewis's set-up) and of course the good old Jehova's witness (although they seem to target Mrs Egg more!).  

 

Probably should go in the other questions fred, but does anyone use a 'piss off' sticker on their door and does it work?

[Angrydicky]

My mechanic friend came over at 7 to replace the slave cylinder on the x1/9. He’s just left. All swapped over with new spring, washers and flexi hose too. Slight difficulty with the retaining R clip at the end of the arm, the new arm had a hole that was ever so slightly smaller and burred, which we only discovered after it was all fitted.

 

We have not been able to get any pressure in the pedal yet though. He’s coming back on Saturday with a big pry bar ( to physically move the arm to take the weight off the cylinder ) and an eezi bleed. Club wisdom is that it can take a lot of bleeding!

If you need some genuine caliper repair kits, my work has literally hundreds of them!

[SiC]

And the red Land Rover has played up again, the grey one is in having PAS fitted so I'm using the red one. Fortunately, although it's up for sale, I haven't cleaned it out yet so there were still tools in it. Yet again it's the ignition system, back to a misfire. Checked the points which have probably done just over 100 miles and they were pitted badly. I gave them a clean and it was ok for about ten miles before doing it again. That time I swapped them and the condenser for new ones (which were in a box under the seat). This is not the first time this has happened, which is why I carry spares and put the tools back in it, I'm not sure where the spare coil has got to because that should have been there as well.

 

Conclusion is that new ignition parts are shit.

Get one of these:

https://www.moss-europe.co.uk/condenser-lead-25d-high-quality-gsc111hq.html

 

Or whoever is your local supplier of Distributor Doctor parts.

 

Why? Well the problem with a lot of the condensers out there...

[Video]

 

More detail here: http://nonlintec.com/sprite/cap_failure/

[320touring]

Cheers, it's bloody annoying to have had to say no. But I'd have ended up in a studio flat paying a load more than my house costs currently with nowhere for my bikes etc & that'd just piss me off.

Bugger:( still, Kudos for being the best candidate!!!!!

[catsinthewelder]

Getting a lot of cold callers at the door lately, the proverbial duster salesman, moneyexpert (who try and get you to change energy supplier on your doorstep - nothing to do with Martin Lewis's set-up) and of course the good old Jehova's witness (although they seem to target Mrs Egg more!).

 

Probably should go in the other questions fred, but does anyone use a 'piss off' sticker on their door and does it work?

I've been the man in a cheap suit trying to get people to change to Eastern Energy and I would ignore any sticker I could possibly claim not to have spotted.

 

Just the JW's being bothersome here. They keep comeing back however extreme my claimed views against religion are. "Can I just leave you a magazine then?" "No, I've got plenty of bog roll" etc

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Got virgin fibre super dooper broadband in today. Means I can watch dollywobbler videos without buffering while the kids stream shite on the TV and Mrs looks at her Internet nonsense. Great.

 

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[wrenchvolt]

Getting a lot of cold callers at the door lately, the proverbial duster salesman, moneyexpert (who try and get you to change energy supplier on your doorstep - nothing to do with Martin Lewis's set-up) and of course the good old Jehova's witness (although they seem to target Mrs Egg more!).  

 

Probably should go in the other questions fred, but does anyone use a 'piss off' sticker on their door and does it work?

 

I don't answer my door if I'm not expecting anyone. Anyone who knows me has my mobile, therefore, I reason that anyone calling at the door is trying to rip me off, is the local murderer/rapist/thief or somone recruiting for a cult. Local weirdos seem to have got the message and don't bother any more.

[egg]

I think Herne Bay gets a lot because it is gifferville and therefore they're looking for easy targets.

[wrenchvolt]

Saw a Motorhead Doc some time back. Lemmy answered the door wearing an ice hockey mask with the word "RAPIST" daubed on the front. Give it a go, I doubt they will accept any invites in for tea?

[angle]

A couple of years ago I had a Jehovah's Witness come up to me and open his spiel with 'Excuse me sir, I can see you're busy, but I was wondering - can you honestly say that you believe in the progress of science and technology over the beneficence of an almighty God?'

 

I'd spent the previous 40 minutes leaning over my Xantia trying to smash stripped air box screws up with a hacksaw blade, a flathead screwdriver and a hammer. Closest I've ever been to joining a cult.

[wrenchvolt]

That's too funny man.

[anonymous user]

I miss my German Shepherd,I never had cold callers wanting to hang around. The bloke who trained us taught her a useful trick. She would sit calmly by me, but all I had to do was tweak her collar and she would jump up and down snarling and barking. You don't get the same reaction with a Spaniel