Cavcraft Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Could very well be interested in tools, especially torque wrench. Ill pm you later when I'm back from the fun factory if that's ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danblez Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 The 1980's called and blah blah blah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meshking Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Does the person selling this : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LOCKING-WHEEL-NUT-REMOVAL-REMOVER-INFORMATION-SAVE-s-/160884041361?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item25756fa691#ht_625wt_1139 just email you a pdf with the words "hammer a smaller socket on it"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Does the person selling this : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LOCKING-WHEEL-NUT-REMOVAL-REMOVER-INFORMATION-SAVE-s-/160884041361?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item25756fa691#ht_625wt_1139 just email you a pdf with the words "hammer a smaller socket on it"? Looks like it, see his feedback: No good if you have outer collar.(mcGard ).. but should work on solid bearingPretty extreme. No suitable socket available. Paid £28 to get them off!good info, though was no use for my vauxhall which had a sleeve round the nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meshking Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Ha - didn't think to check the feedback. I wonder what they'd do if you just posted the contents in the feedback? works but you got to make sure to get the right size socket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I bought a cheap ‘ferry ticket voucher’ off eBay years ago, it was a load of wank photocopied out of the newspaper or something, so i scanned/uploaded it and posted the URL in the sellers feedback, gave him a neg as well, those were the days. BRING BACK NEGGING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashmicro Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Almost forgot about this - I can haz Stihlsaw (well, once I go collect it). My mate Rab is a building contractor, and he's got a new one. I have no idea what I'll use it for, but it's a cool thing to have I reckon. My chainsaw will now have self-esteem issues as it'll no longer be the most destructive thing in my garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Next in line for the tools MO if Billy doesn't want them ... It's about time I got my own tools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Random conversations in the office. An attempt this morning to sort a team lunch lead to a conversation about what foods people would and wouldn't eat, during which oysters were mentioned. This then started a conversation about aphrodisiacs, which led seamlessly into a lengthy and in-depth discussion between fit bird and not-quite-as-fit-but-still-would bird about which foods have what effect on the taste of one's gentlemanly fluids. Made a nice change from talking about work, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Oooo now that is scariest yet. I think dysons are a bit over-rated, but have been unable to find a vacuum yet that I am impressed with. Vax was pap, most of the other have achieved as much as you could expect with my rubbish budget. The best so far though is a £35 Tesco's number. They don't do spare parts though "bin it when broken, buy more" attitude. I bought a £30 Tesco cheapy vacuum cleaner. It blew up earlier this year. Really big sparks! Was absolutely rubbish. We've now got a Henry, which is superb. When I first met Mrs Wobbler, she had one of these. (the red one in fact) Was bloody superb and felt capable of surviving a nuclear war. Apart from the suction hose. Which broke. Foolishly, we binned it and replaced it with the inferior Tesco thing, which was forever clogging its filters. My mother has had many Dysons. Very clever, but also very fragile. ALL MODERN VAKYUMS R SHIT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I hear a lot about the fragility of Dysons, but I've put our aging DC04 through so much and it's never needed more than a belt. I also keep tripping over the 70s/80s Hoover Senior and Junior I can't bear to throw out. The Junior is pretty useful and makes a nice noise, even though the Dyson is considerably better at actually picking stuff up. The Senior isn't so good - it's snapped every belt I've put in it and even blew the special pigmy bulb I bought it for night-vaccing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashmicro Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Nilfisk. FTW. My mother's one is 26 years old and lifts the carpet. Heavy ol bastard, but bloody effective. Scares the cat. Ideal for a Citroen owner too - the model is "Nilfisk GS" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I used to have the one 2nd from the right: It was called Turbopower, lasted for 24 years until it was scrapped when the Mrs moved in and replaced with with a 'Hetty'. The Hoover made a purposeful noise, had a massive headlight and battered its way round the house in 10 mins with reckless abandon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 ^ My Grandad still has his, and my Jax-vax is still going strong. God knows how many Dysons my parents have been through in the mean time - they really are shit and expensive, our Argos Value Samsung lasted longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Right up till she passed away a couple of years ago, my old Gran was using an ancient old Hoover like this one, late 1940s from what I can tell. She'd had it in bits a good few times to keep it running and it still worked a treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Apart from the Henry, modern Hoovers are just too noisy, I notice the old stuff tends to be around 400 watts- ish, new cleaners are measured in kilowatts, I don't understand why as theres a point where they're going to lift the carpet off the floor, maybe it's marketing or just so that the things can compete with Heathrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Thanks for the indefinite loan, Skattrd, have this picture for your amusement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 /\ Have you tried putting some jam on your shoes and inviting your trousers down for tea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashmicro Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 That Maestro is the business. Your photo looks like a late-80s record sleeve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 ^ ^ Will you become Austinangyl if the Volks is sold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 I suppose I'll have to. It's a singular experience driving home in a borrowed Maestro while wearing leather trousers. @ashmicro: Inspired. That might have to become my new forum avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danblez Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Heheheh great stuff. Did I miss the thread about the Meastro loan? Good on ya Skatrrd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Remember that fit Spanish bird from Xfactor a few years back, Ruth Lorenzo, well it seems she is a secret autoshitter too, this is her Mini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brammy777 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 If that is the Mini I think it is, I saw it driving in Tufnell Park quite a while back, it had a massive dent in the rear end and misfired like mad. So even more crud than first though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Ross Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 That certainly has a dent in the rear..... look at the bootlid gap. Mind, I'd dent her rear, and her front.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Next in line for the tools MO if Billy doesn't want them ... It's about time I got my own tools If billy doesn't get back I am on Norwich on the 13th if that's not too fr from your end of lincolnshire. It's not a post job There's lots and lots of tools - and it'll be added to next week as I throw some old sockets into the mix. There is a very very old snap on ratchet too. Some of the tools are crap but there's some alright ones. I'll even throw in a metal tool box too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Next in line for the tools MO if Billy doesn't want them ... It's about time I got my own tools If billy doesn't get back I am on Norwich on the 13th if that's not too fr from your end of lincolnshire. It's not a post job There's lots and lots of tools - and it'll be added to next week as I throw some old sockets into the mix. There is a very very old snap on ratchet too. Some of the tools are crap but there's some alright ones. I'll even throw in a metal tool box too. Cheers, I was actually threatening to visit my brother in Norfolk that weekend as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Mentioning it in a public forum has encouraged billy to pm me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Watched Hunted on BBC1, half of it was barely comprehensible or didn't make sense, but it featured a blurry red Marina wagon - looked like the rear was jacked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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