What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[DeeJay]

Lobbed some stuff in a tip not too far from here and noticed a decent McCulloch petrol mower, another (make) one and a small generator. 'The cheaper mower runs, the other and the generator' needs stripping and working on'. I asked him if he'd primed the mower and done anything with he genny 'I'm a mechanic mate, I've done all that.They need stripping down and fiddling with'

Hey ho, £25 for all three; the cheap mower smokes but cut my lad's lawn superbly and I started on the others today: genny seemed to have to much 2T in the fuel, so emptied it, refilled then noticed the fuel switch was off. Put it to 'on' and it fired straight up.

The McCulloch I just topped up the fuel, wouldn't start so I swapped plugs from the other mower and it fired up first pull.

 

All the good stuff at my local tip is put to one side. 

If you go anywhere near it the "Guardians" get very excited, come running over shouting "LEAVE THAT ALONE, LEAVE THAT ALONE,"

then start looking in the car just in case you've taken any of their bonus.

It quite amusing really.

[Joey spud]

 

A fellow Patrol swapped this over the other day and had to get a picture before it went pop.

[beko1987]

Lol windforce

[Guest Hooli]

IMG-20170622-WA0001.jpg

 

A fellow Patrol swapped this over the other day and had to get a picture before it went pop.

 

Looks fine to me

[hairnet]

Nearly getting run over by uncle shay in this

[Kiltox]

Looks fine to me

Taxed worse. Some wanker sold me a Laguna with no rubber left on the rear bushes

[Stanky]

Yep, plenty of tread left on that. "OMG touting for business, total rip-off, I'm contacting Dominic Littlewood rite now m8"

 

Not as much 'windforce' as would be created had that been driven for a few more miles until the inevitable happened.

[AndyW201]

I am now officially a truckie! Well, Category C anyway, so can drive big rigid trucks now.

 

My bosses will be pleased, there's been a new 12 ton Atego sat in the factory nearly a month waiting for me to pass this...

 

[Guest Hooli]

Taxed worse. Some wanker sold me a Laguna with no rubber left on the rear bushes

 

I tried to scrap it, you demanded to buy it! Besides it came with an industrial quantity of free dirt.

[Kiltox]

I tried to scrap it, you demanded to buy it! Besides it came with an industrial quantity of free dirt.

Price of dirt is real low at the moment mate, I'll give you a tenner for good luck

[Guest Hooli]

You collecting? I can't afford to post it.

[DodgeRover]

When they do go like that it amazing how quickly it happens, mind the sudden horrible lurching is a clue

[Kiltox]

You collecting? I can't afford to post it.

5 cash tnyt m8

[Guest Hooli]

5 cash tnyt m8

 

broKEn xbOx or nowt m9!

[Joey spud]

 

More roadside wheel related fail to preceeds.

[Guest Hooli]

No problemo dude...

 

[DodgeRover]

1435172723945_zps9yr60ixi.jpg 1430307782008_zpswkwd3jbr.jpg 2014-07-02182857_zps527e1301.jpg 1430307772407_zpsfnmhvgji.jpg 2015-07-07%2011.11.47_zpssfmrk8pv.jpg

 

More roadside wheel related fail to preceeds.

How many were on motorways with no hard shoulder?

Have you seen the dash cam video of the car been driven running on the brake disk to get to a safe position?

[DeeJay]

Sorry, no cars but still makes me grin.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFIIt2c1wG4

[Bucketeer]

Re the Windforce, what causes that kind of tyre tumour? Is it just the integrity of the rubber diminishing or summat?

[myglaren]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfa_mu7uX90

[cobblers]

Re the Windforce, what causes that kind of tyre tumour? Is it just the integrity of the rubber diminishing or summat?

A tyre will have several layers, with the outer sidewall being being there just to keep the water and elements out of the steel belts inside.

What's happened is the internal "sealing" layer has failed, probably because someone smacked it up a kerb. The air pressure then inflates the sidewall layer and forces it to come away from the structure.

[Cheggers]

Sorry, no cars but still makes me grin.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFIIt2c1wG4

Maybe I'm missing something...why does it make you grin?

 

Sent from my SM-A310F using Tapatalk

[DeeJay]

Maybe I'm missing something...why does it make you grin?

 

Sent from my SM-A310F using Tapatalk

The way the ladies ride these with such control,

[richardmorris]

The old morecombe and wise joke.

 

"She's a lovely mover"

 

" she should be, she's on castors"

[catsinthewelder]

Had a lovely drive out into the Derbyshire Peaks today, spotted a black mk4 Escort RS turbo on the way out. Saw it again on the way back but the different angle meant I also saw the blue 3dr Sierra on fordpervs drive. Saw the man himself a minute later in his lovely Sapphire parked outside a shop.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Did you see him later in the bathroom as you were hiding in a tree?

[fordperv]

Had a lovely drive out into the Derbyshire Peaks today, spotted a black mk4 Escort RS turbo on the way out. Saw it again on the way back but the different angle meant I also saw the blue 3dr Sierra on fordpervs drive. Saw the man himself a minute later in his lovely Sapphire parked outside a shop.

Should have given me a beep

[Mr A Lawrence]

[Joey spud]

My Subaru Brat has got knocking outter cv joints,and replacements are right sods to get hold of now days.

And what i have previously replaced have been recon ones that soon start to rattle after a few weeks.

 

So i went and bought a pair of new complete driveshafts from Rockauto.com in the U.S

 

 

The grin is they were £62 for the pair with shipping another £30 and they took just eight days to land on my door step.

 

Can't complain about that.

[Asimo]

I hammered a bigger socket over it!

 

Young guy at work with a knackered old SaaB  9-3 Diesel and rear pads down to the metal broke the wheelnut key.

 

Someone had told him I could sort him out (?) and I knew what to do because of Autoshite, so I made my excuses and gave it a go.

 

A handy box of (otherwise redundant) Whitworth sockets and a sledgehammer and job done!

 

The first one was really tight, rusty and screaming as it unscrewed. The other three were easy.