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[Lacquer Peel]

I just put up with the veg stains around my fuel filler.

 

Use the boot strut or roof rail as an anchor for the bungee.

[catsinthewelder]

I have a funnel that consists of the actual funnel, 200mm of flex-pipe and slightly narrowed end piece. Its a proper petrol funnel.

Can't remember where I got it though.

 

Sounds like one that I bought for engine oil which looks like this

 

 

and is £2.70 posted on fleabay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FLEXI-TWO-PAR ... 27c3b3674d

 

I've never tried mine with fuel though

[cobblers]

I had one of them and it pissed out from where the top cone bit screwed onto the tube, maybe I had a bad one?

[skattrd]

I find 20l containers are really a 2 man job. I generally stick to supermarket 3 or 5l bottles as they're easier to handle. If I do get a large 15/20l container then I pour it in to a watering can first and fill the car from the watering can.

I also have veg stains all over the boring, but don't really care. There's also numerous dents, scratches and other assorted blemishes on the car that I don't care about.

[Lacquer Peel]

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_255216

[Cavcraft]

I just put up with the veg stains around my fuel filler.

 

 

 

This, but the best way I found (that doesn't involve spending money) is to get one of those small water or pop bottles, rip a bit out (so it acts as a funnel) then sort of wedge it in with an old rag or some carrier bags.

Then hold your drum in the air and pour it in slowly not forgetting to put a small hole in the can as it doesn't half make it easier to pour and it doesn't 'glug' and throw precious amber nectar all over your best Bay City Rollers sweat shirt.

[Pillock]

How about summat like http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-HAND-SIPH ... 0908122035

 

 

I've used them for water, they're OK but not mega-fast. Not sure if veg oil would be too thick. B&Q used to sell them but a quick squizz on the website shows nothing.

[cobblers]

I'd have an arm like George Micheal after pumping 40l of veg with one of those pumps Pillock, I remember trying to pump some cherry into my mates car with one and after about 15l I gave up.

 

I'm gonna dig the big long funnel out of the bin, wipe the grease off it and tigerseal the top to the pipe so it doesn't leak. I've got a suction cup off an old sat nav that I'll lash up with some bits of string to hang it off the side of the car. Cheers lads.

Now I've got used to it sounding like a skeleton having a wank in a filing cabinet that's falling down a fire escape until I've done a couple of miles, the golf runs fine on 100% veg, done 500 miles or so now. - doesn't seem any more slow than normal or anything.

[Albert Ross]

Get one of these.

Attach one of these.

Stick it on the roof of your car... fuck the paint. Attach a hose into your fuel filler, go and smoke a tab.

When you return, job done. less mess, car full.

[cobblers]

What would you call one of them tap things? my veg comes in more or less the same bottle as that (but collapsible so it'll fold in on itself as the oil drains) and I reckon there's a chance it would screw on nice.

 

EDIT: Found one, a fiver, sorted! nice touch Albert

[Cavcraft]

Funnel

 

Spill kit/wedge for funnel

 

Special tool for punching hole to make pouring easier

 

Hole to be punched opposite the spout part of the veg oil can.

 

Obv. you don't want to spill any as at £20.99 per 20 litres you cannot afford to. The newspaper/carrier bag arrangement is the perfect* spill protection and entirely failsafe*

[barefoot]

It needs to look like I am drinking meths.

 

I have an empty, clean meths bottle with the label still intact, but I'm struggling to replicate the colour.

 

Anyone got any ideas please?

[Spiny Norman]

Interesting question!

Aren't there some blue coloured soft drinks these days? Have a go at mixing one of them with some very weak diluted Robinsons type cordial. I quite often drink 'fruits of the forest' flavour and it's quite a pale lilac colour, but would need a bit of bluey-ness to make it look like meths.

 

Or alternatively, just buy a bottle of meths and drink that....

[Rover414]

Does anyone know a way of finding out about old dealerships? I'm trying to narrow down where the Rover was sold from, it is a Salford registered car so I assume as a consequence sold from a Manchester Rover dealer. I would ideally like to find out what one as I'd like to get some proper plates made up for it in time.

 

Edit: A quick search of the internet shows up Horners as a former Rover franchise holder. It could this one I guess.

[DeeJay]

Quick welding question, when the trigger is pulled I can hear the gas pissing out.Is this right or is the regulator not regulating?

Cheers

[cobblers]

You should hear gas coming out mate yeah, but it should stop when you let go of the trigger. Set it so that you can just feel it blowing on the back of your hand from 1cm or so.

[DeeJay]

Thanks Cobblers. I'll have a play with it over the weekend, (the welder).

[willswitchengage]

Is there any easy* way of getting oil/grease stains from clothes? I cleverly changed my bike chain whilst wearing a nice t-shirt which has now been ruined. 

[Albert Ross]

Dye the T-Shirt Black.

[willswitchengage]

Matt black?

[Albert Ross]

I've not seen a Gloss T-Shirt for years.....!

[Albert Ross]

What about some of the WKD or other brands of Alcopops? Jacques Cider? Kopparberg? You might need to try a variety before you find the right one, and by that time, you won't care if you ARE drinking Meths. Hey, what about a bottle of Metz instead...? It SOUNDS the same....

[Hendry]

Does anyone know a way of finding out about old dealerships? I'm trying to narrow down where the Rover was sold from, it is a Salford registered car so I assume as a consequence sold from a Manchester Rover dealer. I would ideally like to find out what one as I'd like to get some proper plates made up for it in time.

 

Edit: A quick search of the internet shows up Horners as a former Rover franchise holder. It could this one I guess.

Get a v888 form from the post office, fill out and send it back with a £5 cheque and they will send you back a copy of every paperwork they have for your car, one of them will be the original first registration application which will have the name and address of the dealer who registered and thus sold your car new.

[outlaw118]

I'm bored, so I thought I'd have a looky on the DVLA website to see if my old Escort Cabby is still taxed. I sold it last year around about this time, found the letter from DVLA saying records have been changed etc while having a clear out. This is what I found:
 

Date of Liability 26 05 2012 Date of First Registration 20 10 1993 Year of Manufacture 1993 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1796cc CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type PETROL Export Marker N Vehicle Status Unlicensed Vehicle Colour BLUE Vehicle Type Approval Not Available

So, does this mean that monkey-balls who i sold it to has wrapped it up, or just not bothered retaxing it?

[michael1703]

Odd one this...

 

1985 merc 190e cosworth model with self levelling suspension.

 

Trying to get a clean mot pass so I can sell it so fixing the advisories, one of which was suspension pipes corroded

 

So... I had to cut the pipe to get a socket on to the fitting as a ring spanner and brake pipe spanner wouldn't touch it

 

To my surprise, there was what looked like a welding rod inside the pipe, I checked the other end and the other pipe and both are the same

 

My summary is that the standard 3/16ths bore is too big and they put this rod in as a restrictor so the accumulators don't get a sudden rush of fluid on the first bump in the road

 

Anyone have any knowledge of this?

[willswitchengage]

I did something really daft earlier, I accidentally spilled 1/2 a litre of gearbox oil all over the car's otherwise unmarked cloth seats. Fiddlesticks!

 

Any ideas on how to get it out? Industrial hand wipes are making only very superficial progress (and yes that is how retarded I am)

[Pillock]

I'm bored, so I thought I'd have a looky on the DVLA website to see if my old Escort Cabby is still taxed.

 

 Vehicle Status Unlicensed 

So, does this mean that monkey-balls who i sold it to has wrapped it up, or just not bothered retaxing it?

 

Hard to tell. Stuff just comes up as Unlicenced on the DVLA when you scrap it, there's no Scrap marker like there is an Export one.

I'd say in these times it's probably scrapped as it's much harder to keep a car untaxed with all the plethora of mail the DVLA will send you and all the SORN fines you'll get. However, it might have changed hands so many times that they've lost track.

 

If it's SORN, you get a "SORN not due" or "SORN Expired" message on that same line.

[Pillock]

I did something really daft earlier, I accidentally spilled 1/2 a litre of gearbox oil all over the car's otherwise unmarked cloth seats. Fiddlesticks!

 

Any ideas on how to get it out? Industrial hand wipes are making only very superficial progress (and yes that is how retarded I am)

 

Look under the seats, can you see metal pins folder over on the edge of the trim? You should be able to unfold these and lift/pull the cloth off whole, wang it in the washer perhaps or just soak it overnight in something mild to start with.

 

If you use industrial cleaner you'll probably just swap a bad stain for a mild stain and an awful smell.

[Richard]

I'd be looking at an iron (not too hot) and lots of paper. Ideally you would want to get the covers off and wash them as per Pillock's advice. You might end up having to replace the foam.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Hard to tell. Stuff just comes up as Unlicenced on the DVLA when you scrap it, there's no Scrap marker like there is an Export one.

I'd say in these times it's probably scrapped as it's much harder to keep a car untaxed with all the plethora of mail the DVLA will send you and all the SORN fines you'll get. However, it might have changed hands so many times that they've lost track.

 

If it's SORN, you get a "SORN not due" or "SORN Expired" message on that same line.

 

What does it show if the car's had private plates put on it? Does the original reg just return a "this vehicle's details cannot be found"?