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[sierraman]

1.2 51 plate fiesta. Amys cousins.

 

He said it was making an odd juddery feeling coming from 1st to 2nd at low speeds, doesnt happen at faster speeds. I've jsut gone out for a listen in it, and it feels like you haven't come off the clutch properly, a proper bit of a kangaroo until you power out of it, then it wont do it again for ages, or just do one little jolt, or loads of it.

 

What could it be? It feels like clutch to me, due to the way its biting, but could something like the MAF or other electrical thing be causing an issue? I thought it was brakes, but it's too pronounced to be brakes, and it doesnt do it other times.

 

It's annoying me now. I tried to find the MAF, and all I could find was something sandwiched between the block and the stupid crimped on rubber hose tht goes from the airbox. I took the connector off it, which just looked like a big potentiometer. Blasted it out with brake cleaner and put it back, but it's probably not that.

 

Earth strap is fine on the engine...

Possibly plugs might be the problem or the HT leads, though old fords aren't the smoothest anyway.

[Sealtainn]

Technically they could but there is something in the rules about "Unsportsman like conduct" or something so they'd probably get sent off or the crowd would lynch them when they got bored.

[scaryoldcortina]

I had a weird experience where a fire engine had joined the M1 at 21 South, wanting to get to 20. That's a long way, its about 10 miles but they can't really go much above 65-70mph so for ten minutes I had them about a mile behind me, I carried on just finding it really weird I wasn't pulling over.

 

Same thing happened to me on the A19 with an ambulance. I guess they were moving someone from Sunderland Royal to James Cook because I sat behind it at 70 all the way there. It was kind of interesting because of the confused behaviour from Teutonic Uberwagon drivers - they didn't know what to do, and often seemed reluctant to pass the blue lights. Normally they just blezz down the outside lane at 90 but suddenly there was a queue of shiny saloon cars crawling past the ambo at 70.000001 instead.

[Pillock]

I'd feel a bit bad following, everyone's pulling in to let them past and I'm slipstreaming through on a dual carriageway - obvs on a normal road, where everyone is bumping it up onto kerbs I wouldn't do the same (although it's tempting!)

 

A couple of friends used to be paramedics a few years ago, the age of Renault Masters and stuff. They reckoned all their ambulances were knackered anyway, they'd struggle to top 55mph with the amount of kit onboard so anything down a dualled NSL road was frustrating.

[Craig the Princess]

Wouldn't the best way of winning by a game of football is for a player to have the ball and the rest of the players make a human barrier around the player? And then open up st the last minute a score a goal and then win.

That would be an indirect free kick as the players without the ball would be committing an obstruction.

[Asimo]

Coil springs: what is the best way to re-finish / protect old coil springs?

 

The obvious is blast clean and powder coat but does the cleaning not add to the damage already done by rust and time?

[sheffcortinacentre]

soccer??????????

[Louise2cv]

Is it me or does anyone else wonder if we might be about to find out what eccentric-richard's dad actually thought about stuff, but this time FROM the horse's mouth?

[scaryoldcortina]

I think it's just you, but I also think it wouldn't be hard to find his phone number if I wanted to.

[The Moog]

Has the ignore user button disappeared? Feel it would be useful right now

[mossymossy]

I remember a few moons ago, setting off for work, coming to a set of traffic lights. I wanted to turn right, lights were changing to red. I gunned the car and and sort of jumped the lights, well did jump the lights. I was on a narrow back lane and out of nowhere cop car right up my a??e. Oh shit got me! There was nowhere to pull in, so I trundled along at five mph for the next couple of hundred metres. Ah bingo a small layby. I pulled over and the cop car went screaming past. They were on a shout. I still wonder if they thought I was holding them up on purpose.

[FakeConcern]

My stupid question for today. I'm fitting a washing mashine & a dishwasher next to each other, is there some way to share the waste outlet so I only need one hole through the outside wall?

[willswitchengage]

Why has the user 'Old_Fart''s posts all come up yellow?

[FakeConcern]

Why has the user 'Old_Fart''s posts all come up yellow?

I also wondered this

[twosmoke300]

He's been kicked out !

[FakeConcern]

He's been kicked out !

Why?

[twosmoke300]

Cos he was a tuss?

[Timewaster]

For being an utter smug sanctimonious twat with a vast superiority complex and filing up the forum with rubbish and then picking fights with those who argue?

[willswitchengage]

Haha! I only go on the cycling and picture threads these days so miss out on all this qualz banter

[willswitchengage]

Wouldn't the best way of winning by a game of football is for a player to have the ball and the rest of the players make a human barrier around the player? And then open up st the last minute a score a goal and then win.

 

Andres Iniesta

 

[Pillock]

My stupid question for today. I'm fitting a washing mashine & a dishwasher next to each other, is there some way to share the waste outlet so I only need one hole through the outside wall?

 

Yes, screwfix and the like do plenty of stuff.

Does your existing washing machine exit straight outside or does it go into the sink trap? Sink trap is easiest, you can just get a double adaptor for that like this

 

 

If it goes outside, I'm pretty sure you need a trap there too so I guess the same applies. Just read the instructions for both washer and dishwasher to see what the minimum heights for the outlet hose are, if you let it sag it'll hold onto waste water and stink. If it's too high the pump might struggle to empty the sump. I've done this with my appliances into an IKEA sink, unfortunately those pesky Swedes have weird sinks which sit very low so I've got all sorts of issues with it draining.

[FakeConcern]

Yes, screwfix and the like do plenty of stuff.

Does your existing washing machine exit straight outside or does it go into the sink trap? Sink trap is easiest, you can just get a double adaptor for that like this

 

 

If it goes outside, I'm pretty sure you need a trap there too so I guess the same applies. Just read the instructions for both washer and dishwasher to see what the minimum heights for the outlet hose are, if you let it sag it'll hold onto waste water and stink. If it's too high the pump might struggle to empty the sump. I've done this with my appliances into an IKEA sink, unfortunately those pesky Swedes have weird sinks which sit very low so I've got all sorts of issues with it draining.

Nothing there at all at the moment, in the past I've always routed the washing machine/dishwasher into a 40mm pipe and then a U bend then outside, but that fitting looks like it could work for me, thanks.

[TataBobu]

There's also this bit, available in 40 mm and 35(?) mm flavour: http://www.timelyshop.ro/710-616-large/ramificatie-pp-45-y-110-x-50.jpg

[steve_earwig]

Double sink drain adaptor is happy! \o/

I remember a few moons ago, setting off for work, coming to a set of traffic lights. I wanted to turn right, lights were changing to red. I gunned the car and and sort of jumped the lights, well did jump the lights. I was on a narrow back lane and out of nowhere cop car right up my a??e. Oh shit got me! There was nowhere to pull in, so I trundled along at five mph for the next couple of hundred metres. Ah bingo a small layby. I pulled over and the cop car went screaming past. They were on a shout. I still wonder if they thought I was holding them up on purpose.

Far back in the midst of time when I'd just passed my bike test and was on a CX500 I had some traffic cops decide to pull me over for no discernible reason. As I was going down quite a narrow and twisty hill I thought I'd carry on a bit to where I knew there was somewhere to pull in. The cops weren't having any of it though, and cut in front of me almost knocking me off. Seems they thought I was making a run for it, yeah right, at 30 mph. Twats.

[Skizzer]

Wouldn't the best way of winning by a game of football is for a player to have the ball and the rest of the players make a human barrier around the player? And then open up st the last minute a score a goal and then win.

 

Grand idea, but then there would be a danger of it turning into a proper game, i.e. rugby, where this is called a maul.  

 

 

The ball is in there somewhere.  Ken Owens has it, apparently.  Note lack of girly pretending-to-be-injured behaviour.  [/troll]

[Taff]

I had a weird experience where a fire engine had joined the M1 at 21 South, wanting to get to 20. That's a long way, its about 10 miles but they can't really go much above 65-70mph so for ten minutes I had them about a mile behind me, I carried on just finding it really weird I wasn't pulling over.

 

in a similar vein, I was in a contraflow on the M25 when a police car roared up behind me. I was on cruise control at 50mph with this Volvo on my rear bumper with the passenger making hand gestures at me, wondering quite what my legal standing was. Ever one to give something new a go, I nailed the company 320 up to 90-odd until the cones ran out and then slowed as the Volvo whizzed by. never heard anything. It's a bit scary having cones zip past you when traveling that fast though

 

Grand idea, but then there would be a danger of it turning into a proper game, i.e. rugby, where this is called a maul.  

 

 

The ball is in there somewhere.  Ken Owens has it, apparently.  Note lack of girly pretending-to-be-injured behaviour.  [/troll]

 

I checked my laptop history after Taff Junior had been using it. All that was on there was YouTube clips of Alun-Wyn Jones, Paul O'Connell, Ollie Roumat, Bakkies Botha & Brodie Retallick. Not even a sniff of porn, I was so disappointed...

[Louise2cv]

Pretty sure the cops were being very naughty to do that. Hmmm

 

It's one of my panics, especially with the endless contraflow works permanently* in place on the A55.

 

They have average speed cameras now so I'm afraid he'd have to keep flapping his arms at me!!

[dollywobbler]

I'd hope they'd let me off - like if you have to cross the line at a red light to let an emergency vehicle pass.

[beko1987]

If you get done by average cameras though, plod wont be able to quash it cos you were doing them a favour, the fine comes from elsewhere automatically

[Taff]

Pretty sure the cops were being very naughty to do that. Hmmm

 

It's one of my panics, especially with the endless contraflow works permanently* in place on the A55.

 

They have average speed cameras now so I'm afraid he'd have to keep flapping his arms at me!!

 

I asked the bloke I know at Cumbria traffic division, and that's what he said.

 

I'd hope they'd let me off - like if you have to cross the line at a red light to let an emergency vehicle pass.

 

it was 3 years ago, i'll slowly uncross my fingers now