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[LC Torana]

The lamp base is variously called "standard bayonet", "BC" or "B22".

 

Not sure what that socket mounting style is called.

[320touring]

The lamp base is variously called "standard bayonet", "BC" or "B22".

 

Not sure what that socket mounting style is called.

Thanks. Yeah it takes a standard bayonet fitting bulb, but its the mounting thats the odd bit.

 

held on my a nut/bolt combo to the side of the lamp via a hole in the black part of the unit.

 

There is no way I could mount a normal light fitting securely.

[LC Torana]

Thanks. Yeah it takes a standard bayonet fitting bulb, but its the mounting thats the odd bit.

 

held on my a nut/bolt combo to the side of the lamp via a hole in the black part of the unit.

 

There is no way I could mount a normal light fitting securely.

Would this fit?

[LC Torana]

Or this?

[320touring]

nup,

 

they both look like they are designed to take screws, whereas this one as a bolt through the back of the light unit and 10mm nut held in the black part of the bulb holder.

 

Wonder if the light unit could just have one of the sockets you posted screeed in..

[steve_earwig]

ALL MODREN LIGHT FITTINGZ R... Made out of some cheapy cheapy plastic that can't take any heat (something to do with the heat vaporising the chlorine out of it, or is it phosgene? Some gas anyway )

 

Go for a brass one, you can drill holes in that without it disintegrating.

[DSdriver]

Buy a led based light that can be bodged to fit in the bowl. Use less leccy thus generate less heat. 

[scdan4]

there's a rather nice looking jag xj8 on retro rides for a grand.

 

It's even got a tow bar.

 

What would be a realistic short journey round town mpg from one of these. Would it be single figures?

 

Just wondering loike.

[D Spares & Tyres]

What is the knob van I keep hearing about?

[sierraman]

there's a rather nice looking jag xj8 on retro rides for a grand.

 

It's even got a tow bar.

 

What would be a realistic short journey round town mpg from one of these. Would it be single figures?

 

Don't know about XJ8 but the X300 4.0 you would likely be looking at 16-18mpg in town. It's all relative though, my fathers Insignia Diesel won't better 30mpg round the town. But then by all accounts it's doing 60mpg on dual carriageway or the motorway...

 

Just wondering loike.

[Richard]

What is the knob van I keep hearing about?

 

It's Dugong's (or was, it seems) 305 van, and it has a special gearknob.

 

[billyboy406v6]

It's Dugong's (or was, it seems) 305 van, and it has a special gearknob.

 

Gear knob normal, van is the weird bit !!

[scdan4]

 

there's a rather nice looking jag xj8 on retro rides for a grand.

 

It's even got a tow bar.

 

What would be a realistic short journey round town mpg from one of these. Would it be single figures?

 

Don't know about XJ8 but the X300 4.0 you would likely be looking at 16-18mpg in town. It's all relative though, my fathers Insignia Diesel won't better 30mpg round the town. But then by all accounts it's doing 60mpg on dual carriageway or the motorway...

 

Just wondering loike.

 

 

It is all relative, yes. But the mo it will have to remain a flight of fancy i think. A shame.

 

Both  cars we've got have poor economy round town - low 20's. So if it had matched that, that would have been fine. But I couldn't, in all honestly, volunteer for worse economy than i've got now.

[fatharris]

What would cause an EML to NOT come on during the initial turn on? It's a 1998 BMW 728i and when you do the dashboard light functional, it does illuminate.

 

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[georgeinabz]

My father had a problem with his 97 528 , apparently caused by his phone picking up a signal just as he turned on the ignition the dash was blank , disconnected and reconnected the battery and all okay.

 

 

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[doobietoo]

so if I have two trestles rated at 200kg each I can do this....but only just yes??

 

 

but can I do this with 4 of the same trestles with a fair bit in reserve ???

 

I was never very good at this stuff.....

[Asimo]

With two trestles and the load exactly in the middle you know the trestles are at their max

 

but

 

with the four trestles, you cannot share the load equally between a pair of trestles at each end. In practice, one trestle at each end will carry all of the load at that end.

 

It could be done if your 600kg was carried on two cross beams and those cross beams were each carried by one of your trestles at each end.

[LC Torana]

For a straight plank, you are better off using three or five trestles rather than four.

 

Oh, and this topic reminds me for the one lesson I ever learned and understood in Civil Engineering - the principle of superposition. With 2 trestles, or axles or shelf brackets, where is the optimal placement to minimise sag of the beam/shelf/trestle?

 

Answer: one-fifth of the way in from each end.

[Dippy]

How can I tell what type of paint is on my Princess, if it's celly is there a way to test it.

 

The car has had new panels fitted at some point in its life but I think this would be quite a number off years ago.

 

I would like to paint it myself but have only used celly paint over 20 years ago and don't want to go 2K or water based as I would rather do what I know I have done before.

[steveo3002]

How can I tell what type of paint is on my Princess, if it's celly is there a way to test it.

 

The car has had new panels fitted at some point in its life but I think this would be quite a number off years ago.

 

I would like to paint it myself but have only used celly paint over 20 years ago and don't want to go 2K or water based as I would rather do what I know I have done before.

if theres a spot you can scrub with a rag and celly thinners , celly will soften and come off on the rag fairly quick 

 

2k wont come off on the rag

 

if you want to use celly then carry on...it should go over sound celly or 2k , only ball bag would be if its been done in synthetic /coach paint which wont like anything going over it but more synth , but generaly thats only used on old lorrys and skips etc

[Dippy]

Thanks Steve that sounds easy even for me.

[doobietoo]

With two trestles and the load exactly in the middle you know the trestles are at their max

 

but

 

with the four trestles, you cannot share the load equally between a pair of trestles at each end. In practice, one trestle at each end will carry all of the load at that end.

 

It could be done if your 600kg was carried on two cross beams and those cross beams were each carried by one of your trestles at each end.

Thank you for the replies so far...

 

To get the weight more evenly distributed on both trestles can I do this???

 

[Asimo]

^^^Should be ok. Don't be underneath it though!

 

600kg?........ Reliant? Elise? Landrover chassis?

[doobietoo]

Allegro rotisserie.....on the cheap....

[tooSavvy]

Allegro rotisserie.....on the cheap....

& Orange Sauce?

 

TS

[dave21478]

Meh, engineering is over-rated. (see what I did there?)

 

 

Yes, those are as flimsy as they look.

[mercrocker]

It will still rust its floor out that high off the ground, y'know....

[Stanky]

Ok, this is something which has perplexed me for about a fortnight, ever since I changed the gearbox on the Nissan.

 

Why do cars have subframes? What do they bring to the party that old fashioned engine mounts and a crossmember doesn't already do? The Nissan has a crossmember which can relatively easily be dropped down to allow the gearbox to come out - or engine for that matter - but a subframe seems to make this significantly more complicated. Ford Focus clutch change anyone? No, I thought not...

 

I'm sure there is a good reason that almost all manufacturers now use them but what is it? Does it not add a lot of weight to the car and complexity to routine jobs and generally just get in the way?

[tooSavvy]

4 bolts and the entire 'sub ASSEMBLY' is in the car.... likely??

 

TS

[cobblers]

As with most things, it's done for a huge number of different reasons by different manufacturers.

 

One being ease of initial assembly. It's much quicker in the production line when you've already got potentially a couple of dozen of the main mechanical bits on one lump ready to slot in.

Another is the fact that they are a good way to add rigidity to the bodyshell - The bodyshell itself is made of fairly thin steel and it's hard to join thin steel to thick structural stuff by welding and keep it reliable, plus if you welded a big structural member across the bottom of the engine bay it would make assembly hard work.

Another is for NVH purposes. Mount the subframe on compliant bushes and you've got another layer of noise insulation from the engine/suspension/road.

Yet another is to allow the bodyshell to be kept identical across a wider range of engine and transmission variants, just modify the subframe to clear the 2wd/4wd gearbox/propshaft arrangement etc etc