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[Richard]

I'd been on the internet for years before I realised FTW didn't stand for Fuck The World any more.

[steve_earwig]

Furry Trouser Worm? I only first saw that 2 or 3 years back, maybe I need to stay in more?

 

Ok, what's WBOD mean?

 

 

 

Years ago a mate of mine phoned up and mentioned he'd been in a new store called IKEA and wondered if the letters actually stood for anything. Well, that was half my brain absent for the next few minutes until.... I Know Everything's Awful.

[Richard]

Winter Beater of Distinction.

[steve_earwig]

Thanks for that, it makes perfect sense now. Although when I first read it I thought the first word was "wife"

[320touring]

Thanks for that, it makes perfect sense now. Although when I first read it I thought the first word was "wife"

thats a SWMBO

[steve_earwig]

H. Rider Haggard via John Mortimer.

 

No, Wife Beater Of Distinction. I actually thought it was Wobbly Barge Of Death. Still could be I guess.

[Eddie Honda]

That's why the Suzuki sv650 has the two lights working at the same time but are only 35w bulbs

Would that be a SV650S, rather than a SV650 though?

[twosmoke300]

True.

[SiC]

Fail To Proceed.

It comes from the probably apocryphal story of the driver of a broken down Roller being told:

"RollsRoyce Motor Cars do not break down ,they fail to proceed."

 

Sorry,Richard obviously types faster than me, hell, Stevie Wonder types faster the me.

 

Ah makes sense. Thanks!

[Sloth in a bowl]

ok, so the Puma is doing a regular misfire on a single cylinder.

 

This happens when:

The car is warm

Under light/medium acceleration load from 1500 revs to 3000 revs (occasionally higher)

this is a pain as 5th gear @ 1500 revs and a very light foot is normally perfect for town use

 

Idle is great

High speed running is great

Misfire can be removed by rapid on/off on throttle for a few seconds or change to a lower gear (which often gets the revs over the misfire zone)

 

is it most likely to be

Plug

Coil pack

Lead

 

do I just change all of them?

Plugs are only 2000 miles old.

[twosmoke300]

Plugs wet with coolant due to leaking core plug under rocker cover

[Sloth in a bowl]

Plugs wet with coolant due to leaking core plug under rocker cover

 

 

Plugs had oil leaking on them under rocker cover, but not enough to cause an issue after 2000 miles.

All cleaned up now, but still a misfire.

[scaryoldcortina]

idle ok, flat out ok, misses a bit in the middle? Fuel. Maybe an injector with poor spray pattern...

[fairkens]

Topical Christmas question - In the film 'uncle buck' what kind of car does buck drive?

[dave21478]

Topical Christmas question - In the film 'uncle buck' what kind of car does buck drive?

 

1977 Mercury Marquis Brougham.

 

 

Everything you ever wanted to know about cars in movies, and a hell of a lot more you thought nobody would be sad enough to catalogue is found on the Internet Movie Car Database;

http://www.imcdb.org/

[sheffcortinacentre]

lead/coil pack.

[fairkens]

1977 Mercury Marquis Brougham.

 

 

Everything you ever wanted to know about cars in movies, and a hell of a lot more you thought nobody would be sad enough to catalogue is found on the Internet Movie Car Database;

http://www.imcdb.org/

Thanks! Great link, hours of fun there

[320touring]

Ok chaps- What are these fittings (as found in the uplighters on our wall) called, and more importantly where can I get some?

 

The plastic has become brittle with age so the bulbs will not stay in?

 

Tentative forays into ebay and google have proven inconclusive!

 

ta!

[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.

[Tayne]

When I looked at XJ8s a few years ago, I found figures of 25 on a run on a good day.

 

Based on V8 Range Rover experience, I'd say that short journeys around town would give you 13-16mpg.

[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.