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[TimothyClaypole]

He's fine

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10268581

 

A bit out of here as it were but I've sat in Baz's front room.

[Cavcraft]

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You are Sally Williams and I claim my five pounds.

[messerschmitt owner]

He's fine

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10268581

 

A bit out of here as it were but I've sat in Baz's front room.

but that's what comes from being in Rentaghost!

[pompei]

The water round here is rock hard and everything gets a limescale crust. Should I be using bottled/distilled water for my cooling system to stop it getting crudded up? And would it be advisable to put anti-scaling products in to get rid of any scale that may have built up?

[M'coli]

It helps - but if you have access to a dehumidifier, the water from that is mineral-free.

[CreepingJesus]

^Same problem here; I use boiled water in the car, that way the limescale's left in the kettle, which is cheap to replace.

I take it you're thinking of descalers like Calgon or Scale Away? Personally I wouldn't, 'cos you never know what's in those, which might harm rubber hoses.

Also...Rentaghost: did Mr Meaker have a problematic Herald?

[M'coli]

Hard water, in Scotland? That's quite rare!

[CreepingJesus]

To be fair, I've seen worse - Scarborough for one - but it is Fife, so anything's possible.

[cobblers]

I went to uni in hull and would fill 25l worth of water bottles up every weekend back home in rotherham cos the tap water up there was so bloody lousy - A cup of tea would end up with an oily scum on top that needed wire brushing off. It's a good job Hull had so many other attractive factors or I'd have dropped out of uni half way through my second year after becoming mega depressed or something

[Spiny Norman]

Everyone I know in Glasgow just uses tap water to mix anti-freeze....

A trip to London (Walthamstow) had the most disgusting water I've ever experienced, I didn't even like washing in it.

[cobblers]

Having seen the cars driving round Hull, I reckon Humberside Water just added K seal in at the source along with flouride, lithium and the morning after pill.

[M'coli]

CJ, I'd forgotten you live in Fife! I'm from the wet coast, near Dumbarton and as Studebaker Hawk says aboutht eh tap water - it's so soft it's no problem, we used to pour it straight in from the hosepipe and you can stick it in batteries and the like too. Everywhere else I've lived - apart from the month in north Devon - it's been hard water all the way! Of all the things I miss about where I grew up, it's the water - but they changed the supply 2 years after I moved out of Kinlochparent and it didn't have the same taste.

[CreepingJesus]

I've lived in a few bits of the city, and the tap water is one of the things I miss the most.

The tap water here might have dead seals in it for all I know; if the tap hasn't been run thro' for a while, you get fizzy scum to boot...

[Spiny Norman]

Apparently Glasgow buys less bottled water per head than anywhere else in the UK. We make up for it by buying 142.8 cans of Tennent's lager each per annum though!

I never touch the stuff personally, fish fuck in it.

[rml2345]

^ That explains why Tennents tastes the way it does...

[PhilA]

That's ok. All the water here comes from bore-holes. I think they are classed as the failures- drill for oil, get water, attach pipe, pump to water tower.

 

Most of the water here has a lot of algae in. Leave a glass of water in the sunshine for a couple days and it turns pink. Apparently, according to the water buffs, the algae are full of useful vitamins.

 

-Phil

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Don't know how people live in hard water areas. Kettle full of crud, Brita filters full of crud, tea full of crud, Calgon jingle on TV every other break.

[ashmicro]

If you know anyone who works in a power station, get them to nab you some demineralised water.

[willswitchengage]

Horn "intermittent". Some days it works, some not at all. No middle ground. Fault in the wiring somewhere or dodgy unit? Quite a vague question sorry but thought worth asking in case anybody else had been there

[rml2345]

Could be a dodgy earth? Worth checking before splashing out on a new one.

[DSdriver]

Also give the button a good dose of switch cleaner

[Pete-M]

On my Subaru the horn wiring runs very close to the grille. So close that it had rubbed through the insulation meaning that the horn would give one short 'toot' and then stop working as the fuse blew - taking the brake lights with it. First time it did it I didn't know I had no brake lights for about 20 miles....

 

Check the wiring near the horn...

[TagoraSX]

Interesting thoughts on the aftermarket filters.

 

I would like to ask the same question about Magnecor ignition leads, over rated sh!t or worth the money?

[rml2345]

Is there an easy way to get rid of petrol spillage stains from car bodywork without affecting the paint?

[Spiny Norman]

Interesting thoughts on the aftermarket filters.

 

I would like to ask the same question about Magnecor ignition leads, over rated sh!t or worth the money?

 

I really don't see the point of all these fancy bits & bobs tbh. Presumably an ignition lead either carries sufficient current or it doesn't, and if it doesn't then I'd guess a OEM quality part would be sufficient.

[Cavcraft]

Yeah, but they don't break down at very high temperatures therefore by putting them on your Corsa 1.2, combined with a drilled airbox, they add 15BHP.

[Pete-M]

Yeah, but they don't break down at very high temperatures therefore by putting them on your Corsa 1.2, combined with a drilled airbox, they add 15BHP.

 

That all? Pah. Don't want 'em now

[vulgalour]

I'm not interested in getting one (yet) but what do they call Octopus Nets these days? My internet hunting just brings up pictures of cars with an Octopus on the roof.

[Cavcraft]

Like DURRR!

 

Catching drips from the bottom of Citroen BXs, obviously.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I'm not interested in getting one (yet) but what do they call Octopus Nets these days? My internet hunting just brings up pictures of cars with an Octopus on the roof.

 

This sort of thing? http://www.toolstop.co.uk/sealey-bcs23- ... ord-p58390 I just googled 'octopus roof rack'.