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- Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:35 am
- Forum: Technical queries
- Topic: K seal repair. Any ideas?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2423
Re: K seal repair. Any ideas?
Water under pressure can force its' way through small cracks or flaws in a gasket, whereas the oil is not under the same pressure. Once an engine is turned off the water takes a long time to cool and so lose pressure, but the oil stops circulating immediately. You can therefore get water entering th...
- Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:07 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: C.A.M.P.S. 19/06/2011. Warning: contains Alpacas!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1880
Re: C.A.M.P.S. 19/06/2011. Warning: contains Alpacas!
Better kissers, the llamas tend to spit a lot.Mrotwoman wrote:
I like alapacas,more managable than a Llama.
- Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:10 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Petrol cap for my car
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2544
Re: Petrol cap for my car
Not if he used that new-fangled petrol that comes in litres. You can't drive in imperial using metric petrol.Luxobarge wrote:
Surely in a Minx it would be yards???
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:50 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: French Meet in Nantes.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3607
Re: French Meet in Nantes.
Nantes!
Dans les prisons de Nantes.... love Tri Yann a Naoned!
Didn't realise they had great cars there too.
Dans les prisons de Nantes.... love Tri Yann a Naoned!
Didn't realise they had great cars there too.
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:42 am
- Forum: Technical queries
- Topic: Recommend auto angle grinders
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3963
Re: Recommend auto angle grinders
My Black and Decker is coming up on twenty years now, the only one I've ever owned - it's been well used!
- Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:35 am
- Forum: Technical queries
- Topic: Knocking Noises Triumph Vitesse MK1 1600
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1583
Re: Knocking Noises Triumph Vitesse MK1 1600
You're getting this when static, and depressing the brakes?
I had thought it may have been worn mountings, either gearbox or differential, so you'd get a thump when accelerating and another when slowing, but not when stationary.
I had thought it may have been worn mountings, either gearbox or differential, so you'd get a thump when accelerating and another when slowing, but not when stationary.
- Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:17 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What classic vehicles have you seen?
- Replies: 2264
- Views: 488369
Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?
Give that man a CEEGAR!suffolkpete wrote:Lancia Flavia Vignale convertible
Very rusty but complete, allegedly the doors bootlid and bonnet are in storage. If he doesn't get a move on there'll not be much to hang them on...
- Tue Jun 07, 2011 7:33 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What classic vehicles have you seen?
- Replies: 2264
- Views: 488369
Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?
Found this little beauty today; the owner's mother reckons it's worth £30, 000 when restored. Wish him luck. I did. Can you tell what it is yet?
- Sat Jun 04, 2011 3:50 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: WHAT THE HELL WAS THIS ABOUT ??
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3455
Re: WHAT THE HELL WAS THIS ABOUT ??
It's probably what passes for a Classic Car run in some parts these days...
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:49 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Rastamouse.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5704
Re: Rastamouse.
fingermouse? didn't he tout on all his mates?Mrotwoman wrote:Statistically Rastamouse is 72% more likely to be stopped and searched than his caucasian counterpart, Fingermouse