Practically Classics Forum

I would suggest that the brakes are damp when parking up and, with these modern asbestos-free linings, they tend to "rust" to the drums (or discs). The easy solution is not to leave the handbrake on for long periods - though this is probably not the answer if the back brakes stick on a vehicle with ...

I have a Clarke 151 (I think!) and it is a great machine - now! I ended up converting it to a Euro torch, with a decent solenoid valve for the gas as the standard valve (in the torch itself) failed within a year and wasn't going to be cheap to replace. I also fitted a much heavier earth cable and us...

An old lady with class and taste at a guess: Kirby were THE vacuum people, the stuff built like the proverbial brick outhouse and used in "industrial" places: hotels etc. http://www.elikirbyclub.co.uk/?gclid=CJuKn6TVuskCFUNmGwod9L0PGw I'm not saying that I have a vacuum fetish, but I have just bough...

Is it really much of a crime? I always try to get a "new" car on the first of the month and many places used to put a new tax on as a matter of course. The tax remaining on the old car would normally be the last thing I worry about. Mind you, that's mainly because my trade-ins are worthless (or writ...

I would agree with John but I very much doubt that a policeman (or whatever) would bother to use ANPR on every car while walking down a street, where a tax disc of the wrong colour (or missing!) would have attracted their attention. It's all well and good saying ANPR can read the plates, but how man...

While I agree that poor spelling (or incorrect words) are annoying, it is easy to forget that there are some people who have dyslexia, use auto-correct or trust spell-checkers just a little too much. On the other forum I used to frequent, one lad got flamed for his poor grammar. I was moderator at t...

briggs engines are just shite & always have been :evil: Yes and no - they are known as "throw away engines", but I've seen some that were over thirty years old and still running. Some you couldn't tell were B&S due to the oil and dust covering being an inch thick... OTOH, I have a Honda mower that ...

My friend Phil has a classic bike (something Japanese from the 80s/90s) that he bought about two or three years ago and, although he used it for a year or so, it has never run properly. It's in the back of a shed (he has an old farm steading) and was taxed last October (or so) and the insurance ran ...

It's not just the sneaky way of the "Road Safety" people that gets me, it's some of the stupid speed limits they set - and where the limits start and end. There's a village nearby that had a 30 limit a few years ago and the road leading to the village is fairly twisty, so you get stuck behind tracto...

Our last dog had a brown tail for a few weeks after I had sprayed bits of my little tractor! It's a shame you aren't "up north" as I have a spare compressor (and spray gun!) that you could have borrowed. It's amazing how much more paint you get per pound when you buy it in litre tins! My best tip: w...