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- Thu Sep 21, 2017 11:25 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Help to temp meter
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1564
Re: Help to temp meter
You find an adaptor like this that will let you place it in the top hose. I'm sure you'll be able to find something locally. You just need to make sure it's the right diameter for the hose you are cutting. This one I have given a link to WILL NOT fit, but there will be a size that does. http://www.e...
- Tue Sep 19, 2017 8:09 pm
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Battery Failure
- Replies: 3
- Views: 958
Re: Battery Failure
Well it's been about 40 years since I learnt the theory, and not really used it since, so this will be a bit rusty, but basically.... The traditional Lead Acid car battery is a fickle thing, whose performance depends on a number of factors, including operating (ambient) temperature. There's lots of ...
- Tue Sep 19, 2017 5:54 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Had a good laugh at this today...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2705
Re: Had a good laugh at this today...
Yes, from this comment "an abject pile of scrap that my father decided to buy, with the intention of me spending 100's of hours on to make worth a fraction of what he paid for it. Needless to say I'm not clinically insane." you'd think that Dad would have known not to waste his time and mo...
- Tue Sep 19, 2017 5:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What was your first car?
- Replies: 83
- Views: 18020
Re: What was your first car?
My first car was a 1969 Mk1 Ford Escort. I brought it in '75 and it was already a wreck in terns of bodywork and other bits. Although only 6 years old, it had started life as an 1100 Cross Flow, but the previous owner had put an old 1500 engine from a Ford Cortina into it. I changed it for a 1300 Cr...
- Tue Sep 19, 2017 3:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Embarrasingly stupid question about alternator
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5688
Re: Embarrasingly stupid question about alternator
Just one word of caution before relying on just a visual examination of the exterior appearance... They are pretty (actually to be honest, make that 'very') expensive, BUT, it is possible to get Alternators that have been made to look identical to Dynamos. if you search for 'Lucas C42 Dynalite', you...
- Tue Sep 19, 2017 9:05 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Had a good laugh at this today...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2705
Had a good laugh at this today...
It's not a Minor, but just happened to notice this ebay advert this morning, when it randomly came up on the other items at the bottom of the page.... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Morris-1800-Landcrab/172866794183?hash=item283fa9f2c7%3Ag%3Ak9cAAOSwQG5Zu9zp A different approach to making a sale...? :lol:
- Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:06 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Obsessed? Moi ???
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3292
Re: Obsessed? Moi ???
The eventual price charged to my debit card was within a nat's crotchet of the exchange rate on the day ordered. No problems with it at all. The debit on my account showed it in $can, the exchange rate and the amount in £ (and of course the greedy capitalist lackey of a bank's charges for doing les...
- Mon Sep 18, 2017 6:43 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Obsessed? Moi ???
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3292
Re: Obsessed? Moi ???
firedrake1942
How did you get on with the exchange conversions using ebay Canada?
I've brought stuff from Amazon.com before and their prices were all upfront converted before you committed to the purchase.
How does it work with ebay from an overseas site?
How did you get on with the exchange conversions using ebay Canada?
I've brought stuff from Amazon.com before and their prices were all upfront converted before you committed to the purchase.
How does it work with ebay from an overseas site?
- Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:18 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Obsessed? Moi ???
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3292
Re: Obsessed? Moi ???
I saw these recently on fleabay. There must be more than one company in Hong Kong turning them out as I see your image has a mileometer with a reading, whereas the one I saw was at 00000. It's annoying that they have limited advertising for them and that they are fairly prolific on eBay Canada, but ...
- Sun Sep 17, 2017 6:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ott ?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 637
Re: Ott ?
Yes, saw that when it first got listed. 'Teardrop trailers' have been around since the 1930s, basically a 1930s trailer tent, but people still make them from scratch. if you do a search, you'll find them still being made in the USA and Canada. I thought they were something that had died off in the e...
- Sun Sep 17, 2017 1:35 pm
- Forum: Problems with the Messageboard
- Topic: Active Topics Link
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4844
Active Topics Link
Why is the Active Topics menu only showing 3 topics, the same 3 topics it's shown since Friday, even though there are several Topics which have been commented on over the weekend? So therefore they are 'Active'. Based on my use of other php based Forums, the Active Topics should be the list of most ...
- Sun Sep 17, 2017 8:54 am
- Forum: Do you know....?
- Topic: Anyone seen AUK 925 H, Maroon Traveller "Little Auk&quo
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2037
Re: Anyone seen AUK 925 H, Maroon Traveller "Little Auk&quo
DVLA has it Untaxed since 2006 (probably SORNed?) No, if it was on a SORN, the DVLA website would state so. It's either parked up and rusting somewhere or very likely it's been broken up and the logbook/V5 not been sent in to DVLA. My car, recently purchased, has had a lot of work done, some of it ...
- Sat Sep 16, 2017 6:50 pm
- Forum: Do you know....?
- Topic: Morris Motorcycle
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1768
Re: Morris Motorcycle
Have you tried searching for the biography of "William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield GBE CH". He only made motorcycles for 3-4 years maximum before switching to cars, so that's a pretty brief period of history for anything to survive, especially from the beginning of the last centu...
- Fri Sep 15, 2017 9:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New MOT exemption
- Replies: 87
- Views: 20498
Re: New MOT exemption
It is interesting that the Club has yet to communicate this possibility to members. Have you let the politburo in Derby know? Well it was only published yesterday! If you scroll to the bottom of any webage on the GOV website, it tells you the update history. 14 September 2017 Outcome for the 'Roadw...
- Fri Sep 15, 2017 9:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New MOT exemption
- Replies: 87
- Views: 20498
Re: New MOT exemption
Nickol - this comes into effect in UK on 20 May 2018.
- Fri Sep 15, 2017 8:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New MOT exemption
- Replies: 87
- Views: 20498
Re: New MOT exemption
This could be interesting... As I read it, the 'Vehicles of Historical Interest (VHI): “Substantial Change” Draft Guidance' https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/644962/vehicles-of-historical-interest-substantial-change-guidance.pdf final section of 'Draft Advice'...
- Wed Sep 13, 2017 2:19 pm
- Forum: Ex Police Register
- Topic: Ex Cheshire Poilce?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6089
Ex Cheshire Poilce?
I'm sure anyone interested has likely already seen it, but I've just noticed this new listing on Fleabay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Morris-Minor-Black-Police-Car-in-need-of-total-renovation-with-all-the-parts-/382225686748?hash=item58fe6d20dc:g:uMMAAOSwPyBZuDSz Makes a change for a Police Moggie not...
- Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Trafficators in use
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8628
Re: Trafficators in use
markattard - if your Moggie currently has indicators utilising the Lucas DB10 system left installed from where they introduced the flashing brake light, then it's just a case of picking up a connection to each trafficator from terminals 4 and 8, which are the 2 feeds from the indicator switch. https...
- Sun Sep 10, 2017 3:31 pm
- Forum: Scrapyards
- Topic: eBay XVS420
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6193
Re: eBay XVS420
I don't think that necessarily means that it was taxed. How could it have been if it hasn't been MOT'd during recent years? It is post 1960 so requires an MOT in order to tax it. I think sometimes the information on that site is confusing. Good point, it didn't say 'Exempt' just 'No Details Held'. ...
- Sun Sep 10, 2017 3:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Spam
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1796
Re: Spam
I don't know how this forum is managed, but stopping spam can be hard work. What will keep the levels down in this forum is the authorisation process for opening an account. I'm a Moderator on a very well used Health & Safety Forum http://www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk/forums/ used by a great man...