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- Tue Oct 19, 2021 8:27 am
- Forum: Other
- Topic: How would you tackle cleaning this upholstery?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1073
Re: How would you tackle cleaning this upholstery?
For normal removal of dirt there are plenty of upholstery cleaning products available. The vinyl upholstery is tough stuff and in extreme cases I have attacked it with a scrubbing brush and washing up liquid, with surprisingly good results. However I doubt if these will remove paint and there is a r...
- Mon Oct 18, 2021 8:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sticky speedo - lubricate?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1349
Re: Sticky speedo - lubricate?
To update this post, fairly regular use since the spring has seen the speedo gradually return to normal activity without dismantling it. It will soon be time to put the car way again so I’ll see how it fares this winter.
- Sat Oct 16, 2021 8:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 50s and 60s modifications ideas
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1418
Re: 50s and 60s modifications ideas
There are good reasons why most of these things went out of fashion
- Fri Oct 15, 2021 4:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Morris advice requested
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1307
Re: Morris advice requested
You mentioned that it was in a rented garage so I would guess you want to resolve this fairly quickly. As has already been pointed out transferring the number involves bureaucratic and technical hurdles and may take quite a while. If you are abroad do you have local friends or family to arrange acce...
- Thu Oct 14, 2021 8:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bought a moggy
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3431
Re: Bought a moggy
As the Minor evolved and gained larger engines the axle ratios were changed to suit. As your car started with an 803 and now has a 1098 has the old diff been replaced to suit?
- Thu Oct 14, 2021 7:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Surplus English Wine & Minors?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 938
Re: Surplus English Wine & Minors?
I can’t imagine that the Aston covers any serious annual mileage whatever it’s fuel. Perhaps of greater concern is the royals’ habitual use of helicopters.
- Fri Oct 08, 2021 6:34 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Goodbye 'GB'
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4528
Re: Goodbye 'GB'
Ever enforced? I have heard of drivers being ticketed for no plate but very rarely. I guess it varies with local policy plus the zeal/malice of the individual cop.
- Fri Oct 08, 2021 6:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Would you choose Lucas parts?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3427
Re: Would you choose Lucas parts?
Only the plugs and points were listed by Morris as items for periodic replacement. For the other items, as someone has already said, if they ain’t broke don’t mess with ‘em.
- Wed Oct 06, 2021 5:32 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Goodbye 'GB'
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4528
Re: Goodbye 'GB'
Given the grimness of Irish history and the deeply entrenched animosities there this does seem like an absurdly small sticking plaster.
- Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:39 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Falling standards
- Replies: 93
- Views: 14062
Re: Falling standards
Or standards not falling. Without being too controversial I think we might agree that the abolition of workhouses represents a small improvement.
- Mon Oct 04, 2021 3:39 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Falling standards
- Replies: 93
- Views: 14062
Re: Falling standards
Societies do not change overnight with the accession of a new monarch so I don’t think Victoria’s dates alter the validity of my comment about the good old days. I drew up that list a while ago in response to a young relation who had been learning about the slave trade. Listening to some of the slav...
- Mon Oct 04, 2021 7:48 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Falling standards
- Replies: 93
- Views: 14062
Re: Falling standards
‘Life was better’ ?
Irish famine
Highland clearances
Bloody code
Poor law and workhouses
Child labour
Transportation
Navy press gangs
Peterloo
Tolpuddle
You are joking aren’t you?
Irish famine
Highland clearances
Bloody code
Poor law and workhouses
Child labour
Transportation
Navy press gangs
Peterloo
Tolpuddle
You are joking aren’t you?
- Tue Sep 07, 2021 7:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Fuel Problem
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3999
Re: New Fuel Problem
After 2030 and perhaps even as we approach it I think the greater risk is that as demand falls petrol stations will become few and far between. The smaller ones have already been squeezed out and the present type function viably only with big sales volumes.
- Sat Sep 04, 2021 8:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Fuel Problem
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3999
Re: New Fuel Problem
So you're the one that kick started all the stroppy teenagers in extinction rebellion! :lol: :lol: Best wishes, Mike. [/quote] Never underestimate stroppy teenagers. When I was one we tried to point out that the war in Vietnam might not be an entirely good idea. It’s funny how history repeats itself.
- Thu Sep 02, 2021 6:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Fuel Problem
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3999
Re: New Fuel Problem
Don’t panic Captain Mainwaring. Don’t panic! Don’t panic!!!
- Thu Aug 26, 2021 5:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: master cylinder circlip
- Replies: 1
- Views: 384
Re: master cylinder circlip
If they aren’t available as a listed part you could try getting a pack of assorted circlips.
- Thu Aug 26, 2021 10:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hats off to the 803!!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3880
Re: Hats off to the 803!!
Google image shows a good selection of survivors. I’ll bet not many still have 803 engines though.
- Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Clutchless changes
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2802
Re: Clutchless changes
You can also make your journey easier with a little forward planning to minimise stop start situations. I once came home fifty miles without a clutch. My usual exit from a main road was on to a congested roundabout but two exits later there was a lightly used exit so by going further and taking a co...
- Sat Aug 14, 2021 7:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hats off to the 803!!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3880
Re: Hats off to the 803!!
I had a 602cc 2cv about thirty years ago. It wasn’t fast but it seemed reasonably lively and it kept up with the traffic. The 2cv isn’t powerful but it is very light, the body is made of tinfoil.
- Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: E- scooter
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1976
Re: E- scooter
‘Not suitable for the UK with its chaotic system of cycle paths‘
Are they any more dangerous to pedestrians than pedal cycles?
Are they any more dangerous to pedestrians than pedal cycles?