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by Mc Tool
Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:58 am
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Cleaning and Maintenance of BEHR Heater Blower in '81 Capri
Replies: 2
Views: 136

Re: Cleaning and Maintenance of BEHR Heater Blower in '81 Capri

yep , decayed foam . adhesive weather draught seal foam works well. There are some other lumps of stuff in there that will cause air "loss" as if they rot the air is free to bypass the beater matrix. While you have the heater out it pays to have a good feel about up the big hole in the das...
by Mc Tool
Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:25 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Classic Tesla for sale...
Replies: 21
Views: 402

Re: Classic Tesla for sale...

Yeah , I have given up getting bounced around ,to old , to fat , used to love it , :lol: , and you see more at sane speeds :D
by Mc Tool
Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:08 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Classic Tesla for sale...
Replies: 21
Views: 402

Re: Classic Tesla for sale...

Me and Di got sworn at by an agitated Tesla owner at the supermarket , we were standing next to it holding out our packet of double cheese sausages towards it when the owner approached demanding an explanation . Not best pleased when we said we were waiting for it to catch fire so we could cook our ...
by Mc Tool
Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:42 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Ant Anstead & Bridget Jones
Replies: 12
Views: 245

Re: Ant Anstead & Bridget Jones

pbar wrote: Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:12 pm I'm not sure why, but this just seems to be an unlikely pairing?

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Why , has she got morals and a conscience?😆
by Mc Tool
Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:37 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Shed & Buried Classic Cars
Replies: 25
Views: 551

Re: Shed & Buried Classic Cars

Even the King has to back one out sooner or later , wonder if he reads the paper 😆
by Mc Tool
Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:51 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Shed & Buried Classic Cars
Replies: 25
Views: 551

Re: Shed & Buried Classic Cars

ha , bit like last of the summer wine , a bunch of blokes at the cutting edge of #ucking about . That Millyard guy is one seriously clever dude .
Good TV :)
by Mc Tool
Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:18 pm
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Fule sender unit
Replies: 12
Views: 15419

Re: Fule sender unit

Is it possible that the gauge has some how jammed mechanically. Just thinking that you wouldnt have the 5v at the tank sender if the gauge was fried .
by Mc Tool
Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:44 pm
Forum: Q & A
Topic: NGK Spark plugs
Replies: 16
Views: 640

Re: NGK Spark plugs

Certainly more entertaining :D
And I too have been havin a few ( do you brew your own Tom? ), and spending time down at river . We are in late summer so the river is warm and low and the trout are megga fussy . Couldnt live in town :)
by Mc Tool
Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:04 pm
Forum: Q & A
Topic: NGK Spark plugs
Replies: 16
Views: 640

Re: NGK Spark plugs

Yeah Tom :P Whats going on ? I mean like " cliff hanger " :lol:
by Mc Tool
Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:41 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Who Remembers?
Replies: 1385
Views: 2280029

Re: Who Remembers?

My Gran had one of the ''Electric Fires'' in every room she used in her house, she was to tight to pay for Central heating to be fitted. She fell asleep in front of one and nearly set the house on fire. While on the subject of her, she bought her house in 1921 for the pricely sum of £90, in the 60'...
by Mc Tool
Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:19 pm
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Whining
Replies: 39
Views: 739

Re: Whining

Huh , still dont know what bubbly and titters is :roll: learnt a lot of english tho :lol: Nah I was just thinkin of the spanner girl and wondered if she had anything to do with it :P Bubbly is slang for champagne. As for titter(s)... I shall let an 80s copy of The Beano explain 😃 ...oh alright I ca...
by Mc Tool
Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:07 pm
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Whining
Replies: 39
Views: 739

Re: Whining

People on other forums must think that this place is the Tim Shaw of car forums :lol: stuff them , I like it here 8-) It's like Top Gear, loads of entertainment with the occasional piece of car info :lol: Well yeah , more than once I have said that the show isnt really about cars ..... more about t...
by Mc Tool
Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:30 am
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Whining
Replies: 39
Views: 739

Re: Whining

pbar wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:04 pm People on other forums must think that this place is the Tim Shaw of car forums :lol:
stuff them , I like it here 8-)
by Mc Tool
Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:28 am
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Whining
Replies: 39
Views: 739

Re: Whining

Huh , still dont know what bubbly and titters is :roll: learnt a lot of english tho :lol: Nah I was just thinkin of the spanner girl and wondered if she had anything to do with it :P
by Mc Tool
Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:54 pm
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Whining
Replies: 39
Views: 739

Re: Whining

:xd: firstly , how the hell does bubbly titters remind you of Panda's :P , and the joke is a similar theme to the good Kiwi bloke, eats roots and leaves :lol:
by Mc Tool
Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:14 pm
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Whining
Replies: 39
Views: 739

Re: Whining

Are you questioning my O level English? (You're going to tell me you have an English degree aren't you). I have a, ahem, GCSE English <sips from glass of bubbly and titters in drawing room> Whats "Bubbly and titters" ? and .... even Rodney had GCE's , in maths and art I believe .......but...
by Mc Tool
Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:40 am
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Misfiring when flooring it from idle - 2l Laser
Replies: 47
Views: 1477

Re: Misfiring when flooring it from idle - 2l Laser

pbar wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:12 pm Yes it's full of dodgy characters down there, Australia, and New Zealand which is of course the same thing :D
Except for one thing .......them Chappell boys .....grrrrr , yeah Im still goin on about it :xd: and I shall continue to do so until something worse happens in the world :lol:
by Mc Tool
Sun Mar 03, 2024 11:33 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Who Remembers?
Replies: 1385
Views: 2280029

Re: Who Remembers?

Ahh....that smell of burning dust. Must have been expensive to run but very common back then. We have one now that we use where the dogs sleep at night, it's more modern but same principal so same issue. You never forget the smell :) My Grandma had several of them , called them "electric fire?...
by Mc Tool
Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:22 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Where is everyone from?
Replies: 296
Views: 284518

Re: Where is everyone from?

Uh , so about double the power :D I'll be lucky to scrape 220hp out of mine , happy if it see's 200 on the dyno . I do like sbc's but I went for the Rover V8 mostly because of weight issues with a cast iron engine . It would have been cheaper and easier to go sbc , or even a 302 windsor . Nice car t...
by Mc Tool
Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:09 pm
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Misfiring when flooring it from idle - 2l Laser
Replies: 47
Views: 1477

Re: Misfiring when flooring it from idle - 2l Laser

Also Major Tom and Pbar - Just to clear my name I’m not in prison :lol: , but currently living in Aus. I’ll be home over the christmas period which is why I won’t have access to the car until then. Are we still sending criminals to Australia? I thought that stopped in 1868 ? :xd: :xd: :xd: yeah , I...