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by Mc Tool
Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:24 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Hybrid cars
Replies: 9
Views: 315

Hybrid cars

Just seen an add on TV boasting that this particular hybrid doesnt need to be plugged in "it recharges while you drive it ".Not the only one to make this claim . Now when I went to school the guts was that energy cannot be created or destroyed , it can be made to change forms ..... like el...
by Mc Tool
Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:44 pm
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Windscreen rubber
Replies: 13
Views: 563

Re: Windscreen rubber

I have gleened info that the rubber that has the chrome strip needs that strip and the corner pieces to fit properly . Im thinkin that seeing as how my seal is in good nick I might be better off trying to source a small screen ...... so what did they fit as standard ? I have been getting mk3 screens...
by Mc Tool
Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:55 pm
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Windscreen rubber
Replies: 13
Views: 563

Windscreen rubber

I have been having issues with my windscreen seal ( for 8 years now ) .Didnt know about the different size screens or the fat / skinny seal ..... do now :roll: . Any how it would seem that I now have the large screen ( seen like the only one available here ) and the fat seal ( cant get them at all )...
by Mc Tool
Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:34 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Donating?
Replies: 4
Views: 223

Re: Donating?

I was just thinkin about this tother day ........must be due for another "cough up :xd: ). No idea what is a fair amount , Hint hint :D
Even got paypal sorted , mission as I have changed email .... and forgot password, but thankfully they now have a pin # or fingerprint option .
by Mc Tool
Thu Feb 08, 2024 7:25 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: You Stupid Boy
Replies: 10
Views: 418

Re: You Stupid Boy

Funniest thing I saw ..... Krammers facial expression when George tells him about the golf ball and the whale 😁
by Mc Tool
Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:28 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: You Stupid Boy
Replies: 10
Views: 418

Re: You Stupid Boy

I can't recall ever watching an episode of Dad's Army. Andrew. It first aired in Britain in July 1968 .......like , WTF Bro :lol: Im struggling to see how you could not have seen it in 55 years :xd: ..... unless it was always on at the same time as that doco about the life and times living in Engla...
by Mc Tool
Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:03 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

Jasonmarie wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:03 pm 1st swap out coil as you need the 2.8 one ,
:xd: as in one thats not off a pinto :lol:
by Mc Tool
Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:04 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: she's not the Queen
Replies: 22
Views: 735

Re: she's not the Queen

I think that the royal family one of them things it doesnt pay to think about to much..... I mean Queen decrees that Camilla is to be the consort , now I dont believe the Queen and Charlie didnt have some discussion about this , but when the Queen passes Charlie then changes the decree against his M...
by Mc Tool
Wed Feb 07, 2024 5:35 pm
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Boot space
Replies: 11
Views: 733

Re: Boot space

Bug wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:01 am Don't forget the 2.8i boot floor is an inch higher to accomodate the fatter spare wheel.
Yeah ? :o , now thats a handy little bit of info ..... make sense when you think about it ..... but who the hell would :lol:
by Mc Tool
Tue Feb 06, 2024 11:52 pm
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Boot space
Replies: 11
Views: 733

Re: Boot space

I was in a chair for a year after my big endo , folded down ( width wise as they do ) will fit in if you remove the parcel tray ( and send it to me :xd: ). I stuck a block of hi density foam rubber to the inside of the screen where the handles got close
by Mc Tool
Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:32 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: she's not the Queen
Replies: 22
Views: 735

Re: she's not the Queen

:swear: :swear: makes a mockery of the whole "royal " thing .Was Prince Phillip ever called the King?....... No , he was always a Prince ......and that mutt aint even a princess. Where the hell do they get off calling her the queen . By tradition, when a Queen is married, her husband does...
by Mc Tool
Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:23 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: she's not the Queen
Replies: 22
Views: 735

Re: she's not the Queen

SCP440 wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:05 am The wife always shouts at the Telly when they say Queen, maybe that is what she demanded when they got married? :xd:
Good on her , give her a high five from me :lol:
by Mc Tool
Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:07 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: she's not the Queen
Replies: 22
Views: 735

she's not the Queen

:swear: :swear: makes a mockery of the whole "royal " thing .Was Prince Phillip ever called the King?....... No , he was always a Prince ......and that mutt aint even a princess. Where the hell do they get off calling her the queen .
by Mc Tool
Tue Feb 06, 2024 5:47 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Great British Engineering
Replies: 13
Views: 520

Re: Great British Engineering

I have decided to replacie my Pro-Ject Expression Turntable with the Rega Planar 6 with their Anai Cartridge. The Rega will take my vinyl to another level on both quality and cost !! :shock: :lol: Early morning, eyes not fully working yet, I didn`t read that as Anai..... :D Ha ha ha ..... me neithe...
by Mc Tool
Tue Feb 06, 2024 3:27 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Copper grease - Yay or nay
Replies: 39
Views: 1926

Re: Copper grease - Yay or nay

Of course they are rusty ..... they are cast iron.........and on the edges :shock: . I wouldnt replace them for that ( if its rust they dont like give em a wizz with a wire brush :D ) . Hell , one of my Ducatis had cast discs and they rusted so quickly that after washing the bike I had to blow dry t...
by Mc Tool
Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:48 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: You Stupid Boy
Replies: 10
Views: 418

Re: You Stupid Boy

yeah , the re runs are on TV here at the mo , shame
I watched an interview with him and .........cant remember his exact words but I got the feeling he was well sick of the "stupid Boy " thing , bet he got it everywhere he went .
RIP
by Mc Tool
Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:04 am
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Changing oil pump drive 73 Capri 2l 4V
Replies: 2
Views: 246

Re: Changing oil pump drive 73 Capri 2l 4V

I think( not positive sure ) that the shaft does go in from bottom . The star washer is to prevent oil pump drive coming out with the dizzy , otherwise apparently the shaft can stay with the dizzy untill it's ½ way out ( when removing dizzy) , and then fall into sump (yay 🤬 ). The only one of these ...
by Mc Tool
Fri Jan 19, 2024 9:07 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Copper grease - Yay or nay
Replies: 39
Views: 1926

Re: Copper grease - Yay or nay

I've always used it and had no issues. Have a pot in the garage with a paintbrush in. Yep , right next to the res Q steel 😁. Every thread gets a dose , but not the brakes ,read about others doing it but I couldn't help but think about the melting point of said grease.....brakes gettin hot an all th...
by Mc Tool
Wed Jan 17, 2024 5:48 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: burn in cd
Replies: 17
Views: 1171

Re: burn in cd

Huh , I usually find it's the Mrs that's the constant interference when I'm listening to music 😁
by Mc Tool
Mon Jan 15, 2024 5:46 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: A bug in the forum?
Replies: 60
Views: 314696

Re: A bug in the forum?

I hope we ask them for an essay about their teachers in primary school, balmy summer holidays that seem to last forever and their dreamy first kiss by the juniper bushes. What ? yeah but they are wanting to join a car forum , not a swingers club or the playboy mansion :xd: Juniper bushes :lol: :lol...