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- Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:09 pm
- Forum: Q & A
- Topic: Misfiring when flooring it from idle - 2l Laser
- Replies: 47
- Views: 1391
Re: Misfiring when flooring it from idle - 2l Laser
" draw ignited air......." Yep , there have been a few peeps got their eyebrows singed ( pyrotechnical depilitation :xd: ) . You sorta want to see whats going on down that hole into the engine , so you lean over for a look and get your face BBQ'd, Funny as #uck when you see it happen to so...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:41 pm
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: she's not the Queen
- Replies: 22
- Views: 714
Re: she's not the Queen
yeah , thats hard to know what bit of their history counts the most . We had a guy here who donated millions to the musical arts , got school buildings built, paid for and named after him , quite the hero ............turns out he is a sexual predator , the old story , one person speaks up loud enoug...
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 6:08 am
- Forum: Q & A
- Topic: Misfiring when flooring it from idle - 2l Laser
- Replies: 47
- Views: 1391
Re: Misfiring when flooring it from idle - 2l Laser
Make damn sure you dont drop one of the carb mounting spring washers into the manifold..... it could perhaps find its way into .... oh number one pot and then maybe get jammed down the side of the piston , I mean if that happened it may well munt the top and second rings , and logic would suggest th...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:01 pm
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: Hybrid cars
- Replies: 9
- Views: 302
Re: Hybrid cars
Ah , Im thinkin that it takes X amount of electrical energy to propel a vehicle , this energy is ultimately provided by an ICE. The amount of chemical energy required to provide the electrical energy will vary depending on how efficiently the ICE is running , if its at peak efficiency the losses con...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:05 pm
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: Hybrid cars
- Replies: 9
- Views: 302
Re: Hybrid cars
Im pretty sure the diesel electric trains were that way because an electric motor can give max torque at zero revs , which is ideal for getting big heavy trains moving from a standstill , and it does away with the need of a big heavy transmission. And , yes Andrew your right about regenerative braki...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:24 am
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: Hybrid cars
- Replies: 9
- Views: 302
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...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:44 pm
- Forum: Q & A
- Topic: Windscreen rubber
- Replies: 13
- Views: 533
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...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:55 pm
- Forum: Q & A
- Topic: Windscreen rubber
- Replies: 13
- Views: 533
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 )...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:34 pm
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: Donating?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 211
Re: Donating?
I was just thinkin about this tother day ........must be due for another "cough up ). No idea what is a fair amount , Hint hint
Even got paypal sorted , mission as I have changed email .... and forgot password, but thankfully they now have a pin # or fingerprint option .
Even got paypal sorted , mission as I have changed email .... and forgot password, but thankfully they now have a pin # or fingerprint option .
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 7:25 pm
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: You Stupid Boy
- Replies: 10
- Views: 405
Re: You Stupid Boy
Funniest thing I saw ..... Krammers facial expression when George tells him about the golf ball and the whale
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:28 am
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: You Stupid Boy
- Replies: 10
- Views: 405
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...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:03 am
- Forum: Q & A
- Topic: Misfiring when flooring it from idle - 2l Laser
- Replies: 47
- Views: 1391
Re: Misfiring when flooring it from idle - 2l Laser
as in one thats not off a pinto
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:04 pm
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: she's not the Queen
- Replies: 22
- Views: 714
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...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 5:35 pm
- Forum: Q & A
- Topic: Boot space
- Replies: 11
- Views: 696
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 11:52 pm
- Forum: Q & A
- Topic: Boot space
- Replies: 11
- Views: 696
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 ). I stuck a block of hi density foam rubber to the inside of the screen where the handles got close
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:32 pm
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: she's not the Queen
- Replies: 22
- Views: 714
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...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:23 pm
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: she's not the Queen
- Replies: 22
- Views: 714
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:07 am
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: she's not the Queen
- Replies: 22
- Views: 714
she's not the Queen
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 .
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 5:47 am
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: Great British Engineering
- Replies: 13
- Views: 507
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...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 3:27 am
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: Copper grease - Yay or nay
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1844
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...