Got a do on Friday in town. Turd: polished.

Nope, old 45's play just fine on this too. 20240401_201420.jpg But, you know me. I had forgotten to test one part of this when I fixed it years ago. So, out came the squiggly-amps and they were wired into the back of the machine and... 20240401_201543.jpg ...presto! One little red light illuminated....

Getting groceries is much more fun in an old'un. Went to Morrison's in the Cowley this morning - the long way. Forgot potatoes so had to go out again a bit later unfortunately* Went and got a big shop the other day too, glad I have the air shocks in the back. You can see they're still pumped up pre...

The cartridge on this one takes a stylus fitting that's increasingly hard to find these days, which is a shame because it's not a bad one and someone shelled out for a microlinear needle. New one is coming with a regular elliptical but I can at least get shibata needles for it which will work proper...

Ordered a new cartridge and stylus for my record player.

Engine was making funny noises. 20240329_171857.jpg That'll be why. Alternator bracket decided Nope. 20240330_083812.jpg I broke out something I didn't have when I made it. Welding machine. 20240330_154918.jpg Painted and partially assembled. 20240330_165139.jpg Back on and working properly again. M...

Water
Oil
Grease
WD40
Easy start
Spare points
Entire toolbox of tools
Compressor
Jack
Squeegee
Jump leads
Zip ties
Couple pieces of wood
Rubber gloves

All of which have been useful at some point

Fire extinguisher, which thankfully hasn't

Is it a diesel? Saw a few in California a couple of years ago , very trendy hipster car around Hollywood,along with diesel S123s. Not a clue, cannot see the back of the car from the street to look at the badge. Depends on the age- if its an early one then there's 50/50 chance of it being diesel; th...

mercrocker wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:21 pm
Best they tip a bit more in the gas jar then.....

You're a funny guy.

with the price of fuel in the USA being so much less than we have to suffer, is that the best you can do, under a quarter full. I despair, you must look after MY car better! It's creeping back up again lately. Means the round trip to go pick the kids up from school has gone from $5 to $7 in fuel. E...