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by MLOR
Sat Feb 15, 2020 3:16 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What did you do today?
Replies: 15686
Views: 3236371

Re: What did you do today?

Eddie Honda wrote: Sat Feb 15, 2020 12:01 pm
Hooli wrote: Sat Feb 15, 2020 9:07 am I've gone power mad & tided the double post anyway.
Easy now Billeh. :D

(Just for clarity, I've thanked the post above and not the task)
Its a "thankless task"...
by MLOR
Fri Feb 14, 2020 10:43 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: EBay Finds
Replies: 12458
Views: 2928775

Re: EBay Finds

The Market Garden where I had a Saturday job, when at school, had a fleet of Farinas. Some as Farina intended, which were used as crew buses with a 15 year old driving 7 other 14 & 15 year olds crammed into the car, out along the field tracks to plant or cut lettuces or brussel sprouts. Some cut...
by MLOR
Thu Feb 13, 2020 8:55 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What did you do today?
Replies: 15686
Views: 3236371

Re: What did you do today?

Went to Lidl to buy a bird feeding station but they were out of stock.
So I bought a plasma cutter instead.
by MLOR
Thu Feb 13, 2020 7:26 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What was your first crash in?
Replies: 42
Views: 21739

Re: What was your first crash in?

Scraping the pegs on my Honda CB125S around a gravel covered bend equalled slide down road. I was changing a cassette in the stereo when I planted my Hilman Imp van into the back of a Datsun 120Y that had stopped because of the traffic queue at the Black Cat roundabout on the A1. My insurance paid f...
by MLOR
Mon Feb 10, 2020 7:25 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What did you do today?
Replies: 15686
Views: 3236371

Re: What did you do today?

Glad your OK Bud!
by MLOR
Sun Feb 09, 2020 2:47 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Fiesta fun
Replies: 10
Views: 6810

Re: Fiesta fun

Fiesta fun is an oxymoron.
by MLOR
Sat Feb 08, 2020 7:07 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit
Replies: 484
Views: 187734

Re: Land Rover Rustorashun

Suggest you pull the new slaves apart and give them a good clean and red greasing. The muck that is in some is extraordinary. I was about to suggest that was a little extreme then I twigged you were talking about slave cylinders not humans Depends on the human... GreetingThundercunt for example :lo...
by MLOR
Sat Feb 08, 2020 9:29 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit
Replies: 484
Views: 187734

Re: Land Rover Rustorashun

open fronted barn is not the best but I do acclimatise to the shit weather brakes next, this is the off/drivers side, stripped it down ages ago, opted for a complete Britpart rebuild kit, lets see how good it is Is it worth rigging up some "curtains" of Visqueen with a weight at the botto...
by MLOR
Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:17 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Best Seam sealer
Replies: 9
Views: 5003

Re: Best Seam sealer

SiC wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2020 8:23 pm
MLOR wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2020 5:26 pm https://www.toolstation.com/everbuild-s ... 0ml/p10882

Also in other colours.
Isn't silicon sealant really bad to use on a car? I thought it did weird stuff to paint.

You also shouldn't use it on any electronics if you don't want them to rust up inside.
see the edit
by MLOR
Wed Feb 05, 2020 5:28 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: EBay Finds
Replies: 12458
Views: 2928775

Re: EBay Finds

chadders wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2020 5:23 pm Well that smartarse comment of mine backfired then.

I remember punched cards from being a trainee COBOL programmer in 1978 but have never used paper tape.
I keep some of my tools in punched card drawer cabinets that were being thrown out in late 1992. :D