Hooli wrote: ↑Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:31 am I wired part of the cottage I had by paraffin lamp, it's more fun when you can't see what you're doing.

He burnt down the rest with more conventional matches... allegedly

Chap who was at my wedding had to practice his low flying quickly at the start of GW1. Used a Buccaneer, got an earful for the panel damage on the underside after flying up a couple of Lochs. Look up what the Vulcan Crews achieved during Red Flag. Making grooves in the dirt with the wing tip. Meanwh...

I know someone who rebuilt his Land Rover Dormobile by the light of two Tilley Lamps in a lockup with no power.
He now rebuilds Steam Locomotives in a slightly better workspace.

^Body in good nick tho...

I harbour thoughts of transplanting nice clean TD5 body onto one of my 200TDi chassis that currently has a "ventilated" body.
K prefix registration with a TD5 body.

After reading in another place... ;) How accurate do you want the ammeter to be? 1. Do you want an ammeter FSD capable of the alternators output , or 2. Do you want a bypass Cct that takes over at the ammeters indicated max to accommodate the alternators max output? :geek: Accuracy here is not impo...

The only galvanised from the factory LR chassis I know of are a small number of very early Series 1. Depending on where the steel came from and the supplier that welded the chassis (and of course usage) seems to be what determines how badly the chassis rot. Discos in the 200tdi era chassis are often...

Those idiot lights have lenses that move to give day and night (bright and dim) positions. They were fitted in the Sunbeam Stilettos I had. I put a battery on the scrapper and with what limited remaining electrical functions there were tested this out. The blue light is set to bright for comparison...

After reading in another place...

How accurate do you want the ammeter to be?

1. Do you want an ammeter FSD capable of the alternators output ,
or
2. Do you want a bypass Cct that takes over at the ammeters indicated max to accommodate the alternators max output?

PhilA wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2020 1:27 pm Ok. It's in the bin then. On to the next thing.

I have the very thing, a project worthy of your talents
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=70&start=630#p51513

Not today but yesterday evening;
Fitted the replacement rear suspension arms to the Octy.
They are made of biscuit tin thickness steel.
Anyway it is back on its wheels and booked in for alignment on Monday.