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That’s a mileage to be proud of.
Yeh you don't really see many bikes over 60,000 through the workshop.
We work on a Yamaha FZ6 (Fazer) and he's on 110,000.
Few and far between though!.
Saying that Deliveroo lads can clock the miles up, seen some 8 month old bikes on 20,000 + miles!.
Farside
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Jap bike engines have been capable of clocking up starship mileages for nearly half a century, and that on routine servicing alone.
Daily abuse and lack of regular oil changes is what kills them. Iow, the average idiot.
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A nice easy fix today. The neighbour threw away perfectly good stirrup pump because the valve adaptor was knackered.
A quick shufty on eBay a few days ago, and a new one turned up this morning for the princely sum of £2.85.
Three minutes later, et voila.
A quick shufty on eBay a few days ago, and a new one turned up this morning for the princely sum of £2.85.
Three minutes later, et voila.
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It's still plastic though, I got the most expensive track pump in Halfords because it had a metal end, and I don't regret it one bit, it's excellent. So good in fact, I got a second one.
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Interesting, have you got a link please? I have a stirrup pump that I bought from Aldi a few years back, valve thing looks very similar, and when I put it on a tyre there's a competition between how quickly I can put air in vs. how quickly it can leak it back out again. I have a slow puncture on the back tyre of my car, and I actually use this because even with the leak it's quicker than the cheapo electric compressor that I got from Home Bargains, and my proper compressor isn't interested in starting up in this weather.
Seadog
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With my diesel heater installed I am now targeting various draughts in my double garage.
The pedestrian door had a 18mm or so gap all along the bottom. Freezing cold air was blowing in steady. Not any more:
Now to address the 5m long 50mm gap at the roller shutter head tomorrow
The pedestrian door had a 18mm or so gap all along the bottom. Freezing cold air was blowing in steady. Not any more:
Now to address the 5m long 50mm gap at the roller shutter head tomorrow
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Not sure whether to post this here or the Cat repellent post. Father’s just come in and said he’s fixed mother borders. Lol 
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Fixed another bit of the chassis on a mates Landrover yesterday.
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And a shock mounting repair.
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And a new rigger.
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This German Stirling Engine was in need of some tlc.
They do not like dirt or oil.
I had to strip this engine down.
A hint of more dirt.
The cold side was seized with dirt. The Con rod was bent and had a few burrs.
Finaly running.
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The_Yellow_Ardvark
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This engine was bad. It turned over, but it was notchy.
It was also badly put together.
So I sriped it down and left it in a Vapour Meths tank.
This not good.
Metal flakes, from deep inside the hot side of the engine.
At last running. A real pain to get working.
I got round at last this morning to a job I've been putting off for months! The engine of my JCB3CX has been over cooled - the temperature gauge never lifts much off the lower stop and I've suspected that the thermostat is jammed open, or maybe has been removed by a previous owner. I'd bought a replacement stat and gasket months ago but the cold weather, and the fact that the drain plug is in an awkward place has lead to procrastination !
Today was a little warmer, and I applied a trick shown to me by a plumber friend to easily drain fluids - crack open a joint and apply a Wet & Dry vac to collect the coolant. It worked a charm - virtually nothing spilt and level reduced to the stat flange.
The stat WAS installed and was closed so a puzzle why it was over cooling - anyway flange joints cleaned, new stat and gasket fitted, and I was able to re-use the coolant as I'd thoroughly cleaned the vac first.
Ran it at fast idle for a while - stat opened at about 85C and for the first time in my ownership the temperature gauge shows a sensible reading. A went very well - only drawback was one of the six flange hold down bolts had previously had it's flats rounded, but my Irwin bolt remover sorted it out in no time.
Today was a little warmer, and I applied a trick shown to me by a plumber friend to easily drain fluids - crack open a joint and apply a Wet & Dry vac to collect the coolant. It worked a charm - virtually nothing spilt and level reduced to the stat flange.
The stat WAS installed and was closed so a puzzle why it was over cooling - anyway flange joints cleaned, new stat and gasket fitted, and I was able to re-use the coolant as I'd thoroughly cleaned the vac first.
Ran it at fast idle for a while - stat opened at about 85C and for the first time in my ownership the temperature gauge shows a sensible reading. A went very well - only drawback was one of the six flange hold down bolts had previously had it's flats rounded, but my Irwin bolt remover sorted it out in no time.
