Farside
Badly Welded Man
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Want to sell me one?
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Luggsey
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Bet you can't use them all at the same time!
Brad93
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Put some tread on non-rotating Karcher wheels today, never went round from new, they work well now, first experience of gorilla glue, weird stuff, **** to apply.
Yesterday fixed a hardly used karcher compact destined for skip cos brother did not have the right bit to open it up, just a stuck internal on/off actuator.
He nearly binned our old boys Seiko watch as could not be bothered to get a battery for it - pointed out it was a solar, bit of light on the window sill off it goes
Yesterday fixed a hardly used karcher compact destined for skip cos brother did not have the right bit to open it up, just a stuck internal on/off actuator.
He nearly binned our old boys Seiko watch as could not be bothered to get a battery for it - pointed out it was a solar, bit of light on the window sill off it goes
Barking Mat
Cuddler of hedgehogs.
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didn't know 'whore' passed the swear filter, interesting...
anto44
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Was often tempted to write out a post of all the curse words I could think of and see what ones do and don't pass, mods probably wouldn't be impressed by the post if I did though
Barking Mat
Cuddler of hedgehogs.
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Do it in a pm that way you'll know, try hurling rude words at me in a pm, then we'll know what passes.
dobbslc
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I got some new shocks for the Surf last week and fitted them on Sunday.
Nice pair of pre assembled Pedders struts, top mounts and standard length springs.
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The old ones got an advisory for rust on the last MOT and as I'd already done the rears I thought I'd treat the old truck!
The job was supposed to be an easy one ! The only trouble I thought I would have was poping the bottom ball joints out but they both came out after only 8 precision wacks each with the club hammer...
The problem I did have was getting one of the 14mm nuts off the top mount on the drivers side, took over an hour of swearing and grinding to get it free, all 3 on this side were slightly rounded off before I started compared to the other side that was fine. Naturally it was the one at the back I couldn't get at with a socket or proper sized grinder.
Anyway it's all done now and the front of the truck is now about 3" higher than it was!
The old ones had seen better days....
Nice pair of pre assembled Pedders struts, top mounts and standard length springs.
.The old ones got an advisory for rust on the last MOT and as I'd already done the rears I thought I'd treat the old truck!
The job was supposed to be an easy one ! The only trouble I thought I would have was poping the bottom ball joints out but they both came out after only 8 precision wacks each with the club hammer...
The problem I did have was getting one of the 14mm nuts off the top mount on the drivers side, took over an hour of swearing and grinding to get it free, all 3 on this side were slightly rounded off before I started compared to the other side that was fine. Naturally it was the one at the back I couldn't get at with a socket or proper sized grinder.
Anyway it's all done now and the front of the truck is now about 3" higher than it was!
The old ones had seen better days....
qwakers
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lister engine reassembled with new gaskets (for the most part)
it (is supposed to) has copper rings as head gaskets.... it certainly didn't have any when I stripped it. and that is the only reason I had to buy a whole engine gasket kit.... there was only one gasket otherwise that I would have had to make, a paper gasket I would have made from a Kellogg's box.
but as i had them, I fitted new valve cover gaskets and new injector cover gaskets, and will be fitting new intake and exhaust gaskets when i get that far.
I mostly only built it up to keep any dirt out of it.
it (is supposed to) has copper rings as head gaskets.... it certainly didn't have any when I stripped it. and that is the only reason I had to buy a whole engine gasket kit.... there was only one gasket otherwise that I would have had to make, a paper gasket I would have made from a Kellogg's box.
but as i had them, I fitted new valve cover gaskets and new injector cover gaskets, and will be fitting new intake and exhaust gaskets when i get that far.
I mostly only built it up to keep any dirt out of it.
Melvyn Best
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Try typing " screw in tyre " on an MOT advisory . comes up as something like profanity not allowed ! You can have a nail in tyre though
roofman
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Try typing hairy nail and see what happens
Barking Mat
Cuddler of hedgehogs.
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Good use of dead extinguisher.
roofman
Purveyor of fine English buckets and mops
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Now that's good
James1979
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Glad it wasn’t just me....
qwakers
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a few more picslister engine reassembled with new gaskets (for the most part)
it (is supposed to) has copper rings as head gaskets.... it certainly didn't have any when I stripped it. and that is the only reason I had to buy a whole engine gasket kit.... there was only one gasket otherwise that I would have had to make, a paper gasket I would have made from a Kellogg's box.
but as i had them, I fitted new valve cover gaskets and new injector cover gaskets, and will be fitting new intake and exhaust gaskets when i get that far.
I mostly only built it up to keep any dirt out of it.
Good choice. Though i am biased!
Got your moneys worth from the lower bushes. Im sure you know, but make sure you do up the bolts through those bushes at ride height. They have a LOT of work to do and are very much the weak point of the design.
dobbslc
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I don't think they did badly for a set of 25 year old shocks!
I did tighten the lower bolts after dropping it back on it's wheels and giving it a bit few bounces.
Mr Fro
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Remember this nasty old thing?
I had a bit if time spare so had a look. It was rusted solid after living outside for some time but astonishingly it came apart fairly easily and all the internals were like new.
I cleaned it all up, de-reusted everything, lubed it and bunged it back together.
I'm really happy with the end result - the tilt mechanism is a bit on the heavy side but I can live with it.
qIt turns out it's a Marcello Marini, made in Italy (I'd never heard of them either).
I've just got to wait for the last couple of bits to de-rustify then cobble a chuck and back plate together.
I had a bit if time spare so had a look. It was rusted solid after living outside for some time but astonishingly it came apart fairly easily and all the internals were like new.
I cleaned it all up, de-reusted everything, lubed it and bunged it back together.
I'm really happy with the end result - the tilt mechanism is a bit on the heavy side but I can live with it.
qIt turns out it's a Marcello Marini, made in Italy (I'd never heard of them either).
I've just got to wait for the last couple of bits to de-rustify then cobble a chuck and back plate together.
