Today I acquired...........

[Mick Annick]

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I was working at Cowley at the time, the guys running the yard were pulling their hair out with that lot cluttering up the despatch compound.

 

[Memmeddu]

You need to find a girlfriend…..

I would convince her that she needs one too ...
So nothing would change

 

[MattF]

You need to find a girlfriend…..

He's better off collecting grinders.

 

[OJCar]

Might be 4WD but they don't cope with off-road very well pulling one back onto a Welsh forest stage.

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There was a home built 6R4 replica locally that was built by the chap that owned and ran Ask for Morris, David Gorman.
(a Morris Minor garage at PrestonPans)
He built it when the Rally Regs changed in the 80s and he could no longer run his very lightweight Morris minor is stage rallys.
(He was killed on Piper Alpha to give you an idea of when).
It was built with an A series driving the rear wheels thro a Renault transaxle.
After his death it passed thro a few hands,
at one stage being fitted (and driving) with a Ferrari 308 V8 and was nicknamed 8R2.

 

[Bullet2012]

Played a small part in the build of this, TG88 Ted Toleman and Barry Lee Paris-Dakar car.

Toleman TG88 Metro Raider 1988

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[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A nice small socket set.

I have owned this type in the past, but this one was missing a few bits.

But I had spares.




I also got this.

Tidy set for £5.

I found this as I removed the velvet to clean.

 

[angellonewolf]

He's better off collecting grinders.

yea i dont mind them on top

 

[DAPPH]

Not one, but two Makita 5ah batteries have refused to charge today. I am bereft...

Have you tried dumping them in a dep freezer minus 18 oC or colder for 24 hrs then defrost for 12 hrs and charge for an hour then discharge Now re freeze & de frost exactly the same four more times , then recharge an hour then discharge , repeating charges & discharge eight or more times as the step of high resistance that prevented them charging is removed in a lot of cases ?
Either it works well or I've been bloody lucky for I've managed to resuscitate small tool batteries that have stood discharged for three or so years .

 

[DAPPH]

You need to find a girlfriend…..

Are you allowed to suggest that these WOKE days ?

 

[Turbo]

Have you tried dumping them in a dep freezer minus 18 oC or colder for 24 hrs then defrost for 12 hrs and charge for an hour then discharge Now re freeze & de frost exactly the same four more times , then recharge an hour then discharge , repeating charges & discharge eight or more times as the step of high resistance that prevented them charging is removed in a lot of cases ?
Either it works well or I've been bloody lucky for I've managed to resuscitate small tool batteries that have stood discharged for three or so years .

That sometimes works for nicad or nimh celled batteries, though there are better ways of rescuing them.

DO NOT do that with li-ion celled batteries, that will render them scrap!!

 

[Johnnybravo]

Are you allowed to suggest that these WOKE days ?

Probably not ,but telling him to go shag one of his male friends is probably just as politically incorrect too….

 

[cardiffrob]

Perry Owens and Northwest helped me out with 'kit' when I started reloading (Thanks, both of you)

I've been 'passing on the good Karma' and have been reloading for some of the members who can't do their own . Along the way I got some 357 Brass which I tend not to use so I cleaned and Tumblered it for another member who later offered me some old 38 Brass that he had going spare. Meanwhile, one of the members passing by said he had some odds and ends in the car that the Auction House wouldn't put on sale for him. I now have an RCBS scale, loads of Brass and some GM3 powder. The 357 Brass is going to the first guy once it is all cleaned up.
Seeing all this, another member offered 4 boxes of 38 Brass that he said he would never get round to reloading. Hearing this, a further member offered the previous guy several boxes of 22LR HV rounds that he couldn't use.

Karma is great, isn't it?

We all sat down and had a cup of Tea.

 

[Moose McAlpine]

A few things have arrived lately as i dive back into mechanical work.

Mercedes OM651 timing tools, my van may want a chain at some point, but there are others i need to do in the future too.



A pair of Unilite magnetic work lights. I have the previous version and it's my favourite, so these will be a nice addition to my array of work lights.

 

[Craig-SM]

A few things have arrived lately as i dive back into mechanical work.

Mercedes OM651 timing tools, my van may want a chain at some point, but there are others i need to do in the future too.

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A pair of Unilite magnetic work lights. I have the previous version and it's my favourite, so these will be a nice addition to my array of work lights.

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I have those unilite's too plus a bigger square one but the little ones are so handy especially in confined spaces

 

[Moose McAlpine]

I have those unilite's too plus a bigger square one but the little ones are so handy especially in confined spaces

Until they arrived i didn't realise they were bigger than the one i already had. (These are HX1500 vs the old HX850.) Hopefully not an issue in tight spaces. I really like these, between the brightness and battery life you can't beat them. I have a similar Snap-on light and at half the price even the old/smaller one puts it to shame.

 

[Craig-SM]

I have the HX850. Normally used when working on the car as they fit just about everywhere.
The big one is the SLR1750 with the power bank. To be honest hardly used in comparison to the others and the magnets aren't strong enough for its weight.

 

[JOEPRO]

Stubby screwdriver set maybe I'll find one when I need it now!

 

[Moose McAlpine]

I have the HX850. Normally used when working on the car as they fit just about everywhere.
The big one is the SLR1750 with the power bank. To be honest hardly used in comparison to the others and the magnets aren't strong enough for its weight.

I think the HX850s are the best. Seems they're not made anymore though. I would've bought more if i could find them, but the 1500s were 40 quid each i think so they'll do.

I should probably stop buying lights at some point..

 

[selectedgrub]

I got a vintage glass doll case.
thinking that I could of made one with a fish tank boxed with angled wooden architrave.

 

[Brad93]

A few things have arrived lately as i dive back into mechanical work.

Mercedes OM651 timing tools, my van may want a chain at some point, but there are others i need to do in the future too.

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A pair of Unilite magnetic work lights. I have the previous version and it's my favourite, so these will be a nice addition to my array of work lights.

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Those are the best ones unilite make. The other SLR range are pants in comparison