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Be mindful of the heat that the heatsink is intended to dissipate. Restricting the airflow around it could cause serious overheating and maybe a risk of fire.

Steve

I live within 2 or 3 miles of this location, so I'll be coming down to see you all. I guess that a Jeep Grand Cherokee would not fit in too well on the drives out!

If you need a pair of feet on the ground for any reason between now an the event, just ask, I'll be happy to help.

Steve

It probably needs a 10mm A/F spanner or socket to undo it.

I'm familiar with the powder coating process, we have a volume coating facility here where I work, but only do two crappy colours. I know absolutely nothing about anodising, but wondered whether there was a way to actually anodise a wheel, much the same as Wasso does with the plenum spacers.

Steve

I've just spoken to our highly qualified Works Metallurgist and he tells me that, excluding stainless steel grades, high alloy steels and low alloy steels are equally susceptible to corrosion. It's a lack of coating (either painting or plating) coupled with a harsh environment which have caused your problems.

Steve

I'm assured that Halfrauds have an offer on, £30 job done. Take it there if you dare.....

Steve

For some good info about Bloodhound, try this link.

http://digitaledition.theengineer.co.uk/TE0415sflh/files/1.html

It has a 5 litre supercharged V8 Jaguar engine (500 bhp?) just to pump the oxygen carrying liquid into the final stage jet engine, not to mention the Eurofighter engine that initially gets the thing moving!

Take a look in the box where you throw all the old nuts, bolts, washers and screws that you have remaining when you have finished a job. See if one of the bolts will screw into the hole WITHOUT being forced. That way you should be able to find the thread size. You may well have a standard metric hole of, say, M6 x 1mm pitch. There is also a little app for Android phones that puts the various pitches on screen so that you can lay the thread you are trying to identify on top of it and compare the pitches. Don't force mismatching threads together.

Steve

I had the excat same experience on Ebay, but it was with a Jeep grand Cherokee. I played with the "seller" for days and enjoyed the sport. The "seller" was in France for medical reasons and the car was in Plymouth with her uncle, but would be delivered to my home for a 7 days trial. I would place the money in an "Ebay" account where it would remain until I approved the car. They even sent me the "Ebay" documentation for where to place the money. You have never seen such an abomination of a document!

I offered to go and collect the car and after a short test drive I would pay cash and the deal wouild be done. I suggested that this would be far simpler and more conveinient for both parties, but the seller was insistent that I payed the "Ebay" invoice.

Eventually I tired of the game and told the Lady to stop doing it because she was not clever enough and would go to prison.

The sadness is that some people actually must fall for it. Ebay used to be a good place, but it's now a place to be very careful!

Steve

Just my 2p worth on this topic. I doubt anyone on here has smoked more cigs than I have. I started at 13 or 14 years old and I'm now 63. Up to being 60, I'd never even tried to stop and for many, many years had been on 30 a day minimum. Any cigs would do, £20 a sleeves from Thailand, anything!

In early 2011, I had cause to take someone dear to me to the local cancer hospital for radiation therapy. Every day for 15 days we went and saw some right sights!

Cop a load of this. Both of us were having a smoke outside the hospital before going in, and having another smoke as soon as we got back out again. Now just tell me how daft you can get.

We both decided to quit, but the time was not right. We set April 1st as our stoping day and used the NHS local stop smoking centre, who provided patches, mints, just about whatever you wanted. Neither of us has had a cig since that date.

It can be done, and it was not as bad as I thought. BUT, you have got to want to stop. Don't **** about fooling yourself and wasting your time and possibly other people's as well. YOU HAVE TO WANT TO STOP!!

Never is a big word, but I have finished with the cigs. It was not about money, a smoker will always find that from somewhere. It was about well being.

There were people at the Stop Smoking sessions who had tried time after time and were still smoking. As far as I'm concerned, they should not have been there. They always found a good excuse for still smoking. There was even one guy ther who had lost one lung to lung cancer and he was STILL smoking.

The strange thing is that I'm not anti-smoking. If the lads at work are having a fag break I still go and stand with them to get a bit of passive, it probably never leaves you.

Another thing I didn't know was this. We only have 1 guy at our pub table now who has a smoke. When he comes back in the pub from smoking, HE STINKS. I must have smelled like him for 40 odd years.

I ofter make a statement which I believe to be true, although the staff at the Stop Smoking sessions told it wasn't. Every smoker, if they could wake up tomorrow and be a non smoker, would! The staff told me it is only 70% but I don't believe them, I think it is 100%

Last comment. When I knew I was going to stop somehow, I went to the first session, which was just to see how things worked. There was a guy there who had stopped smoking about 6 months previously and who popped in periodically to touch base. He was a bit younger than me, but had a similar sized habit/addiction. He inspired me! I saw no reason why he and I were really different, if he could crack it - I could (and did) I now go back there periodically on the off chance that someone could be inspired by me.

Steve

where is my ticket

"You Can't Always Get What You Want"

Post your story on pepipoo.com There are some real experts on there who will give good advice.

Steve

Amazing motor really want to drive one - but like others have said not desperate to own one.

Have you considered buying an old Maxi, Mr. Keyser, and making one?

Steve

"Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz" as used a year or two ago in the tv advert.

Already mentioned by someone. It's Mercedes Benz by Janis Joplin, She died before she finished it unfortunately.

Okay, I've found it. Sorry about that Gents.

"Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz" as used a year or two ago in the tv advert.

Here's a beauty for ya:

Day Trip To Bangor - Fiddlers' Dram

I think that's just those car users making the same judgement as us "Mmm looks a smart motor, they're probably quite careful, if I park it next to that car they're not likely to ding my door......". I really do think this is true, much as If I park next to a 911, F355 or Bentley, I'd assume they'd be careful owners and not ding my car.

Don't bank on this theory working. This summer I was at the Chatsworth Farm Shop on a busy Sunday afternoon. Parking spaces were few and I chose one with a garden on one side and an almost new Aston Martin on the other. I wasn't 30 feet away when the big fat owner owner retunrned to the Aston and swung his door right into my car. He probably got the Aston a lot easier than I got my car.

Steve

nissan paint is notoriuosly soft, it chips easily and you can even to some extent sqidge it back in place for a repair.(not if its really deep.

We manufacture and paint automotive components by the thousands every day. One of the many paint tests that we have to do is to check for film hardness. It surprises most people to find out that it done with lead pencils, honest, it's true. Take a look here.

http://www.astm.org/SNEWS/SEPTEMBER_200 ... ept02.html

Steve

Has anyone here tried the solar powered trickle chargers?

They work well on caravan leisure batteries.

My wife of 41 years is plenty smart enough to understand the detailed technicalities of washing machines, cookers, irons, etc and that will do me just fine.

Steve

I often think that just by answering these and other similar calls, you are confirming that your phone number is live and will probably be sold on to other similar organisations. I can't count the ones that I have received, and continue to receive, about PPI, although I haven't borrowed any money for well over 30 years.

Steve

The main thing to remember here, is that price is NOT a function of cost.

I know that this is like using bad language on this Forum, but I'm not always a big fan of "altered" cars. However, this one looks just right and is a BIG improvement - well done for having the vision.

Steve

Are any of the Traders on here able to source just the OE balljoint? There has to be a way of removing the old worn out one and replacing it with a new one, but unless new ones are available, there is no point in investigating this any further.

Steve