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Comment on Low cost flights - hardly! by malcolm

malcolm — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:48:19 +0000

We’re planning to drive down to Morzine at the end of next week for a week of skiing (or snowboarding if the snow conditions stay good).

The MGA is going to (hopefully) make the trip with a couple of snowboards secured to the boot rack like upside-down spoilers. Should be a lark, though I’ll be upset if I overheat an overdrive unit like last time. Our total cost will probably be a little more and it’s take longer, though not enough to demonstrate 50 years of progress.

Comment on A Riveting Time by malcolm

malcolm — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:30:31 +0000

What does everyone do these days to reduce electrolytic corrosion between steel and aluminium? Aston’s approach for the body panels seemed to be using cloth tape (expensive gaffer/duct tape). Fair enough it seemed to work.

Good tip from Richard on the EP90 - slightly more viscous than the usual damper oil hence performance damping!

Will try to remember to pinch your breaker bar - I had my eyes on those in Halfords this weekend.

Comment on Who got crowned? by malcolm

malcolm — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:50:19 +0000

I love the little errors in TV and films that are glaring to people with some knowlege in the specialist subject but are completely missed by everyone else. Here’s a post from Mr Fluffy on the welding forum:

For all the terminator freaks, did you know the original mk1 arniebot was programmed entirely in 8bit 6502
I used to be a 6502 assembly programmer and that bit caught my eye, so we captured the section with the code scrolling past and enhanced it. Not enough of it to be able to figure out what the code actually did, but it was genuine mnemonics
The 6502 was in such powerhouses as the cbm64, the apple IIE Acorn atom and the BBC model B.
Thats why the changey terminator was better, must have had a 32 bit processor. Maybe with a bit blitter

Comment on A full MOT.. by Richard

Richard — Wed, 02 May 2007 13:04:43 +0000

”Er, Clive,” I stuttered “pains here and here…”

That reminds me of a joke…

A brunette goes to her doctor and says, “I hurt all over; I’ve got pains here, here, here, here, here… here, here and here”, pointing to many different parts of her anatomy.

“Did you used to be a blonde?” says the doctor.

“Yes, I dyed my hair, how did you know?”

“Your finger’s broken.”

Comment on A diff for the Terminator! by Pascal

Pascal — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:16:38 +0000

I assume your differential is the limited slip type as well, which requires a special oil or at least additives in the standard fare.

You probably know that, but I didn’t (and the diff made some very nasty noises when I was turning) and drove a long time before I could ask the rebuilder….

Comment on Fuel sender - that’s a misnomer! by malcolm

malcolm — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:11:53 +0000

That’s normal. The OI had corrosion in the fuel sender too. You can pull them apart by undoing the fold over tabs (there is a spring but I don’t think it falls off immediately). Wire wool is good for cleaning the contacts, then coat with petroleum jelly before reassembly so it doesn’t corrode again before the car is finished.

Comment on 5.3 litre V8 powered camel by malcolm

malcolm — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:35:00 +0000

Do the 2 hump camels have 10.6 litres? Or is that one of those desert myths?

Comment on New Rollable Hammerite by malcolm

malcolm — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:16:56 +0000

I painted a chassis jig in the old hammer finish stuff a few weeks ago. Again an excellent finish. The new stuff just seems to have a longer drying time - maybe twice as long as the old version, so it’s no longer possible to paint something in late afternoon and work with it the following morning.

Think I’ve figured out the problem I had with the boot. It was an enclosed area open only at the top, and I’m wondering if the vapors are heavier than air.

Comment on Really BIG toy. by malcolm

malcolm — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:57:30 +0000

You can just about make out a length of sheet steel with a bend at the end in the last photo. The dozer tracks were rested on those, and I\’d assumed they were an attempt to stop it from sinking into the ground.

All became clear yesterday when another Allis Chalmers dozer (a slightly bigger model) turned up with a tow rope. Turns out the steel is used as a skid, and that\’s how you move a tracked vehicle around when the tracks have rusted solid.

Comment on New Rollable Hammerite by oldcomps

oldcomps — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 09:45:21 +0000

I have just used the new improved roller version and its absolutly fantastic, I used it as instructed on the tin and rolled it on. It looks as though it was sprayed on and by a professional, I came across this post while searching for a supplier of it in bulk as I am going to use it to refurbish a whole production line as its so simple to use and give a fantastic result with out the hassle and mess of spraying. I will leave further comment if I have any problems.

It’s like anything you need to try it for yourself to really know, after all my opinion is the exact opposite to the previous one.