I wouldn't know , but on brass one's the pin is mild steel for strength I suppose?

Got stainless so hoping the centre pin is as well

The trouble with the piano hinges you get these days is the centre pin ,thay rust out fast

Errrr ... rivets :oops:

Have you got some nice fancy nuts and bolts or screws to hold the piano hinges with? ;)

Bathroom men turned up, dug the newly laid floor up and are now levelling it up ready for another new floor Not plucked up the courage to cut my bonnet yet

I think the old trucks were hinged in three places because with just one the headlamps would obstruct opening the hood, problem is it's got to be at least one in the middle and jiggle opening it or go all the way with three. Vent is a problem...

Yikes, I can see exactly why the bonnet lump would be a problem. I have seen kit cars with a bonnet hinge on one side, but many also, like the one on my Marlin, which is a one piece you have to take off each time. Can you not hinge it at the...

Marked up for three piano hinges, only problem being the top vent on bonnet, there's a hole under it. Just plucking up the courage for the first cut 🤔

I'd replace leak off pipes anyway as they're cheap and easy, see if it persists

Mornin Suns a shinin, birds a tweetin, grass a growin, what's not to like ? 😊 Still no sign of bathroom fitter, man from council says fitter is ill 🤔:confused: Might cut ma bonnet and hinge it today Stay focused all :)

Nuts gone over nite. Not put any more out. Waiting to he if he climbs me fence so eye knows which squirrel it tis.

Morning All. :D A poor sleep due to a painful right knee (see: Crawling under cars in the street). :( Nice Sunny start here. :) Have a good day! :D

I have re-used a copper head gasket in the past, got wifey to iron it then torqued it down to 60 lbs feet Might be worth tightening the head down to 60 , they seldom warp being cast iron

They usually leak around the engine number area, I always used to put a but of gasket stuff on that area when assembling. Water may be running along from the thermostat housing though

Since installing a thermostat and the engine then running at the correct temperature I thought it was time to pull one of the previously cold/oily plugs (#2 & #3) and have a look. No longer oily, and a smooth pearly grey colour with hints of...

Extracted me lawn mower from the shed today, first time this year. Petrol smelled a bit off, but gave it an extra bit of priming and it fired up first pull of the chord. A grass cutting afternoon ahead ----

I’m considering a Matt black on mine…

Black seems to be the colour of choice recently

I could do, although taking sumps on and off TD5s is a bit tricky. In the past with another car I took the sump off and got an engineering company to drill and tap a bigger hole. The problem with that one was that the sump plug was nearly falling...

Swot I do in the F2, to the right of the steering wheel, right in the lower corner of the screen

Live traffic is more important to me, especially on the motorway network

I wonder if you could get away with some clear-setting epoxy from a modelling shop with a dash of wood dye in it?

You're spoiling them They'll be coming in boatloads next year :D

Nuts gone. Replaced.

That aint a Freelander. @landowner will confirm.

It's just a toy most of the time, found sat nav handy around Edinburgh when we went though I usually look up my destination on google maps first and then just go, nav is handy when it gets complicated in strange cities, my memory isn't what it...

I find that somewhere to put my glasses, tin of mints, pens and fluff is much more useful. If I found the need to use sat nav, I'd stick one of those plungery phone holders on the screen. A billion Uber drivers that can't speak English (Edit...

Got to be honest, I just use my phone if I need navigation in the F2 - much quicker, has traffic info and generally more up-to-date. I think the digital LR clock on the screensaver option is nicer on the screen - though you can’t set it as...

Mornin Bright and sunny again No sign of bathroom fitters, been a week and three days since I seen em 🤔 Onwards and upwards then Stay busy all :)