...that GWEN the mini has had a full blood and plasma change, along with a new liver. The usual quantity of gearbox was also removed in the process, in the usual tiny little particles attached to the drain-plug magnet. It is now almost impossible to detect the oil level on the dipstick, it is...

Morning All. :D Sunny and bright here. :) A shopping day. :( Have a great day. :D

Morning All. :D Up early because I had to get the kids up and fed and take them to school. :( Wifey is incapacitated as there's something wrong with her foot and it is painful to walk on. :( That's them gone till we pick them up from school Weds PM and have them wed night, Thurs night and their...

Thanks for this, when I have used the 20L of the other one, I will give this a try. :D

Well, yes and no. Maybe reasonable miles and frequent changes. Also looking for a more appropriate airbox/filter combo to try and keep the induction noise down a bit because it is simply monstrous as it is. :D

.... best laid plans and all that. No Hail-Frauds did not have the oil I ordered either and it won't be here till next week. :( Interestingly, I found a different purveyor of high-Zinc 20/50 at not £30/5Ltrs but £79 for 20Ltrs. I may cancel the Halfrauds order. :)

Morning All. :D Very cool here too! :( Got the hell-spawn here, they never stop nattering. :( Have a good day. :D

Yes, I know simpler things can suffice, but the catch-can + storage container (all in 1) will work for me getting the oil down to the tip to dispose of the used oil into their big vat thing. Yes to old cans being used once I have an "old-can". :)

...I say chaps and chapesses..... Guess who gets to look after his grandkid's while his son & partner go off to San-Fran for the Game Developers Conference next week? Yup! Me-N'er. Aren't we lucky? We get to rise at 07:30 to get them ready for school and walk them there in the morning and...

It was the "only what's on the shelf guv" that put me off. I want to do the oil-change tomorrow, not mid-week after they hunt up a can of the good stuff. :)

If we don't support out local shops we will be left with nothing except the big chains and Amazon. So to support mine I went to the local auto store to buy oil-change stuff. Filter... Check! Catch can and disposal drum .... Check! Can I have 20-50 high Zinc oil for a classic mini please? ...

My Wife has all her cards and chequebooks :) He just asks his mum for money every time he deigns to visit. :(

The old gal (MIL) is on a downward path I feel. :( 95 and steadfastly refusing to even think of going into a home but starting to run out of steam. She's begun to get up have a cup of Tea and then go back to bed till the afternoon. She's unclear on what day it is, the house is filthy (and she...

... that the last sack of firewood has been emptied and now we are empty in all storage places. I hope the weather gets warmer soon.

Morning All. :D Cool out there on the paper run. :) Just made my first Coffee. :) Ginger-Whinger cat is pestering for more food. :) Have a lovely day. :D

Yes, we have a longish flexi from the end of the fixed piping from the tank to the inlet of the pump. I will find a place to insert a filter..... in due course. Now the smell of petrol is resolved I am looking to install a thermostat as the next pressing issue, although... I just started it up...

You might be right, the book says for a 1275 the tank holds 33ltrs and at 4.54l/G that's 7.2 Gallons.

Not with 7 gallons of Shell's finest in it I can't. :D

Maybe I can intercept the outlet pipe before the metal one under the car in the tunnel. :)

This is true, but I think the outlet of the tank might be under the boot floor and I am not sure such a delicate part ought to be so exposed. But I will look to see if there is anywhere suitable. I am told others remove the mechanical pump and fit a solid-state "Facet" pump on the rear...