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We usually get some snow at the end of March.

Yer we had some wild fires locally last week & that was after no rain for 2 weeks. :oops: (been bloody raining since last September) Im surprized anything was dry enough to burn.

Yer its getting towed to Aberdeen, I think Dales marine are getting it not us. Although things change, ive still got half a ship here to finish & other smaller boats queuing up to get to boaty heaven.

Thanks. OK, I have a 3-pronged attack. 1. A 5/16 drill & Tap (I would just have to file the hole in the heater take-off flange). 2. A 1/4" helicoil kit is on its way (be here tomorrow). 3. I could drill it and tap it at 8mm and make an...

If you can tap ANY thread size and form into the casting, can you make up a stepped stud, again with any thread type? Like the one in the attached pic, this particular one is 5/16 unf at one end and 7/16 unc at the other end.

Fill the hole with JB Weld then drill and tap to 1/4? It’s says you can

I have bought a 5/16 set to give it a try. ;)

Could you not retap the hole 1 size larger ? Should be able to do in- situ

Been bldy cold here too, 4° at night, that's cold for here and not usual for late March.

I do like a nice fire. My incinerator is my favourite garden implement and when using it I always chuckle about how much my father in law would hate it. Probably need to heap a load of stuff up and have a big burn up before it gets too dry/hot...

OK, well that's a bust. Continuing on from yesterday's fun and games I received some new 1/4" UNF bolts this morning. The front fixing seems pretty much ok and I can get a 1/4" UNF to get a decent purchase. The rear fixing is an entirely...

...the new bolts for the heater take-off arrived, I had hope to take one out and put a new one in, then the other. But no, it all shifted and started leaking like no tomorrow. :( Still trying to fix it but its started raining so I came in.

It's gone up a bit since I last posted a letter. Was only 3 (old, predecimal) pence last time.

Who is the "they" who said the pressure is too high? Shame you couldn't just get a different pressure regulator and fit it yourself. When we took our range cooker to France it came with the alternate jets but we were lucky with the regulator as...

Having a spot of lunch as now halfway through the job of changing the front hub. Never an easy job but made a bit easier by having done them before. Hope the weather holds 🤞🤞 Discovered one of the cylinders in the caliper is a bit stuck so I'll...

Try posting stuff abroad 😉 and then the flipping cheque never arrived😡😡😡4 blasted sovs!

Morning all, sunny day here too. Misses asked me to post a letter...£1.65 for a first class stamp. :oops:

Morning All. :D Lovely Sunny Day here so far. :) A shopping day. :( Stay safe, have fun. :D

Get a tratter nav.

Sorry to hear this TT. That's a real bummer. :( I hope your head isn't warped and it is just a blown gasket.

Thats a bugger, hope its just the gasket. 🤞

Update. Fluid from the exhaust drip int diesel an the expansion tank is empty. Best hopes are it's just the head gasgit. Is a right sod, all the way to St Ives an back fer pasties wifout a blip anorl..

It appears grand-dottir may be about to buy a house. Although she is not the oldest of the 6 all the others haven't done this or aren't old enough. Makes buying presents for them easy!! ;)

You've got too much time on your hands. Get an old Landy and some spanners, maybe a welding kit and the steel from a weeks output from a major steelworks.

Hiya ppl , I ain’t been on for years now, As the tittle says I brought a rough running v8 90 3.9 efi . Ticked over nice but as soon as you revved it up it was spluttering dying coughing all over the place, kept losing pressure on the fpr...

Glad you got to the bottom of the thermostat problem. Do hope it stays OK and no sudden overheating problem occurs. Do hope it all goes back together correctly, but that is a serious bodge. Do you have imperial taps, to clear the threads? You...

With coolant circulating at the right temp around the engine, PROPERLY around the engine, which it will not have been doing with no stat in, you may find the centre two plugs firing a proper mixture and the colour becoming more of a match for the...

We are talking about the piston in the carburettor, as of course you are aware and are just taking the "piston"! Air filter off of course. ;)

...and in a fascinating fun-packed fiasco today we took the mini's plumbing apart a little bit to confirm the total lack of a thermostat [shock-horror]. So the correct 88° thermostat was inserted in the housing and just because we already had...

Not sure how you lift a piston inside a closed cylinder from the outside when it is all sealed up? ;)