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Off out soon to Blandford to get two new tyres on W's car. I have taken the precaution of removing all wheel nut embellishers and swapping the two locking one for ornery ones, They lost the locking nut key last time, as well as the embellishers...

Mornin Dry and brightening up Bathroom inspection yesterday revealed that the shower tray will have to be lowered, that means either a bodge or floor up and start again, did tell em floor was high in the middle but they didn't listen :confused...

Morning All. :D A lovely Spring day out there today. We have Sunshine. :) Have a lovely dy. :D

Just put a new one on, save all the hassle :)

Whoops! Only just noticed this, but still nice to see someone who is from our corner of France.

Got caught out on that one , just had a afternoon napp 😴😴

Hello and welcome to the madhouse that is LZ:)

Hello also from near Carcassonne , 1/2 the year!!

well.... The tail of the brake caliper has wagged the dog of the hub job. It remains unfinished as one brake piston refuses to go back into its hole. (The hub itself went on fine, more or less.) This work, under a wheel arch, in the heat, really...

As you know I did worry about all this from the outset. So sorry it has turned out like this. Personally I would not mess about with helicoils never having had any luck with them. I'd go straight for you number 3 solution but I wouldn't mess...

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...

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.

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.

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

Just looked at my UNF repair kit. The taps are tapered for the first 10mm or so, so probably second taps. If you can get away with a shortened screw, working out the clamping depth left under the head after inserting the screw and then cutting...

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

Just seen on the noos that the container ship which collided with a fuel tanker in the North Sea is currently in tow to Scotty Land. Anything to do with you @kevstar ??

Thread insert is the right way to go. That restores the arrangement to original condition. But - the tap used (after drilling out to tapping size) normally supplied with a thread insert kit is a taper tap and when used in a short blind hole...

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

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...

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...

Ours chases things but doesn't catch things much, likes the odd lizard (gecko). Often chases leaves, fluff, shoelaces, other cats etc. When clearing up the rat found a beheaded snake which also went on the shovel to be chucked, thought he'd...

...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.

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