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Mornin
Damp start
Up early for a change, bathroom Project Manager never turned up yesterday, very unprofessional
Been trying to get freelander sat nav sussed, 26 pages of instructions and I aint got it on yet 🤔
Mirrors decided to fold in when locked now, don't know what I did :confused:
Freelander more economical than I expected 😊
Never mind, got all day
Stay dry all :)
 
landowner said:
Been trying to get freelander sat nav sussed, 26 pages of instructions and I aint got it on yet 🤔
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Get a tratter nav.

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kevstar said:
I had already replaced the jets but they said the regulator pressure was too high 44+ & it should be 30 somit.
It was a pre set unit for lpg cookers. ?? I got the feeling as they were from the other side of Glasgow they didnt
want to travel back to have a 2nd go. Never turned up so cant say for sure. Mrs got peed off so I said pic a cooker
you like & we will just get it. :)
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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 when buying something else at a big trade place there was one on the counter. I said to the bloke that I didn't know they did gas stuff. So we chatted about it and he told us we needed a high flow one. So, bought and fitted, never looked back.
Too late now 😔.
Don't forget to get the hob protector I told you about!!!😉😉😉
 
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 be glad to free it off! Billy bonus!!!
Enjoy the rest of the afternoon folks!!!
 
Dippypud said:
One of our previous cats would catch anything, spiders, birds and mice, another never did and had a small jumping spider she would watch for ages as he webbed up and moved around ...

Even this old boy still tries to catch bluebottles, sometimes he's lucky and is very pleased with himself ...
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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 eaten the head but by chance shovelled that up too so he'd just chewed it off :rolleyes:
 
kevstar said:
Morning all, I had a fire in my old oil drum last night all by myself an 2 beers. Ahh nice. :cool::cool:
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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 to do that, it can take too much time in the incinerator.
 
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 different case, you can push a 1/4" UNF bolt all the way in to full hole depth and pull it out again without bothering to turn it at all.
I used some spare (and overly long) bolts and nuts to see how deep the holes in the head are and it seems that both holes are drilled to the same depth but one has lost all its threading through someone taking a "that'll do" approach with an incorrect bolt.

What options are there to remedy this?
  1. Try and drill the failed hole out in-situ and attempt to put a helicoil insert in there? - Sounds awkward in-situ.
  2. Clean, flush the hole out and chemically bond a split-tailed 1/4" UNF stud into the existing hole and hope it does not pull out.
  3. What else can I do?
I can't be the first person to pick up someone else's "bodge" to a head, can I, so what is the standard approach to fixing this?

Anyone had a similar situation and resolved it satisfactorily?
 
DanClarke said:
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 different case, you can push a 1/4" UNF bolt all the way in to full hole depth and pull it out again without bothering to turn it at all.
I used some spare (and overly long) bolts and nuts to see how deep the holes in the head are and it seems that both holes are drilled to the same depth but one has lost all its threading through someone taking a "that'll do" approach with an incorrect bolt.

What options are there to remedy this?
  1. Try and drill the failed hole out in-situ and attempt to put a helicoil insert in there? - Sounds awkward in-situ.
  2. Clean, flush the hole out and chemically bond a split-tailed 1/4" UNF stud into the existing hole and hope it does not pull out.
  3. What else can I do?
I can't be the first person to pick up someone else's "bodge" to a head, can I, so what is the standard approach to fixing this?

Anyone had a similar situation and resolved it satisfactorily?
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Could you not retap the hole 1 size larger ? Should be able to do in- situ
 
DanClarke said:
What options are there to remedy this?
  1. Try and drill the failed hole out in-situ and attempt to put a helicoil insert in there? - Sounds awkward in-situ.
  2. Clean, flush the hole out and chemically bond a split-tailed 1/4" UNF stud into the existing hole and hope it does not pull out.
  3. What else can I do?
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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 results in the thread insert being tapered as well, and it can be difficult to get a normal length screw into the repaired thread. A second and bottom tap may be required. On the plus side the screw can be shortened to compensate and still do its job ok. I have UNC and UNF thread repair kits, as used on my triumph bonneville, most recently on Sunday. And a good stock of 1/4 UNF hex socket head screws if you need any.
 
DanClarke said:
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 different case, you can push a 1/4" UNF bolt all the way in to full hole depth and pull it out again without bothering to turn it at all.
I used some spare (and overly long) bolts and nuts to see how deep the holes in the head are and it seems that both holes are drilled to the same depth but one has lost all its threading through someone taking a "that'll do" approach with an incorrect bolt.

What options are there to remedy this?
  1. Try and drill the failed hole out in-situ and attempt to put a helicoil insert in there? - Sounds awkward in-situ.
  2. Clean, flush the hole out and chemically bond a split-tailed 1/4" UNF stud into the existing hole and hope it does not pull out.
  3. What else can I do?
I can't be the first person to pick up someone else's "bodge" to a head, can I, so what is the standard approach to fixing this?

Anyone had a similar situation and resolved it satisfactorily?
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Fill the hole with JB Weld then drill and tap to 1/4? It’s says you can
 
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 off the excess, you might have a successful fix. (I've done that a few times).
 
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