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I had a bit of a look over lunch and found this table in one of my "how to build a kit car" books. Cable sizes: For side, tail, fog, flashers, radio and panel lamps. rating 8.75 amps. 14/0.3 metric or 14/0.012 imperial Headlamps, horns, heated rear windows. rating 17.5 amps 28/0.3 metric or...

Just found these. They are even CANbus compatible, which would be good to use if you had a modern car, But I guess your truck is fairly old school. Have a read of this, I found it interesting. . (This is the only bit I didn't get. "You still need a fuse and a 1000uF bypass capacitor. " Why the...

Neither of my grans could drive and only one of my grandpas, although he was in charge of many engine rooms on merchant ships crossing the Atlantic and other oceans! Even my dad, not the most mechanical of blokes, knew how to use a starting handle and where to put your thumb. Now, how many...

Do you not have a cheap multimeter? They might be able to measure current. You can get them for about a tenner. (AstroAI Digital Multimeter Voltmeter Ohmmeter Ammeter Multi Tester Meter with Backlit LCD Electronic Test Meter Measures Voltage, Current, Resistance; Tests Continuity, Diode £8.00...

Some places in Frogland have copper downpipes but I too haven't seen copper gutters. There are a lot of galvy gutters, we have them. They cope well with the heat but have a tendency to leak at the joins in the corners. There is a good product like a mastic that you can use to mend them rather...

When I was an air cadet, we had a day out with the Royal Corps of Transport and we saw some blokes practising for a race with Land Rovers. The blokes had to jump in and out of them, load and unload them with all sorts of stuff, change a wheel with no jack and after doing that, with some of the...

Hi all. Funny day, sort of. Got up a bit late eventually had a quick look over W's Pluriel as it was off to its MOT just after lunch. Should have done it earlier. Rear fog light not functioning and one of the two number plate lights. Got the light cluster off, (which involves removing the gas...

Welcome to the forum. If you do not have an owner's manual, try to get one. It will explain what it is and how it works. Broadly the Lo position in the transfer box changes the ratio of output from the gear box to the prop-shafts and then the wheels. To a position where the engine turns the...

All this worrying about how many degs before TDC at whatever revs. Bit of a waste of time with such an old engine. Better off using the tick-over screw to set the revs highish, 2500 or so? Then unlock and rotate the dizzy back and forth until it is running comfortably as high as it can, then...

Welcome to the asylum!!

I agree totally about typical 3 pin plugs with switches, French ones don't have switches, and of course the fuses in the plugs which French ones don't have either. I have a couple in our place, one in the understairs cupboard as the alarm is Brit and needed a Brit 2 pin plug and what I have...

Funny how electrics are so different in different countries. Frog electrics isn't too bad. They don't do rings either.

Our eldest grand daughter was a student doing a degree to become a mental health nurse. She was doing a work placement in Hull jail. Where she got stabbed. She jacked it in as she felt she didn't get any support over it. Too many emergency service peeps get ill treated. Sucks. :mad::mad:

see above!! Part of armed response and got a few awards.

Ah yes, I remember now, and I seem to remember saying how much the Rod and Custom guys are using them as they have a chassis so can avoid IVA. The tow bar weight of the van would help a bit but add to the traction needed to "unstick" it and then pull it out.

Such a shame. I do not know what base you used for your creation. Not a 4x4 one I have to assume. It would look brill with a period caravan, not that I doubt you have not thought about that before. Wot about a hidden winch on the front and a ground anchor or two? Not ideal by any means. I...

Looks really nice. Is this the one you talked about before?

Well that is hilarious cos when I met W she had a pampas grass in front of her place. And in France we have a whole row of them down one side of our land! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Neither of us had ever heard of this thing. They, her and her ex, had planted it to try and stop the clumsy old dear who lived next...

Edd China did a degree in engineering product design, then went off making bonkers things like the motorised sofa, office, supermarket trolley etc, his book, Grease Junkie, is a real good read and explains why he left WD. I liked him because he was a real human being and not a bad mechanic...

No idea where the joke is in all that! Maybe someone will eggsplain? 🤣