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AJH wrote:

> Yesterday I had my subscription suspended because my payment card had
> expired on 1Apr but no warning. I went to Firstgate and made a payment
> with another card but it still gave me a disabled status. I sent
> news.individual.net an e-mail and Bettina replied within 30mins and
> had reinstated me!
>
> In the meanwhile I went to my ISP's news feed which took ages to
> download all the headers but worked, it also carries 95k usenet
> groups. The spam level in my normal ones was quite noticeable, I have
> reverted to news.individual.net now.

Same here. Two friendly emails from Bettina and all was fixed.
Firstgate don't seem to have sent out emails warning of CC expiry, as
mine had.


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This Tom Woods anon leet fle a fart,
As greet as it had been a thonder-dent,
That with the strook he was almoost yblent.
and said....

> Want to swap for a nice 2a. one careful owner. I've even just steam
> cleaned the engine...

Tom, what did you use to steam clean it? I've often thought that would be a
great way to get things looking better in the engine bay, underneath etc.,
and I know a lot of the HGV servicing places do it as routine, but I've
never seen anyone offering it for private vehicles. (Plus, I'd rather do it
myself.) I've wondered about those domestic steam cleaners which seem to be
brilliant for home use, but doubt if they'd be up to the job of cleaning 30+
years of muck off the engine of a Series 2. I know of, and use, Gunk, Jizer
etc., but steam cleaning seems a much neater and better solution if the kit
ain't too expensive.

--
Rich
==============================

I don't approve of signatures, so I don't have one.


 
On Sun, 9 Apr 2006 11:12:38 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>This Tom Woods anon leet fle a fart,
>As greet as it had been a thonder-dent,
>That with the strook he was almoost yblent.
>and said....
>
>> Want to swap for a nice 2a. one careful owner. I've even just steam
>> cleaned the engine...
>
>Tom, what did you use to steam clean it? I've often thought that would be a
>great way to get things looking better in the engine bay, underneath etc.,
>and I know a lot of the HGV servicing places do it as routine, but I've
>never seen anyone offering it for private vehicles. (Plus, I'd rather do it
>myself.) I've wondered about those domestic steam cleaners which seem to be
>brilliant for home use, but doubt if they'd be up to the job of cleaning 30+
>years of muck off the engine of a Series 2. I know of, and use, Gunk, Jizer
>etc., but steam cleaning seems a much neater and better solution if the kit
>ain't too expensive.

Richard - it was irony... here's the recipe...

do a day's off-roading, until the bottom pulley bolt falls off
attempt to drive home without water pump
expansion tank bursts, thus steam-cleaning engine!

park in a hedge overnight to dry...


--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'03 Volvo V70
'06 Nissan Navara aka "The Truck"
 
This Tim Hobbs anon leet fle a fart,
As greet as it had been a thonder-dent,
That with the strook he was almoost yblent.
and said....

> On Sun, 9 Apr 2006 11:12:38 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> This Tom Woods anon leet fle a fart,
>> As greet as it had been a thonder-dent,
>> That with the strook he was almoost yblent.
>> and said....
>>
>>> Want to swap for a nice 2a. one careful owner. I've even just steam
>>> cleaned the engine...
>>
>> Tom, what did you use to steam clean it? I've often thought that
>> would be a great way to get things looking better in the engine bay,
>> underneath etc., and I know a lot of the HGV servicing places do it
>> as routine, but I've never seen anyone offering it for private
>> vehicles. (Plus, I'd rather do it myself.) I've wondered about
>> those domestic steam cleaners which seem to be brilliant for home
>> use, but doubt if they'd be up to the job of cleaning 30+ years of
>> muck off the engine of a Series 2. I know of, and use, Gunk, Jizer
>> etc., but steam cleaning seems a much neater and better solution if
>> the kit ain't too expensive.
>
> Richard - it was irony... here's the recipe...
>
> do a day's off-roading, until the bottom pulley bolt falls off
> attempt to drive home without water pump
> expansion tank bursts, thus steam-cleaning engine!
>
> park in a hedge overnight to dry...

Ah, the bush method! Cheers.

--
Rich
==============================

I don't approve of signatures, so I don't have one.


 
On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 09:34:58 +0100, Danny
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Firstgate don't seem to have sent out emails warning of CC expiry, as
>mine had

As I registered with this e-mail address I'll bet any warning got
trapped. Firstgate didn't seem to update my details but as I said
Bettina seems to have given me the benefit of the doubt and it's
working.

AJH

 
On Sun, 9 Apr 2006 12:10:27 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Ah, the bush method! Cheers.

I have actually pressure washed engines a few times before..

cover with and tape in place plastic carrier bags over all air
filters/intakes, dipsticks and fillers, along with any delicate
elctrical bits (none on a diesle landy!).
Get some degreaser and put it into a squirty container (such as
kitchen/bathroom cleaner comes in). Squirt all over the engine and bay
and then leave to sit for 5 minutes.
Pressure wash.
Repeat if necessary. You might want to get a washing up brush or
paintbrush to loosen stubborn bits before a second blast.
 
On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 13:37:00 +0100, Tom Woods
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sun, 9 Apr 2006 12:10:27 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Ah, the bush method! Cheers.
>
>I have actually pressure washed engines a few times before..
>
>cover with and tape in place plastic carrier bags over all air
>filters/intakes, dipsticks and fillers, along with any delicate
>elctrical bits (none on a diesle landy!).
>Get some degreaser and put it into a squirty container (such as
>kitchen/bathroom cleaner comes in). Squirt all over the engine and bay
>and then leave to sit for 5 minutes.
>Pressure wash.
>Repeat if necessary. You might want to get a washing up brush or
>paintbrush to loosen stubborn bits before a second blast.

You could do this using a cheap 'leccy domestic steam cleaner instead
of a pressure washer too if you wanted. that would be a bit more
delicate and probably work better!
 
Tom Woods wrote:

> Get some degreaser and put it into a squirty container (such as
> kitchen/bathroom cleaner comes in). Squirt all over the engine and bay
> and then leave to sit for 5 minutes.

Local garage swears by "traffic film remover" as the degreaser.

Steve
 
On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 21:58:32 +0100, "Nige"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>> (Must be why Charlotte likes to drive it, thank feck she's never tried
>> the Harley Trike, that'd shake the balls off a Buffalo!)
>
>Now you ARE talking my language! If you really do have one my mate from work will be there tomorrow!!

You'll need to fight Mad Mick, the psychopathic, geriatric hairy-arsed
biker for it first. Mind, he's paraplegic so it's fairly easy to tip
his wheelchair over :)

He is 'sposed' to be buying it and paying me from the compensation he
gets following being made a paraplegic. Three years he's been
waiting, good job he isn't going to be dependent on it to live.
Fecking insurance companies are akin to the stuff you accidentally
step in on the street :-(

Trikes are a totally different ride, though. It takes a while to
remember not to lean into corners and you also have to get used to the
lack of, erm, steering!


--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005
 

"Steve Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Tom Woods wrote:
>
>> Get some degreaser and put it into a squirty container (such as
>> kitchen/bathroom cleaner comes in). Squirt all over the engine and bay
>> and then leave to sit for 5 minutes.
>
> Local garage swears by "traffic film remover" as the degreaser.

That's what I use gets it nice and clean using only cold water jet wash used
it on my 90 and my car.
Spray it on neat without breathing it in, got it off a waggon that sells
valeting stuff he has a big tank and he fills containers from it.
Only thing about cleaning all the oily gunge/film off is it starts to rust
:(


 
Mother wrote:

> It could have - my (brand new) 5.2L gas flow TVR V8 - but it'll cost
> you an extra 8K I'm afraid :)

Nice... what is controlling the fuelling/spark?! Are we going to put
bets on which part of the drivetrain breaks first :)

Regards

William MacLeod

 
On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 21:47:25 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 21:37:26 +0100, "Nige"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> Crumbs, sorry to hear about your cock, mate. Wanna replace that
>>> feeling of power with a really neat S3? :)
>>
>>Has it got a throbbing V8? All replacement cocks need a good throbbing action i reckon! ;~)
>
>It could have - my (brand new) 5.2L gas flow TVR V8 - but it'll cost
>you an extra 8K I'm afraid :)

Do you think you will ever reach a point where you are happy with
Grumbles engine and dont lust after a bigger one? :)
 
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:16:46 +0100, Tom Woods
<[email protected]> wrote:

>>It could have - my (brand new) 5.2L gas flow TVR V8 - but it'll cost
>>you an extra 8K I'm afraid :)
>
>Do you think you will ever reach a point where you are happy with
>Grumbles engine and dont lust after a bigger one? :)

I'm actually very happy with the 4.6 - and to be fair, the bloke who
designed the 101 accepted that had the 4.6 been available at that
particular time, they'd have probably used it. The 5.2 TVR is really
one of those 'could have' deals I was offered and couldn't refuse -
I've vaguely thought of putting it in Grumble, but would prefer to put
it in a Seven :)


--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005
 
On 10 Apr 2006 10:46:06 -0700, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Are we going to put
>bets on which part of the drivetrain breaks first :)

After putting it in a S3?

My guess would be that the engine would remain still whilst the rest
of the car rotated...


--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005
 
On 2006-04-10, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net> wrote:

> The 5.2 TVR is really one of those 'could have' deals I was offered
> and couldn't refuse -

Careful, that's how I ended up with that monster on my drive out there..

> I've vaguely thought of putting it in Grumble,
> but would prefer to put it in a Seven :) > >

Putting a whacking great big engine in a seven clone won't do a lot of
good, my fantasy sports car is an Ultima GTR, the 640BHP version can
do 0-60 in 2.7 (or 2.5 depending on who you believe) seconds, the
850BHP version does it in about the same. The car's too light to use
the extra power, despite being designed to handle up to 1000 BHP. In
an 800Kg package you can't put it down even with 13 inch wide tyres.
With a 7 clone you can use even less power effectively.

This is all on road tyres BTW, with soft racing slicks you get a LOT
more grip.

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 
On or around Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:04:05 +0100, Ian Rawlings
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On 2006-04-10, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net> wrote:
>
>> The 5.2 TVR is really one of those 'could have' deals I was offered
>> and couldn't refuse -
>
>Careful, that's how I ended up with that monster on my drive out there..
>
>> I've vaguely thought of putting it in Grumble,
>> but would prefer to put it in a Seven :) > >
>
>Putting a whacking great big engine in a seven clone won't do a lot of
>good, my fantasy sports car is an Ultima GTR, the 640BHP version can
>do 0-60 in 2.7 (or 2.5 depending on who you believe) seconds, the
>850BHP version does it in about the same. The car's too light to use
>the extra power, despite being designed to handle up to 1000 BHP. In
>an 800Kg package you can't put it down even with 13 inch wide tyres.
>With a 7 clone you can use even less power effectively.
>
>This is all on road tyres BTW, with soft racing slicks you get a LOT
>more grip.

this month's car magazine has a bit about a new thing they're building,
aiming at about 500 BHP and 500 kg. The engine's on test in a caterham, but
apparently it warps the chassis.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Appearances: You don't really need make-up. Celebrate your authentic
face by frightening people in the street.
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.
 
This Tom Woods anon leet fle a fart,
As greet as it had been a thonder-dent,
That with the strook he was almoost yblent.
and said....

> On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 13:37:00 +0100, Tom Woods
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 9 Apr 2006 12:10:27 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Ah, the bush method! Cheers.
>>
>> I have actually pressure washed engines a few times before..
>>
>> cover with and tape in place plastic carrier bags over all air
>> filters/intakes, dipsticks and fillers, along with any delicate
>> elctrical bits (none on a diesle landy!).
>> Get some degreaser and put it into a squirty container (such as
>> kitchen/bathroom cleaner comes in). Squirt all over the engine and
>> bay and then leave to sit for 5 minutes.
>> Pressure wash.
>> Repeat if necessary. You might want to get a washing up brush or
>> paintbrush to loosen stubborn bits before a second blast.
>
> You could do this using a cheap 'leccy domestic steam cleaner instead
> of a pressure washer too if you wanted. that would be a bit more
> delicate and probably work better!

aye, I've done the degreaser bit before (once with a degreaser gun off the
compressor - left me feeling very weird). It was the steam element I was
interested in. A coach where I used to work used to go off for service, and
they would steam clean the undersides and then spray it all silver. I was
told it was to make future fault/leak finding easier, but what impressed me
was the way that steam cleaning left and engine and transmission clean
enough to spray paint onto.

--
Rich
==============================

I don't approve of signatures, so I don't have one.


 
On 2006-04-10, Austin Shackles <[email protected]> wrote:

> this month's car magazine has a bit about a new thing they're building,
> aiming at about 500 BHP and 500 kg. The engine's on test in a caterham, but
> apparently it warps the chassis.

When I was lusting after a Caterham, I got onto various mailing lists
but most of them were Yank dominated, and of course they were
small-blocking everything they could lay their hands on, including the
Caterham. They usually ended up wrapping the chassis around the
drivetrain. There's a good reason why cars like the VW Veyron weigh
as much as a herd of elephants!

It never fails to amaze me about the level of technology that goes
into cars like the McLaren F1, Ferrari Enzo, Pagani Zonda, Porsche
whatever etc, and they're still trounced by a cheap-as-chips steel
spaceframe chassis equipped Brit on fat tyres ;-) The Ultima goes
round corners better than any of them too. Lovely car, if a tad ugly.

An absolute pants-wetter of a car I've seen a few times though on the
vintage racing circuit is a large red Napier-Bentley with a W12 in it,
three sets of exhausts bolted to the side of the car, and the logo
"Napier-Bentley, the Ultimate Laxative" on the side! It's a beast on
skinny tyres.. Yum. I aim to get a low-bodied, supercharged Riley at
some point, when I have 30-60K to spare :-(

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:39:45 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:16:46 +0100, Tom Woods
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>It could have - my (brand new) 5.2L gas flow TVR V8 - but it'll cost
>>>you an extra 8K I'm afraid :)
>>
>>Do you think you will ever reach a point where you are happy with
>>Grumbles engine and dont lust after a bigger one? :)
>
>I'm actually very happy with the 4.6 - and to be fair, the bloke who
>designed the 101 accepted that had the 4.6 been available at that
>particular time, they'd have probably used it. The 5.2 TVR is really
>one of those 'could have' deals I was offered and couldn't refuse -
>I've vaguely thought of putting it in Grumble, but would prefer to put
>it in a Seven :)

Oooh! I never even considered that you would be building a vehicle
with a v8 that wasnt a 101 ;-)

You could never make it fit in Grumble anyhow....
 
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:04:05 +0100, Ian Rawlings
<[email protected]> wrote:

>> The 5.2 TVR is really one of those 'could have' deals I was offered
>> and couldn't refuse -
>
>Careful, that's how I ended up with that monster on my drive out there..

I've already got the engine - still on palate and wrapped in plastic -
looks nice like that, sadly I wasn't offered the rest of the Tuscan to
go with it :-(

>> I've vaguely thought of putting it in Grumble,
>> but would prefer to put it in a Seven :) > >
>
>Putting a whacking great big engine in a seven clone won't do a lot of
>good,

I keep trying to buy back my Lotus Seven from the chap I sold it to in
1987 - he still has it sat in the garage - not done 10 miles in it :-(


--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005
 
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