I did manage to get up early enough to clean out and restraw the hen hut. It was still in the shade by the time I had had brekker and did the job. We then went of to Castres for the monthly big shop and a nice lunch. Blinking hot it is/was. Last night and the previous nights we had minor...

That's a heck of a lot of pressure. 1 to 1.5 bar is normal in the UK at your kitchen tap. Peeps who buy their white goods in the UK and then plumb them in in France sometimes have problems as, if there is no pressure reducer fitted from the main, it does them no good. It can be up to 7 bar here...

I was going to say that our Potterton Apollo that was new when W and her ex bought the house in about '84, and is still going strong. (I moved into it in 93) And our gas consumption for it is less than any boiler I ever had in my 1928 style detached which is very similar to @DanClarke 's. We put...

I am currently hoping that I can fix the electrical problem(s) with ours when I get home and that we don't end up having to get a new one. I do wonder if it ain't bust why you are looking to fix it? Or swap it out? Especially with the economic argument you have made. 😕

Well the not being able to sleep and having to have cold showers, I vaguely remember what that was like in my youuff! But yep, keeping the house cool enough to live and sleep in is an art form, especkly as we don't have hair kon.:):)

Fraid it may well be exactly that. :( Even the steam cleaner ain't shifted the very last of the stain and now there is a light coloured ring around all but one o em. At least I'll only have to do one plank for each, I think, and they ain't long ones.

This has stopped me doing the hen hut. I'll have to get up extra early tomorrow morn to do it.

If you still have your old axle, take the right halfshaft etc off it, or maybe just the hub, and swap it with the new one. See how you get on.

Glad you got it sorted! :)

Or two, as we don't know which one it was!!

Guess I misplained myself! I meant too loose so that the valve sat too tight, but that prolly doesn't make much sense either. Ignore me today, As you say, for a cylinder to achieve its highest compression, the inlet has to be open early enough, stay open long enough then close bang on time for...

Have we? Am I on "Nextdoor" and not LandyZone???!!! 🤣 🤣 🤣

Changing just the sensor can lead to problems. It is best to change the whole hub and not disturb the sensor at all, they are designed so that the wire from the sensor can be fed through everything without having to disturb the sensor in its position. The gap between it and the reluctor ring is...

My MG Metro-ed one did 20 mpg till it got warm then climbed to 40 mpg and the engine then got much tighter evidenced by the starter struggling to turn it over! Which is yet another reason why I stopped driving it to work, as, at 8 miles, the commute didn't get it beyond 20 mpg.

Now that is interesting, in that I was always told to do the compression test first, on a warm/hot engine, but NOT putting any oil into the bores, then do the same again putting oil in the bores. You seem to have jumped the first bit. If there is is a difference it means there is bore wear. The...

Temp here 49 C in the sun, down by the pool. I know this as I had left the pool temp gauge out. It only goes up to 50 C :oops::oops: So 38 C in the shade. Dreading cleaning the hen hut out this arvo , but has to be done as we will be out most of the next two days. Spent a large part of this...

I eventually found a bit of enzymatic washing powder stuff that W uses, normally she doesn't have anything enzymatic in the place, so I used that, then broke out the VAX steam cleaner and gave it a blast with that. First time we have taken the little hand steam cleaner of it and used it. Quite...

Mornin all. Flipping dogs kept getting me up to let them out over and over again, starting at 2 a.m. Eventually got back to sleep. Couldn't make head nor tail of it...... Until I woke up at about 7:30. Piles of Di....ea. That explained it. Typically on the only wood floor in the house. So...

I was just going to say that a mate had a stainless V8 RR system crack on him, in several places. He drilled the ends to stop them spreading then got me to come over and weld them up with my stainless mig wire. Took the whole system off the car, put it on trestles, welded all the cracks back...

So, no news?