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you can drag and drop into the area where it says choose file normally.

well, the second time period coincides with low tide, and I dont think Martham boatyard hires out with a Monday start.

I like my volvo, although its tight and you cant see what you are doing, its just a few minutes driver side, passenger side a bit longer as the battery restricts access.

yes thats the sort of thing. we have been brainwashed into thinking wd 40 is a cure all, WD stands for water dispersant, and yes it does a good job in the short term, but a long term lubricant it is not. it does penetrate and ease rusted bolts, but a proper penetrating oil will do it a lot quicker and with a lot less swearing, I once soaked a bolt in wd 40 overnight - in the morning still no joy, I went out and bought a proper penetrating oil, quick spray, went away, had a coffee and when I came back the nut came off sweet as anything. if you want a can of stuff that does a general reasonable job for a lot of applications then wd 40 is your tool, but if you want a specific lubricating function, the dedicated sprays for that purpose do the job a lot better. https://lifehacker.com/when-should-i-not-use-wd-40-5891936 https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/how-to/a6064/wd-40-vs-the-world-of-lubricants/

or pay the small charge that halfords charge to fit the bulbs and let them have the hassle.

I would spray it with a 3 in 1 oil, rather than wd 40, wd 40 evaporates and dries out way too quickly to give a lasting lubrication.

nothing wrong with being proud of your boat, but it takes all sorts to make this world spin, we like seeing pictures of boats.

you're just jealous kaptinkev

the volvo is not too bad as it is behind the glove compartment, simply undo the 4 screws holding that on and you can sit in comfort and undo the connector and 3 bolts holding the fan in place.

to be fair, most cars air blowers will wear out at around 15 years, I have had to replace several on my volvos, when I disassembled one to see if it could be repaired the groove in the copper commutator was nearly 1/4" (6mm) deep, with no brushes left to wear. as generally you have the blowers on all the time.

yes it was Janet 3 I solo'ed this year it should be Jayne, both for the may meet and the wooden boat show.

you just try doing roadworks in london, no such thing as extensions and on some red routes the charges are £2500 per lane per day, with only one lane at a time allowed to be closed, we had one proposal where we would have had to cross 6 lanes, go straight along a lane in front of marble arch, then cross 6 more lanes, we ended up going around 3 sides of an adjacent building to get that one completed. there are huge fines for any defects / and or issues, the wind blows your cones over - instant fine if its spotted, before you are even given time to fix it. most work is done on a 7 day notice, and has to be finished by day 7

all you would really need is something like a foot square of metal (biscuit tin lid?) inside the coach roof to improve the signal, just pinched between the new nut and the coach roof like a giant penny washer, you might even get away with a foil backing inside the roof.

probably at the bottom of the river at the end of a rope - being washed

to the forum Sundog, and thanks for your post

I have a water tank on mine (in the airing cupboard) and next to it is a red bottle thing, the gauge is on the bottle thing. there should be a section of removable pipe next to the bottle thing, you connect this up and turn the taps on each end to pressure up the system. the systems tend to lose pressure if you bleed the radiators. the last time I had a problem with my central heating it was the tap on this system, the rubber valve came away inside the tap and stopped me shutting it off

you should try getting hold of one at christmas - my central heating has only ever broken down on christmas day - and its happened 3 times now (though its been a few years since the last.

I see one on gumtree for £45, sadly I cant post a link from work.

talking of repairing, sadly nowadays parts are not designed for repair, I recently managed to get a canon camera cheap at a boot fair, when I got it home I tested it to find it dead as a dodo. google told me that in all probability the fault was either a faulty sensor switch on one of the doors, or a fuse had blown, after eliminating the faulty switch I stripped the camera down and bridged the fuse - in this instance the fuse was mounted on the circuit board, and was less than 1/16" (1.6mm) square, definitely not a replaceable fuse.

on my last (petrol) volvo the CO emissions actually measured at the last MOT were way low (about 1% of the allowed emissions, ) but that said the car was in daily use doing 120 miles per day, so the engine ran clean as it got to temperature and stayed there for an hour or so. I am looking forward to seeing the results of the emissions test on my diesel volvo when it comes up soon as that is doing a similar run daily. the biggest problems with high emissions from cars is the lazy just pop down the road, drive round town mentality of the drivers, where the car doesnt get run up to temperature properly, and runs dirty.

the other option is to make up a metal bracket for the base of the antenna, and make sure the bracket is earthed to the boat earth, you could probably mount a metal plate on the top of the new mast for the antenna, nipped between the mast and the nav light on top, extended just past the wooden top knob with the antenna mounted on the plate (once again earth the plate)

in the CB radio days this was a common problem that had to be resolved when running a cb antenna on a fibreglass bodied vehicle, the common practice was to either put a steel plate under the body panel to act as the ground plane, or create one with a smaller plate and lateral wires, which the earth connection of the coax was attached to, this should resolve the reception issues. failing that just run an earth wire down to the main earth from that bolt, this in itself will act as a ground plane for the antenna

So today being a nice day, it was time to get into the workshop and process the windscreen further. Time to fit the hinges to the side pieces. hinges positioned, drilled through at 0.7mm, the hinge part opened out to 0.8mm, stainless steel pins fitted through and glued in place, finished product I am happy with.

I already feel alienated by the latest thing which is where you dont own your car - you lease it, but once you get above about 15,000 miles a year the cost becomes prohibitive, so I guess its car ownership for me until I retire.

I'd like to see one of those doing my daily 120 mile round trip commute for the price it costs me at the moment, electric is out of the question as I could only just manage if there was a charging point at work (which there isnt) and as we are in an industrial estate in the middle of nowhere we arent even close to a town that might have one.