William Revit | 02 May 2024 |
My friend says it's a bit of a known thing here in Aust. not to drink water out of your garden hose that's been laying around in the sun because of legionella. Also that's something for you guys that are fitting up heat pumps (reverse cycle AC) to your homes. Same thing with legionella there in the crap trough inside your inside unit --it needs an annual clean --
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GuyW | 01 May 2024 |
Dave , that is very true, at least with the well known 'traditional' spanners. They evolved so the length gave a comfortable feel to tightening the specific size of bolt for the average male. Unless you were using excessive force or adding extra leverage you were unlikely to overtighten a bolt when using the appropriate spanner. But I am not sure if that still holds true with different threads the... |
Dave O'Neill 2 | 01 May 2024 |
Isn't there something about the length of a spanner being related to the amount of force you can apply to any particular fastener? |
GuyW | 01 May 2024 |
Some years ago my friend very kindly offered to park his car (modern, NMC) on his neighbour's drive whilst they were away, to make it look like the house was occupied. He always thought they had a fairly long drive but reversing sharply on a dark night discovered it wasn't so long after all. He had backed into the wooden garage door, splitting one of the planks.
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ian thomson | 01 May 2024 |
I had forgotten the fun one can have with the centre cam bearing. As this will need to sump to come off I expect your biggest problem will be re-sealing the front and rear crank bearings. |
Milton Babirak | 01 May 2024 |
I have a 1950 MG TD with a Lucas CW windscreen wiper motor. It's not working. I tried to diagnose and repair it but was not successful. Who is doing good work these days on Lucas windscreen motors? Your recommendation would be appreciated. |
E. Geissler | 01 May 2024 |
Paul, Ian Thanks for your comments. |
M Wood | 01 May 2024 |
Fascinating diesel info.
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T Mason | 01 May 2024 |
I too only tend to use a torque wrench on things like heads and other critical things and I have never used one on wheels of any description. |
M Wood | 01 May 2024 |
Thanks all, as usual ingenious, informative and interesting responses and some just epic!
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1957 MGA COUPE | |
Body off rust free car. 1800 cc. Five main at .060 over, Burgess fast road head and cam, alternator, high torque starter, header with 2 exhaust, Hoyle coil over front suspension, High Gear Engineering 5 speed gearbox, B front spindles with Wilwood four piston calipers, 75/100 watt tripod headlamps with relays. Black with black interior. Paint is base clear with some stone chips as I drive the c... |
1957 MGA COUPE | |
Body off rust free car. 1800 cc. Five main at .060 over, Burgess fast road head and cam, alternator, high torque starter, header with 2 exhaust, Hoyle coil over front suspension, High Gear Engineering 5 speed gearbox, B front spindles with Wilwood four piston calipers, 75/100 watt tripod headlamps with relays. Black with black interior. Paint is base clear with some stone chips as I drive the c... |
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