V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
sfrs4
Well-known member
There's 3/4 a tank of diesel and a Varta battery in that thing, its worth it's money 
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V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
's why he's flogging it - they were petrolThere's 3/4 a tank of diesel and a Varta battery in that thing, its worth it's money
pity it's a left hooker
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
these arrived this afters
had given up for the day and locked up, but had to go have a suss - didn't feel big enough in the packaging
well wrapped and having extracted them .......
as expected the stroke is the same but the body is 30mm shorter, so gonna have to make an extension mount for the body end
not a lot for 140 quid ... let's hope they do the job - 1100N force same as what came off so 
nice fresh pair anyway, looking at the label's date and the ends screwed on no issues
just got to make them some extension ends and give them a try
had given up for the day and locked up, but had to go have a suss - didn't feel big enough in the packaging
well wrapped and having extracted them .......
as expected the stroke is the same but the body is 30mm shorter, so gonna have to make an extension mount for the body end
not a lot for 140 quid
... let's hope they do the job - 1100N force same as what came off so nice fresh pair anyway, looking at the label's date
and the ends screwed on no issuesjust got to make them some extension ends and give them a try
Gecko
Well-known member
Have you checked what it will look like if you just fit them 'as is'? It may be enough (maybe).
If you do need the extra length, you should be able to find it as an off the shelf part
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6feetdown
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Happy birthday Gra 
pettsy
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Happy birthday Graham
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
cheers guys .. got dragged out for lunch - too early in the day for me to 'eat much' ... been stuffed all afternoon
CPS
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Very happy birthday 
craig
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Happy Birthday V8
TiltyShaun
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Again!! Hope you had a good one!! 
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
yeh they don't half come round quick these days ShaunAgain!! Hope you had a good one!!
Quattromike
Well member-known
Belated Happy Birthday G
Not every day you turn 21
My Oldman turning 70 in a couple weeks, still turns out every day to the workshop. Though the old saying " the lucky ones are once a man twice a boy" seems to be getting more true every week
Not every day you turn 21
My Oldman turning 70 in a couple weeks, still turns out every day to the workshop. Though the old saying " the lucky ones are once a man twice a boy" seems to be getting more true every week
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
thanks Mike ... next June for meBelated Happy Birthday G
Not every day you turn 21
My Oldman turning 70 in a couple weeks, still turns out every day to the workshop. Though the old saying " the lucky ones are once a man twice a boy" seems to be getting more true every week
... my old man was 70 when he went (way too early) --- I find it incredibly hard to realise that I am the age I am -- all seems to have gone in the blink of an eye ... but have done a hell of a lot, when you look back Hopefully a lot still to do
Bucket on wheels
Well-known member
Belated Happy Birthday G 
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
well I'm glad I got this lot done yesterday - before it lashed down
less than a fortnight since the lower bits got 'Daned' but still produced a lorragrass -- collector full off the upper bit and off the lawn too ... it is certainly growing ATM
early start this morning, shuttling the girls about to schools, after not the greatest night's sleep and before i could get going it absolutely lashed it down - - so had a bit of a nap to catch up
had stopped by lunchtime and although forecast to be more of the same this afters, it's been pretty decent, so ...
first chance I've had to have a go/look at sorting these new struts
as expected, the body was 30mm shorter than what came off - same stroke though, so cut so 30mm bits of 25mm round and put a hole through the middle of 'em for a 10mm thread
then cut a bit of s/steel stud to 38mm
and got the first one together
perfect fit with the engine clover up to it's 'fullest extent' to catch the support bar -- knocked the second one together and got that in position too
then it was crunch time - would they work ?
oh yes
that's where it opens to without assistance and getting it fully up is no longer the battle it's been since owning her and especially since the second unit died recently -- now have to pull it down to close it wonder how long they'll last
friend dropped this off this afters, having been told of a recent incident - not quite what I'd have chosen but'll do for now
Pam looked out the utility window, Sunday fore last and there's a kid on our driveway with a silenced air rifle shooting at the pheasants.
by the time she'd found me and told me he'd disappeared off down the drive, so jumped in the car and shot off after him - he hadn't gotten far - was half way down our drive, pheasant in hand.
Pulled up in front of him, jumped out and asked him WTF he thought he was doing?
" I've got permission to be here shooting "
" no you ***ing haven't - your in my garden - look around you at the mown grounds and the name sign on the gate at the end of the drive should give you a clue. What's more these pheasants are hand reared and will come to you .. not exactly 'sport' is it ? It's also closed season - they're breeding and sitting ... the owners of the fields around us would not have given you permission to be here - they don't even bring their dogs out here ATM, so's not to disturb the birds .. WTF are you from and who are you "
little b***ard was real cagey now, wouldn't give me more than " Abergavenny " or a name - told him there are no public footpaths/rights of way round here for a good three miles, he'd best **** off 'fore I call the law and I would if I saw him anywhere near here again !!
Damn me Pam's coming down the drive with one of her mates in her car a couple of days later and he's back with one of his mates and a bloody spaniel - got here and told me and I shot off in the car up the drive - they'd vanished, but they'd had the cheek to park their 'droid-mobile' at the top of the drive - Little Toyota with the tax and test out on the 1st June - will be missing a wheel if I see it again
one of the 'horsey girls', up at the barn (who knows just about everyone, including most of the local scumbags), got on the case and had him tracked down in less than a day - gave him a load of abuse on FB and I'll be surprised if he shows his face again Gail has a 'formidable rep.' for dealing with ar8e holes .... transpires that this kid is 99% likely to be the son of new neighbours down the road, from the top of our shared drive, so he's not started well
Spoke to the owner of the fields around us a day or two later, to check he'd not OK-ed anyone (they never allow anyone out here) and Phil says if I catch him again, hold onto the little b***ard, 'til he gets out here!!
If I see him again he'll lose his gun and'll need to bring the police with him to get it back, once he's explained to them why I have it
that's the most recent 'episode/incident', but we're getting more and more 'strangers' wandering down our private shared drive and the in the fields around us .. have challenged a couple of ppl rubber necking over the hedge lines surrounding me patch in the last few weeks - ought to keep a 'bang stick', locked in me tool box, to put a couple in the air - would be as secure in there as in their normal home
might deter interest
less than a fortnight since the lower bits got 'Daned' but still produced a lorragrass -- collector full off the upper bit and off the lawn too ... it is certainly growing ATM
early start this morning, shuttling the girls about to schools, after not the greatest night's sleep and before i could get going it absolutely lashed it down - - so had a bit of a nap to catch up
had stopped by lunchtime and although forecast to be more of the same this afters, it's been pretty decent, so ...
first chance I've had to have a go/look at sorting these new struts
as expected, the body was 30mm shorter than what came off - same stroke though, so cut so 30mm bits of 25mm round and put a hole through the middle of 'em for a 10mm thread
then cut a bit of s/steel stud to 38mm
and got the first one together
perfect fit with the engine clover up to it's 'fullest extent' to catch the support bar -- knocked the second one together and got that in position too
then it was crunch time - would they work ?
oh yes
that's where it opens to without assistance and getting it fully up is no longer the battle it's been since owning her and especially since the second unit died recently -- now have to pull it down to close it
wonder how long they'll last friend dropped this off this afters, having been told of a recent incident - not quite what I'd have chosen but'll do for now
Pam looked out the utility window, Sunday fore last and there's a kid on our driveway with a silenced air rifle shooting at the pheasants.
by the time she'd found me and told me he'd disappeared off down the drive, so jumped in the car and shot off after him - he hadn't gotten far - was half way down our drive, pheasant in hand.
Pulled up in front of him, jumped out and asked him WTF he thought he was doing?
" I've got permission to be here shooting "
" no you ***ing haven't - your in my garden - look around you at the mown grounds and the name sign on the gate at the end of the drive should give you a clue. What's more these pheasants are hand reared and will come to you .. not exactly 'sport' is it ? It's also closed season - they're breeding and sitting ... the owners of the fields around us would not have given you permission to be here - they don't even bring their dogs out here ATM, so's not to disturb the birds .. WTF are you from and who are you "
little b***ard was real cagey now, wouldn't give me more than " Abergavenny " or a name - told him there are no public footpaths/rights of way round here for a good three miles, he'd best **** off 'fore I call the law and I would if I saw him anywhere near here again !!
Damn me Pam's coming down the drive with one of her mates in her car a couple of days later and he's back with one of his mates and a bloody spaniel - got here and told me and I shot off in the car up the drive - they'd vanished, but they'd had the cheek to park their 'droid-mobile' at the top of the drive - Little Toyota with the tax and test out on the 1st June
- will be missing a wheel if I see it again one of the 'horsey girls', up at the barn (who knows just about everyone, including most of the local scumbags), got on the case and had him tracked down in less than a day - gave him a load of abuse on FB and I'll be surprised if he shows his face again
Gail has a 'formidable rep.' for dealing with ar8e holes .... transpires that this kid is 99% likely to be the son of new neighbours down the road, from the top of our shared drive, so he's not started well Spoke to the owner of the fields around us a day or two later, to check he'd not OK-ed anyone (they never allow anyone out here) and Phil says if I catch him again, hold onto the little b***ard, 'til he gets out here!!
If I see him again he'll lose his gun and'll need to bring the police with him to get it back, once he's explained to them why I have it
that's the most recent 'episode/incident', but we're getting more and more 'strangers' wandering down our private shared drive and the in the fields around us .. have challenged a couple of ppl rubber necking over the hedge lines surrounding me patch in the last few weeks - ought to keep a 'bang stick', locked in me tool box, to put a couple in the air - would be as secure in there as in their normal home
might deter interest
Lancs Lad
Well-known member
I've got similar signs around our patch.well I'm glad I got this lot done yesterday - before it lashed down
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less than a fortnight since the lower bits got 'Daned' but still produced a lorragrass -- collector full off the upper bit and off the lawn too ... it is certainly growing ATM
early start this morning, shuttling the girls about to schools, after not the greatest night's sleep and before i could get going it absolutely lashed it down - - so had a bit of a nap to catch up
had stopped by lunchtime and although forecast to be more of the same this afters, it's been pretty decent, so ...
first chance I've had to have a go/look at sorting these new struts
as expected, the body was 30mm shorter than what came off - same stroke though, so cut so 30mm bits of 25mm round and put a hole through the middle of 'em for a 10mm thread
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then cut a bit of s/steel stud to 38mm
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and got the first one together
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perfect fit with the engine clover up to it's 'fullest extent' to catch the support bar -- knocked the second one together and got that in position too
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then it was crunch time - would they work ?
oh yes
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that's where it opens to without assistance and getting it fully up is no longer the battle it's been since owning her and especially since the second unit died recently -- now have to pull it down to close it
friend dropped this off this afters, having been told of a recent incident - not quite what I'd have chosen but'll do for now
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Pam looked out the utility window, Sunday fore last and there's a kid on our driveway with a silenced air rifle shooting at the pheasants.
by the time she'd found me and told me he'd disappeared off down the drive, so jumped in the car and shot off after him - he hadn't gotten far - was half way down our drive, pheasant in hand.
Pulled up in front of him, jumped out and asked him WTF he thought he was doing?
" I've got permission to be here shooting "
" no you ***ing haven't - your in my garden - look around you at the mown grounds and the name sign on the gate at the end of the drive should give you a clue. What's more these pheasants are hand reared and will come to you .. not exactly 'sport' is it ? It's also closed season - they're breeding and sitting ... the owners of the fields around us would not have given you permission to be here - they don't even bring their dogs out here ATM, so's not to disturb the birds .. WTF are you from and who are you "
little b***ard was real cagey now, wouldn't give me more than " Abergavenny " or a name - told him there are no public footpaths/rights of way round here for a good three miles, he'd best **** off 'fore I call the law and I would if I saw him anywhere near here again !!
Damn me Pam's coming down the drive with one of her mates in her car a couple of days later and he's back with one of his mates and a bloody spaniel - got here and told me and I shot off in the car up the drive - they'd vanished, but they'd had the cheek to park their 'droid-mobile' at the top of the drive - Little Toyota with the tax and test out on the 1st June
one of the 'horsey girls', up at the barn (who knows just about everyone, including most of the local scumbags), got on the case and had him tracked down in less than a day - gave him a load of abuse on FB and I'll be surprised if he shows his face again
Spoke to the owner of the fields around us a day or two later, to check he'd not OK-ed anyone (they never allow anyone out here) and Phil says if I catch him again, hold onto the little b***ard, 'til he gets out here!!
If I see him again he'll lose his gun and'll need to bring the police with him to get it back, once he's explained to them why I have it
that's the most recent 'episode/incident', but we're getting more and more 'strangers' wandering down our private shared drive and the in the fields around us .. have challenged a couple of ppl rubber necking over the hedge lines surrounding me patch in the last few weeks - ought to keep a 'bang stick', locked in me tool box, to put a couple in the air - would be as secure in there as in their normal home
might deter interest
Since lockdown it's got stupid . Folk just wandering at will.
B
bobthebuilder
Well-known member
Next car ,parked on ones drive ,i suggest forks on the drema and put it in a treewell I'm glad I got this lot done yesterday - before it lashed down
View attachment 82697View attachment 82698
View attachment 82700View attachment 82699
less than a fortnight since the lower bits got 'Daned' but still produced a lorragrass -- collector full off the upper bit and off the lawn too ... it is certainly growing ATM
early start this morning, shuttling the girls about to schools, after not the greatest night's sleep and before i could get going it absolutely lashed it down - - so had a bit of a nap to catch up
had stopped by lunchtime and although forecast to be more of the same this afters, it's been pretty decent, so ...
first chance I've had to have a go/look at sorting these new struts
as expected, the body was 30mm shorter than what came off - same stroke though, so cut so 30mm bits of 25mm round and put a hole through the middle of 'em for a 10mm thread
View attachment 82709View attachment 82708
then cut a bit of s/steel stud to 38mm
View attachment 82707
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and got the first one together
View attachment 82705
perfect fit with the engine clover up to it's 'fullest extent' to catch the support bar -- knocked the second one together and got that in position too
View attachment 82704 View attachment 82703
then it was crunch time - would they work ?
oh yes
View attachment 82702
that's where it opens to without assistance and getting it fully up is no longer the battle it's been since owning her and especially since the second unit died recently -- now have to pull it down to close it
friend dropped this off this afters, having been told of a recent incident - not quite what I'd have chosen but'll do for now
View attachment 82701
Pam looked out the utility window, Sunday fore last and there's a kid on our driveway with a silenced air rifle shooting at the pheasants.
by the time she'd found me and told me he'd disappeared off down the drive, so jumped in the car and shot off after him - he hadn't gotten far - was half way down our drive, pheasant in hand.
Pulled up in front of him, jumped out and asked him WTF he thought he was doing?
" I've got permission to be here shooting "
" no you ***ing haven't - your in my garden - look around you at the mown grounds and the name sign on the gate at the end of the drive should give you a clue. What's more these pheasants are hand reared and will come to you .. not exactly 'sport' is it ? It's also closed season - they're breeding and sitting ... the owners of the fields around us would not have given you permission to be here - they don't even bring their dogs out here ATM, so's not to disturb the birds .. WTF are you from and who are you "
little b***ard was real cagey now, wouldn't give me more than " Abergavenny " or a name - told him there are no public footpaths/rights of way round here for a good three miles, he'd best **** off 'fore I call the law and I would if I saw him anywhere near here again !!
Damn me Pam's coming down the drive with one of her mates in her car a couple of days later and he's back with one of his mates and a bloody spaniel - got here and told me and I shot off in the car up the drive - they'd vanished, but they'd had the cheek to park their 'droid-mobile' at the top of the drive - Little Toyota with the tax and test out on the 1st June
one of the 'horsey girls', up at the barn (who knows just about everyone, including most of the local scumbags), got on the case and had him tracked down in less than a day - gave him a load of abuse on FB and I'll be surprised if he shows his face again
Spoke to the owner of the fields around us a day or two later, to check he'd not OK-ed anyone (they never allow anyone out here) and Phil says if I catch him again, hold onto the little b***ard, 'til he gets out here!!
If I see him again he'll lose his gun and'll need to bring the police with him to get it back, once he's explained to them why I have it
that's the most recent 'episode/incident', but we're getting more and more 'strangers' wandering down our private shared drive and the in the fields around us .. have challenged a couple of ppl rubber necking over the hedge lines surrounding me patch in the last few weeks - ought to keep a 'bang stick', locked in me tool box, to put a couple in the air - would be as secure in there as in their normal home
might deter interest
Gecko
Well-known member
A subtle bend in the barrel would slow him down
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