Recent content by chrisdt

Probably not good to think about the past too much but I was watching the "Smart Motorway" Highways England "Education ad on TV and I wondered how that rather portly gentleman managed to remove himself from the passenger door, let alone jump over the barrier. I went to one of the last vintage...

Simple replacement solutions????? Come on....... Over £100 to replace an Audi A1 headlamp bulb. Have to take the front of the car apart to do it. If thats progress then my c.... a kipper !

Get a bike and fill the scrapyards up with these enormous over complicated pieces of rubbish. Come on lets help the scrappies make a good living. I was putting a set of points in a neighbours Morris Minor a few days ago. (For those under the age of 60 a set of points are contacts driven by a cam...

I still have some motor vehicle technology books from the fifties which covers "Tools And How To Use" .All say P U S H is the way to go

My metalwork teacher told me to find some elbow grease......I'm still looking ;)

Thanks to you both for your replies. I have the Manual thanks and have set up as advised but after a couple of hours of work the grubscrew backs of from the blade and it loses tension So as AES says Loctite might be the way to go.

No, not everyone is as inconsiderate as to park on the pavement but seems to be in ever increasing numbers. Not so bad if the pavements are wide but they tend to be narrow here in the Lakes so if its a choice of squeezing through a gap and marking someones "Pride and joy" or going into the road...

I love them all..Especially when the tin boxes are parked on the pavement and my daughter squeezes through with her baby buggy and makes a pretty wavy line all down the side

On the bottom blade clamp the left hand grub screw regularly gets loose so I have to wind it in to get any purchase on the blade. Anyone any recommendations please? Is it quite common? Perhaps Loctite or similar. Also I have noticed that the blade is now slightly to one side of the table hole...

At least with Ebay you know exactly what your paying and if its not as described you can issue a request to return it and get your money back. Auction houses in general are crooks pushing the price up (by taking bids off the wall) and making it very difficult if not impossible to return...

Yes I know you can...with a tow dolly...Loaded on the All lane running hard shoulder if the overhead signs and phones are working which by Highways Englands own admission have not been in some areas. Yes we have a pot hole hot line here in Cumbria and they might eventually come out and repair...

All this talk about electric vehicles and advancement in technology when the roads in the UK are a bloody disgrace. Potholes as big as footballs. "Smart Motorways" that were designed by utter morons full of broken down electric cars (which you cant tow) and scrap yards full of dud batteries.

In 1943 I used to walk home from primary school which was about a mile. A government directive was issued to say that if the Air raid sirens sounded whilst we were walking home we should run to the nearest house knock on the door and stay in the house until the All Clear was sounded. These days...

Cash will always be King....Especially for the self employed !!!!;)