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Post by 33grinder on Mar 5, 2014 20:26:05 GMT
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Post by macplaxton on Mar 5, 2014 21:44:55 GMT
I'm currently waiting in Yodel. Oh dear. They are a shower of c....can't really say. Sig, Maybe your delay in despatch is one of those "yeah, we've got it" (meaning we'll get it) and they were waiting on the envelope coming in to re-ship the contents. |
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Post by 33grinder on Mar 5, 2014 22:03:18 GMT
I've had dealings with them before Rich. I can collect from their premises which is half an hour's drive away but you have to give them 24 hours notice. Bloody ridiculous!
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Post by Sigmund Fraud on Mar 6, 2014 17:28:00 GMT
It's tempting to go on a long rant about Yodel's service*, but I reckon that even the entire contents of the profanisaurus wouldn't be vulgar enough ! I shall therefore refrain.
In other news, I couldn't resist bidding on an 850cc engine that appeared on evil-bay. I've now won the auction and need to find a way to explain to Mrs.Fraud that there will soon be two grimy engines cluttering the garden shed...
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thebear54
DAF Nut
Those who say it can't be done, should not interupt the people doing it !
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Post by thebear54 on Mar 6, 2014 20:31:49 GMT
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Post by macplaxton on Mar 6, 2014 20:58:24 GMT
I know nothing. I am from Barcelona.  |
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Post by ozzie on Mar 6, 2014 22:43:54 GMT
My wife has given up I will in the morning take a photo I just deny everything then blame my brother and say he must have used our address cos he was out or so thing.i have a 20x10 shed full of bikes garden stuff and such. A 6x9 shed full of house stuff ie doors decorating and building materials,the garage is full of old bikes parts for the phone box and a drag racing beach buggy. In the garden an old phone box 4 pack breeze blocks and a pack of insulation 2.4m x 1.2 m x 2 wide old 3 ton dumper , 1.5 tonne digger, windows 7 radiators reel of steel wire armoured cable. Set of security gates, a bout 100 lengths of facia board.
There's more but I am board now but you get the idea. All of a sudden its step toes yard. Until I get it all used.
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Post by mattsdafs on Mar 8, 2014 7:42:14 GMT
Sig...glad you saved that engine and pls let us know what it is like,looked rough...was tempted myself but the distance put me off  Ozzie...nothing wrong with that kind of back garden,enjoy it while you can |
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Post by Sigmund Fraud on Mar 8, 2014 12:45:27 GMT
Ozzie, I'm heading in that direction myself... I keep telling Mrs.Fraud that it's not actually a scrapyard, but an avantgarde art installation !
Matt, that engine has an interesting history : a farmer scrapped his old, rusty DAF but kept the engine and used it as a static engine to drive a small saw ! No idea what state the bearings, rings etc will be in, but considering that 44 bits aren't easy to come by I thought it was worth the gamble (and the salty postage !).
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Post by Sigmund Fraud on Mar 8, 2014 20:58:29 GMT
The postman delivered the new brushes this afternoon, so I went to the shed to finish the starter rebuild.
I began by cleaning everything with kerosene and a toothbrush. The surface of the commutator was then restored using a special tool that looks surprisingly like a bamboo skewer (effective and much gentler than the hacksaw blade that some people recommend).
I then tried to replace the worn out brush, but soon realised that my poxy 30W soldering iron simply wasn't up to the job. No problem, I thought to myself, there's a Maplin store in town. A ten minute drive later I was there :
-Do you have any decent soldering guns ?
-Of course, sir... We sell the highest quality Weisswurst soldering guns... Here's the 100W model, yours for only £50.
Needless to say, I thanked him and walked away. I'll order a dangerous*, chinese-made one off ebay for a tenner and finish the rebuild next weekend.
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