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Post by 1800heap on Jun 28, 2018 7:10:30 GMT
Thanks for the info.
My bad then!
Most likely nothing to do with the disk. Oh well, next time I shall take more care checking the bearing setup.
Nick
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Post by dave1800 on Jun 28, 2018 17:20:46 GMT
Hi Nick That's only my experience so don't rule out the disks! I don't think there was ever a proper recognition or analysis of the cause but you can find some weasel words in the BL w/s manual around the bearing /hub fitting so I think it may be more complex. I worked on the basis of not undoing the hub nut unless it was really essential if everything was OK, more from fear that it would go wrong I guess. David Thanks for the info. My bad then! Most likely nothing to do with the disk. Oh well, next time I shall take more care checking the bearing setup. Nick |
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Post by Penguin45 on Oct 8, 2018 10:24:16 GMT
Little bt of tinkering yesterday. Bit of pinking started, so checked the points. Gap had opened significantly, so re-set back down to .015". Idle dropped, so turned that up a little, checked all fluids and swapped in a new air filter. Not sure why Rosie struggled with her one, as it took all of two minutes to remove and refit. Left on the summer setting for the moment. Checked all tyre pressures and was happy.
This morning's little run out was very pleasant.
Chris.
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Post by dave1800 on Oct 8, 2018 23:56:44 GMT
That's odd the gaps normally close which retards the ignition - the heel of the CB must have worn, maybe needs a little grease or is rubbish material? David Little bt of tinkering yesterday. Bit of pinking started, so checked the points. Gap had opened significantly, so re-set back down to .015". Chris. |
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Post by rosieuk on Oct 10, 2018 16:16:05 GMT
Little bt of tinkering yesterday. Bit of pinking started, so checked the points. Gap had opened significantly, so re-set back down to .015". Idle dropped, so turned that up a little, checked all fluids and swapped in a new air filter. Not sure why Rosie struggled with her one, as it took all of two minutes to remove and refit. Left on the summer setting for the moment. Checked all tyre pressures and was happy. This morning's little run out was very pleasant. Chris. I was struggling because the guide/hollow stud for the bolt had been snapped in half. Solved with pain and hot glue. And when the new filter needs changing that can will probably come off permanently - I've got a replacement pancake filter & velocity stack to go with it - and have uprated the filter medium. It's just whether to bother fitting it or wait until filter replacement time. Sold 15 snakes yesterday which will be some useful cash - for two breeding cornsnake females, maybe 2 hognose females & possibly bits for car. |
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Post by Penguin45 on Oct 12, 2018 10:56:59 GMT
 Chris.
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Post by dave1800 on Oct 12, 2018 11:20:49 GMT
Snakes are regular visitors to the garden here definitely not pets and I'm not very brave! Just bought a UV torch to check for scorpions before walking on the grass at night (they glow!)
David
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Post by rosieuk on Oct 12, 2018 19:19:04 GMT
Chris. Current menagerie: 5 adult cornsnakes (definitely 1 female & 3 males - other suspected male) 4 Western Hognose (all male, slightly venomous) 18 baby cornsnakes (anery, snow, amel het snow & ?unknown?) 1 male Argentine Tegu - 42"+ and 5kg plus in weight - bite power equal to the dwarf caiman - but very friendly reptile - currently asleep in cat bed/under cupboard in bedroom. 1 pair Pallas Glass lizard (very soppy, love hard boiled quail eggs) 1 rescue slow worm - who will easily outlive me (life span in captivity 50 years) Would love a Tuatara but they're zoo only and live for 120 years plus - despite being the size of a bearded dragon and last sphenodont - related to the pleurosaurs. They can still breed at 90-100 years plus. |
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Post by rosieuk on Oct 12, 2018 19:32:25 GMT
Snakes are regular visitors to the garden here definitely not pets and I'm not very brave! Just bought a UV torch to check for scorpions before walking on the grass at night (they glow!) David Tip with scorpions - a big one tags you don't worry - the rule of thumb with scorpions is the same with Cobra snakes - the smaller they are the more trouble you're in. King Cobra will be friendly and sit on your lap provided you are friendly to it (woe betide if you aren't - King Cobra can remember a person who has hurt them or even a mate for years) but are 15ft long full grown Spectacled Cobra will bite your face off if there's a day in the week but is between 2ft & 3ft long. They're what herpers refer to as hatelings Hognose & False Water Cobra are both equally venomous but Hognose only ever bite as a feeding response - they love being handled, get jealous when someone else is getting attention and tap on the viv to come out.. Whereas FWC in comparison is a small angry biting machine on general principle. They do vary in a species - some tegu will love being picked up - some won't. Some monitors will flop on top of you & snooze, others never will (expert advice - don't ever try to force a large monitor to do anything - for thou art crunchy & good with ketchup). NEVER EVER let a small child feed even a 3ft wild monitor - one mis aimed feeding bite & deathroll & that child will be short a hand. |
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Post by rosieuk on Oct 12, 2018 19:40:17 GMT
Snakes are regular visitors to the garden here definitely not pets and I'm not very brave! Just bought a UV torch to check for scorpions before walking on the grass at night (they glow!) David Do you know what snakes they are? UK ones are grass snake, adder, smooth snake (pretends to be adder in the same way as hognose pretend to be massasauga rattlesnake) and the slow worm (a legless lizard that loves slugs). All of those are entirely safe bar the Adder. I caught a black or melanistic Adder from a culvert in Switzerland once as a teen - curled calmly round my forearm and promptly went to sleep for 3 hours! I didn't have a clue it was a venomous snake until recently, it liked the warm and snoozed happily for half a day wrapped round my wrist. German tourist woman had a conniption when she saw it lol. I've always been good with animals. |
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Post by dave1800 on Oct 13, 2018 9:25:34 GMT
Most of them are slender green tree snakes that are allegedly harmless and quite magnificent - from a distance. Another frequent visitor is either harmless or deadly and I still cannot positively identify it from my book on snakes and reptiles in SE Asia - as it appears to be a type of krait - so I keep well away! My closest encounter with a scorpion was when I picked some fruit without noticing the tiny creature resting on the backside. Eight inch or more long centipedes are particularly scary as their sting can cause extreme pain for several days and they are unbelievably strong, fortunately they are rare or keep well hidden! The secret seems to make sufficient noise not to surprise any of these creatures and not leave anything lying around for them hide underneath. David Snakes are regular visitors to the garden here definitely not pets and I'm not very brave! Just bought a UV torch to check for scorpions before walking on the grass at night (they glow!) David Do you know what snakes they are? UK ones are grass snake, adder, smooth snake (pretends to be adder in the same way as hognose pretend to be massasauga rattlesnake) and the slow worm (a legless lizard that loves slugs). All of those are entirely safe bar the Adder. I caught a black or melanistic Adder from a culvert in Switzerland once as a teen - curled calmly round my forearm and promptly went to sleep for 3 hours! I didn't have a clue it was a venomous snake until recently, it liked the warm and snoozed happily for half a day wrapped round my wrist. German tourist woman had a conniption when she saw it lol. I've always been good with animals. |
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Post by rosieuk on Oct 13, 2018 14:50:20 GMT
If Kraits are suspected to be about don't sleep on the floor and check boots and shoes - Kraits like to curl up in bed with ppl for the heat, person rolls over, snake gets scared and bites - Kraits venom is a paralysing agent - the Indians call them the "breathstealer" - because you just stop breathing - alot of the time doctors don't use antivenin - they just ventilate a person till they restart breathing naturally. If you can't ident a snake don't touch it - there are some mimic snakes, get it right mostly harmless - you don't want to get it wrong.
Just filled the car with fuel - that Tesco stuff smells like something you'd put in a B 29. Half a tank and latest mpg 26.38! So much more willing to rev - relocated air intake makes a difference, just needs slightly richer mixture.
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Post by dave1800 on Oct 14, 2018 7:02:16 GMT
Doors and windows are never left open without the protective mosquito element in place to avoid the opportunist wild life from entering. Any shoes left outside are carefully inspected for what could be lurking in them.
The main problem is with ants some so small they car hardly be seen, but will sting in unison and also house lizards that have already destroyed two printer mother boards by laying eggs inside which short the circuits on hatching. However, the greatest danger from wildlife here still remains the mosquito.
It should be possible for the mixture to be adjusted to compensate for the improved air flow with the different filter, if not then you are in the territory of fitting a richer needle in the carb, but that's for another day!
David
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Post by rosieuk on Oct 14, 2018 17:33:43 GMT
Doors and windows are never left open without the protective mosquito element in place to avoid the opportunist wild life from entering. Any shoes left outside are carefully inspected for what could be lurking in them. The main problem is with ants some so small they car hardly be seen, but will sting in unison and also house lizards that have already destroyed two printer mother boards by laying eggs inside which short the circuits on hatching. However, the greatest danger from wildlife here still remains the mosquito. It should be possible for the mixture to be adjusted to compensate for the improved air flow with the different filter, if not then you are in the territory of fitting a richer needle in the carb, but that's for another day! David I had a cornsnake - he's now 5ft3 - disappear for 2 weeks, until I turned the stereo on, and a very irate grey head popped out of one of the speakers. They also seem to like turning up in the bath if they escape too Might be fire ants - nasty little sods - a tip, if you ever get stung it's a good idea to chuck out or wash clothes - because their alarm pheromones can last for months. If you see what looks like a large queen ant with an afro in the US *don't* pick it up - they're called Velvet Ants - are a wingless wasp and the sting is so nasty it's driven cattle to run off cliffs because of the pain. I think the car will do OK with a slight adjustment - I only have to pull the choke a little (just to the very edge of engagement) - and then it's back to normal. I think it was previously tuned with the old blocked filter (which was about as permeable to air as a piece of cardboard) which explains the idle speed when I first picked it up of about 600 by ear. It went like a dream yesterday provided I didn't use heavy throttle - I'm tempted to fit a ram air pipe from the air horn to that odd plastic shield thing - for a kind of tuned intake tract. I've got a velocity stack for the front end of it anyway ( nominally for inside the pancake). PS: you probably already know, but if those are fire ants, people can get anaphylaxic shock from the venom. It normally doesn't happen the first time - but subsequently it will.. It's extremely serious. |
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Post by Penguin45 on Nov 17, 2018 15:47:39 GMT
Starter motor jammed last night. It was dark, so dealt with it today. Remove cap on end of the Lucas M38, put spanner on the square end of the shaft and wind it back out. Except:  Starter motor by Penguin 45, on Flickr The gap between the motor and the oil filter cannister is too small to allow the cap to come off. Stuck the car in top and rocked it violently back and forth until it sprang free. Also took the opportunity to clean the battery contacts and all the earth connections. I may be imagining it, but I think the starter is turniong a bit faster, so a worthwhile exercise. Chris. |
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