Flat 6
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Very very nice job! Enjoy the build. And don't forget to ask on here if there are bits you need. Al
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Thanks Peter! I was just testing. This car is now with a new owner who wanted to have the detail in this thread. I’ve sent the photos separately to him. I do miss my SCs though! Restoration of 1830’s house means there won’t be one in my garage for a while. cheers, Al
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Alternator failure - might there be other damage?
Flat 6 replied to Flat 6's topic in Electrics including starting/charging
Hi there, It’s five years ago now and wasn’t my car but I think we shelled out for a new alternator. Your fluctuations may suggest your regulator is on it’s way out? But as I say, electrics are not my thing! good luck. Al -
There is definitely a lot less of the smokey bbq flavour off the small Weber I’ve bought. I’d describe it as an upside down gas grill. The food is cooked by a combination of the heat in the cast iron grill plate and the heat generated by keeping the lid closed, which seems to be the way Weber want it used. Keeping the lid down does generate a hot smokey space that does give flavour to the food but nothing like a charcoal bbq. So better than cooking indoors but completely different from BBQing on charcoal.
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Light hearted chat about bbq, but from one long term IB’er to another… WHO THE feck ARE YOU TO DECIDE WHAT IS MEANINGLESS ON HERE? Get your coat.
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I hang my head in shame at having considered such an abomination of an outdoor cooker. Even more so cos I bought one today and have just had some nicely cooked burgers and sausages. In 30 mins from lighting to plate. For two only. Which is the point. I will rebuild my manly credentials by lighting the real fire the next time the family is together. I have already put on my coat and am a fair way down the road so no point in shouting now…
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Boo me off if this is just too far off forum. I have long been an old skool bbq guy, charcoal all the way. But kids are away now and I want to be able to cook the odd evening outdoors without having to wait for charcoal to get ready. But will I get along with a gas bbq? OK, I appreciate that there will be less proper smokey taste, maybe I can live with that. One thing I can't get my head around is whether these things cook by flame or do the angled metal pieces heat up and they do most of the cooking? Simple questions but no-one I know uses one! Some people talk about flavour bars...are they just the angled metal pieces between the burners or what? And I see you can buy a hybrid with gas under a grid that you put charcoal in. Any good? Maybe I should just go and buy that lawnmower instead. Al
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Long shot but if you look on a 1983 PET at diagram 104-10 it looks like there were a couple of similar unions on the SC Sportomatic. Someone might be able to get you a spec based on part numbers. Cheers, Al
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OK, I'll tell the wife we might expect something yet.
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Pleased to report no tickets waiting for me when I got back from France via England and Wales. Wife was actually disappointed... Al
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Tres bien! I’ll keep an eye out!
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OK, thanks all. FYI all the cameras on the Eastbound A55 were the yellow ones lower down on the left of the signage structures. Good job the traffic was so bad I rarely got anywhere near the speed limit! No flashes so all good. Al
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Bonsoir to all, Currently enjoying a break in Brittany with the family. But my wife is driving me mad worrying that I’ve lost my license driving at max 85 mph from Holyhead to Dover. There were a LOT of cameras…so, few questions for you Wales and England based IB’ers. A55 N. Wales. Variable speed limit with cameras every bloody couple of miles it seems. Are they active when the variable speed limit is not on? Then M6, again plenty of cameras but hoping they too are linked to variable speed limits which weren’t on most of the time. When they were I stuck to the 60. I defo went through more than one at around 80 in variable speed limit stretches when the limit hadn’t need reduced. My initial reading seems to suggest that cameras still flash when they’re nicking you? Is that wishful thinking? Nothing flashed all day… Don’t know how you guys go anywhere and keep your licenses… Thoughts? Al
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My last full engine rebuild was done on the engine of a car that I bought that had suffered a timing chain break. Various mangled parts, bent valves, plus usual rebuild necessities. Came in under £10k. 2017. I doubt prices have gone up that much. I'll tell you when I get the bill for my 2.4T but that's a standard build with no upgrades so I'm not expecting a bill for more than £8k-£9k. Al.
