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#1066 Re: what are you doing ?

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 12:56 pm
by Ali Tait
IslandPink wrote: Sun Dec 18, 2022 6:49 pm
Ali Tait wrote: Sat Dec 17, 2022 5:47 pm Nice photos Mark.
A bit Scottish actually !
Aye laddie!

Been down to minus 17 at my mum’s.

#1067 Re: what are you doing ?

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 7:04 pm
by Dave the bass
Kerrrrrikey! Tell her to put the heating on!

#1068 Re: what are you doing ?

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 8:57 pm
by Ali Tait
And the fire..

#1069 Re: what are you doing ?

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:30 pm
by IslandPink
I was amused the other day that the news sites were saying it had been "down to -17.3°C in Braemar (or maybe Kingussy) last night"
THIS IS THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED IN THE UK SINCE ... February 2021 ...

#1070 Re: what are you doing ?

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 10:25 pm
by Mike H
:lol:

#1071 Re: what are you doing ?

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 9:14 am
by shane
pre65 wrote: Wed Dec 07, 2022 2:47 pm I take a great interest in classic cars, mainly from the late 50s to late 60s.

My current interest is in the Austin 3 litre, considered a failure in it's day and not that sought after now.

In order to understand what makes it tick, I've now got a genuine BMC service parts list to peruse.

Parts lists were part of my job in the motor trade, so scrutinising this new one will be interesting.

I don't think I've ever seen an Austin 3 litre in the flesh, so here is a piccy for you all.

Image

Just found this.


#1072 Re: what are you doing ?

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 11:50 am
by pre65
Thanks Shane, what might have been.

If you want to see one mans obsession with a Broadspeed racer inspired Austin 3 litre see this.

https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/15 ... ly-replica

#1073 Re: what are you doing ?

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 3:18 pm
by shane
Love it!

#1074 Re: what are you doing ?

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 5:38 pm
by vinylnvalves
I officially hate plumbing. Tap started leaking couple of days ago. Should have been a simple job to replace the quarter turn valve. Oh no couldn’t get the grub screw out to remove the handle. Took tap off still with full visibility cannot get them out. Buy new tap, cheap one, as the Frankie one was rubbish really. One of the isolation valves leaks.. not cheap ones full bore pegler one. Back to Toolstation, new valve fitted. New taps are a different thread to existing ones so the copper feed pipes had to be changed, copped out and used flexi connectors. 3hrs under a sink... my body won’t thank me tomorrow.

#1075 Re: what are you doing ?

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 7:55 pm
by Mike H
My current interest is in the Austin 3 litre, considered a failure in it's day and not that sought after now.
Do we know why?

#1076 Re: what are you doing ?

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 8:17 pm
by pre65
Mike H wrote: Mon Jan 02, 2023 7:55 pm
My current interest is in the Austin 3 litre, considered a failure in it's day and not that sought after now.
Do we know why?
Some history here Mike.

http://www.austinthreelitre.co.uk/about/default.html

#1077 Re: what are you doing ?

Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2023 6:22 pm
by Mike H
Thanks! Alternators! Bah! Never catch on! :lol:

#1078 Re: what are you doing ?

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:17 pm
by pre65
As today is the little known festival called Shrove Saturday, I've just been tucking into some home made pancakes.

I only made half of the normal recipe and managed four medium sized ones, two with maple syrup and two with lemon juice and golden granulated sugar.

Scrumtionididdlus. :D

#1079 Re: what are you doing ?

Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2023 8:23 am
by jack
As we still have no 3 phase and thus no heating, I made some bird boxes out of 2 pieces of 15x160x1400 untreated timber and some nice bird-safe water-based paint. One has a 23mm protected entrance and the other is 32mm. Both are mounted east-facing. The plates prevent squirrels and woodpeckers from attacking the nests. I've done these with removable fronts so that they can be easily cleaned at the end of the year, and if you leave the front off, they are suitable for robins...

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#1080 Re: what are you doing ?

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2023 11:19 am
by jack
Servicing the cooker. I don't mess with gas settings but we had some igniters etc that were a bit unreliable. Considering this cooker has had 17 years of daily heavy use it's still in remarkable condition ... gave the insides a good clean too...

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Before it was cleaned!
Before it was cleaned!
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