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Stitch welding (repair of cast iron)
A good example of a stitch welding repair on a Car SOS programme yesterday, repairing an axial crack in a cast iron cylinder head of an Austin 12. What wasn't clear from what they showed is how they...
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2 wheeled tractor?
How does it stay upright? NT Saw this at the Moto Guzzi rally in Salida, CO. WTF??
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Amazon
I have been a fan and customer of Amazon for some considerable time. But now am having second thoughts. By the time you have paid postage they are no longer cheap. Plus I ordered an item today and the...
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Parcel Force pricing.
Cleared out a few car bits via Ebay. Not really used anything other than RM before, so checked out Parcel Monkey as a couple of the parts were around 7 Kg. Best price for all three collected from my...
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Magnet = repulsive?
Put in a Magnet kitchen 23 years ago, and now all the joints are coming apart. So much for their claim that the cabinets are craftsmen made as opposed to the flat-pack assembly stuff, because it's all...
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Another task for an angle grinder?
(man with d-lock round his neck after stag do, firefighters struggle to cut it) A man who woke with a high-security bike lock around his neck after a night out has it removed by a specialist rescue...
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Do I need to update my house's fuse box?
My house was built and wired in the 1980s and has an old-style fuse box. The old fuses have all been repeplaced with cirquit-breakers plugged into the fuse sockets. A couple of people, such as estate...
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Degreaser Recommendations
Hi all, What is currently the best degreaser out there to use for this purpose? I need to get rid of the varnish-like coating on gearbox internals from a 'box that's been laid up and done nothing but...
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Connecting garden hose to Plastic Container
Could someone enlighten a non technical person about what fittings i can get, that will enable a plastic garden water tank to be drained by connecting it (securely and non-leaking) to a 20 metre...
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Car wing mirror fallen out
Fortunately there was warning as it's been clear for a week or so that it was coming loose. It's a glued in type and the black backing paint on the back of the glass has just peeled off and remained...
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OT: but made me larf.
Lego 'promoting unrealistic body image' | The Daily Mash
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Removing side trim in a 2002 2-door Polo - ?
One of my offspring has managed to ding the rear wing of a 2-door 2002 (52 plate) Polo but from a picture I think it will easily push out with some careful taps on the inside once the side trim panel...
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OT: Pallet delivery services
I expect to need to shift one of these from one UK address to another. Oen possibility might be a pallet delivery company but we don't have a fork lift at either end. Do these companies use the sort...
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Could I freeze Organic Pure Cranberry Juice
Hi all, Have just received two 0.75Lbottles of Organic Pure Cranberry Juice 750 ML I ordered but I am alarmed to read on the rear of the bottle that it has to be used within 5 days on opening!. I will...
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DIY divorce on topic features angle grinder
Husband Gave His Unfaithful Ex-Wife Half Of Everything He Owned – Literally | Bored Panda
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