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hole in petrol tank...

what is the best stuff to patch a hole in a petrol tank ?
42 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jim.gm4dhj
42 comments posted 6yrs posted by jim.gm4dhj

Quinetic switches are strange

I have a 2-gang Quinetic switch in the lounge. One side is for the ceiling light, the other for the wall lights. One ev...
11 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jmlayman
11 comments posted 6yrs posted by jmlayman

Flooded electrics

We had a small flood a couple of days ago. About 4 buckets full of water came through the living room ceiling from the...
24 comments posted 6yrs
posted by gbusenetunread32
24 comments posted 6yrs posted by gbusenetunread32

Mixing concrete (Aldi mixer), procedure.

> > That's certainly the grade and length of chain you'd expect for that > > sort of job; but no, there's nothing like...
5 comments posted 6yrs
posted by Chris.P.Bacon
5 comments posted 6yrs posted by Chris.P.Bacon

Viewing 4TB hard drive with 32 bit system

This is an offshoot of the Fritzbox query. OS is W10 32 bit, and I vaguely recall that the maximum drive size is 2TB so...
20 comments posted 6yrs
posted by News
20 comments posted 6yrs posted by News

Plastic Rod 9mm dia

I have a toilet seat and cover that are connected by a rod running through them. It is about six inches, say 15cm long....
5 comments posted 6yrs
posted by pinnerite
5 comments posted 6yrs posted by pinnerite

Tumble Dryer Trips RCD

I've a Beko condensing tumble dryer that trips the socket circuit RCD (labelled 80A 30mA) only under certain circumstan...
16 comments posted 6yrs
posted by patchmoney
16 comments posted 6yrs posted by patchmoney

OT: memory sticks

How can it take over three minutes to delete a couple of (large) files from a memory stick? I thought interacting with s...
36 comments posted 6yrs
posted by newsgroups
36 comments posted 6yrs posted by newsgroups

Car battery charger

I think I might need a new car battery charger. However I'm failing to find anything suitable and wonder if the team ca...
38 comments posted 6yrs
posted by theom+news
38 comments posted 6yrs posted by theom+news

Is it time to give up?

New starter cannot get the screwdriver to work. A PZ2 does not fit a slotted screw.
17 comments posted 6yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
17 comments posted 6yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Cost to replace a TV aerial

Hi Just wondering if anyone in the Reading area knew the approximate cost of replacing a TV aerial. The old one has to...
40 comments posted 6yrs
posted by not
40 comments posted 6yrs posted by not

Ethernet link

Some time ago, I asked about setting up a link between two properties - ove r and down a road. Not a huge distance. Lin...
32 comments posted 6yrs
posted by magpieinkcap
32 comments posted 6yrs posted by magpieinkcap

12mm to 10mm adapter

Is such a thing available? I wish to connect 10mm copper pipe to a water heater with a 12mm connection. Is there an easy...
21 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tpmccann
21 comments posted 6yrs posted by tpmccann

OT rant - rubble sacks

About a month into lockdown I did some DIY and used 2 very thick rubble sacks for the results of the destruction. They...
8 comments posted 6yrs
posted by junk
8 comments posted 6yrs posted by junk