My car dealer mate puts aside £700 for aircon repair, anything back is bonus £500 is the average cost. compressor is expensive to buy and that and condensor/dryer are ok to get at and can be changed yourself, but once its into the cabin for the evaporator then its hard. Fault finding is also often hard and required dyes and experience.

The refrigerant contains substances that keep the seals in good order (on compressor and hoses etc), failing to run aircon regularly to circulate this lubricant stuff or letting it decompress and leaving it is mostly a recipe for a sieve.

Often you can re-gas and it will work for a couple of day then its gone again. In any event, the gas is very fine molecules and slowly bleeds out of the system (round the seals, through the hoses) anyway – almost all aircon needs a recharge after 3yrs.

I got mine one of these type http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=330956647544 big wheelz go anywhere there is a bigger version too

I am told that you need to make sure you are happy to post to Japan – they apparently pay top dorrar for this old english stuff,

Depends how much torque you need to transmit, interference fit is favourite (cryo fit) but if you are bonding steel its likely the tube is continuous welded so has an internal bead in the way and actually that round. For glueing, in any case the fit wants to be uber tight, tap fit not push fit – because the glue does not really bond so much as fills in the microscopic gaps in the 2 parts, the glue has little strength itself, just gets in the way when they try an move if you like. Machine a slight ramp on the ends to help get it started.

From a Surrey Hills perspective, you can declare it the Independent Republic of the grim North (North being from Watford Gap) if you like, we don’t care as we never (admit to) going there.

But there are conditions: 1. Britannia rules the waves, so we get to keep all the offshore oil assets. 2. We are still going to send you all our (and everyone elses) nuclear waste. 3. If you want to get goods to/from mainland europe, the border toll is going to be massive to use our roads (i.e. ransom strip of land) esp. as you you wont be in the EU so we dont have to pretent to be nice to you. 4. Faslane is staying with us – just like the rock (gibralta) and the islands (falklands) – we only gave hong kong back because it was long leasehold, and we are scared of china.

I am still open to other ‘Set the revolting northerners free’ manifesto suggetions (but from genteel southern intellectuals only). :twisted:

I learned to sail at Faslane, back in the day. Fond memories of getting chased away from a nuke sub on its way in by MPs in boats.

Well its fair enough. My local GP surgery has a tv telling the waiting room the % of ‘no shows’ there were in the last month.

Yet as I sat there, yet again waiting 20 mins after my appointment time for (?10min? appointment) – and it was only 10am, I wondered why that TV didnt give a balanced picture by telling patients this % of late appointments too?

Is it some kind of nouveaux mid ride energy snack? It’s nice and all but I’m sticking with flapjack. What do you think Nicko?

I helped a ‘mate’ gete his lad who was dead keen started in MTBing, found him a good bike in the classifieds for over half a grand, took him out a few times, bit of bike upgrade and repair for him. Then I stopped because ‘mate’ turned out to be ‘lazy user of friends’…..and I gather the lads bike has been unused for 1.5yrs now due to a puncture which neither could be arsed to fix.

You obvioulsy missed the sign……

Only bikesfood purchased here allowedcan be eaten in store

Durrr!

A bikes not a vehicle,

A vehicle (from Latin: vehiculum[1]) is a mobile machine that transports passengers or cargo. Most often, vehicles are manufactured, such as bicycles, cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, trains, ships, boats and aircraft.

From, that there Encyclopaedia Wikitannica

I understand objections if I were ridingpushing it round inside, but it was being pushedcarried.

There. That’s where you went wrong. Still, you’ll know for next time.

Pleasure!

That’s outrageous, next they will be stopping you from taking it into virtually empty restaurants, museums, swimming pools and pubs :roll:

You have to clean it or neutralise it. So washing down the walls/ceilings then painting, throwing out curtains, carpets etc. With cars they ‘fog’ it – close vents and windows and stick a machine in there that fills it with an enzyme that breaks down and neutralises the cause of the smell. I did this manually on a car I bought with a blue can of Neutra-somethingorother – it was really effective- from stink to nothing in 1/2hr.

I was reading an incident summary about 4 weeks ago. The industry had come on hugely but I wonder how many time bombs are out there with all the legacy equipment being run by marginal producers reopening wells, I am sure the Brent situation is a portent to this.

Binner – not that…..this

Just before it’s going to rain. It washes off all traces and they are none the wiser…….except some weeks later their paint will start to fade, and will never stop fading.

However, if you’d given him 56p for the entire box and he’d taken it, he couldn’t then refuse to sell it to you.

If he knowingly sells you a box for 56p yes, but not if he can reasonably show innocent mistake or that you misled him – he didn’t see you had box/didn’t realise you meant box, when he only meant one bar.

If something is mislabelled shops dont have to honour it, unless maybe they themselves were [deliberately] misleading.

In OP’s position, it is generally accepted that a refund is all that is required, unless there are some exceptional circumstances. OP might get some petrol money for his first trip.

Practically speaking, phone halfords customer service have a huge moan about wasting your time and keeping your money until you get a refund and bore them into giving you a voucher for your trouble.

I relace my wheels then take them to be tensioned for £10 or £15, in fact I always slack off any wheel I take in so that they do a proper job. I tried it myself, there is a knack to it esp. as you are dishing and centering at the same time and it takes a while to learn. This more so when using old rims that are not a true as new ones. I didnt get it – so dont agree with the anyone can do it easy suggestion.

If you watch the vids online IMO its easier to lace a wheel doing each set of spokes on their own than swapping over because of all the fiddling around the other spokes.

I made a nipple driver by grinding the centre out of a small screwdriver bit and use it in a bosch power screwdriver, plus use a spare spoke threaded in the top to get the nipples into the holes.

Replace any nipples that are even a bit knarled on the flats.

I dont understand the not reusing steel spokes business, unless they are knarled or have been abused?

Houns – Member

My comments about people who also release balloons usually end up being deleted from this site. Needless to say I put these people in the same category

Does that include the Met Office who released the weather baloon that landed on my house?

Junkyard – lazarus
German iirc

Oh lord that’s right…you know what that means then?….yup, hairy armpits just like any self respecting fräulein.

*Edit- if I get thrown in the tower for this, I’m taking you lot down with me*

project – Member
AS IM 6 FOOT 3, i tend to bang my head on low hung branches, doorways, and train doors, so for me helmet compulsion is a good thing.

I don’t think you are helping in the pointless helmet debate (wot I started), I’m 6’3″ and this doesn’t happen to me – you are just clumsy. An accident in motion. Have you considered becoming a recluse? My only advice is to check your life insurance is upto date.

I have used Stephen Green in Camberley for years, he’s a sporty guy, very good in my experience. He rides a recumbent but don’t hold it against him.

edlong – Member

That you are incapable of deducting a simple conclusion from available data?

Or perhaps unwilling to leap to unwarranted conclusions on the basis of useless, unreliable data?

Useless and unreliable? – take that back Sir. Only my missus gets too call me useless and unreliable. :x

However, I’ve seen no evidence to support either claim. Have you?

I seem to recall that was the same argument against seatbelt wearing.

Evidence you say? When I was a kid and came off my bike at speed I ended up in hospital with a fractured skull and when I did the same as an adult (similar crash) I ended up with a broken helmet and just a headache.

OK so……..if the pie eater is the fastest down, does that mean he is slower on the up?? :?

That could be an innocent enough comment. More cyclists = more deaths, simple maths.

This. Durrr. 1 accident per 100 rides, double the riders = double the accidents!

Or maybe its a trend like the mid-life motorcyclists – take up riding fast bikes in traffic having just passed their test. London might be full of bike riders of not competent to be safe on the road on anything but a 3 speed Pashley.

RedTop Headline *C2W Scheme mathamatically proven to be responsible for increase death toll on London Streets*

Might help if everyone stopped believing the ‘I’m safer without a helmet’ stupidity.

It’s actualy very weak

a little less weak on the big pie eaters though :wink:

He was just yanking your whatsit – he though *that’ll annoy the buggers and keep them all guessing for days*.

Its worked so far.

Which begs the questions – what exactly is gravity i.e. what causes it?

And, which pies are best for going downhill faster?

gravity is constant but force exerted is related to mass, just like air pressure is *constant* but force exerted is related to area its pushing on.

fat bloke is faster if his additional frontal area drag is less than extra gravity force he feels.

Being serious for a moment……

Havent you noticed that chaps/chapesses with the decent storage solutions usually need it due to having an excess of bikes?

Those of us with just one or two leave them lying around.

Moral being – better your storage, the more you spend on bikes. Best left lying around to discourage unecessary bike purchasing.

Oktapodi – finally defeated :(

Bomberman, you saw a free lunch and thought you would take it, but the bloke refunded you. So a heads up is one thing but you ain’t motivated by altruism you have admitted that your motive is that you are p’eed off at not getting the free ride that you hoped to sell on.
Now you wish me ill and hope I am as greedy as you, well sunshine that’s ok because I am not.

Sorry not to be on the bandwagon but neither chaps has covered themselves in glory here IMO.

Anyone else experienced this shocking customer service from those goons?

Oh lord, questions like that around these parts is just inviting trouble.

Before the klu klux susperstar klan arrive – google letter before action and Form N1 and also SOGSA, then do yer’sen a favour and learn yourself something about basic consumer law and small claims and get on with it.

i was hoping to make a few quid out if it

See Forum Rules: The Classified Forum is not a place where users can earn a living or supplement their income by buying and selling parts.

How ironic that you are on here moaning about another users dubious credentials because you were frustrated in your attempts to profit from the forum!

I have a Parchute and a Spesh Deviant – the Spech is really quite a good approximation of being ventilated, but you still dont want to be wearing it on a prolonged steep up in hot weather. On the plus side it offers proper protection (unlike Met) – of the kind you do not need for XC riding. What are you riding XC that needs this?

I’ve grown to hate the mower. I just wanted a simple petrol mower. I wanted to cut the grass and go, now I feel emasculated by it. My other half listens to my complaints politely but I can tell she thinks less of me as a man due to this.

Yea, sorry but you need to MTF and conquer that mower, show its who’s boss, don’t let it win. Even if that involves thashing it with a tree branch and then taking it down the tip in favoour of a new, obedient one. That’ll learn it, and show your missus that you are a healthy chest beating alpha male.

If it is recurring then has the ring of temperature related problem to me, time to heat up at full chat which then heat sinks to other parts then cools off whilst running rough and excess fuel(has a cooling effect, lowers combustion temperature). Symptom is definitely overfuelling, nothing to do with fuel itself IMO, need to check if the heating up is causing sticking parts or something (choke). You definitely want to take carb off and clean it thoroughly.

Many, but notably the end of the long jacking shaft on my big trolley jack is now the tool for removing the internal castellated bolt on my kawasaki enduro bike.

bomberman – Member

Just to clarify, according to the links posted further up this thread, duplicate items CAN’T be treated as unconditional gifts

and need to be returned.

So the law is NOT on your side.

As you say you want to have clarity, your first statement is correct, but your second is not.

If someone sends you an extra item by mistake, you have NO duty to pro-actively tell them, and you especially do not have to send it back (they have to pick it up).

You probably have an obligation to kekep it safe (a bailee’s duty of care) but only for a reasonable time.

What you may not do is profit from the situation.