Re: News.indivual.net

Pipex outsource to Giganews - you'll need an uid and pw to access it too.

Dunno about BT titternet, but either way, I'm happy with NIN and can live with occasional billing issues if they happen, as the service (nntp) is second to none IMO.

Nige?

dont have a clue whats

Crumbs, sorry to hear about your c*ck, mate. Wanna replace that feeling of power with a really neat S3? :-)

Liar!

dont have a clue whats

I'd say that pipex are a 'real' ISP, so their news server probably works. Youd be having much less fun using one of the cheap ISP's

Want to swap for a nice 2a. one careful owner. I've even just steam cleaned the engine...

Sharrup Tom, I've a Vampire to reconcille, much though I'd lurve a S2

So would Rupert Murdoch :-)

You could put the profits in a hedge fund :)

This Tom Woods anon leet fle a fart, As greet as it had been a thonder-dent, That with the strook he was almoost yblent. and said....

Tom, what did you use to steam clean it? I've often thought that would be a great way to get things looking better in the engine bay, underneath etc., and I know a lot of the HGV servicing places do it as routine, but I've never seen anyone offering it for private vehicles. (Plus, I'd rather do it myself.) I've wondered about those domestic steam cleaners which seem to be brilliant for home use, but doubt if they'd be up to the job of cleaning 30+ years of muck off the engine of a Series 2. I know of, and use, Gunk, Jizer etc., but steam cleaning seems a much neater and better solution if the kit ain't too expensive.

Richard - it was irony... here's the recipe...

do a day's off-roading, until the bottom pulley bolt falls off attempt to drive home without water pump expansion tank bursts, thus steam-cleaning engine!

park in a hedge overnight to dry...

This Tim Hobbs anon leet fle a fart, As greet as it had been a thonder-dent, That with the strook he was almoost yblent. and said....

Ah, the bush method! Cheers.

I have actually pressure washed engines a few times before..

cover with and tape in place plastic carrier bags over all air filters/intakes, dipsticks and fillers, along with any delicate elctrical bits (none on a diesle landy!). Get some degreaser and put it into a squirty container (such as kitchen/bathroom cleaner comes in). Squirt all over the engine and bay and then leave to sit for 5 minutes. Pressure wash. Repeat if necessary. You might want to get a washing up brush or paintbrush to loosen stubborn bits before a second blast.

You could do this using a cheap 'leccy domestic steam cleaner instead of a pressure washer too if you wanted. that would be a bit more delicate and probably work better!

Local garage swears by "traffic film remover" as the degreaser.

Steve

will be there tomorrow!!

You'll need to fight Mad Mick, the psychopathic, geriatric hairy-arsed biker for it first. Mind, he's paraplegic so it's fairly easy to tip his wheelchair over :-)

He is 'sposed' to be buying it and paying me from the compensation he gets following being made a paraplegic. Three years he's been waiting, good job he isn't going to be dependent on it to live. Fecking insurance companies are akin to the stuff you accidentally step in on the street :-(

Trikes are a totally different ride, though. It takes a while to remember not to lean into corners and you also have to get used to the lack of, erm, steering!

That's what I use gets it nice and clean using only cold water jet wash used it on my 90 and my car. Spray it on neat without breathing it in, got it off a waggon that sells valeting stuff he has a big tank and he fills containers from it. Only thing about cleaning all the oily gunge/film off is it starts to rust :(

I'm actually very happy with the 4.6 - and to be fair, the bloke who designed the 101 accepted that had the 4.6 been available at that particular time, they'd have probably used it. The 5.2 TVR is really one of those 'could have' deals I was offered and couldn't refuse - I've vaguely thought of putting it in Grumble, but would prefer to put it in a Seven :-)

Careful, that's how I ended up with that monster on my drive out there..

Putting a whacking great big engine in a seven clone won't do a lot of good, my fantasy sports car is an Ultima GTR, the 640BHP version can do 0-60 in 2.7 (or 2.5 depending on who you believe) seconds, the

850BHP version does it in about the same. The car's too light to use the extra power, despite being designed to handle up to 1000 BHP. In an 800Kg package you can't put it down even with 13 inch wide tyres. With a 7 clone you can use even less power effectively.

This is all on road tyres BTW, with soft racing slicks you get a LOT more grip.

On or around Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:04:05 +0100, Ian Rawlings enlightened us thusly:

this month's car magazine has a bit about a new thing they're building, aiming at about 500 BHP and 500 kg. The engine's on test in a caterham, but apparently it warps the chassis.

This Tom Woods anon leet fle a fart, As greet as it had been a thonder-dent, That with the strook he was almoost yblent. and said....

aye, I've done the degreaser bit before (once with a degreaser gun off the compressor - left me feeling very weird). It was the steam element I was interested in. A coach where I used to work used to go off for service, and they would steam clean the undersides and then spray it all silver. I was told it was to make future fault/leak finding easier, but what impressed me was the way that steam cleaning left and engine and transmission clean enough to spray paint onto.