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  1. Then you’ll probably be right that you’re wrong. Which would make you wrong. So Mike was right.
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  3. Usual subjects have hijacked another post
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  4. Switch the language from "Bad" back to "English".
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  5. You’ll hurt my saw’s feelings. He’s a little Husky. I’ll beat the muppet to it... it’s all that old petrol that’s made him Husky
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  9. Oh come on Kev its much more sensible going metric innitt? Lets face it its far easier for a 6 foot tall bloke to be envisaged as one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight point eight millimetres now isnt it!!
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  12. Talk about snowflake generation. Maybe bars should stop selling alcohol as well?? People really should be able to look after themselves.
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  13. A while ago I tried to make up a "calibration fluid" using Citric Acid and some accurate scales but it was not too good, I could only get onto the very lowest part of the hydrometer scale so could not diagnose "scale" errors. I reckon with a "Turkey baster" I am limited by the float sticking to the sides and meniscus errors. I have played with two "rotating dial" devices (mine and mtb's) and these differed by 10points, plus a random element due to stiction in the temperature compensation dial (mtb proposed air bubbles as the source). The optical gauge is possibly the best but you need to go in with a turkey baster first to stir up the acid. At work my speciality was designing instruments and software to make difficult measurements, anyone who can really measure SG to better than +/- 50 points is a better man than me (but then I drink too much Thatchers) . ..............Dave 1
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  15. This reminds me of a matelot who paid rather over the odds for a cocky Rolex because the seller showed him the "genuine" Seiko movement inside. "So they can fake the rest of a Rolex but can't work out how to print Seiko on the insides then?" came the question. Nothing to do with Churchy's batteries; just an opportunity to swing a lamp.
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  16. Maybe the more volatile compounds will have evaporated off making the engine more difficult to start but after just four months over winter I doubt you would notice. If you were talking four years then it might shed gummy stuff and block the carburettor. Two stroke mixture is worse in this respect. Don't worry, last week I ran my genny that had been sitting with petrol in it since last June.
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  17. if I were to ever own a boat again, I would love this one, looks fantastic
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  18. My J2 is nominally Oct 1946, but has a lined clutch. The date being based on the engine number on the crankcase plate does not though mean that the current gearbox was attached when the case left the factory. Certainly several of the other bigger bits are not originals- they are numbered '3' or '4' ! The newer engine is likely to have originally had a lined clutch because, as you surmise, unlined clutches were the original design; but again your 'project' engine may not have the original box. The unlined clutches were available from the factory until 1982, according to my factory annotated spares list. Nominally the J3 and 4 have a different (larger diameter) clutch shaft than the J2 but this is only on the section that the shaft coupling clamps to. The internal diameters and bearing seats are the same. Other than that I don't know of any reason why the lined gearbox would not fit the unlined engine. There is only one crankshaft type, only one gear casing type and only one type for each of the bearings though all of the clutches and shafts are different. You would need to remove the ahead clutch and change that so you will need new bolts ( the ends are usually well peened over once the nuts are on ) and lead key stops (and to pray that they were fitted last time the clutch was off). They are easily made but if they are not there when removing the clutch life can be difficult. DAMHIKT. If you do remove the ahead clutch it is well worth checking the condition of the ahead thrust bearing (the big bugger in front of the clutch in the crankcase) as this is the only way to get at it. The gearbox to crankcase gasket is also trapped behind the oil seal IIRC. N
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  20. I think it was only some adds, tekaways, timeziz and guzintas, it did not need integration and proper clever stuff. .....................Dave
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  22. Classic! yes a classic waste of time and money! Yes weather much improved. Enjoy your Cruising. James
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  23. Your welcome, the bladder repair wasn't too bad to do, blowing it up to find the hole was the hard bit. The bladder rubber seemed to be the same as inner tube, I think that's why the repair has held. Bazza
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  24. Yes it needs an Internet connection, but doesn't use much data. I think the maps are downloaded onto the phone when you install or update the app.
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  26. 22 minutes ago, b0atman said: Usual subjects have hijacked another post Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
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  27. Don't they carry 8ft long calipers with them? They really ought to prepare their kit more carefully!
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  30. Super. I didnt get to where I am today without knowing it was written by Nobbs.
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  32. No idea, especially as you seem to think its split hot & cold. Some hire fleets fit a pair of parallel pumps and a two way switch so if one packs up during a hire they can tell the customer where to find the switch to bring the spare pump into use and thus save sending an engineer out. However both pumps normally feed a common system. I also think some people are of the opinion that it helps with the shower, be it pressure or heat control I have no idea.
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  33. Plenty of 70 foot hireboats been built. Of late most are 68/9.
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  34. Fencing beside bits of canal and rail was more commonly put there for the protection of the canal/railway rather than the other way round. Having a train hit a cow that wandered onto the line would disrupt the service; having the horse or towage tractors that hauled barges on London canals getting tangled up with kids playing on the towpath ditto. Erecting fences for the protection of the dullards who can't look after themselves has only come about in recent years, along with the emergence of the blame culture.
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  35. ...or maybe count electrons.
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  37. Greenie for taking an SG reading after midnight.....as long as you do!
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  38. They won’t get hot at 3.7A. Think about how much power you are putting in, about 50w into the entire bank and most of that is going to electrolysing the water into gas. Provided the current doesn’t increase substantially they will be fine. Normally a specialised equalise mode limits the charge current to quite low to protect against any overheating. No need to loosen the caps, they have vents built in. Loosening the caps can result in tiny splatters of acid on adjacent surfaces.
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  39. Yeah, and the railways while we're at it... It's political correctness gone mad!
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  41. After the success on the Lancaster canal and lots of visitor moorings around the country being now 48 hours .Will London canals go this way with a £25 a day charge for overstaying ?
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  42. How about starting a petition calling for the canals not to be fenced in?
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  43. After two years -My Yuasas were Yuasaless.My Banners were Bull.My US became U/S.My Exides were oxidised.My Trojans were a good work horse.But of course my Rolls were the Royce.
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  49. Stick a small inverter in the van, and charge the tools while travelling.
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