PeteB

Took saturday afternoon and most of Sunday with a few breaks for tea and weather. Awfully fiddly, you just need patience and stamina to keep going! Had a couple of brittle pipes break which I could repair and I had the middle leak off break so I've to replace the whole leak off hose system as you cannot get the individual parts (so I was told). Ordered a Britpart replacement via mail order. Interestingly, the three main dealers in this area were either closed, or never answered the phone. Their webpage didn't really mention their parts departments either....

I got a speed awareness course recently for doing 60mph on a single carriageway A road in Lincolnshire. The ticket was 60 in a 50, automatic camera, Ford Ranger crewcab. You have a good point on the BIK.

As a 'commercial' you can get the vat back which amounts to a 20% discount. But as a commercial vehicle, you have different speed limits too! I think your insurance is possibly dearer tha soc, dom and pleasure too!

Lockheed 3245-812C, fitted to Transit, Bedford CF, Triumph Stag, Austin Princess and possibly LandRover eyeball accounts. Twin piston, non sliding type.

Some Rimmer stuff is keenly priced and other stuff needs a chair!

The drainage issue at this end of the estate is an ongoing issue unfortunately. Done wrong in the first instance, never put right and never will be! To STWA and the LA, the cost/benefit ratio doesn't work. A couple of inconvenienced households get fobbed off. They have fitted a NRV on my property in the sewers, fitted blockage alarms, blamed each other for the issue, denied responsibility, blamed wet wipes, the "once in 50 year storm", climate change and a host of other factors! I got told to email pictures to 7 people in different departments every time my drive flooded, then got asked to stop sending them as I was being a nuisance. Local MP, local Councillor, town council, flood line, highways and local borough council......... Now, the might do something but it joins the list and time isn't of the essence....

The pistons had a very minor or spot of corrosion on one, and a rust scab on the seal. The other popped out with compressed air but a damaged lip from belting it when the brakes locked on. Bigg Red in Worcester have a kit for £50 while a Chinese copy is over the £100 from local shop. Rimmer brothers have remanufactured units at £60 exchange! While I like to repair things - that is a 'no brainer'. Btw, Rimmer Bros sell English car parts and the same unit was Triumph Stag amongst other things!

I'm after a seal kit and piston for a Transit caliper. Lockheed number says it is 70's-80's version, probably used in similar aged Bedford, Land-Rover and Austin stuff. Anyone got a lead? Local parts counter seem to think that I'm a dinosaur for doing DIY fixes rather than just buying a new caliper!

Or an old one! Everyone I've had has gained me more experience and knowledge on how to fix stuff!

I see that the algorithm has censored you. 16 stars? Quite a big word. I'm not clever enough to work that out babe.....

It seems that they cross the boundary to next door, catches two house and heads down the garden, across the green space and into the brook. It isn't clearly recorded on maps apparently. They are going to send a jetting truck to try and blow it through. But, they doubt that they will have any success. Mire storms and floods forecast for Friday so I'm off to get two drain bungs to fit a 2.5 inch diameter drain! The neighbours wont appreciate it but I've had enough of having a wet garage! I got to put the gearbox back in the toy car again and ain't doing it in the damp!

Parts ordered! New seals for the injectors but didn't bother with bolts. Will google torque settings before I start. I changed the alternator and that was a right ball ache, even more so as the excited cable was too short and bust!

Believe it or not, I did that and they said that there was no better deal to be had out of them. I asked to be put through to the department that takes the 30 day notice and got told to get my confirmation date from the new supplier first! I tried (for the first time ever) to get a better tariff from E.On on my energy bill. If I swapped, I could get my bill down by £400+. Their customer services suggested that their online tariff was better than going through the call centre. They could save me £120, but just suggested that I go elsewhere for anything better! I have....

Loving the poverty spec cab!

Seems my Disco 4 has the inlet gremlin. Garage used plastic glue to seal the split but the advice was repair could be £400 or so or change it? Lots of bits to get off, three injectors to come out, change the plastic manifold and replace injectors etc. Anyone done this as a DIY? Sounds feasible to me, best part of a weekend. Anyone got any knowledge of injectors and removal from a Disco? I have heard of horror stories of them being locked in etc.....

I remember your old yard Ian, that was a smelly dive then! QTS moved in after you, had a decent spot but had to spend loads and I mean loads....

I think we got one 1623 engine left before tier 5 screws it all up!

I scan photos with my printer and they come out okay! Easier and better quality than trying to take digital photos of old pictures!

I signed with BT in the end, I hope they are better than last attempt! On a similar note, I actually looked at my combined energy bill for the first time in years. The leaflet about changing tariffs and saving money piqued my interest. If I moved, I could save myself £400 on what I'm currently paying! I phoned the E.On call centre and the Asian sounding lady offered me her best deal which would save me £4 per month! She suggested that their online deals where fair better - that will save £6 per month! It seems that they cannot be that enthusiastic so I'm going to swap.

I am on cable and all VM could bang about was how fast they were,which is fine if you got a house full of gamers, stream films at the same time and all phones connected. But I am not..... when asked why i was leaving, I did admit that when I attempted to leave last time to drop down in outlay - something that they couldn't/wouldn't help with, I signed over to BT only to be contacted by VM three days later to be offered a spanking deal and that I was furious that they tabled this offer after I had agreed to go. The girl agreed that they get flack for this, I then asked for her to put a note on file that I didn't want any further contact with them on the matter. Guess who phoned with a 'top deal' this morning? It was a short 'call....

Signed up with BT. No automatic upgrades/uplift, UK call centres, listened to what I was after, same price now and in two years (no new customer deals that loyal customers don't have access too), and Frank openness that confirmed that they were pish poor in the past and did a lot to please the OfComm people. Virgin mediocre given their notice, I had to enter my 3rd, 5th and 6th letters of my password and that failed but they agreed I had punched in the right numbers. I had to give bill date and amount too, the algorithm rejected it but the operator agreed I was right! I hope this works as new technology/supplier is supposed to work, I'm the sort that doesn't have tech work properly! Even my own mobile is silent, although the volume is high and ringtone selected, it is silent. My newish works iPhone has gone through stages of not recording numbers called or missed. I had a BlackBerry which I cursed daily, I got blamed for being a technophobe, but after 12 months, it was agreed that I hadn't done anything wrong but it didn't work! We shall see.....

Curtilage? Should I have a broddle with a set of rods? In your experience, would they go towards the brook behind the house or join mains sewer?

The drive, garden and garage flooded again yesterday. The butts overflowed despite them connected to hoses that went to the bottom of the garden and on the other side of the house, the water from the down pipe wasn't getting into the hole quick enough and overflowing, with the surface stuff coming down the hill, it was couple of inches deep pdq! I checked my bill and I pay a rainwater tariff so decided to route the one down pipe direct into waste water. The OfWat web page seems to say that this is okay. It rained again and the garden and garage etc flooded again! Water was boiling out of the 'soakaway' and this was causing the flooding. It appears that I don't have soakaways, but have drains. Somewhere between me and the brook, it is blocked! I got to find out who is responsible for it next.....

Years back, my local chap would routinely use a surface grinder to dress out a bar. He would also assess the gap and depth for us. Yes, we paid, but it was a good relationship and paid dividends in terms of freeing up people to do work and he was always there for us. Shame that his son didn't want to carry on the business. He couldn't then get a Stihl account then but we still brought stuff through him although it would have been cheaper to buy from a catalogue (no internet in them days), as he always helped us at every turn. Top man!

I haven't logged on for a while and, like a div, forgotten the password. Following the online prompts, I supply my account number, bill date and amount bit it isn't recognised. The web chat doesn't go anywhere and the phone line needs the password input! I had a bad do with them the other year and got rolled over by BT too so had to go back to VM. Anyone know of a decent supplier of broadband and TV packages?