OTish - Classics and Horology

Rusty Hinge 2 said:

It's lovely, too.

 

Ducati may have made a few watches, they produced some cameras IIRC.
As for the dreaded pingfuckit?
Work semi-blind, under saran wrap, during the "danger zone". Of course
you loose the challenge that way.

Dave G.
http://atensundials.com

 

And Jesus springs...

 

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Oooh, I found the pingfuckit from the washing machine! The one that went
under the suspension spring which I replaced with a spare 8m socket. It
was in the sink under some washing up - turned up a few days later.

 

Likewise for me when I replaced the drum bearing on a Servis automatic
washing machine (back in the days when I was happy to DIY rather than pay
someone else to do it). The bearing turned out to be exactly the same as
for the rear wheel of a Mk1 Ford Fiesta (which by sheer coincidence I had
also replaced weeks earlier), but which had cost me about four times as
much. Even after replacing the bearing the machine was never the same, and
was replaced by a new Bosch within months.

 

Well, one cunning trick I have used for *really* fiddly stuiff is to
do the job inside a transparent poly bag.

Unfortunately I can rarely be bothered to find such a bag, with
inevitable results....

Actually, has Sheddespace become linked with SOBspace, perhaps by some
sort of word-hole, or are the Sheddi using a SOBspace transmitter?

 

Arr...

I found Zanussi drum bearings were 2quid from BSL but 20quid from the
local washing machine bits stockist.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a
I demand nothing of you except that you amuse me.

Folding@Home Team UKRM
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Good question.

One certain way to check - have any old bike bits been turning up in
people's sheddes?

 

I just found a pingfuckit I lost a few months ago - I saw something
glinting amongst the study carpet, and there was the little
piston-with-a-spigot-on-the-end dooferwotsit from the barrel of that
wossname thingummybob you hang your watchstrap on.

I'm ever so pleased. Now I'm trying to think of something ro do with it
since I threw the rest away.

Suggestions on the back of a postage stamp please.

 

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That's hardly a fair test.

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I wish a starter motor for a Honda CX500 would turn up in mine..

Gid

 

Good question.

One certain way to check - have any old bike bits been turning up in
people's sheddes?[/QUOTE]

Or, have odd tqt and elderly lawnmowers that one hasn't got round to
fixing been turning up in bike garages?

 

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One on eBay.

 

Or, have odd tqt and elderly lawnmowers that one hasn't got round to
fixing been turning up in bike garages?[/QUOTE]

Funny you should say that.

Does anybody claim a non-functioning petrol lawn strimmer I found
recently, hiding behind some paint pots?

 

The Older Gentleman said...

Me, I'll be first in the queue.

 

Guy King said...

There are thousands in breakers yards, if you look. There are also
people who rewind them and recondition them, if you look.

 

No lawnmowers in my garage, I have a rule about that. Any such presence
must be temporary.

But there are some substantial portions of GS1000 engine in my shed.
Courtesey of a previous lodger, and mate, who doesn't exactly want them,
as such, as he has nowhere to put them, but doesn't want rid either.

I have this theory that the shed, being of flimsy construction, would have
blown away if it weren't weighed down by these bits, so I tolerate them.

And there's a whole GS1000 in the garage, property of another lodger. It
doesn't need any engine bits, but could do with a straight frame..
Unfortunately the shed doesn't contain one of these.

Regards, Ian

 

said...

I'm not particularly comfortable hfrvat the latter part of the worm so
they'll be pingsoddits here. Same thing though.

 

A hyuge jnfuvat chamine?

 

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