Recent content by Allanw

Wear happens with cold, thick oil. At no point in normal operation will a 0W-40 get thinner than the SAE40 - they are both the same viscosity when hot, which is when they are the thinnest. They BOTH thicken as they cool. A 0W-40 works better than a SAE40, because it thickens less when...

YES! I'll PM you about a RHD arm! I looked at having one made :eek:

We HAD to use the top spring, to stop the front left wheel locking and staying on! They really work great, and minimise the fiddling required during adjustment.

Ours used to foam, and loose coolant, when climbing hills. After getting the radiator rodded out, refilling with the same coolant, no more issues. The previous owner, using water only, hasn't done any favours to anything in the cooling system. The rust will have coated the inside of everything...

My Wifes BMW is manual: 2001 525i - the reason i bought it so fast! Very, very, rare here in NZ. My other car is a '72 "1200" Standard VW Beetle, though it's 1600TP powered now. Our only other car, is a VW Touran, 2006. It's auto right now, but not for long. It's morphing: from 2.0 FSI Auto...

I haven't read the whole thread, but please do not use cheap meters for household voltage tests etc - They can be very dangerous. I realize these cheapies are just going to be used for automotive use etc, but don't be tempted!

Agree! I had an Airtex replacement pump in my Wifes old Subaru. It whined so loud (stright out of the box!) that you could still hear it at 60MPH. The 3 replacements I requested were the same, I evenbtually got a Walbro which was perfect, and I still have the airtex on my shelf, to remind me...

Haha! :D

Wurth SKS (Now stoneguard aqua?) is awesome for this. It's also water based, so cleans up easily, but once it's on there, it stays there. It's like the stuff the underside of modern german cars are covered in.

It works great... Also, the dishwasher is a fantastic parts washer, and the sink in our skullery is 20" X 32". I'm not joking... my Wife just rolls her eyes now :-D

Our foamed like a bar-steward, untill we had the radiator rodded out, so it cooled properly. Climbing hills, it would gush foaming coolant all over the place, even out the radiator cap. 4 goes with chemical flush did nothing. Rodding it out cleaned out a cup and a half of rusty, ****** crap...

It's easy enough to buy a Model A from ebay, in boxes :-)

Yep - seen that (in general terms - not your posts etc). Sometimes people ARE knowledgable. Sometimes they THINK they are, but are open to learning or suggestions. Sometimes they KNOW they are, but are often mistaken and don't realise it :D . The last ones are often the "difficult ones" -...

Nice that it's there... ... funny that they don't know where it is! (not unusual though!)

make it drivable, or park it up in the barn for 35 years "restoring it" as cashflow/times/etc is available....... I think you made the right choice! :cool: I actually really like stuff like that - If you were pulling out tidy upholstery to do it, that would be silly, but making do with...