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I've been told the B.D.S have made a statement condemning the video and shooting of the stag ..... if anyone is a member can they find it and post if possible
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3 minutes ago, WelshAndy said:
Is it on YouTube?
Don't know mate
A lad I sometimes shoot with (he does a lot of stalking dsc2) sent it to me via our whatsapp group
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I'm pleased to see it's not just me that thought it a terrible shot personally I think the guide should be at least suspended if not sacked !!
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1chr6WdknKRMn3Ps4vrhqLJnC8ibZu3ht/view?usp=drivesdk
Don't know if link will work but got sent this from a mate ......
I've never tool paid stalk and never shot a red but I don't agree with the shooting of this stag .....
Maybe some of you who have shot reds can comment yea or nay
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On my dairy farm perm I once managed to (due to a good wind being in my favour ) slowly walk up to and tap a young one on the bum with my stick whilst out lamping bunnies .... he was so intent on digging up something he never noticed me ..... even when I tapped his bum it took 2 times before he trundled off over the field
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On 26/10/2020 at 18:53, hodge911 said:
Haha the cheeky begger !
The breaker has sent a message saying will I accept £100 partial refund and keep the pile of poop he sent ... that is completely useless . He advertised it as. Low mileage working engine but may have a problem ... ebay has thankfully agreed in my favour as I gave a full description of what they've knacked on it trying to remove the injectors inc pics. They have awarded a full refund and said the seller must pay for the return ...... hence the partial refund offer bloody idiots why would I want to pay £80 for a piece of scrap worth a couple of £
heres a couple of pics of the engine they sent with the snapped torx bits and the silicone ... on a + note ebay have made the seller give me a full refund and he has to get the engine collected from me .
but be careful i am 99% sure he has the same engine listed on his ebay shop but hes listd it as " spares or repair parts only no returns!! " in the pics he has up it has silicone around the injector like this one and has the white tag attached yo the flywheel with the same number on it as this one
ebay item number
163636799328
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On a bit of a slant ..
My brother once bought a used cortina ghia and after a few days of owning it got stopped by the police (the old fashioned way) after they had followed him and done a pnc check on the reg number . They asked him why he had the reg number off a Mercedes on his vehicle ? Very puzzled he explained that he hadn't long owned the vehicle and showed the purchase receipt from the garage on checking it the officer noticed the first 3 letters were the same but in a different order .. on checking the front of the car it had the correct number displayed.....
The garage apologized and supplied another correct plate
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Haha the cheeky begger !
The breaker has sent a message saying will I accept £100 partial refund and keep the pile of poop he sent ... that is completely useless . He advertised it as. Low mileage working engine but may have a problem ... ebay has thankfully agreed in my favour as I gave a full description of what they've knacked on it trying to remove the injectors inc pics. They have awarded a full refund and said the seller must pay for the return ...... hence the partial refund offer bloody idiots why would I want to pay £80 for a piece of scrap worth a couple of £
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9 hours ago, Cannon said:
I must say that's a cracking job you've done of the cleaning. That carbon isn't exactly easy to remove at the best of times. Should definitely improve the intake airflow.
It certainly is not .
I scraped the thick off with a plastic scraper then let the bits sit in degreaser for 48hrs jet washed off then set about buffing them
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i vented my temper by cleaning all the intake system ready for when [if] i get to rebuild the engine .
its got to be able to breath better and give a little more M.P.G
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Aaaarrrrggghhh!!!.
Poxy scrap yards. I bought a S/H bare engine from a breakers on ebay as I only wanted the head . I unwrapped it today to remove the head and was surprised to see the injectors were still in considering every other removable part had been removed .
On inspection they've snapped torx bits in 2 different injector bolts and stripped another 3 .
I managed to remove the 2 bolts from number 1 but the injector is seized solid into the head number 3 has been siliconed in so it's going back.. I've just been on and started a return dispute as they described it as a "usable item with ancillaries removed"
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3 hours ago, scobydog said:
Not good fella, at least you can save on labour costs, that's got to be a good few dollars in your pocket.
Atb Scobydog
Yea I was getting quotes of around £3-450 labour + parts ....
Doing the job isn't a problem as before I gave it up (back trouble & to look after the mrs ) I was a mot tester / mechanic .
It's still going to be around £500+ in parts and skimming & pressure testing the S/H head ect .
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I've bought a bare S/H engine to take the cylinder head off , send it to the engine manufacturer to get skimmed , de-coke , new valve stem seals , valves & seats recut then rebuild with new gaskets and head bolts , belts ect
GOD I HATE CARS !!!
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It's getting worse !!
The cylinder head is off and on inspection its wrecked the holes/journals that the hydraulic tappets fit into have shattered so a replacement head is needed..
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7726 is the number to forward any iffy txts to regardless of the network your on
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I had a bultaco sherpa in early 80s that was a right pig to start . Tried different grade plugs amongst everything else we could think of .... ended up shifting it on ....
But in hindsight I wished I'd kept it
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Started looking into the car today and I've found what caused the aux drive belt to shred ... the crankshaft metalastic pulley has separated
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16 hours ago, Cannon said:
I'm not having a go at you just to be clear. You took the appropriate measures at the time based upon your understanding of maintenance. You can't be expected to know any better if you aren't involved in the automotive industry, but were you aware that there were still a number of Gates products circulating a few years ago that were defective? In particular the pulleys provided with some of their timing belt and aux belt kits. The pulleys were manufactured incorrectly which resulted in something called 'grease purge'. The grease within the bearing would make its way past the seals, leading to dry bearings and pulley failure. This is why you need to stick to OEM or OEM equivalent products (the original manufacturer of the belts and pulleys but not supplied by the vehicle manufacturer) when it comes to timing belts and front end auxiliary drive systems. If you have the original invoice for the Gates products that were fitted two years ago, and the mileage is still below the expected lifetime of the kit, it might be worthwhile getting an independent engineers report into the cause of the failure. If it turns out that it was one of the Gates pulleys that failed as a result of grease purge, you may be able to claim some costs back.
Thanks and apologies I wasn't in the best frame of mind the other night .. I am sorry if my replies were a tad abrupt ( I suppose I shouldn't have replied until I'd calmed down)....
I was in the trade but left it around 15 yrs ago after a serious back injury...
Unfortunately I can't afford to put it into the garage for repair so it looks like I'm going to have to get the tools out of mothballs and pull the head off & see what damage it's done ..
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1 hour ago, Cannon said:
It let go for a reason. If you didn't replace all of the parts I mentioned with original Volvo or OEM equivalent parts (INA), then it was pointless changing the aux belt in the first place. At the time of replacement the A/C compressor pulley should also have been checked. Pulleys tend to give a bit of notice before they fail. If a pulley is squeaking it's normally close to the point of complete failure.
Like I said in October 18 it had a new timing belt kit inc water pump all volvo and a gates aux drive belt kit .... I asked the Volvo independent garage to do what was necessary .
At the time they said the clutch pulley was fine no roughness / play and didn't look that old ....
The squeak was more like a damp belt squeak that only lasted less than a minute or so at tick over or until a few revs applied up to around 1.5k revs there was no visible unusual running in the pulleys .. or unusual wear on the aux belt....
It is what it is a breakdown..
I had taken i.m.o the correct preventive measures at purchase because there was no written evidence of them being changed prior to me buying the vehicle .
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43 minutes ago, Cannon said:
Very common. It's always advisable to change the aux belt, idler pulley, tensioner pulley and alternator clutch pulley at or before the recommended intervals. Prevention is better than the cure.
I did when I bought the car in oct 2018 .
Both timing belt kit inc water pump and aux drive belt & tensioner at the time the alternator clutch was fine .
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A word of warning !!
My Xc90 started a little squeak on first start up in morning at tick over .. but as soon as the revs raised a little it went off I had a listen with bonnet open and it was coming from the aux drive belt ...it only lasted a few mins so I thought nothing of it as on inspection the 2yr old belt still looked fine as did the tensioner pulley & idler.
Last night the belt shreded 2 of the ribs and some of it has gotten into the timing belt cover and made the timing belt jump ...
So according to the local garage it'll have "bent valves" ....
So be warned if you have a Xc90 with the d5 engine get everything checked properly if it starts to squeak ....
I'll let you's know what damage has been done once I get the head off..
I'm going to remove and check all pulleys & the alternator clutch pulley
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i bought one out of empire stores catalouge when i was 15 they were advertised/sold as ASI PARATROOOPERS . it looks like the one the O.P bought has been horribly modified home made skeleton stock and a few inches lopped off the barrel
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in amongst the load of clamps i got for a steal was this one . ive never seen one like it
has anyone in the P.W. can any ideas on it [yes i know its a clamp] ive tried putting the pat No into google but nothing
so can anyone give an idea of its age ect
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22 minutes ago, johnphilip said:
They usual have a pin in the end to stop them sliding of . Wonder if you could make something to fit the job. Head scratching time .
Watch this space if I can get some box section to slide onto the bar I can make one (I think) I've got flat bar for the face & cut triangle to brace / joint to a piece of box section then all I need is a pin
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Imho videos like this give the antis ammunition for their fight against us as "joe public" will be upset / offended at things like this