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15 Aug 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Lawnmower
With itchy feet I set to again today with a plan to get this all back together. I gathered my tools and things and carefully jacked the fuel tank up into position, attaching the fuel gauge plug, fuel return line and fuel feed lines before raising it...
3 Aug 2022 3 minute read 0 comments Lawnmower
More progress made on the Daihatsu. The biggest obstacle to overcome was the welding, as I cannot weld and electricity confuses and frightens me in roughly equal parts. A friend was able to come over and work on the chassis rails which were the last...
25 Jul 2022 2 minute read 1 comment Lawnmower
New news! With everything fully disassembled, I've finally got some forward progress. I've been busy de'rusting the outside of the fuel tank with a wire brush, painting it with Vactan and tonight, applying zinc primer. I need to buy some more black...
18 Jul 2022 4 minute read 1 comment Lawnmower
Onto phase 2 of the operation. Removal of the tank. This had mixed outcomes... All started off well, I was able to loosen all 4 bolts holding the tank to the car fine - however access to the exciting bits was poor. There is no access beneath the rear...
13 Jul 2022 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted
This is one of the rarest and most obscure Cartier watches in existence. It's called the Cartier Cheich and they only made four pieces. Back in the 1980s, Alain Dominique Perrin - the man in charge of brand at the time - and Paris-Dakar founder Thie...
12 Jul 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard
I was hit by a car while shooting for a TV show. Dedicated to all videographers! Extreme video shooting.During the filming of the transfer, the driver of the car decided that it would look very impressive if he drove through the operator:-)))BE VI...
11 Jul 2022 3 minute read 1 comment Lawnmower
The benefit of having more cars in the household than driving licence holders is that repairs can be undertaken at leisure. Following the MOT fail, there was quite a bit of work to do on the Daihatsu. Pics of the problem areas: I'm set to, trying...
8 Jul 2022 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted
After two decades, the most underrated car in the world is ready to make a comeback. Except, it's not. I don't know why but Volkswagen decided to torture us by releasing never-seen-before pictures of the second-gen VW Phaeton that never happened....
5 Jul 2022 5 minute read 0 comments Lawnmower
I had a crack at replacing the front passenger door lock module over the last few days and have been comprehensively thwarted. There ought to be a grub screw holding the door handle to the door skin, it is vital that this is undone NO MORE THAN THIRT...
2 Jul 2022 4 minute read 0 comments MintDice.com
Car racing has been one of the most popular sports for many fans over the years. From NASCAR to Formula 1, people around the world have enjoyed the fast-moving vehicles that are typically decked out with sponsorship and ownership decals. For the fir...
