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02GF74

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  1. Like everything it is  risk vs cost compromise. 

     

    How often does this happen? 

    How much would it cost to make carparks 100%fireproof? 

     

    Would you want to pay for example 10x what you pay now to park? 

     

    No, neither would I, so we all chance it. A 1,000+ cars burn out in a seemingly one off event.  **** happens.  We take it on the chin as our insurance premium go up a tiny amount and carry on. 

  2.  Bizarre.  I think he's right about the torque going through the outer edge of the shafts, (many years ago on here was a discussion about drilling out the centre of half shafts for this reason plus reducing the stress)

     

    If the joint faces are perfectly square and done up really  tight, the friction between them ensures that the force transfered to the outer region.

     

    Even so, it does not seem right, especially with the grub screws, they should have been staggered as opposed to being I the e same plane. 

  3. I was in an accident that is my fault. 

    I exchanged details including insurance information with other driver as well as informing my insurance company. 

    Although I am fully comp I will not be making a claim for my car. 

    AFAIK that is all I need to do. 

    Other driver has sent me an invoice saying I should forward it to my insurer but I don't believe I need to be involved in the other party's claim in any way. 

    Is that correct? 

  4. as already pointed out, the winding is dead - the wires are insulated from each other by a layer of laquer - where the wire appears black, the laquer has become damaged due to heat so is likely to short out the coil, not to mention the melted parts.

    solution is to find replacement or have the winding replaced.

    scrap yards are full of dead cars with working electrical fans, also take a look on ebay for the same or similar sized fan.

  5. .... and 20 MINUTES of talking to two blokes that really have no place on the show..... I didn;t even know who they were, and CE was just cheesy the whole time, but meh, that's just my opinion :)

    o.

    20 minutes wasted. No idea who they were either.

  6. Engine at tdc, would not cylinder 1 be on compression stroke?

    Easy to check by whipping off rocker cover and looking at valves, both should be closed or put thumb on spark plug hole when turning engine over by hand.

    V8 has twice the number of cylinders than a 4 pot so has to be something pretty major to stop idling.

    Without looking it up timing is generally 10 btdc.

  7. Is it the best thing since individually wrapped sliced pieces of cheese? Probably not but what else is better? Not a huge amount, certainly not them britains got exercisers and other talent shows.

    Im no likey chris evans so struggle a bit, matt the white a bit too wooden.

    Notice how miserable the audience looked, standing cross armed being force to laugh at the jokey parts.

  8. Wire the light switch to a relay so that bulbs are switched directly from 12v supply,

    The contacts on the switch are pretty crummy and you loose a volt or thereabout.

    Same for high beam.

    Halogen bulbs will imorove matters.

    The sealed units are pretty poor but are only necessary if you plan to go wading through very deep h2o.

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