Відео

Just a dribble, the engine is not running when they are energised so there is nothing creating pressure (apart from gravity).

Me too, unfortunately we have them both! Jon

It didn't help that their common name was 'water rat'. When I was in my early twenties I took my Grandpa into an industrial area in Wakefield where we lived and happened to park near a bit of disused canal, he said "I haven't been here since I was a boy, we used to come here and watch the water rats." So we had a look and there was a water rat sitting on a bit of floating wood cleaning it's whiskers! Probably a great, great ..... grandchild of the one's that he watched as a boy. It was a 'moment'. Best regards, Jon

@@wotjonsez2560 Yup, very misinformed back then. I remember walking through the woods, Jays, Jackdaws and crows were hanging by their feet shot and hung there by misinformed scaremongers

The release of mink into the wild caused the rapid population decrease of water voles.

Yes my first one was a washer motor and a green grit (for tungsten) wheel which I found in a derelict building at a disused colliery. The funny thing was that the wheel wore down rapidly until I later put it on a faster machine when it held its grit and did not wear away as rapidly. I still have them both. Jon

I went to the tip a couple of years ago and one of the workers was just about to chuck a couple of carborundum wheels in a skip. I asked for them and he said, "The grinder's in the metals skip if you want it", Yes please, he had even bothered to put the nuts and washers back on the spindle but he had cut the flex off and put that in yet another skip! Regards, Jon

Thank you, it was more good luck, right place at the right time than skill though. Regards, Jon

Good job they sent two eh?

Cheers mate, it's been a while, I've got miles of recordings but struggle to find the time to edit and upload them. Regards, Jon

Anywhere on the chassis or the neg. battery terminal, it's there to complete the circuit.

You need an ammeter the thermostart should draw about twenty amps. A multimeter will not do the job, they normally fuse at ten amps. Or take the plug out and see if it is working, see my video 'Genuine thermostart v. spurious. Good luck, Jon

@@wotjonsez2560 Is there anyway to test, with a volt meter, if the single black wire that plugs into the thermostart is getting power when I turn the ignition switch to the heat position?

@@travisricks3436 Yes, if it's a negative earth put the black lead to ground anywhere on the chassis or the neg. battery terminal and the red lead on the thermostert terminal try the switch and you should see battery voltage - 12-13 volts. If it's a pos. earth put the leads the other way round. You don't even need a meter, with the switch on just try the wire to the chassis and you should get a spark.

@@wotjonsez2560 I had a mechanic test 2 thermostart plugs using lead wires off of a 12V battery. Both were bad! 1 wouldn’t heat up at all, and 1 wasn’t getting power at the terminal. I’m going back with a genuine OEM Perkins thermostart, part number 2666108. This is for a Massey Ferguson 231 tractor with the 3 cylinder Perkins AD3.152 diesel. Very happy that I now know what the problem is! Just gotta order the thermostart now. Thank You!

@@travisricks3436 I am glad that you got to the bottom of the problem. Best regards, Jon

Thank you. It is always nice to get kind comments especially if they make me laugh. Best regards, Jon

One less kind viewer said that I sound like Whinnie the Pooh! I did not take that one as a compliment.

Thank you. No volt drop because the test was from the battery to the end of the earth wire to check that the cable was good, if the test had been to the chassis connection on the chassis side there would have been a drop. I did a video 'Repairing car cluster light electrical problems' when we had a problem with the rear lights on the Audi which shows my repair, still good years later. I haven't been impressed with the Audi's electrics. Good luck, Jon

@wotjonsez2560 ah yes makes sense, so check continuity of the earth cable! I've heard about the rear lights modification, this, touch wood doesn't seem to be an issue on my rear lights, as mentioned I'm having a few intermittant electric issues in the engine bay, which would suggest a bad earth on the engine mount etc

Dave was a gun nut and over the years he showed me hundreds of guns both good and bad. He gave up his firearms certificates at ninety years old and did tell me that he had bought an air rifle for the grey squirels but he never did bother to show it to me so he probably did not think much of it himself. I also inherited all Dave's tools and equipment which I do treasure as the real parting gift. I really don't understand why you would think that I have 'screwed it up'; it is just as good after my investigations as it was before I started, some of us are capable of dismantling and reassembling things without damaging them. Anyway, thank you for watching, regards, Jon

Well mine is still working hard nearly two years later. Regards, Jon

Well it could be but wheel bearing noise does not usually sound like grinding. Check simple things like the brakes and the backplates and if it is a rear wheel drive check the prop shaft center bearings, they often sound like brakes ginding, good luck, Jon

Good luck, there is nothing too difficult but that lump is very heavy so be careful. Regards, Jon

You are right but I always was a messy worker. I once left a battery on charge too long and found the remains of it fifty yards away in the middle of the yard, it had actually gone through the building roof and spread acid everywhere.. Good job it happened at night when there was no one around.

Good luck and take care, Jon

Thank you so much for your kind remarks. Best regards, Jon

Hawke 6.5-20x50 AO IR NITE_EYE

@@wotjonsez2560 Grazie.

Well, I knew Dave really well and out of the maybe thousands of guns that he had during his long life, ninety years, I am quite sure that this one was not his 'pride and joy'. Dave gave up his FAC a couple of years before his death and he told me that he had bought an airgun just for the grey squirrels. Anyway, thank you for watching, best regards, Jon

Thank you

Get your new studs first and try them up to see if you will have enough space to fit them in from behind if not, I am afraid that you will have to do the full works. Good luck, Jon

@@wotjonsez2560 thx for the reply. Hub needs to come off 😩

Sorry I can't help you with that one. Good luck, Jon

Hi, Interesting; I have never tried heat. Regards, Jon

Give it a go. Let me know if it works for you. Regards John

Hello, I loved this camera but it was a bit unreliable. The ribbon connectors were normally the problem. Clean them with alcohol and they work again. The Chinese screen still works but now the camera turns on and then the lens closes it's self and a lens error message appears, it could be the connectors again but I have been using a different camera recently. Good luck with yours, Jon

@@wotjonsez2560 , I am a fan of deoxit5. I'll try that on mine to help with oxidation on those connectors. I'm pretty good with tablets and laptops, so I think I'll have a good chance. TBH, your comments about the new screen not not fitting tight will probably encourage me to try to seal the screen to the body as small mechanical things are going to be sensitive to dust-intrusions in my pocket. I've had mine on several continents and it's been very reliable. I have given it a few cleanings with some Hoppes CLP. Maybe all the CLP is what is keeping mine going smoothly, but really who's to say I'm not just lucky?

@@david-sv3kg Thank you for the recommendation. I have not come across deoxit but I have just looked through 100 reviews, seems to be the stuff to use so I have broken the bank and bought a can. I will let you know how I get on. Regards, Jon

Yep, if you use the dog juice it makes the paint taste a bit funny!

I'd like to know how you put it back on with a grinder?