Recent content by Gizmo_68

Pity i didnt find see yours then, i just paid £37.49 (4 ltrs) for fully synthetic long life VW506.01, but that also included delivery. Not many people stock 506.01 though. Personally i wouldn't buy stuff like this from eBay UNLESS the seller had a (eBay) shop - so it would be replaced IF...

Cant see your point here Providing you buy from a reputable supplier (who will replace any damaged delivery) there isn't a problem, ALL decent oil is packaged in containers that wont leak under normal use. Personally i buy mine from http://www.opieoils.co.uk/ They are even cheaper if you...

Bit difficult to pinpoint, from such a vague symptoms. Does the temperature gauge go into (or close to) the red when stationary? could be a blown fuse, bad connector (near the fan), or seized / blown motor. When you are driving 30+mph the air passing through the fan will actually...

They are a very useful tool, think small grinder / drill / sander. I put off buying a Dremel for years, thinking i wouldn't use it much, but since i bought it, its been worth its weight in gold!

Top speed will also have a great deal to do with it also, i have a 1.9 TDi Skoda Octavia, if i dont exceed 65 MPH and use cruise control as much as possible then i can get 65+ MPG on a 40 mile trip to work, driving at 70, but same style of driving this goes down to 60 MPG & at 75 Mph it drops to...

An update: 2 coats of Crown (it was on offer, making it cheaper than Homebase's own brand) white oil based undercoat and the mural is completely covered and the black marker pen lines are no longer bleeding through - result. Thanks for all the input guys :wink:

Thanks for the quick reply spice

Hi, i have a very large and bright mural on one wall in my sons bedroom. I would like to know what i can seal this with before painting over it so stop the colours bleeding through the new paint (magnolia). Would an oil based undercoat do this? The mural is made up of red, orange, yellow...

Thanks guys :D , i knew there must be a simple way of doing it

Thought not but if you dont ask! Are the pipe freezing kits any good?

I am in the process of changing the bathroom radaitor (10mm pipe) to a towel rail (15mm pipe), with the CH system turned off is it possible to swap the current radiator valves for 10/15mm reducers (already connected to the towel radiator) without draining the system or freezing the pipes? This...

Fitted new bearing earlier in the week (bought them already fitted into a new rear half of the drum) The old drum was a right ba****d to get the inner drum split from the outer half - due to the bearings rusting onto the shaft i assume. Other than that it was quite straight forward, i even...

lol, yes im turning it anti clockwise, fair comment though, i could try an impact driver, although didn't want to do that if at all possible!

managed to get some bearings from Zanussi, is there a nack for getting the pulley bolt undone? i.e. do they need heating up etc, i've had an 18" breaker bar on it and it doesnt want to shift!

Hi, i have a Zanussi FJD1266W that is about 3 years old, the bearings are now very noisy, can they be replaced on this model? (have searched the 'net but nothing for the FJD1266W is listed) are they pressed in place or just a tight interferance fit? what should the torque be on the bolt...