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I use an old car (1964 Singer Gazelle) to get about and occasionally for work -- usually just me as our young son can't travel safely in it. I've been using E5 along with doses of lead replacement / fuel stabiliser, however this is getting very expensive to fill especially as my economy is...

£10 at my local scrapyard (Albert Looms at Derby). £15 for a used part-worn, good ones are £25. I had a pair of Bridgestone Turanza tyres put on mine at the start of the year and still plenty of tread left. Quick fit wanted £25 when my wife went and the moody fitter wasn't interested in...

The demand was there, and there was innovative design -- but the key thing is, this was innovation without development. There are some excellent contemporary reports from the 1980s discussing the housing boom of the 1950s and '60s, where houses were knocked up like stacks of cards.

Before my Dad retired he worked in manufacturing (furniture) all his life. Wagons going up to Yorkshire (from here, Derbyshire/Notts. border) would still get heckled by blokes shouting "f*ck off, SCAB", and this was in the late 2000s. I think all of Derbyshire's mines had closed by 1993 --...

Oh wow that brought back a childhood memory. Mum used to have 'Hoover' branded stuff and I remember the washing machine man removing something and tapping it with a hammer!

Thought I'd update on this. Replaced the temperature sensor last night and this seems to have solved the problem. I took the old one out and it was a little bit 'gunky' with an unknown substance on the surface, and replaced with the new one. The sensor slides through a rubber grommet with only...

Just to close this off. By sheer luck I managed to find a pack of four of the very clamps I need for this job! All I need do now is remove from the car, clean up and fit the new clamp. Chuffed with it!

No, I haven't if I'm honest! Sounds like where I should keep my bars of Dairy Milk. Thought I'd explored all the doors and covers for user-serviceable parts. Where should I be looking?

I'm with you. Hopefully it's the former! It was about £14 I think for a genuine one, so hopefully it works! It's too good not to at least give it a go.

First thing I thought when I initially saw the condenser light, but the condenser itself is clear and the two filters clear. The 'air in' port at the back looks a little dusty so can't think why this would cause overheating. The 'hamster wheel' type cylinder spins freely when the dryer is...

I've bought a new one so I am going to replace it seeing as I have it. It's fairly straightforward to get to. I couldn't think what else it could be. If the elements were heating up successfully, then something had to be stopping it heating up.

Hi all, we have a Zanussi ZDC47100W condensing tumble dryer. It was made in 2008, used very little and given to us in 2017. We’ve used it since with no problems – cleaned the filter after every dry, kept the condenser clean as per the instructions, etc. It’s barely used in the Summer, but...

My dirty old diesel will do over 800 mile to the tank. Happy to be 'allowed' to continue driving it without being penalised (well...beyond the artificial fuel prices, car tax, etc.) If the car is maintained and road safe, then it should be allowed to continue being used. The move to electric...

I would just do it! We had a driveway when we moved in, but only for one car, so we removed a wall and extended its width across the front of the house. We left a border down the side so there was still greenery. Wall down, dropped kerb extended. The local council's website at the time (the...

It was just funny because I know them so well, and I imagined certain characters there reacting to the thought of being led by the French! I genuinely don't know what French opinion on Frexit is like. Having such dominance in the bloc (along with Germany) probably plays a large part in public...

Knowing both those places very well and being fairly local to me, I know the locals there are majority pro-Brexit. They won't be led the way of the French I can promise you that :LOL: If Le Pen gets into power, then she'll push for it, but in reality I doubt those above her would allow France...

Best get onto the open heart surgery vids then!

I'm a BA and Masters graduate, but wish I'd gone back and learnt a trade with my hands! My Dad trained as a plumber in the 1960s and some of the joins he can do with lead (can't remember the name, and of course totally irrelevant today) are really quite skilled. Although he became French...

Agreed! Did the timing belt, camshaft and seal, water pump and starter motor on mine this year, all on the driveway. Cost me £180 and a garage wanted £800 something.

In truth, I find driving into cities a pain and always use the train or bus, so hopefully that counts. I think the real issue is car addiction. There was a recent spate of roadworks and people were moaning on FB about how long it was taking them to get to work -- a high number were commuting...