kevin the chicken

Petrol should really be ok as it was empty when I got it. I guess I will have to take it to bits tomorrow to see if I can see anything obvious. Funny really I would be happier at fault finding on a multi cylinder engine than this. I guess once I have Sussed it out it should be simple enough.

Make him an offer for it, looks ripe for restoration. Don't worry I've spent my whole life confused and it doesn't get any better

Cant get my shredder to start.its a few years old but looks almost new. It ran fine when I got it home in the autumn and I put it away in a dry shed and covered it up. Put fresh petrol in the other day but it wouldn't start. Tried a fresh plug but there seems to be no spark at all. It is a Titan shredder with an 8 hp Tecumseh engine. Anybody got an ideas where I should start looking?

Better not show this to the wife especially with an M3 engine. It's gonna be something special when it's done

This time of year it probably has young to feed so is willing to take risks. They can be needlessly destructive though. A friend of mine had similar trouble to you so when he heard a commotion in the middle of the night grabbed his gun and raced down stairs stark naked, threw open the front door and on seeing the offender nip past let him have both barrels. Once the roar of the discharge had died away he went to inspect the deceased fox which was when his wife reminded him that he'd parked his brand new skoda behind the hedge. Still got him before he got any chickens

Funny that I was thinking that would be his next move

People like you show me up. I haven't even serviced mine yet. Along with other hold ups I seem to have got a serious aversion to the cold this year, if I'm not being paid for it I'm not going out in it! I was planning to do a tie rod conversion, change the pick up for the fuel pump, put some longer wheel studs on and sort out my fuel gauge sender so that it works. So far nothing

I went to little gransden last year and it was a good day out, especially as there were two lancasters and a Vulcan! It's quite local to me so I shall be going again, thanks for pointing out that the entry list is open.

Shame that. Seems to happen quite often that someone with a bit of power and some daft ideas takes over forgetting that it is the exhibitors at shows that make them happen. Last year at one of the steam rallies that I have been attending for the last 20 years with one or sometimes two tractors they suddenly decided that they were going to limit space for camping (not for all the exhibitors,just the tractors) and that not everybody who had been attending previously would be allowed entry. Consequently not many people attended and this year the entry forms have been sent out with no restrictions. I remember that when the recession hit home and the steam entries dropped through the floor because of transport costs they were glad to have us then

Does it get harder to start the longer you leave it? If its worse the next day rather than three or four hours that probably points to fuel draining back. As the others have said check the choke first to make sure it is operating. An electric fuel pump will make things easier in this case as well as saving wear and tear on starter and battery. Although I have twin 45s on mine I just turn the ignition on whilst I am putting my seatbelt on and I know that the fuel is in the carbs after about ten seconds and I am ready for action!

My series 7 has the number engraved on the top rail of the chassis on the passenger side. Things were a lot more lenient then with Sva or iva, hopefully yours is ok. Mine was but it came with the v5 and loads of bills and the original build book. Does the stamped number show up on the hpi check?

Car builder solutions sell one of these, the manufacturers name escapes me at the moment. I tried to use it on my kit before realising that the sender was not working. They also can provide another small pcb that slots in to the unit to allow you to fit a low fuel warning light.

Working. Gutted

She may be getting on a bit but there's life in the old girl yet. The range rover that is not the wife!

This is definitely sounding like a good day now. My wife is keen to go, she might take the range rover for a drag if the the heated seats are fixed!

Tazz you have to come because of your positive attitude! I think if was going to Santa pod I would trailer my car there with my range rover in case of breakdown. There you've started me off, range rover might break down anyway

Either or both sounds like a good idea. Santa pod is not to far from me but I've never been there,it is on this years to do list anyway. I am sure that they would get a good reception as they are about as central as you can get. My only problem would be that I work Saturday's so unless it was on a Sunday my chances of making it would be limited. You can't accommodate everyone though.

I used silicone hose throughout with joiners if I couldn't get the exact bend I needed. I felt it was better to have a joiner than a hose that wasn't exactly the right angle. The joiners look ok if you get good ones with quality hose clips and you almost never have trouble with leaks as silicone is so pliable and supple. I did have trouble with one of those so called bendy spiral wire hoses and soon ditched it in favour of silicone,maybe I was asking to much of it.

Well done him. I had a plan that my two were going out to work to pay for me to go karting but I fear that may not happen as they are both still grovelling. In the Lego box at the moment

At least you are much safer from infection at home! Too cold to be out under a car anyway. Think my winter mods are all going to be spring ones.

Been thinking of spring and summer already and this year I would like to be able to take my six year old son out in my car for a ride. As he is still small he is not able to utilise the harness seat belts and his normal car seat is too wide to fit in my car. Has anybody used a booster seat that is narrow enough to fit in the bucket type seats that are fitted in these cars. Most of the ones listed on eBay don't actually say how big they are, I'm hoping that someone else has had the same problem and overcome it.

I have webers on my red top. My rolling road man says that there is nothing to choose between them on a race car but that dellortos are better for the road, staying in tune a little bit better. Mine just seem to go out of balance every now and then for no reason at all. A quick fiddle with the screwdriver and they are fine again.

Halfords did a set for me with a certificate of insurance and a utility bill to prove that I was the insured person. Did have a bit of a disagreement with matey behind the counter as to whether I was entitled to them or not but I was only following the instructions on their website. He was that close to me getting the misses out of the car as she was the one who had looked it up. Didn't know how lucky he was. Plates were damn expensive though, normally get mine done on eBay for about six quid each, these were twice that but I needed them that day.

Welcome to the rhocar caravan club. You will not believe how much easier it is with a caravan. Now that we are used to it we can pack up our five berth van, awning, toys,,food, clothes and all the other paraphernalia and be on the road in under an hour.

Nothing wrong with a q plate, just that some people don't like them. When it comes to the emissions test at mot time and my tester only looks briefly to see there is visible smoke and nothing else then I am very happy with mine!