Try BFS in Salisbury.

Working on a petrol engine recently, that hasn't run for 15 years that I know of. While no expert on carburettors, I thought it best to at least evict any spiders in residence in the famed Weber 34 ICH. The filter (to left of float) contained a fair bit of dust, the float bowl only a trace.
The tiny coil spring that flips the choke flap has disintegrated, where do I look for spares?

Quote from: Gareth on May 28, 2024, 08:26 PM...L663 Defender has now done 25k and it needs 4 new shoes!

That's it right there. My 109  (by Series standards) is extremely quick - I'm not on the brakes every junction. Never paced a L663 Defender or likely to, yet I'm sure it'll leave my 109 for dust. Thus tyres out by 25,000 sounds about right. Tyre life depends on so many variables.

Purists stop reading now.

Stock S2 & S3 locks never truly work, or if used never stay working and rattle-free. Get rid. They're not safe or clever. Fact is... -Do not Pass Go, do not collect £200... it'd be why the anti-burst/ dovetail variants were a later fitment.  More so if you've got kids around and/or want to hang your spare 'rattle-free' on the rear door.

Later locks have a rubber dovetail, correctly fitted this aligns the door thus reduces noise - and holds doors to seals. Wind-noise at your right-ear is removed, and the anti-burst function adds safety. Someone will along to say they manage perfectly fine without, and surely they do.

However if you've kids knocking about, a smidgin of common-sense, and want to eliminate some wind-noise and rattle in the bargain, get rid of stock. Tell Nigel where to go and source a set of anti-burst,.

Central-locking might have to wait.

Quote from: diffwhine on Jun 01, 2024, 09:56 PM.... . Nothing in the rules to say you aren't that charity.

Do it for world peace and the children.

Yup, that was the starter to this thread. Truth is it's tragic. It's a confection, a clear fake at 20 paces, let be close-up. That'll be hidden in February, and £50 says the Scarab alongside sees the road near as much.

Careful how you phrase things:
'The wife.. been stored in the attic since 2019.' People could get the wrong idea.

Quote from: g6anz on Today at 08:29 AMTake off the door top, its only two nuts. If the door then shuts correctly you will need to adjust the angle of the top. If it leans too far in it will make closing the door difficult. As suggested above look at the rubbers they can cause problems.

I have this issue on my passenger door. They're new pattern door tops. Are they fragile? Perhaps part cutting, re-angling and welding the bolts is preferable to brute force traction?

The Tamiya ambulance is great and I think it has been unavailable for a while now so you were lucky to find one. I built a couple of them probably 30 odd years ago now, went together very nicely.

The Pink Panther is also a great kit. It can be loaded up with a lot more kit than supplied in the kit as well. I seem to recall pressing the kit bags into plasticine, pulling them out again and filling the voids with plaster of Paris. Bit crude but worked at the time, I was probably 15 years old so no access to expensive rubber moulds and casting resins that I'm free to play with now.....   

Craig.

Take off the door top, its only two nuts. If the door then shuts correctly you will need to adjust the angle of the top. If it leans too far in it will make closing the door difficult. As suggested above look at the rubbers they can cause problems.