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By *im53 OP Man
over a year ago
Boldon |
sitting here all oily
fooking car would not start.
i`m suposed to be in night shift as well. the amplifier for the dist packed in 
oh for the old days of a set of points you could fix  |
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By *ig badMan
over a year ago
Up North :-) |
" sitting here all oily
fooking car would not start.
i`m suposed to be in night shift as well. the amplifier for the dist packed in
oh for the old days of a set of points you could fix "
New uns are a bugger when broken! So is it walking or stopping at home |
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By *adcowWoman
over a year ago
kirkcaldy |
" sitting here all oily
fooking car would not start.
i`m suposed to be in night shift as well. the amplifier for the dist packed in
oh for the old days of a set of points you could fix "
yep new ones great when everything works at push of a couple of buttons but bassas when those buttons don't work. not to mention bloody expensive to fix  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Buy yaself an old VW Beetle - it'll never let ya down, and even if it did, you can drop the engine in half an hour and pop the spare one in that you kep in the garage  |
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By *ickedWWoman
over a year ago
Chester |
Yes those days are gone..
My Dad would always be under the bonnet of our old car years ago, so were many other Dads in our street esp on a Sunday, changing brake shoes and pads, fan belts or the car would be on the ramps gettin a new exhaust fitted..
Garages must be racking it in now  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Aye, I've spent many a day with my Dad and a VW engine split in half, rebuilding it in the garage.
All you needed was a half a dozen spanners, none of your 'special tools' and fancy gadgets. A few spanners, a set of feeler gauges and a puller to draw the timing gear off the crankshaft.
I always remember putting the new crankshaft into the freezer for 4 or 5 hours to contract it and immersing the timing gear into boiling water to expand it in order to get them both to fit together 
It was all so simple - and good fun into the bargain
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Thats life Jim ,,, but not as we know it ,,,,,,,, she cannea take any more captain |
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"latest up date
parts came in early
now fitted and running like a dream "
glad its ok - mine broke down last tuesday and it's still in the garage cos they don't know whats the problem - I hate that car it's been nothing but trouble! Z |
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