Recent content by Towpack

"Just"..........practically guaranteed to put the kybosh on any job!:laughing-rolling:

Why not just stick one of those UK stickers on the back and peel it off when you get back? Much cheaper and a lot less faff, even without things going wrong.

Yes, it grounds through the bulb filaments. The sidelight circuit also lights the dashboard instruments and switches so many bulbs to remove! The +12v supply must have a path to earth or no current will flow. Imagine you are dealing with one bulb, one side is connected to earth and the other to...

Isn't that the whole point of the blind, to stop a sudden inrush of water through the rad to hit the fan?

If the fag lighter lights up with the sidelights there'll be other bulbs in the circuit giving a path to earth.

Are you testing the + wire while still connected to the bulb?

Some do and some don't. You'd have to check the spec of your particular battery/BMS. The primary function of the BMS is to provide the correct charging regime and prevent over discharge by monitoring individual cell voltage.

IMO the rad blind is aimed more at wading protection rather than cold weather. Mine has one and I haven't noticed any appreciable difference in warm up times in Winter with it up or down.

Quite a list of fails there.

I have a pair of large steel ramps stashed away in the garage but for a job where I just need a few extra inches clearance I made these from a railway sleeper which gives an extra 5 inches lift. No good if you want the wheels off the ground of course but, kept at the side of the garden shed they...

If they're anything like mine they just stick onto the window frame with 3M tape, no clips involved.

I use a few drops of diff oil on door hinges, graphite on lock barrels and white grease on the linkages. I mixed some graphite powder with acetone which I keep in a small squeezy bottle with a spout. It penetrates well and evaporates to leave a dry graphite lube.

We still use our GF grill occasionally. I use the air fryer a lot but lost the need for a hair dryer back in the 1980's.

I roughened the bottom of the dipstick with some emery paper so it holds more oil and makes it easier to see the level with new oil.