Big problem with camper - sad news, help!

Hi ya,

How ignorant some people are! All of us here in the West Midlands know full well that a screwdriver is for the taking out a screw and an 'ommer' is for putting it in. Simple!!!!
 
do yow know my local is the gospel oak acocks green i goes onthe buz and it is a brumagen not brumegen
 
Well, we're picking up old Rusty tomorrow :)

Neil is so pleased I can hear him singing in the shower! :lol-053: (we're off out somewhere in a bit)

So if you spot an old Autosleeper with a 'W' in the window heading north on the A1 tomorrow evening it'll be us :wave:

I really don't know how to thank Arthur - what a guy! :)
 
I expect a handful of beer tokens would go some way to thanking him!

Good work O A .... Rescued from the brink :)
 
oldish hippy said:
do yow know my local is the gospel oak acocks green i goes onthe buz and it is a brumagen not brumegen
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Whoops, soz spolling woz neva me strong subgect!

Acocks Green, I could never afford to live there. Used to live in Small Heath but had to move when people found out what I was really like!!!!
 
mariesnowgoose said:
I had to look that up !!!

For those simpletons who didn't know, like me, here's the definition:

Birmingham screwdriver - a hammer.

Usually used on delicate devices when a real screwdriver would be better. Refers to the habit of a Birmingham inhabitant (i.e. simpleton] to take a rather simplitic view of maintenance.

If it don't work - hit it.
If it still don't work, use a bigger hammer.


"Ay, Jimmeh, pass uz tha' Birmingham Screwdriver - oi can't geh this new graphics card in this ******* compu'er wivaht a slight modifahcation"

WHACK!

"There, snug as yo' mum"

:lol-049:;)
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an elderly polish mechanic we knew called it a russian spanner.
 
Well, the rusty lady has now returned home from king Arthur's castle a true princess. Whole saga over! (until next year's MOT).
Again thanks for all your support and for Arthur's Herculean efforts.
Shouldn't need the tent from now on - see some of you before too long. :D
 
NeilyG said:
Well, the rusty lady has now returned home from king Arthur's castle a true princess. Whole saga over! (until next year's MOT).
Again thanks for all your support and for Arthur's Herculean efforts.
Shouldn't need the tent from now on - see some of you before too long. :D
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EEEEEE i wont recognize you in the motorhome.... less chance of me reversing over the top of ya ....do you think it drives any better or different maybe now that its got some structural integrity........hark at me lol
 
that's great and if OA can make it to the fix it meet there will be no charge. Mind you might be a little welding involved, hee hee
 
Great news on the return of the old girl Marie and Neil. Well done Old Arthur, what a star :hammer:
 
NeilyG said:
Well, the rusty lady has now returned home from king Arthur's castle a true princess. Whole saga over! (until next year's MOT).
Again thanks for all your support and for Arthur's Herculean efforts.
Shouldn't need the tent from now on - see some of you before too long. :D
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Surely no ;longer rusty ? and next years Mot will be a breeze a fail ticket will be a leaking whatmathingy at worst......nowt to do with welding.

Great isnt it ? a man with the skill, tools and ABOVE all the satisfaction that he has helped out is part of our bretheren.more to the point no agenda?


Top blokeand total respect

Channa
PS how warming is it there are still out there that do care ?
 
gaz2676 said:
EEEEEE i wont recognize you in the motorhome.... less chance of me reversing over the top of ya ....do you think it drives any better or different maybe now that its got some structural integrity........hark at me lol
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It should at least stay in one piece while driving! Also Arthur pointed out that the automatic choke isn't working too well & pointed me to a manual choke for our model being sold on EBay. As far as I understand it, automatic chokes were first developed in the 80s and they didn't really get it right until later, so many drivers replaced them with manual. When I get my hands mucky fitting it this should improve fuel efficiency and emissions - will see if it improves performance.
 
They were used long before the 80s Neil !! They worked off the heater pipes passing through the carb and operating the choke but within a couple of years they were corroding and sticking.
It was pure good fortune to drop on a brand new original conversion kit like that.
 
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Thanks for that. Was half right tho - they didn't get it right until much later, probably not until the use of computers in vehicles? Sounds like anyone with vehicles more than a few years old should check this.
 
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