Take it for a drive to your next essential shopping trip.
(Tin hat on lol)
I wouldn't bother how long do they sit in dealerships without turning over or moving.
and sell them to us. let us not be to daft, ok.pj.I wouldn't bother how long do they sit in dealerships without turning over or moving.
I wouldn't bother how long do they sit in dealerships without turning over or moving.
Unless taking it for a good 50 ml run best left where it is. Essential shopping should be closest supermarket
Buses still run through our village 3 times a day, not seen anyone on them for weeks now. Same with the trains that runs through next village, twice we waited at the barrier, again not a single person on the train.
Why they don't replace the 40 seater bus with an mini bus and reduce the three carriage train to a single carriage baffles me.
trev there are one or two, running around here. and not going to super-mercados, ok markets. hope your ok, ok,pj. chin up.keep smilingDont start it,remember 95% of wear is after the start up from cold,apart from it would take many miles to get the battery back up again,walk to the shops it will do you good.
I started a diesel engine today - not the campervan, we use that every other week to get the shopping. This engine was originally in a 1960's Commer tipper truck, then spent some years driving a timber winch, before being fitted into a cradle to drive my large rack timber saw bench fitted with a 5 ft yankee circular saw blade many years back. I hadn't used it for about 14 months, its a 6 cylinder Perkins - great engines. It was a little reluctant to start, taking maybe 30 seconds of almost running before coming out of hibernation and spewing its usual cloud of smoke on start-up, running a bit erratic for another minute before settling down to its sweet purring. No glow plugs or inlet pre-heat or easy-start. Amazing for an engine thats had a hard working life of about 55 years! The saw bench itself is probably over 150 years old, though I did modify it maybe 30 years ago to take a bigger blade than it was originally designed for and widened it to take much larger logs. It can cut planks up to 22 inch depth.
Early basic non-electronics diesels are amazingly reliable and economical.
I remember many years ago having a Fordson Super-Dexta tractor, which at the time had no battery. Living at the top of a hill it was easy enough to bump start it ( though embarrassing if you stalled it on the flat). I came to start it one morning, but the wheels just locked. The small drain hole in the exhaust manifold had blocked and rain had come down the silencer and filled 2 of the 3 cylinders causing a hydraulic lock. Took out the injectors, down the hill some more to blow out the water, injectors back in, and it immediately started and ran perfectly.
well made, not so to day, to many fancy thing atached. oh dont get me wrong, i like what i got. keep going,all the best, ok.pjI started a diesel engine today - not the campervan, we use that every other week to get the shopping. This engine was originally in a 1960's Commer tipper truck, then spent some years driving a timber winch, before being fitted into a cradle to drive my large rack timber saw bench fitted with a 5 ft yankee circular saw blade many years back. I hadn't used it for about 14 months, its a 6 cylinder Perkins - great engines. It was a little reluctant to start, taking maybe 30 seconds of almost running before coming out of hibernation and spewing its usual cloud of smoke on start-up, running a bit erratic for another minute before settling down to its sweet purring. No glow plugs or inlet pre-heat or easy-start. Amazing for an engine thats had a hard working life of about 55 years! The saw bench itself is probably over 150 years old, though I did modify it maybe 30 years ago to take a bigger blade than it was originally designed for and widened it to take much larger logs. It can cut planks up to 22 inch depth.
Early basic non-electronics diesels are amazingly reliable and economical.
I remember many years ago having a Fordson Super-Dexta tractor, which at the time had no battery. Living at the top of a hill it was easy enough to bump start it ( though embarrassing if you stalled it on the flat). I came to start it one morning, but the wheels just locked. The small drain hole in the exhaust manifold had blocked and rain had come down the silencer and filled 2 of the 3 cylinders causing a hydraulic lock. Took out the injectors, down the hill some more to blow out the water, injectors back in, and it immediately started and ran perfectly.
There ok if you boil them and dip in curry sauce.It depends how long this lockdown lasts for, if its still happening in the autumn, the one of the biggest problems is going to be vermin, mice, rats