Duffers

So could I of done more damage then John? I mean, I didn't drive it again after replacing the little hose, I just started it and it didn't stall straight away so I was happy I'd located the problem! I'm scared now! Paul

I certainly did - never driven so slow! Hehe!

Howdo mate! The t-piece and the pipework were supplied with the gauge. I guess halfrauds will sell them to suit the bore of the pipe though. Good luck! Make sure it's on feckin' tight! Paul

Jesus! Was having a rather spirited drive down the M61 just now with my new FCD fitted and was giving it a bit of full flavour behaviour when the car lunged backwards like a really violent fuel cut and then wouldn't let me accelerate past about 2k revs in any gear. Also, came off the motorway to the sliproad roundabout and it just died. I'm getting a tad upset at this point but it did start straight away. I limped home, was overtaken by an S2000, 2 x Audi TT's and a damn Nova GSI! Gutted. Anyway, got back and all I could find was that the little extension to the boost gauge T-piece had blown off the manifold thing. Stuck it back on and all seems well now - would that of caused all that grief? Jeez! Paul

Love that! Cheers!

I'm quite happy to take full responsibility of it when the times comes! I'm NEVER gonna keep this quiet all through Xmas - I JUST CAN'T!

I don't know about "shit a brick" - more like "shit on a brick!"

They only moved in, in October! Plenty of years yet with Duffer's log lurking down in the depths of their new gaff !!

God, I hope you're joking! I RAN straight to the bog to clean my arse! There was no way I was going down there again! Hehe!

I tried this too - I was scared to death about what the T-Cut might do to them but they came up a treat! Back light covers too - as they were looking a bit "grainy" and not quite as transparent as I'd of liked - also nice and clear now! Yours look great too!

Got my roof-rack ordered!

There sure is! I did do the decent thing though and get it as far from the access hatch as I could AND covered it in bits of mortar and brick dust that was all over the place down there. Anyway, nevermind about that, what about feeling sorry for me! Trying to deliver a log half lying down and on your side is NOT easy! I'm itching to tell my mate and his Mrs about what lurks down there now! He'd laugh but his Mrs would be mortified! Wheres my phone...

Offending item was stabbed with a little cut off piece of 15mm copper pipe that I found down there and then deposited as far away from the access hole as I could get it !! I didn't mention any of this to my mate... But no doubt when I'm round there one night and have had a few beers over Xmas, it will all come out!

Hi All Thought I'd share this with you... Booked a day off work today to fit a phone extension for my mate and to get a few bits done around my house so I toddle over to my friend's this morning at 8am before he sets off to work. I find the master phone socket and discuss with him where he wants the extension socket and then he buggers off - telling me to just pull the front door closed when I'm done as it's on a Yale lock. Super! So, I make a brew, have a quick shuftee through his wife's undie drawers (kidding) and then I start work. Now, where he wants the extension socket means I have to run a cable across a dark varnished skirting board "white cable) so I think... Mmmm, this ain't a solid floor! So, I have a wander around and find a few boards loose in the downstairs central heating cupboard. I lift them up only to find that the guys who fitted the CH had run some of the pipes directly over the access trap. There was a good 2ft of crawl space under there so I did my drilling first and made my access holes and then squeazed between the pipes and got under the floor with my roll of cable. I was quite happily feeding my cable round under the floor and tacking it neatly to the joists and having a little sing to the radio that was on in the lounge. I was down there for about 30 minutes as I wanted to do a neat job. I fed my cable up to my new extension box and crawled back to the access hole so I could get out and fit the extension socket. Now THIS is where things went a little bit pear shaped for me... Imagine this... The pipes that I squeazed past to get under the floor were then cold. Now, the heating is on and said pipes are blast furnace hot! So, from 8.30am till 5.45 when he arrived home - I'm stuck under the floor whailing for help lying on cold concrete for all that time. Plus, at about 1pm, I was DESPERATE to go to the loo and NOT for a wee! I had to, well, I don't want to go into that as it's too bad to talk about but trying to clean your bum with a hand full of brick dust is something that is going to scar me for the rest of my life. NO MORE phone extensions for ANYONE - DON'T CARE WHO THEY ARE! Paul

Howdo Ian Welcome to madness... Paul

Hehe! I can just get my shoe between the floor and the bottom of the car if that's any indication - there ain't much of a gap. I have to slow down to drive over chalk lines.

My first MOT with the Soop and she did me proud - not a thing wrong at all. I was sat in the MOT pooing - err, viewing area and was scared to death about emissions with her having zero in the cat department! Anyway, I'm proper pleased after worrying for weeks! Here she is on the ramp at the station - looking confident as ever! Paul

Those bloody silicone sealant applicator guns! You find the silicone sealant and you go running off to where you are SURE the applicator gun thing is and it's not there! Go and buy another and Hey, you find the other! I have about 10 now. I keep one in EVERY room just in case.

Bloody "Job Avoidance Allowance" more like! Toerags! :thumbdown

My bloody bonnet doesn't lift up on mine! Sob...

I did pull the connector off the bulb on the driver's side and the two terminals looked okay - and the bulb tip spades looked corrosion free. Very odd - Mr MOT will laugh tomorrow when I go steaming over and pop the bonnet when they are testing the lights. "Hang on! Just got to wiggle this... Right, try it now...!!" God, make them work for my MOT. Please! I'll start going to church and everything!

As I've now found my manual, if anyone wants to know any of the user selectable features from the programming chart - I'll try and help you out.