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Certainly seems like a fault somewhere.Hope you get results from supplier. They say they are very good & at least in the UK.

Steve.

This link takes you out of youtube ???

Steve.

Bo'sun I have the Mdro. I have just done a video & i show the edge finding on the dro. Its near the begining so you won't have to skip far. Hope it helps.

Steve.

In Spain there were lots of these on rooftops. Free hot water.

Not sure how good in uk they would be

Steve.

Yes I watch quite a lot of this sort of video. Only watch tv for car & bike racing these days.

I thought he had a lot of traits like Guy Martin in a way. In looks too. He definately knew his onions.

Steve.

As a child I was always facinated by anything mechanical. Pulling everything to pieces to see how it worked.

Today at a young 71 yrs I still have the same methodology.Tonight i saw this video & thought i would post a link to it. If you have nearly 1 1/2 hours of your life spare then it is well worth a watch. The guy who has rekindled this steam engine plant is so passionate about every thing he does & explains in great detail inc drawings how this 2 stage system actually works. He even shows the lighting system used back in the 1900's.

Steve.

Last winter I rang all the local to me stations & none sold Kero. Some had done but no longer did. I will try a few more just to see.. Thanks for the info though.

Steve.

I tried that last year. Red diesel is what I was using. It was not much cheaper. From the higher up posting it seems the flying club may not let me have any. There is a place at Brighouse not too far from me that does sell Kerosene in small amounts . Most want you to buy 400 litres at a time. I should only need around 50 Litres for the winter.

Steve.

Oh Dear.

If you look on youtube there a lot of folk who have fitted the chinese diesel heaters outside of there homes & ducted the warm air indoors with a lot of success. I fitted one to my workshop (i wont put a link to the video on utube ) But it's there. My workshop is 3M x 4M & it gets toasty warm in winter. I spent a total of £42 throughout winter on diesel. That was paying top price for fuel. I have since found the local flying club sells Kerosene much cheaper.

It is an alternative that works & a lot of forum members on this site use them i discovered.

These are what are fitted to most Campervans.

Steve.

This just popped up on my youtube screen. A 2" Burrell showmans.

What a great video. The guy is driving it in a yard area. He explains everything about the workings of the machine. Even the importance of blowing down .

Not sure if this has been shown on here before. If so appologies.

Steve.

It is not uncommon for a fault to blow itself clear. I would as said above take the covers off each light & inspect for anything that looks like it was trapped or catching anywhere. Also as said water ingress somewhere that has now dried out.

Steve.

Agree with above. Great work. The con rod looks the busness.

Steve.

Hi Andrew not sure if this will help but i did a full stripdown video of the griptru.

Steve.

Pick up the phone answer the call & say nothing. If the caller says hello is that ???? ok. If the line goes dead it's a scam. Job done. Happens often with me but never a problem using the above method.

Steve.

Nice car Alan. They were & still are a popular choice for a kit build. Massive choice of engines too.

Steve.

I know the B series engines very well having had 2 MGB GT's & fitting a Riley 1.5 & gearboxe to my Morris Minor traveller.I hope your's turned out better than the messy install i did. Remember the Stanley hand wound drill. That is what i drilled the chassis with from under the car in a pokey garage. I best the Cambridge drove nicely after putting the MGB motor in. Especially with the useful overdrive. 

Steve.

Edited By Steviegtr on 08/09/2023 16:10:45

Hi Duncan & thanks for the comments. I actually appreciate your input as you seem to be one of the very intelectual members of the forum. Well i hope you get some of your projects completed. I also remember the very cold & long winters. Always had a blowlamp ready to do a bit of defrosting.

Steve

Yes very true about Tarmac & building something.

Unfortunately at the time I built that i was working long hrs & if anyone remembers back then the mortgage interest rates shot up to 14%. So I had little spare money. I was going to build a dedicated Chasis with Indipendant all round with wishbones but just had to settle for what i had at hand.

Steve.

Thanks for that & thumbs up on your last bit.

Steve.