Recent content by Baker9

To put things in perspective, I was looking at the 1911 Census when my Great Grandfather was head of the household. Two of the questions were as follows How many children born alive in this marriage answer was 10, how many still alive, answer 5. These were by no means a poor family, there were...

That is the same in food Manufacturing, we were not allowed to use a combined product, clean first then disinfect and that was from Food Standards Agency, evidently your Dead Tractor know feck all about cleaning and have never been advised by Food Standards.

What years does that apply to, I have a 2015 E class

It was only on reading this thread that I knew you get an extension to an insurance policy, thanks,

My insurance broker did that the last two years, last year I was ready for them, I contacted brokers for quotes. Come renewal time exactly Five days the renewal came through. an increase of about 20 percent. I ignored then and the day before they [honed me to tell me I needed to renew it right...

The only heaters of that type I have ever seen are oil fired and the heat exchanger was the weak point, it would crack and then the combustion gasses would pass through the building which was not good. They are normally diesel fired and very inefficient, rip it out but check first of all very...

New cars then were scrap at six years old and needed a lot of welding to get through the MOT, Leyland engines were done at 40K, so changing cars at 2 year old was not unusual then because they were crap.

Batteries seem to last no time in them, 2 years and they've had it.

Maybe it's just me but the battery lying on its side is not a good idea for battery life. I find it difficult to keep a charge in the battery and I struggle to get much more than two years from them and they are not cheap. Is it any easier to start if the battery is fully charged? I have an...

Binders for Corn (Oats) and Barley, Stooking sheaves from the Binder, Hateful job in the Barley Threshing mill and all that went with it. Neighbours coming over to give a hand with the threshing. The smell of Ciggies and diesel after the dinner when the crack started. Gathering spuds after a...

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Aye., they run real well on water and it is really good for the injector pump.

if you are buying a Shogun check for corrosion around the wheel arches especially the rear ones and if you are going to keep it a while you may need to look at treating the underneath, The reason I am saying is that I had to scrap an 06 SWB as it was totally gone with rust and any I have looked...

You can get spares for a shovel and graip, but seriously the spares situation needs to be looked into.

You have my complete sympathy, I had that procedure three years ago and for the rest of you having a camera shoved up into your bowels pales into insignificance when compared to the stuff you have to drink to empty said bowels. But if need to get it done, get it done, it could save your life.