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Lister D

How much play should there be in a Lister D big end bearing ? Is there a general rule of thumb for all big ends or do t...
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posted by squid
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by squid

Tinkering With the Lister

I've been feeling a little guilty at not having touched my Lister D since fetching it from the wilds of Macclesfield, b...
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posted by nbrumpus
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by nbrumpus

Insurance, or lack of it...

I had the newsletter from my club tonight. I admit I'm not an active member and only pay the subscription in order to b...
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posted by dont_spamarthur
9 comments posted 21yrs posted by dont_spamarthur

Bent spokes !

I found this on E-bay & so as not to annoy anyone here, I've copied the photo to the Welland album. http://community.we...
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posted by kim.siddorn
13 comments posted 21yrs posted by kim.siddorn

Magneto

I'm after a mag for the Stuart Type N and had been watching this one on ebay. More than a little surprised at the eventu...
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posted by n_highfield
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by n_highfield

Welland Steam Rally

Gentlemen, I am about to go outside and bang my head repeatedly against a wall, I have just spent the last hour trying...
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posted by martin.perman
22 comments posted 21yrs posted by martin.perman

OT - humour

I checked into a hotel on a business trip and I was a bit lonely, so I thought I'd get me one of those girls you see ad...
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posted by kim.siddorn
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by kim.siddorn

What's this engine ?

Big (big!) V8 in that distinctive shade of pale snot green, or eau de nil as it's known to squaddies. Sitting in a yard...
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posted by dingbat
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by dingbat

JAP 3

At the recent Bristol &SGSEC rally, I came across a JAP 3 on what was otherwise a fairly ordinary boot stall. Snapped i...
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posted by kim.siddorn
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by kim.siddorn

Head gasket

In another thread I wrote (snip):- >Bulk of the weekend spent trying to get the garage/workshop into a state >where I c...
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posted by n_highfield
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by n_highfield

CS Startomatic

Hi all, Some of you may remember back in January I was given a 6hp CS 230 V AC Startomatic. Well I finally picked it up...
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posted by pete.aldous
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by pete.aldous

Petter Harmonic

Hello all, Many thanks for the interesting messages which I've been reading avidly, some of you may remember an effort...
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posted by man
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by man