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Post by The Great High Lord Beer on May 9, 2021 16:38:06 GMT
The last few times I took the old man's bike out, there was a strange faint burning smell, thought nothing of it, but today decided to investigate, Yes, that is one of my torches, God knows how I missed that, what a dope 😄 So, what's the daftest thing you've left in the engine department?
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Post by BritPete on May 9, 2021 18:00:35 GMT
More the question how did you get it in there?
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Post by The Great High Lord Beer on May 9, 2021 18:17:40 GMT
It must have been when replacing the alarm module earlier in the year, in hides around that area, good thing is a change of batteries and the torch works fine, it's a bit melted from touching the underseat pipe, but no damage to the bike, Lord Beer shall keep this oversight from the great God Odin, I'm pretty sure I was sober, bike work comes before drinking time.
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Post by BritPete on May 9, 2021 18:19:37 GMT
It must have been when replacing the alarm module earlier in the year, in hides around that area, good thing is a change of batteries and the torch works fine, it's a bit melted from touching the underseat pipe, but no damage to the bike, Lord Beer shall keep this oversight from the great God Odin, I'm pretty sure I was sober, bike work comes before drinking time. You should break out the ale and celebrate its repatriation
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Post by The Great High Lord Beer on May 9, 2021 18:30:19 GMT
You know me well Sir Pete, Lord Beer is most annoyed when tools go missing, indeed recently upon completion of a most worthy task on thy superdream beer consumption commenced, unfortunately a 10mm socket was missing from thy rack, many hours were spent in search only to find it on the end of the ratchet, a lesson for all, thy job is not complete until all tools are safely to bed, then enjoy thy beverages.
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Post by BritPete on May 9, 2021 18:37:05 GMT
I normally spend half the time of a job looking for the tool I have just used
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Post by The Great High Lord Beer on May 9, 2021 18:44:51 GMT
Garage gremlins Sir Pete, they love to hide things, usually in plain sight, little sods hid my Beer one night, many gremlins were rounded up and banished to the freezing outdoors, upon further investigation Lord Beer had simply consumed all the beer, many gremlins perished due to this oversight.
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Post by comstar on May 9, 2021 19:21:28 GMT
Blimey. Pardon the pun but 'I'm glad you saw the light' Lord Beer.
I don't think I've ever left anything like that but I know that in the 1970s my parents had a MK1 Escort. One night it was so cold they put a donkey jacket over the top of the engine and our mum drove us to school next morning and forgot about said jacket.
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Post by comstar on May 9, 2021 19:28:33 GMT
One thing related that funnily enough happened only yesterday.....this was around the back wheel of my Bonnie. When I pulled out of the garage something just didn't feel right, like a bit clanky if you get my drift. Got a few yards further then realised what was happening......could of been nasty. Luckily I never ripped any of the spokes out either.
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Post by The Great High Lord Beer on May 9, 2021 19:31:45 GMT
Blimey. Pardon the pun but 'I'm glad you saw the light' Lord Beer. I don't think I've ever left anything like that but I know that in the 1970s my parents had a MK1 Escort. One night it was so cold they put a donkey jacket over the top of the engine and our mum drove us to school next morning and forgot about said jacket. The question must be asked, who's donkey jacket was it and did it survive said journey... .... and MK1 Escort, respect 👍😎
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Post by The Great High Lord Beer on May 9, 2021 19:34:14 GMT
One thing related that funnily enough happened only yesterday.....this was around the back wheel of my Bonnie. When I pulled out of the garage something just didn't feel right, like a bit clanky if you get my drift. Got a few yards further then realised what was happening......could of been nasty. Luckily I never ripped any of the spokes out either. Oooo, fortunate, many beers must be consumed in honour of thy gods of good luck.
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Post by comstar on May 9, 2021 19:36:09 GMT
Yeah red 1100cc MK1 Escort, reg TRX110G.....now sadly not on any of the DVLA platforms.
Donkey jacket did survive I think albeit a little burned from the manifold.
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Post by The Great High Lord Beer on May 9, 2021 19:53:52 GMT
Ford's of this era are a thing of joy, Escorts, Cortinas etc are so recognisable and full of character, the old man had a Capri, not a 3000GT or 2.8i but just a lowly 1.6 but still looked fantastic, modern cars are full of technological do dars but leave me cold to the point that I can't be arsed with them, my car is a 10 year Toyota Corolla, and when it blows up I'll replace it with some other boring A to B box, infotainment systems as a major selling point, oh dear.
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Post by duffer on May 9, 2021 20:44:50 GMT
As Lord Beer knows, I use an air chariot. They sometimes need a long tow bar to pull them from the hangar. You are supposed to remove it when you have the chariot out of the hangar, but it has been known...... You think you had a bad day...
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Post by comstar on May 10, 2021 3:20:47 GMT
As Lord Beer knows, I use an air chariot. They sometimes need a long tow bar to pull them from the hangar. You are supposed to remove it when you have the chariot out of the hangar, but it has been known...... You think you had a bad day... Which politician was it that flew a plane like this recently and the advertising banner frapping in the air behind caused a crash? Might have been Nigel Farage.
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