The 'look at what I did today' thread

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Aug 13, 2015 8:43 pm

Ah... Fair enough.

Have a

off me.

Why not bionic anymore? That's got me confused!

Post by **Vtecmec** » Thu Aug 13, 2015 8:51 pm

The leg is now able to (just) operate unassisted, though only to 75% of its range. I've been advised that without it the muscles will strengthen quicker, helping any recovery down the line when I do have the op.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Aug 13, 2015 9:30 pm

Post by **Donald** » Thu Aug 13, 2015 10:32 pm

wurlycorner wrote:Been in Stratford all day today, but working from home tomorrow.
What are you up to, country boy?

I've been let out of my barn and am now in what is apparently a city.

nitin_s1 wrote:
Donald wrote:Any of you London benders bored and free tomorrow?
What's happening?

Nothing yet bby <3

Might go to the RI and/or Wellcome collection though.

Skills on the recovery, mec

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Fri Aug 14, 2015 4:45 pm

Laura got stranded with a flat tyre yesterday, today I went out to have a look at what might have caused it...

Yep, that'll do it

Nothing left in the puncture so I can only speculate on the origin, if you look at it from above though it is a perfectly straight incision and when opened out the sides are smooth. The full length of that cut has gone through the tyre.

A knife wound perhaps? Seems odd to stab a tyre in the tread rather than slash the sidewalk though

Absolutely gutted either way as that tyre is about a month old, and 4x4 tyres aren't cheap

Post by **Donald** » Fri Aug 14, 2015 5:15 pm

Probably a tenrec.

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Fri Aug 14, 2015 5:17 pm

Did you pay a visit to the Horniman Museum per chance

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Fri Aug 14, 2015 6:05 pm

thats not good

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Fri Aug 14, 2015 11:53 pm

I once had a tyre cut like that from a pot-hole's sharp edge. Broken bottles can do it, too.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 10:10 am

Picked this up in the week and got it together yesterday;

It's a cheapo from Halfords, but still a bit of an indulgence tbh. It will help speed things up when I go over to the barn not having to dig tools out of boxes etc. though and gives me another much needed shelf to put engine stuff on!

I also fixed this up;

I had bought it very cheap used but it was missing the switch box and the pump was dubious (think it would have worked, but had a split case so I changed it). Overall still worked out cheaper than buying one that size new, so that's what matters (saving the pennies).

Nicely set up;