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Post 581

Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am...

Regarding the cast iron parts, you can get the same bits in machined aluminium. I know all the 'experts' say don't use it because it's not as sturdy, but if you use the brass parts with 1/16" india rubber gaskets what you find is not only a reduction in weight but also stops the whole assembly vibrating so much when you put the throttle up.


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Post 582

Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am...

The 'brass' is an 'aluminium' in disguise...


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Post 583

Icy North

I tried that, but it failed the emissions test.


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Post 584

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

That is sound advice - unless you want to straighten your toes smiley - footprints as well smiley - groan

smiley - pirate


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Post 585

Santragenius V

Well, for emissions control what I've found is that porcelain inner fittings seem to make for a much cleaner burn. And if you add some hydrogen peroxide (some! NOT some more - at tour own peril) the exhaust seem to go all invisible and non-smelly :


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Post 586

Santragenius V

*switches a t for a y ... verrrrry stealthily*


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Post 587

Peanut

I seem to have a y left over, and am short of a t

*mulls over*


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Post 588

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

Would you go so far as to use bone china, Santra? Maybe from - say - Royal Doulton?

smiley - pirate


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Post 589

Milla, h2g2 Operations

Doulton? Aw maaan... I've always used the kaolin stuff from Ifö, and that's been very nicely working all this time. Great tip about the peroxide though. I tried, and it works much better than rubbing the surfaces with a baking soda solution.
smiley - towel


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Post 590

Icy North

And it's cheaper than waxing, too. That's according to the leading zookeepers' social media site.


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Post 591

Gnomon - time to move on

The last time I tried that, I found one of the burners was blocked by a dead spider - a small one, not a Tegenaria gigantea.


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Post 592

McKay The Disorganised

You have to look out for spiders eggs if you use the hyena fur handle, but of course it lasts longer than the aardvark.

smiley - cider


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Post 593

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

The aardvark fur handle may come with ant eggs though

smiley - pirate


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Post 594

Santragenius V

I could see that might be a little awkward...


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Post 595

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

*the inspired smiley - pirate sneaks off to create a poem here:
F69196/T6410113 posting 3178

smiley - pirate


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Post 596

Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~

let's try this instead: http://h2g2.com/user/U176638/conversation/view/F69196/T6410113/page/159/#P110838355


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Post 597

Icy North

Anyone here have experience of a leaky Pacific flush valve?


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Post 598

Lanzababy - Guide Editor

Indeed, yes. Those old dual flush bayonet fittings are difficult to reassemble.


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Post 599

You can call me TC

I had trouble replacing the gasket. Apparently they are made in a now extinct polymer, and, to boot, only available in imperial measures.


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Post 600

Bald Bloke

Yes
And they tend to leak...
Which is not good if you are on a water meter!!!

Managed to replace the cistern with a syphon flush one.

There is a reason our Victorian forebears stopped using valves and went to syphons.


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