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Electric handbrake in my wifes car. Citroen C4.
Its slow to react, still requires a hand to use/release it and I honestly can't see it being anything other than a step backwards from a proper handbrake.

If that car had run on petrol instead of diesel I'd have been tempted to set the bastard on fire today.

Yorick wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 4:20 pm Pals here reckon Loctite is a must for enduro bikes. Just got a new front sprocket so set off to the shop for some 2701 as the manual recommends.

27€ for a small bottle smarted a bit

That sounds a lot, which loctite product?

Mussels wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 5:26 pm

Yorick wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 4:20 pm Pals here reckon Loctite is a must for enduro bikes. Just got a new front sprocket so set off to the shop for some 2701 as the manual recommends.

27€ for a small bottle smarted a bit

That sounds a lot, which loctite product?

2701.

Be careful as there is a lot of bogus locktite stuff being flogged on eBay and amazon.

27c per litre isn't that bad, I'm surprised you bought so much though.

That's really expensive threadlock. There's a big selection available for RC cars at a fraction of the price, I'm not sure why the branded one will be so much better.

Hasn’t the front spocket got a lock washer?

I wouldn’t locktite the nut tbh that can make it a right fucker to get off...

Mussels wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:37 pm That's really expensive threadlock. There's a big selection available for RC cars at a fraction of the price, I'm not sure why the branded one will be so much better.

I needed it today. Sometimes (rarely) I just bite the bullet and pay. It was across the counter so didn't know the price until I paid.

Mussels wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:37 pm That's really expensive threadlock. There's a big selection available for RC cars at a fraction of the price, I'm not sure why the branded one will be so much better.

Planes use Loctite, so it's good enough for me

It only tightens to 60 Nm so needs a bit of help maybe?

Boilers, or more specifically, broken ones. Chez Gremlin's trusty Worcester Greenstar 42CDi is on the blink. Heating ok-ish, but intermittent hot water. Had a number of cold showers of late, but I understand they're quite good for the body and soul, although they do make the meat and two veg beat a hasty retreat.

Currently eyeing up a new Viessman 111-w combi boiler with 42l tank, just to impress the chicks. Get in!

Washing machines, more specifically my Mum's (Bosch). It's not moving on from the wash cycle - just keeps washing. It drains when you put it on drain. It spins when you put it on spin. A bit of hunting around the interweb and I've diagnosed a faulty heating element (I guess it won't move through the cycle unless the desired temperature is achieved). So - I'll get my son to help me pull it out to get the serial number and will order a new heating element. My theory with all mechanical things is that if you can get the old one off, you can put a new one on

gremlin wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:43 pm Boilers, or more specifically, broken ones. Chez Gremlin's trusty Worcester Greenstar 42CDi is on the blink. Heating ok-ish, but intermittent hot water. Had a number of cold showers of late, but I understand they're quite good for the body and soul, although they do make the meat and two veg beat a hasty retreat.

Currently eyeing up a new Viessman 111-w combi boiler with 42l tank, just to impress the chicks. Get in!

A combi with a tank, I didn't know such wonders existed, I was almost tempted to cancel my green homes voucher and scrap the solar thermal but then I remembered chicks dig solar panels.

Mussels wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:49 pm
A combi with a tank, I didn't know such wonders existed, I was almost tempted to cancel my green homes voucher and scrap the solar thermal but then I remembered chicks dig solar panels.

Same. You think you've seen all the wonders on God's good earth and then, bam! Along comes something of wonder such as this. No more pressure lows for me when two or more showers are on the go.

gremlin wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:57 pm

Mussels wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:49 pm
A combi with a tank, I didn't know such wonders existed, I was almost tempted to cancel my green homes voucher and scrap the solar thermal but then I remembered chicks dig solar panels.

Same. You think you've seen all the wonders on God's good earth and then, bam! Along comes something of wonder such as this. No more pressure lows for me when two or more showers are on the go.

Wham bam. Imagine a house that doesn't need any heating. Magic

Yorick wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:03 pm

gremlin wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:57 pm

Mussels wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:49 pm
A combi with a tank, I didn't know such wonders existed, I was almost tempted to cancel my green homes voucher and scrap the solar thermal but then I remembered chicks dig solar panels.

Same. You think you've seen all the wonders on God's good earth and then, bam! Along comes something of wonder such as this. No more pressure lows for me when two or more showers are on the go.

Wham bam. Imagine a house that doesn't need any heating. Magic

Nor hot water? Truly magical.

gremlin wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:12 pm

Yorick wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:03 pm

gremlin wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:57 pm

Same. You think you've seen all the wonders on God's good earth and then, bam! Along comes something of wonder such as this. No more pressure lows for me when two or more showers are on the go.

Wham bam. Imagine a house that doesn't need any heating. Magic

Nor hot water? Truly magical.

The pool is 26c right now. Pass the loofer

Yorick wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:14 pm
Pass the loafer

FTFY

gremlin wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:27 pm

Yorick wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:14 pm
Pass the loafer

FTFY

I resisted that as too many would get paranoid

If you can pass a loofah you've been wearing the hat too long.

I need to return an item to Chain Reaction Cycles.

Go to website, fill out form, get redirected to another website to sort the post "we will email you a QR code"

I head down to Asda to send the parcel. No QR code in my emails

Contact CRC "can I get a code please" yeah sure here it is "perfect" !! Can't save it, ohh well it's on my phone screen it'll be fine

head into Asda, go to customer services "I need to send this" OK show me the QR code

It's then that I discover that I can no longer view the code because CRC have covered it up with a survey to see how I got on with their chat "well it was fine until you fuckers ruined it. Now I have to head back out the store and stand in the carpark getting the code again"!!

I swear it wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't effin Asda, half the people I see make me feel good about myself, the other half make me itch