Forum: Idle Banter
29-09-24, 02:50 PM
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Replies: 11,527
Views: 43,806,653
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Contractors have done a great job and done so quickly, have rebuilt the concrete pad under the extension and jacked it up and packed it with slate, I would think the corner of it dropped about an...
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Forum: Idle Banter
26-09-24, 04:31 PM
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Replies: 11,527
Views: 43,806,653
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Just got home from work. Met the contractors this morning before I left, and searched for a reason for the collapse.
When I moved into the property, the previous tenant erected a terribly built...
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Forum: Idle Banter
26-09-24, 06:31 AM
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Replies: 11,527
Views: 43,806,653
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
They are coming out to repair it today. Theee is about a foot of water in it that they are going to pump out, hopefully find the source. I’m on a hill so can’t see it being the water course
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-09-24, 10:11 PM
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Replies: 11,527
Views: 43,806,653
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Yeh, sh!t year all round Gary!
I’m down south, not sure any mining went on round here but there are a few sand pits and the soil is quite sandy. I am on a hill. Just hoping it doesn’t decide to...
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-09-24, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 11,527
Views: 43,806,653
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
I’m not sure Darren, possibly. It is a 100 year old property and there is a manhole at the edge of the hole that is now kind of hanging in mid air and the pipes to and from it are the old glazed...
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-09-24, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 11,527
Views: 43,806,653
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
I put a timber framed extension on the back, built off a plate fixed to the house and spanning out 3m to four 800 square concrete pads and brick piers that the floor is mounted on. The sink hole has...
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-09-24, 10:54 AM
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Replies: 11,527
Views: 43,806,653
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Got home from work last night, went to walk out my back door.
Thankfully I did not just march straight out because I was met with a sink hole, right outside the door.
Where my patio once was, there...
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-07-24, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 38,319
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
18-07-24, 04:05 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 25,483
Re: Fuel pump problem
It did. Fuel pump arrived earlier on so fitted it and we now have life in the old girl. Needs a bit of fettling, doesn’t like to idle and it’s a bit lumpy so new spark plugs needed, and I had the...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
18-07-24, 02:00 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 25,483
Re: Fuel pump problem
That is basically what I got, although a slightly more expensive one as that is what I was advised to get.
Stripped and re assembled my fuel pump assembly with it but still nothing, was told by bike...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
16-07-24, 10:54 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 25,483
Re: Fuel pump problem
Quick update. Replaced the fuse, new battery and the fuel pump relay clicks when the ignition turned on. I took the fuel pump assembly apart and replaced the pump with a Kemso pump. Mate of mine owns...
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Forum: Idle Banter
13-06-24, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 474,444
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Forum: Idle Banter
21-05-24, 10:53 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 513,599
Re: Rowdy - news?
To be honest embee not really. I used to get in great with my in-laws but haven’t really heard anything from them at all. I spoke to my father in law a couple of times shortly after splitting with my...
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Forum: Idle Banter
18-05-24, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 513,599
Re: Rowdy - news?
Thanks guys. I had my doctors send a referral to MIND, that was 6 months ago and I haven’t heard a thing from them. I do have friends and family to talk to, and have off loaded a lot but I fear I...
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Forum: Idle Banter
18-05-24, 10:01 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 513,599
Re: Rowdy - news?
Hi Gary, thanks for asking. Dont quite remember where I got up to in the other thread, but the outcome so far was, from the crash, fractured rib, fractured wrist, partially collapsed lung, blood on...
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Forum: Moto GP
07-04-24, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 156,373
Re: F1 owners bought MotoGP
It isn’t who can make the best software/electronics so much, as they all use a magnetti marelli spec ecu, how the various teams leccy engineers deploy those electronics can vary yes. Nowadays it has...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
03-04-24, 01:37 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 25,483
Re: Fuel pump problem
Yes it can. I have been to some very dark places over the last 6 months. Thanks guys.
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
03-04-24, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 25,483
Re: Fuel pump problem
No not in hospital. Accident happened at 5pm, ambulance came and took me to hospital, probably got there around 7:30pm. They were going to let me go home at midnight but I started coughing up blood...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
02-04-24, 10:32 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 25,483
Re: Fuel pump problem
Plan b was to put the new battery on my triumph. Fired up like it had only been run yesterday. Checked it all over and took it for a quick shakedown.
Then, spent Easter weekend in hospital with a...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
30-03-24, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 22,134
Re: K3 front end
It depends if you buy a complete front end, or if you can source the parts separately as I did. Mine didn’t work out that expensive to be fair, a little while ago but probably came in less than £500....
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
30-03-24, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 25,483
Re: Fuel pump problem
Hi Bibio, yeh been a while, haven’t been riding for a long time but the Mrs has farked orf so now have some me time!
Should have got my ar5e in gear and sorted it a while ago, I don’t live far from...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
29-03-24, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 25,483
Re: Fuel pump problem
Don’t know Gary the dash has been playing up and showing a fault with engine temp for ages but it’s fine, says it’s running hot when the engine is stone cold so don’t know if that’s just temp sensor...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
29-03-24, 03:55 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 25,483
Fuel pump problem
The bike has been sat for a good few years. Garage stored and started once in a while but not for over a year or more. Last run until the tank ran dry in my garage. I put some fuel in it and threw a...
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Forum: Idle Banter
21-07-23, 02:17 PM
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Replies: 6,568
Views: 6,921,457
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-07-23, 10:53 AM
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Replies: 445
Views: 416,431
Re: Electric Vehicles
Yeh I know, just flagging it up incase anyone thinks they can put anything up in front garden. Bloke three doors away put a big shed up in his front garden, someone complained, had to get...
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