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Old 13-03-17, 02:17 PM   #991
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Default Re: What have you tinkered with today?

If your,"Skid-Lid"

is getting funky.Leave it upside down with a saucer of Bicarbonate of soda(Baking Powder) in it.It absorbs smells.

Bi-Carb is also an effective fire extinguisher and can be used as a metal polish in paste form.Just add a little water to make a paste.


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Old 13-03-17, 02:50 PM   #992
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This reminds me it's time to strip the lining out of mine and watch the water turn brown when I start washing it
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Old 13-03-17, 05:12 PM   #993
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This reminds me it's time to strip the lining out of mine and watch the water turn brown when I start washing it
Good tips. My new lid has a fully removable lining. That should make life much easier.
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Old 14-03-17, 01:26 PM   #994
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Replaced the plastic rivets on my Curvy's small black plastic side-panels.One of the originals disintegrated when I removed the panel.

Couldn't find the right small sized ones so got these,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-SUZUKI-...YAAOxycmBSsfT~





and opened the holes in the fairing and small metal bracket using a 6.5mm drill.Had to use the drill to ream the hole a little as I didn't have a 6.6mm drill bit which would have been better.

Much more substantial and easy to source.Nice solid fit
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Old 18-03-17, 03:25 PM   #995
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Took my Starter motor off and cleaned and serviced it.Little bit of Scotchbrite on the ends and some cheap silver aerosol paint(Quid from Poundshop).

Bared/Brightened all contacts/ring connectors and made sure starter to engine contact points were bare and no paint or grease.Dialectic grease over the ring contacts on the Starter after re-fit and also over the oil sender unit.Bolts reset with a little copper grease and a little locktite as they had been fitted using low impact White locktite.Only had blue so just a little dab.

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Copper grease AND high strength retainer?
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Old 18-03-17, 04:47 PM   #997
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Copper grease on half of the bolts going into the block.Couple of dabs of Blue thread-lock on the bolt shaft nearer the bolt head.

White thread-lock=low impact
Blue=Medium
Red=High strength.

Although thread-lock may not be needed it's just a small added precaution as these are low torque bolts.
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Took my Starter motor off and cleaned and serviced it.Little bit of Scotchbrite on the ends and some cheap silver aerosol paint(Quid from Poundshop).

Bared/Brightened all contacts/ring connectors and made sure starter to engine contact points were bare and no paint or grease.Dialectic grease over the ring contacts on the Starter after re-fit and also over the oil sender unit.Bolts reset with a little copper grease and a little locktite as they had been fitted using low impact White locktite.Only had blue so just a little dab.

I put a plastic cover over mine. Made it from a black plastic drain pipe.
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PC rebuild time. Hdd replaced with an ssd. Clean install of win 10. Machine transformed from a tortoise to a rabbit

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I run my Win7 PC on an SSD drive(System drive) and also my aging Lenovo laptop.

I've used ADATA drives.So far excellent.SSDlife reports I've got 6 years/5 months and 4 days left on the drive<BFG>
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