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    Enlarging a hole

    How will you centre that?
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    Downsizing to a Wayfarer (dinghy cruisers, please advise..!)

    The last five of you are a bit late to the conversation. Lazarus would be proud.
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    What to coat trailer wheels with to minimise rust?

    12 years. Not a bad life span. Live with it.
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    Trailer Lightboard Positioning

    I don't think new trailer regs can be retrospective. The trailer may have a manufacture date on its plate. It mat be that a trailer is obviously older than new regs. The only thing relative in that link is Trailers built after 29th October 2012 need to be approved by the DVSA Type 01 and 02...
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    Volvo 2001 banjo bolt torque setting

    But it is a hollow fixing. It is not a bolt. 70Nm is far too fight for a fuel supply line. Why not just say "Oh. Yeah. I see"?
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    E10 again

    'hygroscopic'
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    E10 again

    Apparently some of the 'Super grades' are ethanol free. I'm sure a Googling would identify them. If you read you car's handbook it will tell you what level of ethanol is safe to use. My runabout is a 2007 Suzuki and that is OK.
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    ez loader trailer

    Using the hydraulic system could bite you if you ever have an accident. The insurance company will step back, but the plod won't. The argument is that cable and rod brakes work. Hydraulic and electric brakes can stop working, without you realising. The answer is to buy the back plates and...
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    Man hit with £5k fine

    Just answering Scapegoat. It's what I did.
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    Man hit with £5k fine

    Cut them up and take them to the recycling centre. That's what I did with one.
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    ez loader trailer

    From the CMBA forum
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    Man hit with £5k fine

    He was a chancer. Got what he was asking for.
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    How big a dinghy for solo launching?

    Winter's coming and the epoxy doesn't like it belows 15 degrees C
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    How big a dinghy for solo launching?

    Well you tried, but people want to talk about what they would like. He could always build a punt like Dylan Winter did. Building your own little boat is great for the soul. Look about for wood/epoxy dinghies like Fyne Boats or Selway Fisher kits. They are pretty, durable and very light. Usually...
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