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HpHo yes! I'd forgotten the camchain tensioner saga! Thankfully both mine had the modded tensioner alread fitted.

Thread drift, but.... CX500 was one of my favourite bikes in the 1980's. I had two. The first one threw its big end 130 miles from...

Yes, thats what the 'Valve Clearance' measurement refers to: the clearance between the tappet and the valve stem. A very familiar...

Not on the mains installations I hope! Engine and vehicle electrics use frame return, but every camper I ever used the domestic...

Re the possibly seized twobar braking mechanism. On a 2 ton trailer you are unlikely to be abe to even begin to compress the spring...

I dont know this gearbox so cant comment on the clutch problems, but the symptoms are exactly those of an incorrectly adjusted control...

Dunedin makes a good point, and the fact remains that the larger vessels of which he speaks (i.e. 55ft plus) do tend to stay further...

Sounds like there's a case for asking MMO to ensure provision for what by modern standards is a fairly normally size and weight of...

Eco moorings have one big weakness. The helical screw bottom attachment. If that is overloaded or eroded out, it fails suddenly...

I estimate that this whole debacle has already cost the tax payer at least £2.5m, probably a good deal more. I believe now that the...

That was always a bone of contention at Studland. Just how many boats were/are anchoring there? Only a systematic system of...

The I think Tranona means the Seastar Survey published by Crown Estates in 2012. It was a thorough and comprehensive 2 year survey of...

Nothing new.... Unofficial forecast circa 1964 "Summer this year will occur on July 15th at about 2.40pm" Fastnet gale 1979 My log...

Unofficial long range forecast circa 1964 "Summer this year will occur at around 14.30 on July 25th..." Fastnet Gale 1979 Mid 1980's...

Then you should, as if you had followed the Studland debate in depth as I have since 2008, working with MMO for some years on Studland...