MG
The Classic Marque

"With less Mike Brewer, and no Tim Shaw at all, they'd have been even better." Seconded.
Although less Mike Brewer is wishful thinking as he appears to have doubled in size from the earliest programmes.

I recommend my solution which tackles the oil problem on a bigger scale ;-)
Made from a bakery tray and some aluminium strips
Fixed to the sides of the oil sump and an existing hole under the front axle frame. Metal mesh to stop the oil from slushing around
Covers the whole engine from front to back.

Rgds, Mike

Next step. The piston is out. Since the rod is completely stuck, I had to kill the piston rings in order to get the piston out from below. Took a lot of wiggling and turning of the crank and the piston to find the necessary space.
I applied WD40 first to see if I can move it, otherwise it is difficult to get to the nut.
I don´t see yet how I can re-fit the piston with rings from below wi...

YA radiator 40mm wider than a TD

Hi Adrian,

The houses in our street were built in 1890 and I have lived in ours for nearly 50 years and have never seen any underground cables replaced. It is very possible that the ones that are being sorted were of low duty but if they are how many other cables will need to be serviced in the rest of the country.
I take your point on Scottish wind power but what about Scottish oil. ...

Fair point Bill but sparkies should know this and not install equipment that the local network can't support or request "unlooping" of the property. Affects an estimated 4m properties apparently which is a lot more than I would have guessed.

Guy, yes, we have a 100A fuse as well, plus storage heaters and two electric showers both on 63A breakers. Old house but the incoming cabling on the ...

Irrespective of profit/loss/cost, I like early wheeler dealers, and car sos. With less Mike Brewer, and no Tim Shaw at all, they'd have been even better.

Hence the correct use of the term 'RING MAIN'.

Frequently used to describe ring final circuits in houses.

So, here´s another update.
I started to remove the big end bearings from the connecting rods. Once piston #3 (luckily I started from the back...) was opened, the crank moves freely. The piston itself moves up and down fine, but the connecting rod does not move far enough sideways to allow the crank to rotate. So it seems that the gudgeon pin at the top of the rod is somehow blocked.
Now...

As I wrote earlier it's possible that Jan's "street" supply is under-rated. Even if the house service fuses are 60A that doesn't mean each house can safely draw 60A. It relies on something called "diversity" which assumes not all households will be drawing heavy loads simultaneously.

It appears to be a problem in some parts of Scotland where some domestic supplies are now inadequate f...