That's awfu' !

I guess there would be some variation for the packing, because of time and amount of material used, but surely the postage costs are simply down to size and weight?

At long last, found some time to get back to it.......... Of course, I knew you guys would be right: the fast idle cam IS plastic and was fine until an exploratory poke around with a small screwdriver. It broke from around its spindle and the bit disappeared into thin air. (It wasn't on the floor , ...

Hasn't Maplin gone into liquidation?

Thanks for that, Alan - I'll give it a go and see what happens.

Isn't that his SatNav............?

Now that I could cope with................

The other notable for me was the Gordini - only ever seen one other at 'other club' rallies around here............Slightly more original?

Absolutely honestly, I wondered about that - as usual, about a nanosecond after I hit the Send button!
As a matter of interest, are all makes fem. or is it a case of either you know or you don't?

I think that's a bit unfair. I'm having difficulty with a 2018 Focus..............

Magnifique!
J'adore le petit Simca!

(Sorry; couldn't resist practising O-Level French........... )

It was just that it looks, feels and sounds like metal ( so it must be a duck..... :lol: ) Next time I'm in amongst, I'll check further, but it's not broken anyway (yet), so I'm not worried there. A side issue I have thought of, which the Bible doesn't mention: when replacing the bi-metal strip hous...

It's unbelievable how long it's taken me to get back to this, but with other all sorts...... Perhaps as it's an Italian job, the cam is metal and in good working fettle, Phil. Anyway it's a DFT 4B 32/34 and with some warmer weather, reading the Bible many times, and fiddling on, I think I've discove...

They do indeed, but please just watch your language, young man: I have one of those 'pointy things'.............!

This may be a false memory, but I seem to think that sucking on the diz tube won't make the baseplate move - you just haven't enough suck. When working haven't you got six big pots whacking the mixture in at a helluva rate, so it's no wonder. Now somebody'll come on and say 'I do it all the time'......