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Especially the thrasher sharks 🤣

Not forgettin this 80's rock anthem.....
 

Especially the thrasher sharks 🤣

I have a marshall stack, backline and pa

Usual service has resumed I see, Neil starts off with some decent sounds and Andy not only lowers the tone but then proceeds down the gutter and in to the sewers......
Seems there is nothing for it but to redeem the situation.....
 

ok, just wondered as never got to see/hear the announcement
 

Oh yeah, I know that, but what we have been seeing is the follow on from all the idiots out rioting, partying at home with 50 mates and generally carrying on as tho nothing is happening.
Those of us who have been behaving will be paying for it yet again. Yes, I am on a high risk category, but just taking normal precautions, fucked if I'm locking myself away because of the idiot element. My lad goes to school anyway, so that will be the biggest factor
 

Add some speed to the equation.....
 

At the end of the day we need to stay safe. 
 
id rather miss a cod season and have a safe family 🙂 
I may not say that come Feb when they meet Emma and demand babies or something 🤣🤣😬 That’s been the one benefit of lockdown, I’ve escaped the introductions to my side of the family 🤣🤣

That would have been too much, another week of school hols where the kids can't go anywhere. I was sure that was when it was going to happen mind....... Shame the fuckwits who think they can do as they like will carry on regardless and fuck Christmas up too

Varta LA80 looks good, 4 year warranty.
Car/Leisure batteries I am struggling with, especially as I have to buy them 4 at a time.....
2 year warranty yuasa M31 100s

It seems the space JS has is the standard size for "marine " batteries. He also needs at least one to be dual purpose or start type battery. I don't know what budget JS has so the 2 I've posted are sort of medium to high end.
Ive used Varta before and rate them, I've used Yuasa before and highly rate them, have used Numax and not so keen, their bike batteries are shite! In fact, so shite, I wont sell them......

I hope he was on his way to buy a lottery ticket....

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So you fancy having a crack at valve clearances? It makes no odds as to whether its a 4 stroke outboard or diesel inboard, principals are the same...... It is always better to have clearances set at the top of their clearance
First of all there are 3 general types of tappet arrangement;
Hydraulic These are great as no scheduled maintenance. Should the lifter fail then its a replacement job. This style relies on oil pressure to operate, so if you start getting rattly tappets, turn it off, you are short of oil.... Personally, I've never had one fail, but I have had issues when they've all been replaced. Ended up towing vehicle about in gear to get enough oil pressure to expand them!!!
Bucket and shim These come in two styles, shim under bucket and shim over bucket. Over buckets are easier to do, as normally there is a valve tool to create enough gap between cam and bucket to remove shim. On some engines these have been known to spit shims out at extreme performance conditions. The under buckets have no such issues, but generally these are a cam out job! So this will mean new belt kit for the modern engines.
The trick is to measure all the gaps before removing shims, then hopefully the sizes are still readble, otherwise its micrometer time, or the very least, a good set of verniers. Normally shims come in 0.05mm increments.
Once measured you can then workout what size shim you need to replace with. If you cant find a shimming chart then basic maths is required.....
Locknut and Screw Ultimately the easiest type to deal with. Some screws have a square drive on the end and there are adjuster tools to make the job easier.....
 
Soooo, now we know about the different types, what is it we are trying to achieve? The basic idea is that as the engine warms up, parts expand, including the valves. So to get a nice seal when the valve is closed we need a gap between the valve and cam or rocker. If too tight, then when the engine warms, you will hear it drop a cylinder or more out... This is why it's important for engine to be stone cold
So next we need to know when to adjust each valve in turn. This is where some understanding of how the engine works comes in. You need the cylinder on firing stroke at TDC. So if you put the engine on its TDC marks, then either cylinder 1 or 4 will be on firing stroke. For an overhead cam engine, the cylinder with the cam lobes pointing away from the valve is on firing stroke. So once that cylinder is adjusted, turn the motor through 360 degrees and the other cylinder will be on firing stroke. If you turn the crank through 180 degrees, the cylinders 2/3 will come in to play, repeat process, turn through 360 again for the 2nd cylinder of that pairing.
For engines with rockers and pushrods, as you aproach TDC, watch the valves, you will have one cyinder where the exhaust is closing and the inlet is opening, this cylinder is "on the rocks" (rocking between valve open/valve closed), so the other cylinder is on firing stroke.
 
If you know the firing order, life gets a bit simpler to understand what the engine is doing. Cylinders 1 and 4 go up and down together and are 180 degrees to 2 and 3, so firing will either be 1,3,4,2 or 1,2,4,3. For all 4 cylinders to go through a firing stroke, the crank will turn through 720 degrees. With a 4 stroke, a piston goes up on compression stroke, down on power stroke, up on exhaust stroke  then down on induction stroke.... Easily remembr as Suck, squeeze, bang, blow..... Lust like a 2 bit hooker!!
You will also need to know the spec for clearances, and if a shim engine, a shim chart is useful....
Tools required Am going to assume you have access to the valves already, so you will need:
A socket/ratchet/spanner to fit the crank pulley to turn the crank
Feeler gauges
Spanner and driver/pliers or adjuster tool for locknut and screws
verniers or micrometer for bucket and shim engines
Chalk for marking pullies (makes it easier to see)
Head Torch
Obviously the list is not exhaustive as different engines an have skightly different requirements

New split pin an she'll be reet.....

Spot on mate, the only thing I can see is the lowrance head unit could do with heavier gauge wire as thats reading a bit low

Rain stopped, bought a tester and all seems good.
Results without engine running.
Lowrance HDS head unit 11.8
Garmin 8410 head unit 12.2
Direct from battery 1 =12.59 battery 2 =12.60
With engine running.
Lowrance 14.4
Garmin 14.8
Batteries 14.65 each.

New split pin an she'll be reet.....

ohhhhh deaaarrr.........🤣

"It's a boy!" I shouted, tears rolling down my face. "I don't believe it. A boy!" It was at that moment I decided I'd never visit Thailand again.

Got offered sex today, with a 21yr old lady. In exchange, I was supposed to advertise some kind of bathroom cleaner on twitter I declined cause I've high moral standards & strong willpower. Just as strong as Ajax, the super strong bathroom cleaner. Now available scented with lemon.

"Daddy, why do people hang horses?" asked my daughter. "Nobody hangs horses, darling," I consoled her in my lap. "Who told you that people hang horses?" "I just heard mummy on the phone saying that her new boss was hung like a horse."

Thats fisty's supply vessel, it carries spare cushions for Tarlach Too 🤣

Thats fisty's supply vessel, it carries spare cushions for Tarlach Too 🤣