Kittyhawk

He's American - pretty normal..

I oil change annually. This will be the first time that the rubber seal on the sump plug will be replaced. At oil change the plug has...

Ford Transit LWB, rear wheel drive, duals on the back. 2.4l Duratorque turbo diesel, engine by Peugeot I believe. According to the...

Got to be thankful to the Child Bride who takes an interest in my activities. She checked on line and it turns out the sump plug washer...

Thanks Pete. I have some bits of the rubber marinating in engine oil (not hot), methylated spirit, acetone and isopropyl alcohol...

Oil change time on the truck. The rubber gasket on the sump drain plug looked pretty bad so punched out a new one from some hard 3.2mm...

Reading the comments, I am once again very grateful for having an underdeveloped sense of taste and smell to the extent that if I can't...

Another interesting fact from an ex seafarer.. Wherever you sail in the world, you are never more than 8 miles from land. It may be...

Diesels are a bit smelly and do puff a bit of smoke sometimes. But there is a large body of peer reviewed research which states...

Thank you for the replies. I received a PM from a member about acquiring the envelopes a couple of days ago and to which I responded...

Not really. Years ago I met an old guy in the Greytown mentioned in the envelope address - actually I think I was his age or a perhaps a...

Is anyone into collecting this sort of stuff? I have a bunch of addressed envelopes with stamps issued by the Ross Dependency in...

This is one of those jobs that has been under discussion for a long time and is now thankfully completed after a month of work, just a...

Always a gut-wrenching thing to lose a dog. They worm their way into your affections and, wonderful creatures that they are, won't let...

In the middle of a big home renovation just now so visiting the local hardware/home handyman store a lot. In these hard times for...