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  1. interesting, there are portraits of both Fred and Percy in volume 3 of this book must go to the library some time
  2. And heres a genuine trench watch Belonging to Percy Lloyd, a grocer's assistant of Hokitika Given to him by the invercargill railway shops There's only 1 Percy Lloyd that shipped out after 1917, and one in 1916. He went to France as a rifleman. He slipped on some ice on a trench duck board near "la butte" (Which could be several places, I'm trying to decipher 100 year old cursive and shorthand, it says he was taken back to "la butte, so i dont think its the hill full of germans) while carrying rations, and sprained his ankle bad enough to get sent back to London. Died 1985 Very neat, there's plenty of trench watches out there, but having one that you can place in a specific trench at a specific date is a bit special
  3. Really lovely Winding stem is a little bent, can get new ones still so no worries if it doesn't straighten at least. The lugs are clearly a cheap and unskilled repair at some stage, I think I can see where it originally has some standard wire lugs on it. So I think I will have some of those put back on, silver cases are pretty standard stuff to work on. this gives me the option of bigger lugs (12mm on my others) so I can get a more off the shelf strap, maybe a nato style one, tho I do like that leather one I have already. As you see, the movement is on a hinge rather than having a wee door on the back of the case. It actually runs really quite well without me cleaning it or anything, the crystal, sure is yellowed and has some scratches, but it's in much better cond than I thought with no crazing. Minute hand has lost a little of its tip, and it's a shame about the dial, there's a small amount of slop in the hinge so I think it probably got caught up.
  4. Look, you can't just stop at one suzuki, you get one and then you want another and another And anyways I tells him I don't know where your money is, you want it, come and find it
  5. some speaker magnets and align the air molecules on the way in
  6. the glass, nice watches have a sapphire one, old trench watches have an "unbreakable" celluloid one not to be confused with the jewels, which are ruby with a hole in them to act as bearings, or the quartz crystal in a casio
  7. The watch that was removed from George Mallory's frozen corpse on everest My new one Basically a 1920s adventure watch. They are threaded so are "sealed" from moisture and dust, predating the "oyster" watch case by 5 or so years, tho this particular case design was used in the 1870s Surprised this one didn't go for more, the damage to the dial probably did that, but I have seen good ones floating around. I have one that will fit, but it's not got omega on it. Plus the crystal scares people. I don't know why, its not a crystal, it's celluloid and every single one that old is fucked, expecially when coupled with a radium dial, so any with a good one is not original anyways. The other 2 interesting ones I had my eye on went for just under a thousand nzd, which is more than all mine together. Another rolex and another nicely engraved one given to a guy in invercargill. Being an omega and a long used type of movement (1912 to mid 1940s with a couple of different machs along the way) you can buy any part you want for it. This one is also engraved, To Alex, Christmas 1925 from mother. Would have been fairly high dollar in its day. Needs a main spring. Have ordered, a general clean, needs that lug wire remade and soldered (silver case, pretty basic fix) and then cos it will want polishing after that to hide the repair, il drop it in some baking soda and have it looking new This ones a good candidate for daily wear being somewhat sealed, mainly designed for tropical weather so the inside doesn't rust, might leave the crystal as is for now, they get quite brittle (and flammable) when they start looking like that
  8. Can drive nissans of that era around with no cluster, so no worries. There's no limp mode, it either works or is broken lol. Speed sensor I'm pretty sure goes from box to ecu to cluster, worst it can do is throw a speed sensor is broken code, but will drive normally Ecu doesn't need any mods, as far as knows its still running everything stock. If the key has a chip, it's easier to keep that and the ring in the loom. Fuel pump, my ute has just run a generic external electric pump and stock for for 20 years without issues. Probably it should have an adjustable fuel pressure reg I have done a couple of commodore looms to make them standalone, once my bluebird runs out of wof il cut that loom out too, really easy when you have a complete donor car and can go through and put a bit of tape and what it's for on the plugs as you remove them You will leave the loom 95‰ stock. There will just be a couple of ground and power wires that will need to be separated from the rest of the car
  9. (keep the rego and going one, sell the 2 remaining as parts bikes for max profit)
  10. It's literally called 3m badge/emblem tape, and it sticks very well
  11. comes out on the top left there. you can tap the cylinder and divert it if you want, thats what the an125 has
  12. I'm meaning take the 125 cam and pedestal that's already got bearings, and tig it in there. There was a guy trying to convert to roller bearings on a suzuki savage (which is the same cam in head design) and he couldn't find a needle bearing either. I can't find the thread again, but I don't think he got any further than you have now
  13. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/scooters/suzuki/listing/3519032298?rsqid=212a3414056c4f70b779f25a203b0d6c-002&bof=vrDgmjPk https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/scooters/suzuki/listing/3518788908?bof=vrDgmjPk
  14. When charging normally When the battery is already fucked then crank it till it boils
  15. bet you could bang a an125 camshaft in there m inlet and exhaust may be reversed?
  16. You want to give it some short sharp shocks to break up the crystals that form, the smart charger does pretty much that You can also break the crystals up by giving the battery heaps of amps and not letting it boil dry
  17. It can, but I'm saying most people have a dirty old arc welder to give it a bunch of amps (for cheap)
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