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3 minutes ago, Corbie said:

unless they are personalised plates they can't be assigned to another car.

Or someone uses them in a P+T dodge job.

MR6A form and get new replacement plates, makes the ones "old mate" has as good as dereg'd.

Doesn't help if your original plates are black or personalised that you want to keep though.

Could also be tailstock alignment causing at least some of the taper?

57 minutes ago, smokin'joe said:

NZ's  CO2 supply came form there, but medical and industrial

Also Kapuni plant, they cut production way back while doing upgrades to the plant but should be back in full production by now.

11 minutes ago, GregT said:

No - I meant the carburettor is available as a flange fit.  Not talking about separate rubber manifolds. 

Ooh okay, sorry I mistook what you were meaning.

I've never come across a genuine Mikuni VM bigger than a VM22 with a flange fitment, would make things easier for sure though!

https://mikunioz.com/product-category/vm-carburetors/?v=13b249c5dfa9

15 minutes ago, GregT said:

Did he know they're available as a flange fitting ?

Yes we both knew and also know from experience that the cheap ones that fit these manifolds* are garbage most of the time.

I've have had several split on my own bike, so for just a few hours tinkering we can run a decent silicone straight joiner and avoid the issue.

*The mount holes aren't in line with the centre of the port, Mikuni genuine fittings and most other decent 26mm I've seen are for flanges that are on centre.

Might be the wrong thread, but meh I'm posting anyway ha

Been helping a mate with his Monkey engine swap, modded his intake to suit a VM26-606 carb

Fun little project also thanks @GuyWithAviators for creating the TIG cat haha

46 minutes ago, GregT said:

What's the alternator from ?  There are some very small ones now on small agricultural diesels.

Looks to be pit bike style.

There is a couple here in Gisborne too, beige one and a blue one.
Think the owner also has a Figaro

41 minutes ago, ajg193 said:

What's the go with coregas these days? Looks like the swap bottles are out of stock everywhere.

Can I just take my coregas bottle to BOC and get it refilled?

No, boc won't touch them.

Strange that a big place like CHCH doesn't have any in stock anywhere while there's 4 places here in Gisborne with them ready to go including 2 places with the E size cylinders.

1 hour ago, Roman said:

From the article that said on the headline "Quicker than a Dodge Challenger r/t" 
I've successfully outsourced my trolling and extreme smugness. 
God bless the internet. haha

Yeah but they've been building crazy Prius motors in Thailand for ages so you should just give up.

I've got that one (and the bigger belt+disc sander they do), I've used the belt for tungsten a bit in the past and it worked fine, but I've now got a green silicon carbide wheel on it that I use only for tungstens.

Peugeot 307 and 407 (maybe not all versions)

Think some Nissan's like the Cube have 120A too.

5 minutes ago, 187inc said:

Wasn't someone on here making these? Would rather support an oldschooler than kiwiplates.

@Archetype
https://doozi.co.nz/

20 minutes ago, Nominal said:

Not sure that they would need to be hardened. The probably act as a 'fuse' and stop further damage.

Good point tbh.

These ones sure don't seem much harder than a firm cheese, so hopefully I can make something today out of what's in my scrap bin.

Been tinkering with the lathe making odds and ends just for practice, managed to single point thread a bolt etc too.

Couple gear knobs

Was making a plug for a Honda intake hose tonight, was going well, had it all to dimension and went to part it off.

BANG

Had to use a cheater bar on the chuck key to loosen it to get it free.
The 2 threaded parts that hold the compound on decided they didn't want to be threaded anymore

Can buy them from the states, but US$8 each then $65 for slow shipping means it's a good time to attempt making new ones and also get rid of the SAE thread while I'm at it!
Thinking high carbon steel so they can be hardened would be the go?

I've had a Kenwood in my van for a couple years now, can't remember the model off the top of my head but it was one of their upper range ones.

For the most part it's been great, 2 things let it down for me though, 1 is the fact it isn't sealed properly so there's a lot of dust inside the screen that you can't get out (Google it, seems to be a fairly common Kenwood issue)

2nd one isn't a big thing, but when playing back from USB random mode absolutely sucks so you keep hearing the same 10 songs.

It's pretty typical for these.

Was told to try tilting it/lifting the back right up for a few seconds before starting when cold, might be a Barry tale but it always seemed to work for mine.