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Trouble is it'll almost certainly eat any man made fibre in the fabric too.

Well, post August 1st 1970 anyway. Nice bit of battleship architecture there.

Has the exhaust O2 sensor(s) failed? They supposedly only have a finite life.

For a while I worked with an ex-truckie who reckoned that on the occasion that he hit one with 40 odd tons of semi-trailer the entire rig felt like it got air. They're basically ambulant bowling balls.

Really? As a former regulator (albeit in a different legal system and a different field), the difference between "should" and "must" in legally binding documents was always very relevant.

That HSE document, at a first glance speed-read, doesn't seem to demand that a qualified professional does the work. It uses the term "should", with regard to actual qualifications/training, which is different, in law, from "must". It does state that those doing the work are required to have the necessary competence but does not seem overly prescriptive in what constitutes having that competence. It also specifically mentions DIYers and people doing favours without categorically forbidding them from fiddling. Not that I have a dog in this particular fight anyway, being from another country and all, where there are very definitely prescriptive requirements on who can touch gas equipment. And a bunch of dangerously incompetent cowboys some of them are too.

Have modern plastics also cut down on plasticisers, possibly for evironmental/hazardous materials reasons?

FTFY

As I alluded to upthread, Triumph lower trunnions frequently failed because people (including professionals who should have known better) saw the grease nipples on them and greased them, whereas the manual specified EP90 gear oil applied with a grease gun. The intention was that the oil would be pumped up the threads attaching the trunnion to the suspension upright as the steering turned. Grease was too viscous for this to work, leading to the threads running dry and wearing very rapidly until they snapped.

Although my current Huawei phone is brilliant (I daresay the Chinese government are very disappointed in how boring my life is, however), the couple of ZTEs I've had in the past have been utter rubbish. Probably more due to their being cheap rather than anything inherent in their Chinese origins.

I'd be quite surprised if it did "work perfect" given the position of the LH coupling rod. I assumed it was 0, given the starting price.

Dividing 5280 by 9.42 gives you the wheel RPM at 60 mph (60 mph is one mile per minute), which works out to be 560.5. This will also be the model's wheel RPM at a scale 60 mph (assuming 12 mm dia wheels rather than the undersized ones fitted to many older r-t-r diesel models). Wheel RPM for other speeds can then be worked out quite easily pro-rata. I get 9.34 RPM per mph (560.5/60).

Frankly, I've no idea why the bloke is wearing hi-viz, but then I'll happily confess to being in complete ignorance of the reasons for the "fashion" choices of much of the population. What I don't do as a result is assume that they're engaged in some form of deception. As for being beyond the sign? Well, technically yes, but he's still on a part of the platform that appears indistinguishable from the bit 2 metres away, and he's certainly still on this side of the obvious boundary represented by the fence and the top of the platform ramp. I'd concur that the sign is sited where it is because the post presented a convenient mount for it. That what the subject of the OP is doing truly constitutes intentional trespass is seriously stretching it IMHO.

This thread is very informative, but not in the way that many of its contributors probably think..........

My still very small Dublo collection comprises a BR black 0-6-2T (restored from a very sad example with the help of self adhesive livery labels off Ebay), a BR green Duchess (which I must get round to cleaning up), a Silver King (mechanically sorted but cosmetically a little worn), three maroon suburban coaches (transparent window variety) and a box of assorted track. The locos and stock are intended for a far distant, possibly fantastic, outdoor 3-rail project. One day they'll be joined by a Castle, an 8F and a 2-6-4T, along with examples of the diesels. I don't think a 3-rail West Country will ever be within my price range, and the 08 also seems to go for daft money, although I know the whereabouts of a sensibly priced 2-rail (maybe Wrenn) example. Obviously I'll be needing suitable stock for them to haul as well. Proper Dublo 3-rail stock has the advantage of being all metal, so the entire train forms the current return path, which is handy if you're too lazy to clean track .

As a (former) Engineer, I've never really been bothered about the misappropriation of the term. I know what I am, and the people whose opinion/judgment actually matters know the difference, so I don't really care what others may call themselves. Public opinion? If you care about that you maybe should have availed yourself of career opportunities in professional sport or vacuous TV celebrity 'cos if you do anything actually useful in the English speaking world you're on a major hiding to nothing in that regard.

IIRC there was a bit of a fuss here in Oz a year or two back. Some faulty tempered glass, as used for balustrades and pool fences and such, started going bang all over the place in expensive new apartment buildings.

I'll defer to those of greater Mini knowledge, but wouldn't the alleged date of 1968 be a bit early for a Pubman? I thought all the Tigers were the Mk1 shell with the hockey-stick tail lights. Again, i don't consider myself qualified on Rootes/Chrysler/Talbot history though.

I'd concur with the opinion that the glass contained internal stresses from the manufacturing process which eventually brought about failure. I've not personally seen a delayed action effect (though I'm aware that it does happen) but I've seen pieces go bang while cooling in a glassworker's studio a few times. As a potter, though, I'm very much aware of the possibility of glazes, which are closely related to glass in many cases, developing crazingvor beginning to spall after an indeterminate period. Such faults can show up days, weeks, months after firing and regardless of whether the piece has been used or not.

Might be a Mini van, possibly with windows fitted. It's got the roof vent and the fuel filler behind the wheel arch. It also looks to be of a size with the Traveller/Countryman in front of it.

You could always propel freights in. I doubt if it would be ideal practice but there's a prototype for everything.

Postage charge is excessive within Oz too at $20. Nearer $10 would be closer to the mark. Interesting selection of CandC pickups though. There's one at an ice-cream shop near me, which I really wouldn't have figured as a parcel handling facility.

Whilst I daresay they appeared elsewhere in the country, those look like Bridgwater pantiles on the buildings to me, so somewhere in North or West Somerset maybe?