Ray Hogben (hillsider)

Hello, I don’t think you will be disappointed.
Like yourself I watched the forum for a while before joining up, and as you have observed the folk here are a helpful bunch and will help where they can.
Ray.

Yes I saw that article also, for some reason the US seem to be on a mission re the E rating of fuels I read an article recently warning vehicle owners that they could invalidate their vehicle warranties by using some these higher grades and should check that their vehicle could actually use it before filling up.

I think we are only now going to…[Read more]

http://www.base-camp.co.uk

Hello, the link above should take you to a company that seems to specialise in cup washers. I have never used them personally so please let us know how you get on.
Ray.

Although not always obvious there is if I remember correctly a groove on the needle that the clip at the top of the float locates in, to get the float to engage with this I found it best to hold the needle up into the base of the carb while gently pushing the float down until it clicks into place. Holding the needle up also makes it easier to…[Read more]

Charlie and John, I have noticed that this happens if you view a topic without logging on. If John logs on I am sure all will be revealed – hopefully, why this should happen is one for the boffins.
Ray.

Nice job – you don’t intend it to escape do you!

Not sure if it helps or not but our email system has a facility to recover emails that have been deleted, it is to be found right at the bottom of the deleted messages page and recover all messages recently deleted.

If you have moles in your lawn that will give them a headache!

I don’t imagine the machine will take you too long to sort out how it works, but if you are looking for engine information I can send you a pdf copy of the Villiers F12 manual if it would help?
Ray.

Quote – Any chance of upping the point size of posts to the forum?

Yes please, something resembling the appearance of the old forum would be easier on the eyes, especially for folk who use small screen devices or have restricted vision.
I realise that those with small screens scan sometimes enlarge the view but then you lose half the text off the…[Read more]

If it is of any help when I sorted my avatar I resized the original photo down to small email size in picture manager before uploading it. From there the cropping function on here seemed to deal with the image better and allowed me to get a better view although it still would not get the whole of the building into the frame.
Have fun…[Read more]