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Forum: Tech Log
17th Mar 2013, 16:00
Replies: 98
Views: 25,176
Posted By DozyWannabe

Which is why I only ever use it on connectors...

Which is why I only ever use it on connectors with plastic housing (and inside the distributor cap). I use regular switch cleaner on rubber connectors, seal with insulating tape and put Vaseline on...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Mar 2013, 13:37
Replies: 98
Views: 25,176
Posted By DozyWannabe

Can and have - only in the age-old context of...

Can and have - only in the age-old context of expressing affection between male friends by using insults though. I wouldn't use it to a stranger, just as I wouldn't call a stranger a :mad:er,...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Mar 2013, 20:49
Replies: 98
Views: 25,176
Posted By DozyWannabe

Put more bluntly - as long as we accept "Limey"...

Put more bluntly - as long as we accept "Limey" with good humour, I don't think "Septic" is really any more offensive...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Mar 2013, 14:27
Replies: 98
Views: 25,176
Posted By DozyWannabe

Even more so when used in conjunction with...

Even more so when used in conjunction with Vaseline. As soon as you get a nip in the air, clean the contacts with switch cleaner, douse in WD40, make the connection and smear Vaseline around the...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Feb 2013, 18:39
Replies: 98
Views: 25,176
Posted By DozyWannabe

Older German cars outside of the "premium" brands...

Older German cars outside of the "premium" brands (i.e BM and Mercedes) tended to be much simpler electrically if memory serves me correctly, which is sensible in engineering terms - less to go...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Feb 2013, 14:56
Replies: 98
Views: 25,176
Posted By DozyWannabe

The point I was making was that the R8 200/400...

The point I was making was that the R8 200/400 was not just a rebadged Honda Concerto, the car itself was designed from scratch as a collaborative process between Rover and Honda.

The *older*...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Feb 2013, 13:09
Replies: 98
Views: 25,176
Posted By DozyWannabe

At the risk of showing considerably more interest...

At the risk of showing considerably more interest in the subject than is healthy, that's a widely-believed and perpetrated myth (while the main development happened in Japan, Rover were shuttling...
Forum: Tech Log
20th Feb 2013, 12:45
Replies: 98
Views: 25,176
Posted By DozyWannabe

The key word is "modern". Lucas components that...

The key word is "modern". Lucas components that were low-draw and low-voltage did indeed have rubber seals by the late '70s, but putting rubber seals around some high-draw, high-voltage components...
Forum: Tech Log
19th Feb 2013, 17:09
Replies: 98
Views: 25,176
Posted By DozyWannabe

Actually no - though the ECV concept of the early...

Actually no - though the ECV concept of the early '80s did have a more-or-less perfected 3-cylinder lean-burn engine.

For all Clarkson likes to grouch, the '80s vintage Rover Group lay a lot of...
Forum: Tech Log
19th Feb 2013, 13:43
Replies: 98
Views: 25,176
Posted By DozyWannabe

Apropos of nothing, Joseph Lucas died long before...

Apropos of nothing, Joseph Lucas died long before the company that bore his name developed its notorious reputation due to long association with the late car manufacturer BMC...
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