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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7118 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject: Tricks with Petrol |
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Trawling through some copies of Motor Service & Repairs from the 30s I found a couple of good tips.
I have always found that getting tyres unstuck from the rims is the most difficult part of pucture repair. I usually resort to puting the tyre flat on the ground and running over it with the front offside wheel of my car. However
another way according to Motor Service & Repairs is to put the tyre flat on the ground and pour petrol around the wheel/tyre interface and leave it for a minute or two.
I rather liked tip number 2 also:
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Dirty Habit
Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 398 Location: West Midlands, UK
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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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Two guineas !! He would be able to buy enough petrol to fill the bottle twice _________________ 1964 International Harvester |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22442 Location: UK
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Greeney in France
Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 1173 Location: Limousin area of France
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Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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Did you know that dropping a dessert spoon of petrol on the floor has the equivelent hydrocarbon emission effect as a car driving 10miles _________________ www.OldFrenchCars.com
We do these things not to escape life but to prevent life escaping us |
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buzzy bee
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 3382 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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Heck, so what did it do, when my syphoning antics overflowed my 20l can, and ran all down the drive, I mean a river!
I better go and plant some trees! |
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