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Yes, mine has a faulty starter motor too, I've lost count of the number of times I've rebuilt the solenoid. Good luck with finding something that works for more than five minutes. The modern offerings don't seem to be very much better, same story with the copper disc burning out on the contacts as on the old ones Is this the black one in Leicester?

I thought the traffic plan/system was excellent, gone were the horrible queues to get through the arena and then sit for ages in the one-way system further on. Instead the two way over by the NLBA/Helicopter worked well and the marshals ushered vehicles through the arena road efficiently. If the show is at the race course for the next two years then it's good news that the traffic system has finally been sussed.

Maybe has something to do with the amount of ethanol they've sneaked into pump fuel?

Just seen your post on RMT, if you could re-register it should go through OK this time. We've been hit with a large number of spammers in the last week so it has kept us busy dealing with that. I can only think your application got mixed up in all that. Sorry for that!

Urals,

RR know a thing or two about making superb aero engines which is why it is slightly galling that their name is being hauled through the mud somewhat with the present A380 problems

Hydraulic on my Gaz Also they thoughtfully provided a petrol preheater to heat the engine coolant and sump oil before you start the truck (which is petrol powered :embarrassed:)

Luckily they have figured all of this out on Russian trucks :-D

Finally getting some depth of snow on Romney Marsh, this earlier on of the Gaz and of course it will be taking the kids to school tomorrow (which won't be open)

What did you manage to attach the lifting cable to on the mixer?

My Gaz 66 would like to come, especially if Rob is making curry

I have a Gaz 66 and on that you must move into 4WD before you can select low ratio through the transfer box so that the increased torque from low ratio is split between the two axles Would you be only using high range post engine upgrade?

You need one of these for your collection for sure!

The early Elise's used MMC, metal matrix composite which was a matrix of aluminium with ?silicon carbide? particles distributed in the matrix. Essentially an aluminium disc but one which had much better stability at elevated temperatures and due to the silicon carbide virtually wear resistant. Only machinable with diamond tooling. Dropped in favour of cast iron on later cars. The Porsche/Audi ceramic disc is carbon fibre matrix with silicon carbide particles. That is said to be almost immune to wearing but I gather Porsche have had multiple warranty battles with customers whose brakes have worn out prematurely. At £5k a corner you can understand why customers might be a bit uppity. The manufacturer of the material is SGL http://www.sglgroup.com/cms/international/products/product-groups/bd/carbon-ceramic-brake-disks/index.html?__locale=en

I have to confess, having said that coating discs could be dangerous that we used to manufacture aluminum rear brake drums for classic cars with plasma sprayed friction linings and although expensive compared to our competitors who cast steel rings in,ours were pretty reliable and very light. Too much heat could cause delamination so we only recommended them for the rear. One benefit of the plasma spray was being able to adjust the powder mix to put plenty of copper in and achieve very good heat transfer without lowering friction levels to much