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I had this idea for a high class private portable toilet hire business. Was going to buy a load of old red phone boxes and put solid panels in up to 'modesty' height. The phones could be interconnected so you could talk to whoever was in next door. The weight of them would make it a truck and Hiab job though, not good for peoples' lawns I was trying to think of a name for the operation - someone suggested 'Call Of Nature'.

I suspect the issue is one of only providing breakdown cover (and at a very god price) IF you insure your vehicle through the company too (fair enough isn't it?).

They have posh names for tardis suppliers down in Dorset, don't they? TEMPORARY TOILETS Up here in carrot country we have a company called JIMMY RIDDLE :-)

Now when I first read Enigma's post I thought it said dark ANTS :blush: And trustmeimamechanic reminds me of my favourite bit of graffiti seen inside a toilet cubicle from the 1970s:

He's doing a good job of ignoring that lady and her grandchild. He should at least do the honourable thing and marry her daughter, and when the war is over take her back to the USA. Oh sorry, I was forgetting it was 2012....

The one of the Austin 6 wheeler is great!

If you get that sandblasted with heavy grit you won't be able to tell the difference!

The square one is 1" drive. Would they have been for a specific vehicle / machine?

That link doesn't work, but I was just looking at the advert. Almost like a few locals sneaked onto the beach after Dunkirque and snaffled it away into a shed!!! An amazing survivor!

If you study Vulture's photos I think you'll find that is the end of the flexi hose - the arrangement being as I described in post 14.

Would this be an ex British Army T? Didn't the British Army have all lights etc using neutrals returning to the battery instead of earthing to chassis, so the chassis was not 'negative live'? Perhaps something to do with radios? Rewiring using earthed neutrals would be so much easier :-)

That bender is a lot cheaper than the Sykes Pickavant one I got, and should do the job! Sealant? Would certainly help disguise shoddy workmanship I guess, but should not be necessary (note to self - order some sealer... :blush:) P.S. I found that double flares are a lot easier to get to seal properly, so if buying a pipe flaring tool spend a bit more on the double flare one. Deadline's Bulkhead fittings (through frame) are available, but from what I remember the hoses come with extended ends threaded internally/ externally and are held in the frame by the nut - the steel union pipe then threads into the end of the hose fitting. Fit hose on cylinder first, then poke through frame, get 'twist' correct and clamp with nut.

The filter problem you resolved by changing the element, Mark - I guess there was an electrical pressure switch so when the filter clogged it shut off power to a solenoid valve, cutting off oil flow? P.S. Shrek looks good - as does MMMS (medium mobility mobility scooter)

It wouldn't surprise me :whistle: if the insurers who offer breakdown cover will only take on new breakdown business if you insure the vehicle with them too :whistle:

He'll have more than a bruise under his armpit then :cheesy:

A friend had one fail on the motorway when he was delivering a gun tractor for someone - I think direct from Measham Auctions. Lost air to selector. He said the transfer box didn't last many miles in FWD at 50MPH :shocked: I guess it was a safety feature in that if air failed you could still get out of trouble in a combat situation? If I had one I'm sure I would alter that somehow to air press = FWD!

:??? And you want what? Sympathy? :hug: Just one of those things. Catches all of us out sometimes. Often a good rap with a hammer on flats while holding a larger hammer or heavy block on other side will help break the rust seal and allow penetrating fluid in. But that's gone way past the point of no return :red: Looks like a 'cut back pipe and insert new section with in-line coupler' kind of weekend. Or a new bit of pipe. Which means a flaring tool. And maybe a coupler - ah that's a difficult one. 'Hello Rex!' ....... 'Oh not you again!!!'

:rofl::thumbsup: Oh, it only went a bit negative as it was struggling for traction through the denial stage. As KEWELDE says perhaps it can get more constructive now it seems to be accepted that some guidance would be beneficial - even if only to a few.

Has the veterinary had a look at the weasel yet?

It may be a security problem with your pooter? I'm not on Facebook but it runs OK for me.

But on the other hand ..............:cool2: some potentially serious faults with very infrequently used older vehicles may not manifest themselves if the vehicle was used little but much more frequently. For example a vehicle worked hard daily is unlikely to suffer the hydraulic brake problems inherent with '4 times a year' wagons.

Worth it? That's an understatement!! Premium Choice, who have what I believe is an exclusive arrangement with Autohome Ltd (who provide the service). Still good value in my view. I'm told by another insurer that they are looking at bringing out a scheme, so there should be some competition out there at some stage.

Welcome. Why Cromer, cromer george from Colorado? (There's a California just around the coast from Cromer in Norfolk, but Colorado is a long way from California - and Cromer :cheesy:)

Do you think I think them up out of thin air? Well, allow me give you a very simple answer. I simply keep my eyes open at very large gatherings of mvs. And every now and then (and I mean very infrequently) I see something that worries me. Do deliberately I set out to find such mvs? Of course not. I frequently see mvs that make me dream of being able to achieve similar standards of restoration quality and mechanical condition (or what can be see of it), and, just ever-so occasionally, I see one that makes me think ' Ooh, I hope the owner gets that fixed / replaced soon'. Let me ask you what you see when you look around? A perfect world? I have absolutely no reason to believe that anyone who frequents this forum has a mv with potentially dangerous faults. And even if I did I don't believe in using a media such as this forum to 'out' specific vehicles and their owners. So you are welcome to either take my word for it without evidence, or dismiss it as 'thin air' rubbish. As I said before, you can't have a sensible debate until you accept the situation. If you accept all my 'thin air' facts as something approaching reality you would deduce that, as others have suggested, there are historic vehicles around with potentially dangerous faults about but it hopefully is not enough of a problem to cause a safety concern over the use of historic vehicles. Presumably the government thinks this is the case or they would have another system in place. But it seems even I don't bother taking on board what I write - if I did I would have taken heed of my first post on this thread and not bothered to enter the debate. In fact later on today I will probably pull my posts - that way you can all have a much more balanced discussion. Oh, and pease accept my apologies for attempting to present a realistic view.

Just a few of my own random thoughts (or talking scribble as they say!): There are large untested mvs running around with potentially dangerous faults No the scale of this doesn't seem to have been a problem to the movement to date Yes there are small mvs running around with potentially dangerous faults despite the annual MOT No the problem does not seem to be significant enough to cause concern Yes there would no doubt be more small mvs with worrying faults when the MOT requirement is relaxed I hope the numbers will not be significant enough to cause the movement as a whole problems I wonder if we are perhaps inclined to be more critical when looking at other peoples' vehicles than when we inspect our own? I simply cannot get my head around the often voiced idea that an MOT is a total waste of time, for either new or classic vehicles. Can you just imagine what state many post 1973 vehicles would be in if we abandoned MOTs altogether? :shocked: Not all of us can be experts, and sometimes a little knowledge worse than none. But I reckon we all know people who are less concerned about vehicle safety and mechanical condition than ourselves - for how else can we judge our own standards? I'm not convinced this particular E-petition will make any difference, but I applaud anyone prepared to jump off the fence and sign it. Let's hope EVERYONE in the hobby takes a responsible approach to operating vehicles without the legal requirement for an annual condition test. I imagine the government is quite pleased to be able to find such a solution to the problem of how to apply consistent standards to older vehicle MOTs. Just imagine the cost of introducing a newer type of 'appropriate' MOT for older vehicles - far far more than any revenue which might be gained from it. That's all. I've got to go and stick a bicycle puncture patch on a brake hose :n00b: