Today I mostly .....

[Zelandeth]

Looks like good fun that does. Should be simple enough to sort if it goes wrong given the mechanical simplicity I'd expect. 50mph is enough to be useful too. Does look a good size/weight to be easy to handle.

[Neil Chowney]

That looks like a Puch engine to me........

[Janko]

That looks like a Puch engine to me........

You are very very close I forgot to mention the name of the bike.. It's Tomos CTX. Tomos is our domestic mopeds factory which had a deal and some licenses with Austrian Puch. It's very common thing like with Fiat - Lada (Tomos is "lada" on this deal ). Parts mostly fit and older mopeds are very look alike. Tomos is very much like lada on two wheels. Cheap, easy to fix, and quite reliable.

I'm going to buy it soon and I'm looking forward.

[excossack]

Started doing an inventory of UPS's that need new batteries, this includes ones that are live with failed batteries and workshop spares that need new ones.
So far I am up to £1400+VAT
Now the circuit breakers have been changed to class 'c' ones we can now test the big APC 5000 UPS's previously they used the trip the breakers. These are fed via a 16amp feed.

[excossack]

The dearest set of batteries are £250 inc vat and the cheapest £40
We cant sell them on ebay. They go to a recycling place.

[excossack]

Continued the saga of getting UPS batteries. Then I got the job of getting prices for Windows 2008 Enterprise and Exchange 2010 Enterprise licenses dropped on me...
Having seen the cost....well...Ouch!

[Zelandeth]

Today I mostly...well, aside from work anyway...ordered a new fuel pump for the Saab. Fingers crossed this will get it back into a roadworthy state again! Now 17 days since the breakdown and I'm starting to get impatient! ...Plus I don't think my hair can withstand any more getting pulled out than has been lost to chasing the gremlins around so far.

[excossack]

Today I replaced:
Cam cover gasket - all bolts torqued up to 10Nm
Front cam shaft seal
Foam gasket for the heater intake

Started measuring up for a battery box for the tent

[Janko]

I got MMS from my (girl!) friend with this picture:



Im sorry for quality, but i hope u will see what it is! Made my day (Taken in Slovakia)

[Eddy]

... well ... last week any way ...
Drove across Australia ...


So a sms came through on my phone.

"interested in driving a Truck to Broome? "

well ... what could I say?
Seems a friend of a bloke I do some part time work for, had bought a truck, and needed a delivery driver.

So, after many minutes of careful planning, I got onto a plane to Melbourne, got a ride out to some bloke's house, climbed into a 2005 Iveco Eurocargo, and drove to Broome ... all up 5,740 kms. then got onto another plane and flew back.

Here she is, about to leave her old home


new owner's other toy on board for a test fit


In the workshop fitting gates


breakfast at sunrise on the start of the 90 mile straight




No steering wheel needed here for a couple hours




Parked in the shade at her new home


A cable beach sunset

[excossack]

How many tanks of fuel did it take to do 5,740 KM?

[Eddy]

How many tanks of fuel did it take to do 5,740 KM?

8 ...

average 3.1 kms / litre

[Eddy]

So a sms came through on my phone.

"interested in driving another Truck to Broome? "

[excossack]

What you planning on growing?

[Janko]

Thinking bout that..