On 26/1/2022 11:33 am, Clocky wrote:
> On 25/01/2022 8:26 pm, Noddy wrote:
>> On 25/01/2022 10:15 pm, Daryl wrote:
>>> On 25/1/22 8:29 pm, Noddy wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> I blew a snot bubble as I thought he was joking as to me that was
>>>> like saying you had the world's largest collection of dried cow
>>>> pats, but he opened the back door of his shed and he had stacks of
>>>> the things laying around in his yard rusting away in various stages
>>>> of completeness.
>>>>
>>>> Fucked if I know why anyone would *want* one of the things, but he did.
>>>
>>> Only reason I would want one is it would remind me of my Grandfather,
>>> his car looked much the same but it was a Ford Prefect.
>>
>> This bloke had 1960's Anglias with the Kent engines.
>>
>> My old man had a Prefect panel van when I was a young kid and I can
>> just remember it.
>
> In the same way you "remember" owning a computer that hadn't been
> delivered to anyone else in the world and being offered a "One of one"
> P76 wagon.
>
> All proven to be 100% false.
>
The reason he can only just remember it is purely because it resides
only in his imagination. Ford never made, AFAIAA, a Ford Prefect
commercial vehicle. All the English Ford commercial vehicles of the era
were Ford *Thames* or Ford *Thames Trader*. Had a few of them round when
I was an apprentice so all this is within my *experience*.

This is what Darren's father would have had if there had been any truth
to Darren's bullshit; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Thames_300E

--
Xeno

Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

On 26/01/2022 8:39 am, Grumpy Tech wrote:
> On 26/01/2022 10:28 am, Xeno wrote:
>> On 26/1/2022 10:39 am, Daryl wrote:
>
>>>
>>> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford, no PS
>>> but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
>>> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy to
>>> shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just kept
>>> driving:-)
>>>
>> One would have to ask, why did you not *fix* the clutch linkage? You
>> are a *mechanic, right? Done a lot of work on J2, J3, J5, TK & SB
>> Bedfords in my time and can't recall them ever having an issue with
>> clutch linkages.
>>
>
> You have to chime in with your 2 cents worth don't you. Note he stated
> he did his apprenticeship with them. Did it ever occur to you that he
> was an employee at the time and the decision to repair the vehicle was
> NOT his to make. FFS you make any excuse to belittle anyone and everyone
> who doesn't bow at your feet. You are a fuckwit who couldn't make it as
> a mechanic and went to teaching which you failed at as well.

How exactly did he fail at teaching?

On 26/1/2022 11:39 am, Grumpy Tech wrote:
> On 26/01/2022 10:28 am, Xeno wrote:
>> On 26/1/2022 10:39 am, Daryl wrote:
>
>>>
>>> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford, no PS
>>> but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
>>> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy to
>>> shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just kept
>>> driving:-)
>>>
>> One would have to ask, why did you not *fix* the clutch linkage? You
>> are a *mechanic, right? Done a lot of work on J2, J3, J5, TK & SB
>> Bedfords in my time and can't recall them ever having an issue with
>> clutch linkages.
>>
>
> You have to chime in with your 2 cents worth don't you. Note he stated
> he did his apprenticeship with them. Did it ever occur to you that he

It was a *workshop truck*. It falls upon the remit of the mechanics and
the apprentices to *fix* any and all issues as they arise.

> was an employee at the time and the decision to repair the vehicle was
> NOT his to make. FFS you make any excuse to belittle anyone and everyone

A clutch failure in a commercial vehicle is a *safety issue* and it
*should* be his decision to make. FFS, whenever I road tested a vehicle,
officially or unofficially, and encountered a serious fault, I either
reported it or I fixed it myself. If a clutch linkage fell off on me
whilst I was driving a company vehicle, I would fix it post haste. It
would not be given the opportunity to occur a *second time*. In any
company I ever worked for, any fault in workshop vehicles was to be
reported and subsequently repaired ASAP. Your problem is you don't have
a clue how a mechanical workshop operates. I do!

> who doesn't bow at your feet. You are a fuckwit who couldn't make it as
> a mechanic and went to teaching which you failed at as well. What an
> example to look up to... NOT.

I didn't fail as a mechanic nor did I fail as a teacher. You would like
to spin that view but you are so, so *wrong*. I had a successful career
both in the trade and in education. The only *failure* was my health. In
terms of career failure, you had best look at your own, it ain't so shit
hot. Never advanced beyond the tools right up until you retired - you
can't talk!

I loved it when you said that *industry qualifications* were more
important/useful than Uni degrees. Poor silly fool that you are, you
didn't realise that my trade and post apprenticeship qualifications were
*my* industry qualifications. And I had a heap of them.

--
Xeno

Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

On 26/1/22 11:39 am, Grumpy Tech wrote:
> On 26/01/2022 10:28 am, Xeno wrote:
>> On 26/1/2022 10:39 am, Daryl wrote:
>
>>>
>>> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford, no PS
>>> but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
>>> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy to
>>> shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just kept
>>> driving:-)
>>>
>> One would have to ask, why did you not *fix* the clutch linkage? You
>> are a *mechanic, right? Done a lot of work on J2, J3, J5, TK & SB
>> Bedfords in my time and can't recall them ever having an issue with
>> clutch linkages.
>>
>
> You have to chime in with your 2 cents worth don't you. Note he stated
> he did his apprenticeship with them. Did it ever occur to you that he
> was an employee at the time and the decision to repair the vehicle was
> NOT his to make. FFS you make any excuse to belittle anyone and everyone
> who doesn't bow at your feet. You are a fuckwit who couldn't make it as
> a mechanic and went to teaching which you failed at as well. What an
> example to look up to... NOT.
>
>
>
I already explained why, it was so easy to drive without a clutch and
its not safe to crawl under a truck on the side of a road so I just
waited till I got back to the workshop to reattach the linkage.
If someone actually gave a fuck it would have been fixed properly, I
used to drive it occasionally but it wasn't my job to fix it, we had a
fleet of around 40 company vehicles and we had an ex Holden dealer
mechanic whose job was to maintain them.
My job was servicing/repairing tractors and machinery, we had a separate
truck section mostly doing Perkins diesel engine swaps and servicing but
I rarely worked on trucks.

--
Daryl

On 26/1/2022 11:54 am, Clocky wrote:
> On 26/01/2022 8:39 am, Grumpy Tech wrote:
>> On 26/01/2022 10:28 am, Xeno wrote:
>>> On 26/1/2022 10:39 am, Daryl wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford, no
>>>> PS but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
>>>> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy to
>>>> shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just kept
>>>> driving:-)
>>>>
>>> One would have to ask, why did you not *fix* the clutch linkage? You
>>> are a *mechanic, right? Done a lot of work on J2, J3, J5, TK & SB
>>> Bedfords in my time and can't recall them ever having an issue with
>>> clutch linkages.
>>>
>>
>> You have to chime in with your 2 cents worth don't you. Note he stated
>> he did his apprenticeship with them. Did it ever occur to you that he
>> was an employee at the time and the decision to repair the vehicle was
>> NOT his to make. FFS you make any excuse to belittle anyone and
>> everyone who doesn't bow at your feet. You are a fuckwit who couldn't
>> make it as a mechanic and went to teaching which you failed at as well.
>
> How exactly did he fail at teaching?
>
He is doing a Darren and trying to promulgate a *lie*.

--
Xeno

Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

On Wednesday, 26 January 2022 at 10:53:32 UTC+11, Noddy wrote:
> On 26/01/2022 10:11 am, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
> > On Tuesday, 25 January 2022 at 23:26:18 UTC+11, Noddy wrote:
>
> >> My old man had a Prefect panel van when I was a young kid and I can just
> >> remember it. It used to jump out of second gear all the time which I
> >> think Ford labeled as "auto disengagement" as if it was a feature :)
> >>
> >> It was a cunt of a thing as I recall. Freezing cold, noisy, and you just
> >> about had to push it up a hill. If I remember correctly he sold that &
> >> bought himself a Ford Thames tray truck which I don't think was much of
> >> an improvement.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > The V8 engined ones were not to bad (power wise) The armstrong steering was the killer.
> I think he would have loved it if it was V8 powered, but his was the
> tiny "van based" one. Looked like this:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I was talking about the Thames. ;)
>
> > http://classiccars.brightwells.com/viewdetails.php?id=5142
>
> Little 4 cylinder powered thing that was slower than a wet week.
> --
> --
> --
> Regards,
> Noddy.

On 26/01/2022 11:28 am, Xeno wrote:
> On 26/1/2022 10:39 am, Daryl wrote:
>> On 26/1/22 10:11 am, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, 25 January 2022 at 23:26:18 UTC+11, Noddy wrote:
>>>> On 25/01/2022 10:15 pm, Daryl wrote:
>>>>> On 25/1/22 8:29 pm, Noddy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> I blew a snot bubble as I thought he was joking as to me that was
>>>>>> like
>>>>>> saying you had the world's largest collection of dried cow pats, but
>>>>>> he opened the back door of his shed and he had stacks of the things
>>>>>> laying around in his yard rusting away in various stages of
>>>>>> completeness.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fucked if I know why anyone would *want* one of the things, but
>>>>>> he did.
>>>>>
>>>>> Only reason I would want one is it would remind me of my Grandfather,
>>>>> his car looked much the same but it was a Ford Prefect.
>>>> This bloke had 1960's Anglias with the Kent engines.
>>>>
>>>> My old man had a Prefect panel van when I was a young kid and I can
>>>> just
>>>> remember it. It used to jump out of second gear all the time which I
>>>> think Ford labeled as "auto disengagement" as if it was a feature :)
>>>>
>>>> It was a cunt of a thing as I recall. Freezing cold, noisy, and you
>>>> just
>>>> about had to push it up a hill. If I remember correctly he sold that &
>>>> bought himself a Ford Thames tray truck which I don't think was
>>>> much of
>>>> an improvement.
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>   The V8 engined ones were not to bad (power wise)  The armstrong
>>> steering was the killer.
>>
>> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford, no PS
>> but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
>> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy to
>> shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just kept
>> driving:-)
>>
> One would have to ask, why did you not *fix* the clutch linkage? You
> are a *mechanic, right? Done a lot of work on J2, J3, J5, TK & SB
> Bedfords in my time and can't recall them ever having an issue with
> clutch linkages.
>
>

i remember shifing gears without using the clutch just for fun in days
long gone. you just had to match the revs.

--
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"my own words are irrelevant"
-noddy 5/08/2017 4:12 PM

On 26/01/2022 11:39 am, Grumpy Tech wrote:
> On 26/01/2022 10:28 am, Xeno wrote:
>> On 26/1/2022 10:39 am, Daryl wrote:
>
>>>
>>> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford, no
>>> PS but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
>>> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy to
>>> shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just kept
>>> driving:-)
>>>
>> One would have to ask, why did you not *fix* the clutch linkage? You
>> are a *mechanic, right? Done a lot of work on J2, J3, J5, TK & SB
>> Bedfords in my time and can't recall them ever having an issue with
>> clutch linkages.
>>
>
> You have to chime in with your 2 cents worth don't you.

like you're doing now..

> Note he stated he did his apprenticeship with them. Did it ever occur
> to you that he was an employee at the time and the decision to repair
> the vehicle was NOT his to make. FFS you make any excuse to belittle
> anyone and everyone who doesn't bow at your feet.

you're confusing him with noddy

> You are a fuckwit who couldn't make it as a mechanic

see previous comment

> and went to teaching which you failed at as well.

proof?

> What an example to look up to... NOT.
>
>

yes, you're not

--
https://tinyurl.com/Yosemite-Sam
"my own words are irrelevant"
-noddy 5/08/2017 4:12 PM

On 26/01/2022 11:54 am, Clocky wrote:
> On 26/01/2022 8:39 am, Grumpy Tech wrote:
>> On 26/01/2022 10:28 am, Xeno wrote:
>>> On 26/1/2022 10:39 am, Daryl wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford, no
>>>> PS but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
>>>> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy
>>>> to shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just kept
>>>> driving:-)
>>>>
>>> One would have to ask, why did you not *fix* the clutch linkage? You
>>> are a *mechanic, right? Done a lot of work on J2, J3, J5, TK & SB
>>> Bedfords in my time and can't recall them ever having an issue with
>>> clutch linkages.
>>>
>>
>> You have to chime in with your 2 cents worth don't you. Note he
>> stated he did his apprenticeship with them. Did it ever occur to you
>> that he was an employee at the time and the decision to repair the
>> vehicle was NOT his to make. FFS you make any excuse to belittle
>> anyone and everyone who doesn't bow at your feet. You are a fuckwit
>> who couldn't make it as a mechanic and went to teaching which you
>> failed at as well.
>
> How exactly did he fail at teaching?
>
>

don't worry. he just made that up for something to say

--
https://tinyurl.com/Yosemite-Sam
"my own words are irrelevant"
-noddy 5/08/2017 4:12 PM

On 26/1/2022 12:16 pm, Daryl wrote:
> On 26/1/22 11:39 am, Grumpy Tech wrote:
>> On 26/01/2022 10:28 am, Xeno wrote:
>>> On 26/1/2022 10:39 am, Daryl wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford, no
>>>> PS but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
>>>> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy to
>>>> shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just kept
>>>> driving:-)
>>>>
>>> One would have to ask, why did you not *fix* the clutch linkage? You
>>> are a *mechanic, right? Done a lot of work on J2, J3, J5, TK & SB
>>> Bedfords in my time and can't recall them ever having an issue with
>>> clutch linkages.
>>>
>>
>> You have to chime in with your 2 cents worth don't you. Note he stated
>> he did his apprenticeship with them. Did it ever occur to you that he
>> was an employee at the time and the decision to repair the vehicle was
>> NOT his to make. FFS you make any excuse to belittle anyone and
>> everyone who doesn't bow at your feet. You are a fuckwit who couldn't
>> make it as a mechanic and went to teaching which you failed at as
>> well. What an example to look up to... NOT.
>>
>>
>>
> I already explained why, it was so easy to drive without a clutch and
> its not safe to crawl under a truck on the side of a road so I just
> waited till I got back to the workshop to reattach the linkage.

I am not arguing the point of a *roadside repair*. I am making the point
that you did not do a *permanent fix* upon return to the workshop nor
did you organise one. That is

> If someone actually gave a fuck it would have been fixed properly, I

That says a lot about where you learnt your trade, and explains much.

> used to drive it occasionally but it wasn't my job to fix it, we had a

You drive it, you claim to be a mechanic, you fix it.

> fleet of around 40 company vehicles and we had an ex Holden dealer
> mechanic whose job was to maintain them.

So why did you not *insist* that it was repaired?????? As I said, a
clutch linkage dropping off is a *safety issue*. You admitted as much
when you stated it wasn't safe to reattach the linkage at roadside.

> My job was servicing/repairing tractors and machinery, we had a separate
> truck section mostly doing Perkins diesel engine swaps and servicing but
> I rarely worked on trucks.
>
Your job, as a mechanic, is to ensure the safe and reliable operation of
any workshop vehicle you drive as well as that of any *customer vehicles*.

--
Xeno

Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

On 26/1/2022 12:20 pm, Yosemite Sam wrote:
> On 26/01/2022 11:28 am, Xeno wrote:
>> On 26/1/2022 10:39 am, Daryl wrote:
>>> On 26/1/22 10:11 am, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, 25 January 2022 at 23:26:18 UTC+11, Noddy wrote:
>>>>> On 25/01/2022 10:15 pm, Daryl wrote:
>>>>>> On 25/1/22 8:29 pm, Noddy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> I blew a snot bubble as I thought he was joking as to me that was
>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>> saying you had the world's largest collection of dried cow pats, but
>>>>>>> he opened the back door of his shed and he had stacks of the things
>>>>>>> laying around in his yard rusting away in various stages of
>>>>>>> completeness.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fucked if I know why anyone would *want* one of the things, but
>>>>>>> he did.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Only reason I would want one is it would remind me of my Grandfather,
>>>>>> his car looked much the same but it was a Ford Prefect.
>>>>> This bloke had 1960's Anglias with the Kent engines.
>>>>>
>>>>> My old man had a Prefect panel van when I was a young kid and I can
>>>>> just
>>>>> remember it. It used to jump out of second gear all the time which I
>>>>> think Ford labeled as "auto disengagement" as if it was a feature :)
>>>>>
>>>>> It was a cunt of a thing as I recall. Freezing cold, noisy, and you
>>>>> just
>>>>> about had to push it up a hill. If I remember correctly he sold that &
>>>>> bought himself a Ford Thames tray truck which I don't think was
>>>>> much of
>>>>> an improvement.
>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>   The V8 engined ones were not to bad (power wise)  The armstrong
>>>> steering was the killer.
>>>
>>> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford, no PS
>>> but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
>>> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy to
>>> shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just kept
>>> driving:-)
>>>
>> One would have to ask, why did you not *fix* the clutch linkage? You
>> are a *mechanic, right? Done a lot of work on J2, J3, J5, TK & SB
>> Bedfords in my time and can't recall them ever having an issue with
>> clutch linkages.
>>
>>
>
> i remember shifing gears without using the clutch just for fun in days
> long gone. you just had to match the revs.
>
>
And not wise to do it in cars with synchromesh.

--
Xeno

Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

On 26/01/2022 12:15 pm, Xeno wrote:
> On 26/1/2022 11:39 am, Grumpy Tech wrote:
>> On 26/01/2022 10:28 am, Xeno wrote:
>>> On 26/1/2022 10:39 am, Daryl wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford, no
>>>> PS but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
>>>> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy
>>>> to shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just kept
>>>> driving:-)
>>>>
>>> One would have to ask, why did you not *fix* the clutch linkage? You
>>> are a *mechanic, right? Done a lot of work on J2, J3, J5, TK & SB
>>> Bedfords in my time and can't recall them ever having an issue with
>>> clutch linkages.
>>>
>>
>> You have to chime in with your 2 cents worth don't you. Note he
>> stated he did his apprenticeship with them. Did it ever occur to you
>> that he
>
> It was a *workshop truck*. It falls upon the remit of the mechanics
> and the apprentices to *fix* any and all issues as they arise.
>
>> was an employee at the time and the decision to repair the vehicle
>> was NOT his to make. FFS you make any excuse to belittle anyone and
>> everyone
>
> A clutch failure in a commercial vehicle is a *safety issue* and it
> *should* be his decision to make. FFS, whenever I road tested a
> vehicle, officially or unofficially, and encountered a serious fault,
> I either reported it or I fixed it myself. If a clutch linkage fell
> off on me whilst I was driving a company vehicle, I would fix it post
> haste. It would not be given the opportunity to occur a *second time*.
> In any company I ever worked for, any fault in workshop vehicles was
> to be reported and subsequently repaired ASAP. Your problem is you
> don't have a clue how a mechanical workshop operates. I do!
>
>> who doesn't bow at your feet. You are a fuckwit who couldn't make it
>> as a mechanic and went to teaching which you failed at as well. What
>> an example to look up to... NOT.
>
> I didn't fail as a mechanic nor did I fail as a teacher. You would
> like to spin that view but you are so, so *wrong*. I had a successful
> career both in the trade and in education. The only *failure* was my
> health. In terms of career failure, you had best look at your own, it
> ain't so shit hot. Never advanced beyond the tools right up until you
> retired - you can't talk!
>
> I loved it when you said that *industry qualifications* were more
> important/useful than Uni degrees. Poor silly fool that you are, you
> didn't realise that my trade and post apprenticeship qualifications
> were *my* industry qualifications. And I had a heap of them.
>
>

poor old grubby. every time he opens his mouth he puts his foot in it

--
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"my own words are irrelevant"
-noddy 5/08/2017 4:12 PM

On Wednesday, 26 January 2022 at 10:39:27 UTC+11, Daryl wrote:
> On 26/1/22 10:11 am, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
> > On Tuesday, 25 January 2022 at 23:26:18 UTC+11, Noddy wrote:
> >> On 25/01/2022 10:15 pm, Daryl wrote:
> >>> On 25/1/22 8:29 pm, Noddy wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>> I blew a snot bubble as I thought he was joking as to me that was like
> >>>> saying you had the world's largest collection of dried cow pats, but
> >>>> he opened the back door of his shed and he had stacks of the things
> >>>> laying around in his yard rusting away in various stages of completeness.
> >>>>
> >>>> Fucked if I know why anyone would *want* one of the things, but he did.
> >>>
> >>> Only reason I would want one is it would remind me of my Grandfather,
> >>> his car looked much the same but it was a Ford Prefect.
> >> This bloke had 1960's Anglias with the Kent engines.
> >>
> >> My old man had a Prefect panel van when I was a young kid and I can just
> >> remember it. It used to jump out of second gear all the time which I
> >> think Ford labeled as "auto disengagement" as if it was a feature :)
> >>
> >> It was a cunt of a thing as I recall. Freezing cold, noisy, and you just
> >> about had to push it up a hill. If I remember correctly he sold that &
> >> bought himself a Ford Thames tray truck which I don't think was much of
> >> an improvement.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > The V8 engined ones were not to bad (power wise) The armstrong steering was the killer.
> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford, no PS
> but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy to
> shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just kept driving:-)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Those Beddys had nice light steering, even when loaded forward. *But* about 33.3 turns lock to lock. :(.. As long as you could rev. match no clutch was OK. But get it wrong and tear the synchros out in short order. (Not recommended for constant use.)
>
>
>
>
> --
> Daryl

On 26/01/2022 12:16 pm, Xeno wrote:
> On 26/1/2022 11:54 am, Clocky wrote:
>> On 26/01/2022 8:39 am, Grumpy Tech wrote:
>>> On 26/01/2022 10:28 am, Xeno wrote:
>>>> On 26/1/2022 10:39 am, Daryl wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford, no
>>>>> PS but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
>>>>> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy
>>>>> to shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just
>>>>> kept driving:-)
>>>>>
>>>> One would have to ask, why did you not *fix* the clutch linkage?
>>>> You are a *mechanic, right? Done a lot of work on J2, J3, J5, TK &
>>>> SB Bedfords in my time and can't recall them ever having an issue
>>>> with clutch linkages.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You have to chime in with your 2 cents worth don't you. Note he
>>> stated he did his apprenticeship with them. Did it ever occur to you
>>> that he was an employee at the time and the decision to repair the
>>> vehicle was NOT his to make. FFS you make any excuse to belittle
>>> anyone and everyone who doesn't bow at your feet. You are a fuckwit
>>> who couldn't make it as a mechanic and went to teaching which you
>>> failed at as well.
>>
>> How exactly did he fail at teaching?
>>
> He is doing a Darren and trying to promulgate a *lie*.
>
>

straight out of Goebbel's  manual..

--
https://tinyurl.com/Yosemite-Sam
"my own words are irrelevant"
-noddy 5/08/2017 4:12 PM

On 26/01/2022 12:31 pm, Xeno wrote:
> On 26/1/2022 12:20 pm, Yosemite Sam wrote:
>> On 26/01/2022 11:28 am, Xeno wrote:
>>> On 26/1/2022 10:39 am, Daryl wrote:
>>>> On 26/1/22 10:11 am, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
>>>>> On Tuesday, 25 January 2022 at 23:26:18 UTC+11, Noddy wrote:
>>>>>> On 25/01/2022 10:15 pm, Daryl wrote:
>>>>>>> On 25/1/22 8:29 pm, Noddy wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I blew a snot bubble as I thought he was joking as to me that
>>>>>>>> was like
>>>>>>>> saying you had the world's largest collection of dried cow
>>>>>>>> pats, but
>>>>>>>> he opened the back door of his shed and he had stacks of the
>>>>>>>> things
>>>>>>>> laying around in his yard rusting away in various stages of
>>>>>>>> completeness.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Fucked if I know why anyone would *want* one of the things, but
>>>>>>>> he did.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Only reason I would want one is it would remind me of my
>>>>>>> Grandfather,
>>>>>>> his car looked much the same but it was a Ford Prefect.
>>>>>> This bloke had 1960's Anglias with the Kent engines.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My old man had a Prefect panel van when I was a young kid and I
>>>>>> can just
>>>>>> remember it. It used to jump out of second gear all the time which I
>>>>>> think Ford labeled as "auto disengagement" as if it was a feature :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It was a cunt of a thing as I recall. Freezing cold, noisy, and
>>>>>> you just
>>>>>> about had to push it up a hill. If I remember correctly he sold
>>>>>> that &
>>>>>> bought himself a Ford Thames tray truck which I don't think was
>>>>>> much of
>>>>>> an improvement.
>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>>   The V8 engined ones were not to bad (power wise)  The armstrong
>>>>> steering was the killer.
>>>>
>>>> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford, no
>>>> PS but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
>>>> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy
>>>> to shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just kept
>>>> driving:-)
>>>>
>>> One would have to ask, why did you not *fix* the clutch linkage? You
>>> are a *mechanic, right? Done a lot of work on J2, J3, J5, TK & SB
>>> Bedfords in my time and can't recall them ever having an issue with
>>> clutch linkages.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> i remember shifing gears without using the clutch just for fun in
>> days long gone. you just had to match the revs.
>>
>>
> And not wise to do it in cars with synchromesh.
>

the cars I had back then didn't have it

--
https://tinyurl.com/Yosemite-Sam
"my own words are irrelevant"
-noddy 5/08/2017 4:12 PM

On 26/01/2022 12:39 pm, Yosemite Sam wrote:
> On 26/01/2022 12:31 pm, Xeno wrote:
>> On 26/1/2022 12:20 pm, Yosemite Sam wrote:
>>> On 26/01/2022 11:28 am, Xeno wrote:
>>>> On 26/1/2022 10:39 am, Daryl wrote:
>>>>> On 26/1/22 10:11 am, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
>>>>>> On Tuesday, 25 January 2022 at 23:26:18 UTC+11, Noddy wrote:
>>>>>>> On 25/01/2022 10:15 pm, Daryl wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 25/1/22 8:29 pm, Noddy wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I blew a snot bubble as I thought he was joking as to me that
>>>>>>>>> was like
>>>>>>>>> saying you had the world's largest collection of dried cow
>>>>>>>>> pats, but
>>>>>>>>> he opened the back door of his shed and he had stacks of the
>>>>>>>>> things
>>>>>>>>> laying around in his yard rusting away in various stages of
>>>>>>>>> completeness.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Fucked if I know why anyone would *want* one of the things,
>>>>>>>>> but he did.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Only reason I would want one is it would remind me of my
>>>>>>>> Grandfather,
>>>>>>>> his car looked much the same but it was a Ford Prefect.
>>>>>>> This bloke had 1960's Anglias with the Kent engines.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My old man had a Prefect panel van when I was a young kid and I
>>>>>>> can just
>>>>>>> remember it. It used to jump out of second gear all the time
>>>>>>> which I
>>>>>>> think Ford labeled as "auto disengagement" as if it was a
>>>>>>> feature :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It was a cunt of a thing as I recall. Freezing cold, noisy, and
>>>>>>> you just
>>>>>>> about had to push it up a hill. If I remember correctly he sold
>>>>>>> that &
>>>>>>> bought himself a Ford Thames tray truck which I don't think was
>>>>>>> much of
>>>>>>> an improvement.
>>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>>>   The V8 engined ones were not to bad (power wise)  The armstrong
>>>>>> steering was the killer.
>>>>>
>>>>> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford, no
>>>>> PS but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
>>>>> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy
>>>>> to shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just
>>>>> kept driving:-)
>>>>>
>>>> One would have to ask, why did you not *fix* the clutch linkage?
>>>> You are a *mechanic, right? Done a lot of work on J2, J3, J5, TK &
>>>> SB Bedfords in my time and can't recall them ever having an issue
>>>> with clutch linkages.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> i remember shifing gears without using the clutch just for fun in
>>> days long gone. you just had to match the revs.
>>>
>>>
>> And not wise to do it in cars with synchromesh.
>>
>
> the cars I had back then didn't have it
>

every new generation has a better life. we had to save for years to buy
a second hand car. now some kids get a new hyundai for their 18th.
birthday! plus they have their mobiles, ipads, computers, internet, etc,

--
https://tinyurl.com/Yosemite-Sam
"my own words are irrelevant"
-noddy 5/08/2017 4:12 PM

On Wednesday, 26 January 2022 at 12:38:41 UTC+11, Yosemite Sam wrote:
> On 26/01/2022 12:31 pm, Xeno wrote:
> > On 26/1/2022 12:20 pm, Yosemite Sam wrote:
> >> On 26/01/2022 11:28 am, Xeno wrote:
> >>> On 26/1/2022 10:39 am, Daryl wrote:
> >>>> On 26/1/22 10:11 am, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
> >>>>> On Tuesday, 25 January 2022 at 23:26:18 UTC+11, Noddy wrote:
> >>>>>> On 25/01/2022 10:15 pm, Daryl wrote:
> >>>>>>> On 25/1/22 8:29 pm, Noddy wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I blew a snot bubble as I thought he was joking as to me that
> >>>>>>>> was like
> >>>>>>>> saying you had the world's largest collection of dried cow
> >>>>>>>> pats, but
> >>>>>>>> he opened the back door of his shed and he had stacks of the
> >>>>>>>> things
> >>>>>>>> laying around in his yard rusting away in various stages of
> >>>>>>>> completeness.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Fucked if I know why anyone would *want* one of the things, but
> >>>>>>>> he did.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Only reason I would want one is it would remind me of my
> >>>>>>> Grandfather,
> >>>>>>> his car looked much the same but it was a Ford Prefect.
> >>>>>> This bloke had 1960's Anglias with the Kent engines.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> My old man had a Prefect panel van when I was a young kid and I
> >>>>>> can just
> >>>>>> remember it. It used to jump out of second gear all the time which I
> >>>>>> think Ford labeled as "auto disengagement" as if it was a feature :)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> It was a cunt of a thing as I recall. Freezing cold, noisy, and
> >>>>>> you just
> >>>>>> about had to push it up a hill. If I remember correctly he sold
> >>>>>> that &
> >>>>>> bought himself a Ford Thames tray truck which I don't think was
> >>>>>> much of
> >>>>>> an improvement.
> >>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>>>> The V8 engined ones were not to bad (power wise) The armstrong
> >>>>> steering was the killer.
> >>>>
> >>>> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford, no
> >>>> PS but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
> >>>> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy
> >>>> to shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just kept
> >>>> driving:-)
> >>>>
> >>> One would have to ask, why did you not *fix* the clutch linkage? You
> >>> are a *mechanic, right? Done a lot of work on J2, J3, J5, TK & SB
> >>> Bedfords in my time and can't recall them ever having an issue with
> >>> clutch linkages.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> i remember shifing gears without using the clutch just for fun in
> >> days long gone. you just had to match the revs.
> >>
> >>
> > And not wise to do it in cars with synchromesh.
> >
> the cars I had back then didn't have it
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
UH-HUH, Name some, one even?. That *YOU* owned!.

> --
> https://tinyurl.com/Yosemite-Sam
> "my own words are irrelevant"
> -noddy 5/08/2017 4:12 PM

On 26/1/22 12:33 pm, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, 26 January 2022 at 10:39:27 UTC+11, Daryl wrote:
>> On 26/1/22 10:11 am, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, 25 January 2022 at 23:26:18 UTC+11, Noddy wrote:
>>>> On 25/01/2022 10:15 pm, Daryl wrote:
>>>>> On 25/1/22 8:29 pm, Noddy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> I blew a snot bubble as I thought he was joking as to me that was like
>>>>>> saying you had the world's largest collection of dried cow pats, but
>>>>>> he opened the back door of his shed and he had stacks of the things
>>>>>> laying around in his yard rusting away in various stages of completeness.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fucked if I know why anyone would *want* one of the things, but he did.
>>>>>
>>>>> Only reason I would want one is it would remind me of my Grandfather,
>>>>> his car looked much the same but it was a Ford Prefect.
>>>> This bloke had 1960's Anglias with the Kent engines.
>>>>
>>>> My old man had a Prefect panel van when I was a young kid and I can just
>>>> remember it. It used to jump out of second gear all the time which I
>>>> think Ford labeled as "auto disengagement" as if it was a feature :)
>>>>
>>>> It was a cunt of a thing as I recall. Freezing cold, noisy, and you just
>>>> about had to push it up a hill. If I remember correctly he sold that &
>>>> bought himself a Ford Thames tray truck which I don't think was much of
>>>> an improvement.
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> The V8 engined ones were not to bad (power wise) The armstrong steering was the killer.
>> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford, no PS
>> but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
>> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy to
>> shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just kept driving:-)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Those Beddys had nice light steering, even when loaded forward. *But* about 33.3 turns lock to lock. :(..

LOL, it was a long way from being direct:-)

As long as you could rev. match no clutch was OK. But get it wrong
and tear the synchros out in short order. (Not recommended for constant
use.)

That's never good for syncros, only did it to get back to the workshop.
I have a funny memory of one of those Bedfords being towed into our
workshop with a "starter motor" problem, on closer examination no 6
conrod had come through the block and knocked the starter off:-)

--
Daryl

On 26/01/2022 9:28 am, Yosemite Sam wrote:
> On 26/01/2022 11:54 am, Clocky wrote:
>> On 26/01/2022 8:39 am, Grumpy Tech wrote:
>>> On 26/01/2022 10:28 am, Xeno wrote:
>>>> On 26/1/2022 10:39 am, Daryl wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford, no
>>>>> PS but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
>>>>> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy
>>>>> to shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just kept
>>>>> driving:-)
>>>>>
>>>> One would have to ask, why did you not *fix* the clutch linkage? You
>>>> are a *mechanic, right? Done a lot of work on J2, J3, J5, TK & SB
>>>> Bedfords in my time and can't recall them ever having an issue with
>>>> clutch linkages.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You have to chime in with your 2 cents worth don't you. Note he
>>> stated he did his apprenticeship with them. Did it ever occur to you
>>> that he was an employee at the time and the decision to repair the
>>> vehicle was NOT his to make. FFS you make any excuse to belittle
>>> anyone and everyone who doesn't bow at your feet. You are a fuckwit
>>> who couldn't make it as a mechanic and went to teaching which you
>>> failed at as well.
>>
>> How exactly did he fail at teaching?
>>
>>
>
> don't worry. he just made that up for something to say
>

Are you suggesting he's just belittling you and your achievements?

On 26/1/2022 12:25 pm, Yosemite Sam wrote:
> On 26/01/2022 11:39 am, Grumpy Tech wrote:
>> On 26/01/2022 10:28 am, Xeno wrote:
>>> On 26/1/2022 10:39 am, Daryl wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford, no
>>>> PS but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
>>>> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy to
>>>> shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just kept
>>>> driving:-)
>>>>
>>> One would have to ask, why did you not *fix* the clutch linkage? You
>>> are a *mechanic, right? Done a lot of work on J2, J3, J5, TK & SB
>>> Bedfords in my time and can't recall them ever having an issue with
>>> clutch linkages.
>>>
>>
>> You have to chime in with your 2 cents worth don't you.
>
>
> like you're doing now..
>
>
>> Note he stated he did his apprenticeship with them. Did it ever occur
>> to you that he was an employee at the time and the decision to repair
>> the vehicle was NOT his to make. FFS you make any excuse to belittle
>> anyone and everyone who doesn't bow at your feet.
>
>
> you're confusing him with noddy
>
A clutch *linkage* repair is *not* a major repair. Even as a *driver* of
the vehicle, it was his responsibility to *stand the vehicle down*. He
could have *safety tagged* it given what he said about being too
dangerous to stop and reconnect whilst on the road. He took it back to
the workshop and simply parked the truck up and said no more about it.
That is *negligence*, pure and simple.
>
>> You are a fuckwit who couldn't make it as a mechanic
>
>
> see previous comment
>
>
>> and went to teaching which you failed at as well.
>
>
> proof?
>
The proof is in the fact I taught apprentices in TAFE for 20 years. That
is *undeniable proof*.

>> What an example to look up to... NOT.
>>

Grumpy definitely is a poor example of humanity.
>
> yes, you're not
>
>

--
Xeno

Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

On 26/01/2022 11:36 am, Yosemite Sam wrote:
> On 26/01/2022 12:16 pm, Xeno wrote:
>> On 26/1/2022 11:54 am, Clocky wrote:
>>> On 26/01/2022 8:39 am, Grumpy Tech wrote:
>>>> On 26/01/2022 10:28 am, Xeno wrote:
>>>>> On 26/1/2022 10:39 am, Daryl wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford, no
>>>>>> PS but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
>>>>>> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy
>>>>>> to shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just
>>>>>> kept driving:-)
>>>>>>
>>>>> One would have to ask, why did you not *fix* the clutch linkage?
>>>>> You are a *mechanic, right? Done a lot of work on J2, J3, J5, TK &
>>>>> SB Bedfords in my time and can't recall them ever having an issue
>>>>> with clutch linkages.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You have to chime in with your 2 cents worth don't you. Note he
>>>> stated he did his apprenticeship with them. Did it ever occur to you
>>>> that he was an employee at the time and the decision to repair the
>>>> vehicle was NOT his to make. FFS you make any excuse to belittle
>>>> anyone and everyone who doesn't bow at your feet. You are a fuckwit
>>>> who couldn't make it as a mechanic and went to teaching which you
>>>> failed at as well.
>>>
>>> How exactly did he fail at teaching?
>>>
>> He is doing a Darren and trying to promulgate a *lie*.
>>
>>
>
> straight out of Goebbel's  manual..
>
A classic triple, an attack, and two agreements, only alv is missing
maybe sleeping off his last meal.

On 25/01/2022 10:05 pm, Yosemite Sam wrote:
> On 25/01/2022 6:59 pm, keithr0 wrote:
>> On 24/01/2022 7:01 pm, Xeno wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9XOvOP7eW0
>>>
>>>
>> A 100E side valve Anglia, my old man had 2 of those. He traded his
>> 1940s Austin 10 for the first one, the second one, he went to the
>> dealers to get a tail light globe replaced and came back with a new
>> car. The second one got traded for a 105E Anglia.
>>
>> The one in the video must have been one of the last, the 100E model
>> was replaced by the 105E in 1959.
>>
>>
>> Nice job other than the rear wheel arches, but a conversion rather
>> than a restoration.
>
>
> weren't Anglia's the car with the rear window that sloped the other way?
>
That was the later 105E model.

On 1/26/2022 1:12 PM, Clocky wrote:
> On 26/01/2022 9:28 am, Yosemite Sam wrote:
>> On 26/01/2022 11:54 am, Clocky wrote:
>>> On 26/01/2022 8:39 am, Grumpy Tech wrote:
>>>> On 26/01/2022 10:28 am, Xeno wrote:
>>>>> On 26/1/2022 10:39 am, Daryl wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford, no
>>>>>> PS but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
>>>>>> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy
>>>>>> to shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just
>>>>>> kept driving:-)
>>>>>>
>>>>> One would have to ask, why did you not *fix* the clutch linkage?
>>>>> You are a *mechanic, right? Done a lot of work on J2, J3, J5, TK &
>>>>> SB Bedfords in my time and can't recall them ever having an issue
>>>>> with clutch linkages.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You have to chime in with your 2 cents worth don't you. Note he
>>>> stated he did his apprenticeship with them. Did it ever occur to you
>>>> that he was an employee at the time and the decision to repair the
>>>> vehicle was NOT his to make. FFS you make any excuse to belittle
>>>> anyone and everyone who doesn't bow at your feet. You are a fuckwit
>>>> who couldn't make it as a mechanic and went to teaching which you
>>>> failed at as well.
>>>
>>> How exactly did he fail at teaching?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> don't worry. he just made that up for something to say
>>
>
> Are you suggesting he's just belittling you and your achievements?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hah, idiots united!!...The left hand doesnt know what the right hand
is doing...(Read that any way you choose.)
>
>

On 26/01/2022 11:08 am, keithr0 wrote:
> On 26/01/2022 11:36 am, Yosemite Sam wrote:
>> On 26/01/2022 12:16 pm, Xeno wrote:
>>> On 26/1/2022 11:54 am, Clocky wrote:
>>>> On 26/01/2022 8:39 am, Grumpy Tech wrote:
>>>>> On 26/01/2022 10:28 am, Xeno wrote:
>>>>>> On 26/1/2022 10:39 am, Daryl wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The company I did my apprenticeship with had a 1965 J5 Bedford,
>>>>>>> no PS but from what I remember it wasn't too bad to drive.
>>>>>>> Clutch linkage used to occasionally fall off but it was very easy
>>>>>>> to shift gears without the clutch so when it happened you just
>>>>>>> kept driving:-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> One would have to ask, why did you not *fix* the clutch linkage?
>>>>>> You are a *mechanic, right? Done a lot of work on J2, J3, J5, TK &
>>>>>> SB Bedfords in my time and can't recall them ever having an issue
>>>>>> with clutch linkages.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You have to chime in with your 2 cents worth don't you. Note he
>>>>> stated he did his apprenticeship with them. Did it ever occur to
>>>>> you that he was an employee at the time and the decision to repair
>>>>> the vehicle was NOT his to make. FFS you make any excuse to
>>>>> belittle anyone and everyone who doesn't bow at your feet. You are
>>>>> a fuckwit who couldn't make it as a mechanic and went to teaching
>>>>> which you failed at as well.
>>>>
>>>> How exactly did he fail at teaching?
>>>>
>>> He is doing a Darren and trying to promulgate a *lie*.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> straight out of Goebbel's  manual..
>>
> A classic triple, an attack, and two agreements, only alv is missing
> maybe sleeping off his last meal.

"You are a fuckwit who couldn't make it as a mechanic and went to
teaching which you failed at as well."

So clearly an (unfounded) attack so apart from you who else agrees?

On 25/01/2022 9:15 pm, Daryl wrote:
>
> Oldest son is building a Lotus 7 replica using an MX5 donor, used most
> of the MX5 including all the front and rear suspension, without a heavy
> steel body like the Anglia it will be relatively light so it should go
> well.
> Its soon to be delivered to me to be wired up which is going to be a fun
> project:-)

imgur.com/a/JRfyPww

The most disgusting Miata (MX-5) in the world, not only a torn back
window, hand painted (badly) in matt black but check out the red cables.
One comes from the boot (where the battery resides) and goes in through
the passenger window (it's LHD), the second emerges from the passenger
window and goes into the engine bay. Both terminated in bare ends on the
passenger seat, twist and go - what could be simpler :)