Classic British Flight Sim

Our workshop has got a bay especially for our tyre changing duties. One day in August last year I went upstairs at about 6.00pm to get a old case down for someone who just needed to get home. We keep our tyres at about a 2nd story level and need to throw them up and throw them down to get to them. I ...

Offers always open mate Got to be a lot better than what we are having over here. Freezing cold wind and rain. Not a great thing when you are working on cars fresh from the rain

James

The important thing to remember when doing brake pads is to remember that anytime you push the piston back you need to do it SLOWLY. This is so that the brake fluid in the pipes are not doing to be forcing the brake seals hard enough so they pop out and you end up with brake fluid running down the ...

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unless they had Backards threads

Like the wheel nuts/studs of trucks and some Ford's - Left hand thread on left hand side, right hand thread on right (in NZ anyway!) :lol:

Funny to watch a new tyre tech struggle and wonder why he can't get the nuts off....usually step in before he ...

Yep, I agree 100%. I was lucky enough to go see Roger Waters about a month ago when he was here and played the entire album of Dark Side of the Moon. Incredible!

-James

NZ is a definite North/South split

James

Sorry Simtrac...I have friends in NZ that say taxation there has increased along with bureaucracy to unacceptable levels.

Garry

NZ - The land of the long white cloud and the voice of the little man never gets listened to except if he's a minority (shhhhh....its not said so, but it's beyond a ...

The Aussies will be the ones we are throwing the stones at

About all the A-4K's are good for now. Standing on the shoreline throwing rocks is probably our best defence at the moment :-)

James

Chris: The occasional one goes over, they're based at Whenuapai, Auckland comrade. Always nicer to hear with that whistle than the herc, funny how a different mount changes things.



Yep, always a nice sight when our attack force takes off or lands from down this end of the North Island when ...