Cobber

Those red blue or yellow insulated crimp connectors are the work of the devil, damned things are more trouble than they are worth.
Much better of with un insulated crimp connectors you carefully crimp over the tangs and then use a little solder to ease the deal as it were followed by some heat shrink tubing to insulate.

Ventured out to the workshop but cat find the bastard thread gauges, they’re probably still packed up from the move, I can’t even find any fittings to try and screw on, I know where they will be but they’re well buried. I did however managed to extract a nice shiny brand new sphere from my parts shed, but with nothing to confirm the thread but my old tied worn out eyes it does look to be 1/4” BSP.

When I can be arsed I should wander out to the workshop and find the thread gauges and then further out to the parts shed to find a sphere so as I can take a measurement but as a guess it’s probably 1/4” BSP seeing as how it was made in Pomgolia

I’m afraid Clive has moved on from this forum, this thread was from 11 years ago, however hopefully someone will be able to help you out with the pix you need

No matter what it fits, I wouldn’t use it in a pink fit, if it’s magnetic it will attract all the stay swarf, filings and grinder dust from around the workshop and then grind them into you paint work………. Nah I’ll give it the big swerve!

I can assure you that the bumpers finished in Volcano orange were definitely a shitful colour match

One thing about all this pointless security bollocks, is that once someone would just break in and hotwire the car and be gone, but now since they’ve made cars hard to pinch so now the scumbags now resort to one of the following options: kill or maim you in a carjacking, kill or maim you whilst mugging you to get the keys in the car park, or kill or maim you whilst breaking into you house to steal the keys and anything else they fancy!
The young folk don’t bother learning the skills of the thieving trade like they used to.
So in the good ole days they just stole the car, now in these more secure times they get to kill you in the process of stealing your car….that’s progress….. my point is that cars are still getting stolen, only the methods now are more risky of the owner.

Locks and alarms only keep out honest people! The bad bastards always find a way

Nah I didn’t get one of those

I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired!

You didn’t have to remove the fob from the key ring, if only makes a difference when it’s buttons are pressed, it has no bearing whatsoever if it’s merely within close proximity.

I t think that perhaps you are reading a bit too much into this misfire business. A small burp and fart on the overrun is no great problem, if it were to sound like a shotgun going off then that should be a matter of concern.
So the question is does it sound like a 12 gauge shotie going off next to your ear? or is it more like a minor bowl growl in the underpants?
If it’s the former then you most likely have a problem, or if it’s the latter bottom burp then relax sit back an enjoy the car.and it’s idiosyncrasies.