What the postie brought today!

[Captain Colonial]

Two hundred! Two hundred cheap little rubber O rings! Ah-ah-ahhh!

 

There is a Wench project or three going on and if they’re successful, I’ll reveal them.

 

But if they’re not successful, you’ll never know why I’ve bought them.

[Captain Colonial]

One! One 45 oz dead blow hammer!  Ah-ah-ahhhh!

 

[Flying Carrot Steve]

 

What's with the singing Captain? 😂

[Captain Colonial]

23 minutes ago, Flying Carrot Steve said:

 

What's with the singing Captain? 😂

You’ve led a sheltered life!

 

 

[Flying Carrot Steve]

12 hours ago, Captain Colonial said:

You’ve led a sheltered life!

 

 

 

 

I can assure you I haven't! Ah-ah-ahhhh! 😁

 

 

[SteveB21]

On 27/07/2025 at 20:08, Flying Carrot Steve said:

 

 

That sounds like what I need. Any particular one you'd recommend please @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO?

@Andrzej’s compressor sells as an RAC branded item in the UK but without the nice little storage bag. The hose is very short and the 86cm lead can plug into a 153cm lead with cigarette plug or 108cm lead with small croc clips. With the cigarette plug lead the unit will easily reach front and back tyres using a power socket in the cabin, but it won’t reach the rear tyres using the croc clips on a front mounted battery. Having said that you would probably want to upgrade the croc clips anyway, so easy to add an extra length of wire at the same time. The unit says it is 12v 100w, but I’ve not checked the actual current draw. 

[LoneWolf]

A month ago I got an MSA rollbar from @Richard Slack shipped all the way to Italy, which, after various days stuck at the customs (my mistake, didn't indicate the value properly on the shipping docs) finally got delivered a few days ago:

 

While I was waiting for this, a very interesting sale advert came up in an italian forum, about a chap selling a brand new Westfield full cage. I wasn't sure of getting it as I don't need it right now, but given how hard (and expensive) it is to get one all the way over to Italy from the UK, I took the plunge and bought it. This also arrived a few days ago:

It wasn't cheap but a good buy here in Italy.

I'll use the MSA rollbar for the foreseeable, might switch to the fullcage at some point in the upcoming years, or if I start doing trackdays more consistently 😄 

[Andrzej]

@LoneWolf - already having a cage, just attach ... rest of the car to this nice cage !  Perfect excuse to get second Westfield! 

 

(I know sth about it - once had spare gearbox and spare raceline sump, and that was my excuse to add to it rest of the car (in the end needed other gearbox btw... But the oil sump was used and is now running in my second -  road-going Westfield.   ) 

[Steve G.]

46 minutes ago, LoneWolf said:

A month ago I got an MSA rollbar from @Richard Slack shipped all the way to Italy, which, after various days stuck at the customs (my mistake, didn't indicate the value properly on the shipping docs) finally got delivered a few days ago:

 

While I was waiting for this, a very interesting sale advert came up in an italian forum, about a chap selling a brand new Westfield full cage. I wasn't sure of getting it as I don't need it right now, but given how hard (and expensive) it is to get one all the way over to Italy from the UK, I took the plunge and bought it. This also arrived a few days ago:

It wasn't cheap but a good buy here in Italy.

I'll use the MSA rollbar for the foreseeable, might switch to the fullcage at some point in the upcoming years, or if I start doing trackdays more consistently 😄 

What make is this one ? Interested to know if there are other sources or if caged is the only supplier of off the shelf ones now.

[LoneWolf]

23 minutes ago, Steve G. said:

What make is this one ? Interested to know if there are other sources or if caged is the only supplier of off the shelf ones now.

I'm pretty sure I haven't seen any sticker on the MSA bar, but I think those are (or were?) made by Safety Devices, and Playskool on the old days (this one is a Playskool bar).

As for the full cage, it is currently stored at my brother's garage, I'll ping you with the info as soon as I have it home.

[Andrzej]

8 hours ago, SteveB21 said:

@Andrzej’s compressor sells as an RAC branded item in the UK but without the nice little storage bag. The hose is very short and the 86cm lead can plug into a 153cm lead with cigarette plug or 108cm lead with small croc clips. With the cigarette plug lead the unit will easily reach front and back tyres using a power socket in the cabin, but it won’t reach the rear tyres using the croc clips on a front mounted battery. Having said that you would probably want to upgrade the croc clips anyway, so easy to add an extra length of wire at the same time. The unit says it is 12v 100w, but I’ve not checked the actual current draw. 

 

Recived today, really small (CD to present size) :

 

 

 

Edit : its wires has such type of connector in need for longer wires, BTW , interesting connector, (the same type of connectors I have found in newest Carcoon   ), found in google that it is used in solar panels  :