A pal at work religiously did the drains on all the based 1-11s into jerry cans. Particularly easy on the 1-11 as the drain point was at the wing root, naturally, and was therefore easy to reach.
Jet A1 is super paraffin and he ran his oil fired CH on it supplemented by normal CH oil.
All went well until the floor of his tank rusted away.
Allowances and the fiddling thereof
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Re: Allowances and the fiddling thereof
Yes, and that's the problem with parafin heaters in the house. Nice smell, pity about the water vapour.
Re: Allowances and the fiddling thereof
Indeed - and big end replacement (and rebores).
At one stage I used to trawl scrapyards for replacement engines for my old bangers . . .
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Re: Allowances and the fiddling thereof
In my box of tricks in the loft I recently came across a 1967 invoice for a decoke on my Hillman Super Minx from the Hilltop Garage just outside Helston - £13- 7s-10d.
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Re: Allowances and the fiddling thereof
Hilltop Garage would have been owned by the Brindley family at that time. Went to school in Helston with the son, John.CharlieOneSix wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:25 pmIn my box of tricks in the loft I recently came across a 1967 invoice for a decoke on my Hillman Super Minx from the Hilltop Garage just outside Helston - £13- 7s-10d.
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