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Internal corners shouldn’t be mitred at all. Instead you should cut one piece flush to the corner and then the other is scribed to match the profile. This enables you to trap the two lengths against the wall.

what is it worth if not working ? how much dioes it weigh ?-scrap only your decompressor is working __as in it does release the valve when to make compression when you drop it Iknow when we sold my brothers one they were fighting for it as it had elc start .LOL correction --Iremembered wrong 39.3thou to 1MM

1mm =38.7thou --so your rinmgs are just plain worn out --probably due to the esay atrt --zero lundbrication - then add no one has given a crap about chanign the oi lfor 50 years and theres yuor excessive wear ,which will mean low ring pressure on the bore as well basic rrule of thumb is 4thou per inch of bore -more for a highly streesed and hot running turbo motor . it is allways advisable to measure ring gap and file if they are too tight -something alot of people miss or think they are gapped at factory . my guees is new rings in that old bore they will be wider due to bore wear --but not 3mm=120thou If you getting picky then the grooves should not be worn EG about 4thou max wider than ring . I would not clean out piston ring groooves until you try new rings inthem first ,or even the carbon off the top or sides of the piston ,but maybe a new piston is not expensive anyway. you maybe find new piston comes with rings anyway

yep --its like a drug # it will remove all the oliy buld up around the pistons+ rings ,so they become a loose fit-- that biuld up of carbon and oily reisdue is good on an old engine it makes up for wear -blow that off with the big "knock" you get when it fires up and thats where your comp has gone probably --bad piston and ring fit -cylinder leakage test would have shown that before stripping too much of the "drug" and you can bend a con rod. If it had an elctric start you could spray it from a distance at the air filter and feed it in --but a squirt on an engine that is stopped is not good I will use it if really required ,but my favorite is propane from a plumbers torch thats not lit- put torch in air filter and turn it on then crank engine an engine will run on gas --quite often use it when changing a diesel filter --some are a real pain to bleed through ,butane will work as well--but NEVER oxygen -that will blow the head clean off diesel or petrol it works

External mitres I usually look at corner and set saw to around 46/47 deg if looks a sharp corner. A joint always better if open at back rather than front. I also glue externals with mitre bond before fixing to wall. With internals again just cut a 45 on the piece you want scoring then remove the end grain. Perfect scribe no profile tool needed

If you have not taken head off yet and have access to compressed air and can make upan adaptor to feedi ncompressed air through and injector hole then get cengfine ontdc with vlaves shut on cylinder you are testing -put it ingear and block wheels .appl y90psi and listen to see where its going --up the inlet manifold ,out the exexhaust or icoming out if oil breahter . by doig this you will know what you need before you strip it looking ta istripped your bound to see things that are worn ,but they maybe are not your problem .this way you know where yuor comp is going . if you can borrow a proper cylinder leakage tester ,then unless its over 20% leakage it will be fine once its going - perfect engine will be around 4% could be simple as a vlave stuck open

Cheap 9mm wall polythene pipe insulation will do. May get away with cutting a wedge out along the back of it and just clipping it over. It won’t move once there is screed over the top of it and if you want to make sure the just pin it down with some heavy wire.

I can vouch for that.

yep, the floguard is exactly what I was looking at. but its far more expensive than the JTM one at just over a fiver so was wondering if theres a difference and is it worth paying a few extra quid. anyhow thanks peter, was looking at the older pics of your manifold, a thing of beauty lol and ive took a screenshot ?

Thanks @arg. Fingers crossed. And in your case, if they let the decision deadline pass without you agreeing to extend, you might be able to reclaim your application fee. I did.

What else are you going to do? ?

The supermarket hot tub of course. Along with discount supermarket gazebo and discount store fairy lights. Stay classy folks.

Does it involve a box of matches and an insurance claim form??

Well, if he bites, then I'll nibble, anyone for sucking?

Thats a good bit of fall you have, wish I had some more fall, mine as looking very flat you will have a proper ??⛷⛷?

Going to set up the sex pond today, see if it’s still functional.

A viewing panel for the sewage tank would make it easier to tell when it's almost full.

Somehow that conjured up the image of an underfloor waste tank with a glazed porthole on the top . . .

Extra storage as well. Can put a small A2A heat pump in there, maybe MVHR, a few batteries, small genny, water filtration, DHW cylinder and waste treatment plant. Then some solar slates on the roof, and forget all about building a house. You can get @pocsterto run some CAT7 to a server as well.

Getting drunk?

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