Recent content by hardtop5000

I recall finding a bare Litespeed frame at an MTB swap-sale event in the late 1990s. I picked it up and it just didn’t make sense to my senses. It looked like metal tubing but it felt as light as cardboard.

It was a beautiful day at the racecourse and the lineup of cars on the grass was great. It reminded me a bit of when the ASRF Nationals were held in Canberra – Easter 1983 and 1985, I think.

How ‘bout that indeed! Dryandra Street was my home for most of the ‘80s.

We might have been near-neighbours. I’m a native of the People’s Republic of O’Connor and lived there for yonks.

G’day Geoff. I’m sure you’ve looked into the options thoroughly, but the T-5 conversion kits I‘ve seen online claim to need no cutting for the shifter. It might be a different matter for other Tremec 5-speeds (TR3550, TKO), which have a substantial tower. Then again, since you put a T-5 in your...

I saw this truck yesterday and the name rang a bell.

Wow, that‘s a rotten cycle you had to go through. I‘m glad you still have your wife, home and garage.

Alas, Squankum, it’s not just a matter of clamping on the pressure and sustaining it. The pump and the boots’ compartments apply the pressure in a sequence designed to move lymphatic fluid up and out of the legs. Just squishing it where it’s trapped would lead to blown internal seals and...

G'day Lyndon. I haven't posted in your thread before but it's one I've always enjoyed visiting. I recently left Sydney after 20+ years and moved to the Yass Valley area. I recommend you don't give Sydney any more of your precious time, get down here to this beautiful countryside, the great...

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Bob, it looks like you discovered the 1980s-90s Telecom doublespeak doubleshuffle, whereby ‘connection’ meant both getting physically wired to the network and (separately) getting established in the Telecom computer as a customer with a working service, number and account. The company never...

Bob, we all know you’re going to be munching these like candy.

There are bacon-flavoured capsules for getting meds into dogs. You have to be careful to not touch the capsule with fingers that have contacted the pill.

A man can’t get by without a house and furniture or a workshop and tools or a base for his professional operation, especially if he has dependants. If he sold or burnt down everything, he’d just have to start again. The enduring problem that some of us recognise is the pile of outstanding...

Amazing stuff, matty. It‘s rare that expert/advanced operators are able to see tools and tasks with a beginner’s eye and provide all the background and guidance they need, in plain language and drawings. I bet everyone who worked with your grandfather came away more skilled and safer.