Tip Of The Week

[StephenToast]

I’ll let you know when the pain has subsided!
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Been putting this pig of a job off for more than a year as not helped by the many mods and extras I installed when vehicle was new.

All to replace those pesky wiper drive components that requires all but total dashboard disassembly.

K

Holy gadgets batman! It looks like the bat mobile in there!

 

[Donkey Basher]

I’ll let you know when the pain has subsided!
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Been putting this pig of a job off for more than a year as not helped by the many mods and extras I installed when vehicle was new.

All to replace those pesky wiper drive components that requires all but total dashboard disassembly.

K

It's pics like this that make me glad I flogged the DCPU & bought the D2 - replacing wiper motor & linkage is very straight forward. On the other hand... replacing the coil packs is a 'mare that I've been putting off since last winter!

 

[angel eyes]

Almost like changing a heater matrix on a Austin/rover montego Perkins diesel , all the dashboard out steering wheel ect, what a balls ache

 

[Steff]

I remember drilling a hole through the drive axis of the wiper motor. Those grub screws were simply not good enough to hold the wipers in the correct position. So I put a bolt through the whole assembly.

 

[Klenchblaize]

I remember drilling a hole through the drive axis of the wiper motor. Those grub screws were simply not good enough to hold the wipers in the correct position. So I put a bolt through the whole assembly.

That’s the up to 2002 model. After that it’s a tapered drive and a flanged M8 nut.

K

 

[Klenchblaize]

Holy gadgets batman! It looks like the bat mobile in there!

Phew! Now ready to leave the Cave:

K

 

[kenbro]

Some people selling scope sights seem to struggle taking a picture of their reticle.
If you do, shine a torch through the sight from the objective end and display the reticle image on a wall and if you haven’t enough hands get someone to take a picture of it.
Ken.

 

[Longstrider]

All those dials, widgets, and gizmos .... and I bet you still get just as lost and just as stuck as I do !

 

[NickJ]

This week's tip from me: if you have recently bought a rifle with a longer barrel and keep clouting it on low branches in woodland lengthen the sling so the rifle sits lower, God knows why it took me months to figure it out. I use a Z aim sling but it doesn't seem to slip round any more than usual

 

[Klenchblaize]

Phew! Now ready to leave the Cave:
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K

Now the real ‘tip’ in this saga is do NOT use non OEM wiper spindles:

Less than 2-minutes of use and both wiper arms slipping again so I now have considerable experience of removing & replacing these units!

The issue appears to be the non OEM unit’s casing has not seen the cable support flange bent to the correct angle to supply subtle support. X marks the spot.

Oh, and it makes life a lot easier to remove a ‘dead’ spindle by cutting off the bit that protrudes through the bulkhead.

K

 

[Klenchblaize]

If you fancy using a cheap laser bore sighter to get you on paper but your cartridge is not listed, purchase the 222/3 unit, remove the head from your case and insert the former. It was an interference fit on this 6mm PPC case:


I also added an extension rod and chord to make retrievell from the chamber that much easier.

K

 

[willie_gunn]

I also added a ….. chord to make retrieval from the chamber that much easier.

K

Would that be A Flat….for A Flat trajectory?

 

[Klenchblaize]

Would that be A Flat….for A Flat trajectory?

K

 

[Longstrider]

Here's a good tip Having invested in flip-open scope covers for your precious new glass, DO NOT sit out all evening in the rapidly chilling dampness waiting for a fox to show up with the ruddy things open. If you do, what happens is that a fox appears at a perfectly shootable range (it was no more than 160 yds away), you light it up with the lamp, you look through the scope .... and all you can see is a red blur because the damned things all misted up You furiously wipe the lenses with the tip of your glove-finger, look again and the damned fox has skedaddled through a gateway not to be seen again.

Apparently.

So a bloke down the pub told me.

I'd never be that daft, of course.

 

[kenbro]

I’d never be daft enough to wipe a lens with a gloved finger! Tip.
Ken.

 

[Stalker62]

If you fancy using a cheap laser bore sighter to get you on paper but your cartridge is not listed, purchase the 222/3 unit, remove the head from your case and insert the former.

Good to see the correct nomenclature used.

 

[Stalker62]

I’d never be daft enough to wipe a lens with a gloved finger!

Here's a tip.

When sat in a High Seat:- Don't use the kitchen paper (which was wrapped around your meat and chilli sandwiches), to then try and clean the lenses on your binos.




Ask me how I know this...

 

[Klenchblaize]

Make your own easily adjustable lower back support belts:


K

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Reviving the thread.
The 1 litre milk tetrapacs (if they sell them in the UK) I cut the tops off and use them to sort out my brass ie a large carton for 7x57R is labelled and stored on the shelf then as many tetrapacs as needed for the different makes of brass are standing up in it with the case make written on the top edge, makes life a little easier for me.

 

[Klenchblaize]

Another approach to making and installing a rifle sling shoulder anti-slip stop:


K