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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Spamlet wrote:


Mind you: the engineering is now so much more reliable in the first
place that we can get away with it for phenomenal mileages. Just a
shame to have thrown the baby out with the bathwater somewhat when
repairs are eventually needed.

Now where did I put my adjustable reamer...

scrappies still exist. A friend re-engined an old car from a scrappie
engine where his daughter had foolishly run it with no water in it..

They do - but are nothing like as numerous as once. EU regs on fluids etc
leaking into the soil made it an expensive business to get a licence.

There used to be several quite close to here - all gone.

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*I love cats...they taste just like chicken.

Dave Plowman London SW
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