On 13/04/18 14:04, Marland wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 13/04/18 10:18, Huge wrote:
On 2018-04-13, Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 13 Apr 2018 08:43:06 +0000, Huge wrote:

On 2018-04-13, Graeme wrote:
In message ,
harry writes

The later bypass hoses were corrugated.
The trick was to put them is hot water for a while before fitting.
This softened them and made the job a lot easier.

Thanks Harry. Will order a spare 'just in case'.

IIRC (It's been a *long* time since I owned a Mini), there's trick with
the corrugated ones to fitting them, involving putting them in a 'G'
cramp and freezing them ...

ISTR using Swarfega to lubricate them...

I beg your pardon? D


A delicate mixture of parafin or disel, washing up liquid and sand.

Try it. Nothing better for getting ingrained oil off yer hands



Ive used a similar mixture but using granulated sugar instead of the sand,
Has the advantage that it washes away cleanly down the plug hole and
dissolves in hot water.
I would have thought sand would soon scratch any sink/basin when you came
to clean it and the risk that a lot of it may clog up the plumbing.

GH

To be honest. most washing up liquids contain microbeads that act as a
very fine scouring agent..

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