Brand new grease guns are relatively inexpensive these days, but they tend to be quite large and unwieldy for smaller jobs; they are large as they are normally refilled using long plastic cartridges of grease. Medium sized vintage grease guns made by the likes of Enots, Tecalemit, Wanner and Rom Pom are available at autojumbles […]
AVO No 1 Radiac Survey Meter
AVO No 1 Radiac Survey Meter…or Geiger Counter If you attend Ham Radio Rallies in the UK, especially in the North East of England, you will know Alan Clegg a.k.a. ‘The Valve Man’. He bears a striking resemblance to Santa Claus and, quite often, helps people find wonderful things that bring a smile to their […]
Volvo V70 Parking Brake Service Required
If you are lucky enough to own a Volvo V70, especially the later P3 version, you may go to start it one day and get a warning message saying ‘Parking brake Service required’. I recently read a post on a Facebook group in which another owner was asking what caused this. The various potential faults […]