What did you do today?

[DodgeRover]

Got the mower from the grump thread repaired with another Briggs engine, fired up and runs really nicely, will cut the grass with it tomorrow to make sure it's ok before getting it advertised.

Does anybody actually ever change the oil on a mower? I've dropped some grim oil from motors over the years but some of these mowers have made that look positively fresh.

[Hooli]

I nearly did on the petrol mower I used to own, but she decided it was all hers so I didn't bother.

[Eddie Honda]

I did, once, but then I got a bit lazy.

[RetroShite]

We painted and fitted new wings to the 305 estate.

[cros]

I've been fitting one of these Chinese fuel gauge kits to my Bedford.

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It was £12- for this price you can't expect much, and I certainly wasn't disappointed.
There was a kit for 11quid including postage from China, but I'm not one to compromise on quality.
The sender part isn't too badly made and comes with a chart that gives you the settings you must adjust it to for the depth of your tank.
Unfortunately the chart appears to be unrelated to the kit and in order to read 'full', no matter how the float rod is manipulated, it would need to emerge from the top of the tank.
I guess they made a load of these things wrong and are knocking them out cheap, but I can live with it never reaching the full mark as long as I get some idea of when it's empty.
The gauge itself doesn't look too bad but has 3 tiny screw terminals. I can't imagine many people buying cheap stuff like this bothering to attach the wires decently so as always it's wise to give cars with extra tat like this a wide berth.

My next job is to find a way to prevent the unwashed from nicking my petrol. Temporarily the small brass cap is more valuable than the tank contents, but doubtless fuel prices will soon get back to normal.
Suggestions on to how to achieve this welcomed.

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(The van looks even filthier than normal because the farmers are kicking up a lot of dust in the fields around here- unusually bad for this time of year.)

[Hooli]

Solder the cap on?

[mercrocker]

Don't solder a fuel neck! You want oxy for that....

Two options I suppose - find some kind of anti-siphon gizmo that fits inside the tank or is there room on the filler neck for one of these...?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLASSIC-MORR ... SwlV9WTyal

[cros]

Solder the cap on?

I'll give it some thought Ben, thanks

[MLOR]

Cros, could you do something like a Series Land Rover Petrol Cap locking flap?
https://www.paddockspares.com/504697-fu ... -hasp.html

[SiC]

Run it on 100LL. As soon as they get some of that in their mouth, they'll regret it. Even if they do nick it, they'll won't be going too far with it in their modern.