Mopar Muscle Association UK

Cannonball wrote:Ace pics Mike, hope you bring that trusty camera the nats

Thanks Dunc, sadly can't make the Nats this year but will be at The Hot Rod Drags.

Busy event as ever, probably more so as Shakeys future looks a little bleak . Anyhow, Faceache link to some of the pictures of the long long weekend we enjoyed. Even non FB account holders should be able to view them, pretty much a camera dump so some of the quality isn't all that :lol: https://www....

The one on my A108 was replaced with a prop of unknown origin before I bought it, it has a slider in the middle rather than a trunion.

Bizarrely the rear is standard mopar type UJ as found on most Mopes of that era, the front joint (which was worn out) is the same size as found on early Mustangs.

Check the gauge is connected, or even check the oil level.

got the time off so might as well go.

meanwhile in the wheel arch...

You might get away with it, if you run your nail across the crank and it dosn't get caught on any of the grooves I'd risk just changing the bearings. With blue on this one, you could tear the whole thing to bits, find a load of stuff that's close to tolerance & end up rebuilding the whole sheba...

Use loads of that Prestone that stuff all the time, good gear. Yank service folk used to bring loads of it over with them, I guess they thought that 'lil 'ol Engerland wouldn't have antifreeze, oil and brake fluid on the shelf :lol: anyhow, when they got posted back home they still had it, so rather...

Mythbusters had a crack at the jolly old pole vault, but met with limited success ...

http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythb ... ole-vault/

morgan wrote:I call bull. I know I am a cynical man but it doesnt stack.

+1

Good story of course...

R.RUNNER wrote: It must have been a "CHEVY" powered airplane

Rolls Royce actually so in a very tenuous & round about way you could suggest it was BMW powered.

Might pay to check the accelerator pump plunger, these suffer wear and give a very lean symptom on pick up.

Don wrote: So in essence pilot error then ...

It would appear so Don, too low, too slow & not enough power during the manoeuvre.

Full report now available.

https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aircraf ... ugust-2015

youtube animation -

KODI loaded onto an Amazon firestick= sorted.

ditched Sky a few years back, total waste of money in these enlightened times.