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Re: fuel flap

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i will try that looks like a good idea
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Re: fuel flap

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steve_earwig wrote:Who's Heath Robinson???????


He's all yours darlin' :lol:
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Bloody 'ell, he actually exists :lol:
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William Heath Robinson (May 31, 1872 – September 13, 1944)
Existed, get your tenses right, his clogs are well and truly popped.
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Re: fuel flap

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steve_earwig wrote:
William Heath Robinson (May 31, 1872 – September 13, 1944)
Existed, get your tenses right, his clogs are well and truly popped.
Yeah ok Steve, I figured that from the photo :P
Poorly worded on my part :lol:
1996 406 1.8LX Got a bad case of hydro lock!
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Re: fuel flap

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Wow, that's amazing! Will be a job for this afternoon after my cup of tea at work 8)
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Did Heath Robinson actually invent/make anything? or was he a complete and utter "billy bodger" :lol:
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Well reading that article it seems like he just used to draw massively complex and overengineered designs to resolve simple problems. It seems he was an author and cartoonist, and not actually an inventor. I always assumed he made useful machines out of everyday stuff, hence why I thought the peg spring fuel flap fix was a "Heath Robinson" invention, but since he didn't actually make anything and since his inventions were usually next to useless, it wasn't really a good description of Gaz's ingenious workmanship..... :oops:

So maybe we should, from this point forth, call any solution to crappy French engineering made using everyday items for little or no money a "GAZ-23" fix.... 8)

Anyone know a GAZ-23 for my fekking com2000??? :lol:
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Re: fuel flap

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DaiRees wrote:So maybe we should, from this point forth, call any solution to crappy French engineering made using everyday items for little or no money a "GAZ-23" fix.... 8)
WHO? OOPS, looks like you did it again :wink: :wink: :o
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DaiRees wrote:Well reading that article it seems like he just used to draw massively complex and overengineered designs to resolve simple problems. It seems he was an author and cartoonist, and not actually an inventor. I always assumed he made useful machines out of everyday stuff
Well yes, he was an artist, I thought some of his stuff was very interesting to look at because of the really daft ideas he came up with. His name has now become part of the English language:

From Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Heath Robinson
adjective UK HUMOROUS OLD-FASHIONED
describes a machine which is very cleverly made and is complicated in a ridiculous and amusing way, but which is not practical or effective enough for general use:
a Heath Robinson contraption

From the OED
Heath Robinson
• adjective Brit. ingeniously or ridiculously over-complicated in design or construction.
— ORIGIN named after the English cartoonist William Heath Robinson (1872-1944).

Besides, what you've got there is what my dad would call "a bodge" (a temporary/permenant repair, as opposed to "a botch" - any sort of job done badly).

Anyway, clothes peg springs rust.
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Re: fuel flap

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steve_earwig wrote:Anyway, clothes peg springs rust.
At least they are readily available :cheesy: and don't cost the earth :wink:
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Anyway, clothes peg springs rust.
If they did they would leave rusty marks on your washing :? , anyway I'm thinking of flogging them on flea-bay as "406 Fuel Flap Repair Kit" what do you reckon :?: Couple of Quid Each :?:. :lol: :lol:
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Re: fuel flap

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H2G2 wrote:The type with the spring may stain light coloured clothes with rust if it rains while your washing is out on the line.
I think people might get wise to it rather quickly (like your thinking tho :) )
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Re: fuel flap

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djp30djp wrote:
Anyway, clothes peg springs rust.
If they did they would leave rusty marks on your washing :? , anyway I'm thinking of flogging them on flea-bay as "406 Fuel Flap Repair Kit" what do you reckon :?: Couple of Quid Each :?:. :lol: :lol:
Rock on mate.
Those not on this site would think they were gettin a bargain :!:
Is it just me or does seem that its only pugs that have sh!te fuel flaps :?:
The answers no!


Now whats the question?
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Re: fuel flap

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Rock on mate.
Those not on this site would think they were gettin a bargain :!:
Is it just me or does seem that its only pugs that have sh!te fuel flaps :?:[/quote]

Iwas just thinking :idea: I wonder how many "pugs with peg powered fuel flaps" there are now :?:
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Re: fuel flap

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[tempting fate] I'm still on my original 1999 vintage flap/spring combo 8) [/tempting fate]
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