AlanHo Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 News FlashWith the UK car scrappage scheme about to come to an end, IKEA are to fll the void by selling a cheap basic car kit complete with free allen key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 News FlashWith the UK car scrappage scheme about to come to an end, IKEA are to fll the void by selling a cheap basic car kit complete with free allen key.Can you imagine the fun trying to put that lot together. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Pass thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Can you imagine the fun trying to put that lot together. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:It would not work. The gimble thrust outrigger adjustment trunnion bearing support bracket is missing. (bottom left) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted December 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 It would not work. The gimble thrust outrigger adjustment trunnion bearing support bracket is missing. (bottom left)It was found that being an Amercan component it has an imperial socket and would require IKEA to provide an extra allen key. They have therefore pre-assembled it into the main assembly - namely the peristaltic pump for the headlamp halogen fluid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 It would not work. The gimble thrust outrigger adjustment trunnion bearing support bracket is missing. (bottom left)It was found that being an Amercan component it has an imperial socket and would require IKEA to provide an extra allen key. They have therefore pre-assembled it into the main assembly - namely the peristaltic pump for the headlamp halogen fluid.I'm just sitting here having the best laugh I've had this year. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted December 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 I'm just sitting here having the best laugh I've had this year. I s'pose it is rather funny that IKEA would pre-assemble anything. The other strange thing is that they are supplying halogen headlights rather than plain tungsten - I presume it is because tungsten fluid is much cheaper.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 The other strange thing is that they are supplying halogen headlights rather than plain tungsten - I presume it is because tungsten fluid is much cheaper..............I would have guessed that it was because halogen fluid was much easier to pump, and thus the rubber tubing in the cheap roller driven peristaltic pumps did not rupture as frequently as those used for pumping tungsten fluid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted December 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 As you obviously know - as an experienced vehicle builder - brake light fluid is the worst. It keeps getting stopped up in the system which eventually breaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 One of the things I found out through my tinkering and experimenting was the answer to a question that had puzzled me for a long time.I had never understood why it was that the first thing the experienced motorist does if a light does not come on, when the switch is operated, is to give it a smart tap with his open hand. It then usually comes on.Well after pondering on this I came to the conclusion that if the electricity flows through the wires it must be a liquid. I then realised that a liquid, such as milk, can thicken and curdle if it is left stationary for long enough. So this cessation of flow of electricity must be caused by just such a phenomenon, because a smart tap is sufficient to break the curds into pieces small enough to allow the flow to continue. So that must be the answer....clotted electric.... large aggregations of fed up electrons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 News FlashWith the UK car scrappage scheme about to come to an end, IKEA are to fll the void by selling a cheap basic car kit complete with free allen key.ROTFL!!! Thanks for a good laugh Alan. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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