Techenders/Tekenders the list - who/what Sept 2013

@bigrich at cool air i think? unless anyone says different they are my usual preffered supplier of most items

 

ok i will have a look and see how much they are going for! I can bring loads of brake fluid if anyone want's some as i have load's at work! @Greenwesty

 

Beaver - Just getting there will make my weekend. Anything else I'll figure out nearer the time

 

Brake fluid would be welcome ta! That slightly binding front on the MOT became a bit of a problem last week!!

 

I am definitely coming and I would like to attend Zed's masterclass and any of the other formal type lessons that are on offer. Particularly keen to learn how to service your brakes.

 

Im in friggin Afghanistan!! Fuming!!

 

il be there, but unless i can pull a miracle out of my a**e then il be in a tent..

 

Any takers for the brake teaching? Or the engine service? I don't mind which I do.
Masterclass it won't be though!

 

would happily have done the brake servicing ...

but i have double booked....

and cannot get a note from my mum to attend...

 

Shame Art, we'll miss you.

 

Techenders always sounds like a great idea. I often find myself teaching folk how to work on their vans. Alas, it's too far from me to come and help

Could I suggest that (from experience) it'd be a great teaching tool if someone could bring along a bare long block to teach on. The last few times I've shown folk how to do valve clearances I've used a spare engine on the bench to explain what/how/why before letting them loose on an engine in situ.

If your teaching a group it would be much easier to demo. Once they get the idea and have had a 'feel' of what a proper gap is then they can try on a van. It's a bit of a confidence boost if they can do it a few times standing up before getting down and dirty

Like I said. I'd love to help out (and supply an engine) but....

 

There might be a demo engine there if it arrives in time as Eddie is getting one in for the weekend after us I think? Rick will correct me if I am wrong

 

Fair enough....just a suggestion

The demo engine could be a knackered one with end float measured in cm!

 

A nice idea, but I vote it's not me going camping with a spare engine in the back.
I might bring a distributor though. I'd bring a head, but I don't have a loose one knocking about.

 

From what he was saying it was one that had been built up and mounted on a stand with a motor on the back so you could see how everything worked when you was adjusting things, but i don't know it was a type 1 or 4 lump?