Burnt out SLS compressor

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Originally Posted by Urban Panzer

Cannot believe Im reading this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:eek:................Lucky you lot are!!!!

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Are you kidding!
I just paid 258GBP for a safari snorkel that was manufactured virtually at the end of our street, sent to UK for sale, then posted back to my door, for much less than we can get them locally - and that included 80GBP freight:o:eek:.
Next time I'm in UK it'll be a shopping spree - and I don't mean Harrod's.:cool:

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Originally Posted by biggin

Are you kidding!
I just paid 258GBP for a safari snorkel that was manufactured virtually at the end of our street, sent to UK for sale, then posted back to my door, for much less than we can get them locally - and that included 80GBP freight:o:eek:.
Next time I'm in UK it'll be a shopping spree - and I don't mean Harrod's.:cool:

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heh, that reminds me of the story about a large company tendering to get a heap of steel for a project they had underway and BHP locally quoted them a price, china quoted them something like half the price BHP quoted locally including shipping on a bulk carrier. they went with china, when the steel arrived, it was labelled "BHP" all over it. had been shipped from Aus to China and back and was still cheaper than buying local.

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Originally Posted by Rosscoe68

i wonder if green tyre goo would seal a leaking bag in an emergency.

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In answer to this question - "Yes it does"

One of my bags was leaking slightly, so while waiting for the new ones to arrive, I figured that I would give this a go.

Saturday morning, I pulled the bag out. Using a 20ml syringe, I injected about 50ml of the green goo into the bag.

I then used my compressor to make sure the bag was fully extended, and then while holding my finger over the hole, rolled the bag around & around. I then cleaned the air inlet hole with a cotton bud to remove any green goo & left the bag in the sun for about an hour.

Once the bag was re-fitted, I re-inflated & went for a drive. After parking the car Saturday night, I didn't get in again until this morning.

The good news was, the car had not dropped at all over the 30 hours or so that it sat there. Previously, after about 8 hours, it would have a distinct lean to the right. :D

So, while the green goo seems to have sealed the leak, I would only trust it for a short time & really only in an emergency. But that said, if you are miles from anywhere, and don't have a spare bag with you, it could just get you out of trouble & make the ride home a little more comfortable. ;)

New bags, here we come...:)