Thread: Fuel Pump Belt

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

I dare you to take one from the Mrs’ stash and see what happens, speaking from experience, and divorced.

I double dare you to take some eyeliner pencils, lipstick and mascara for marking stuff while you are raiding the stash.

Lipstick makes a reasonable substitute for bearing blue if you're stuck and nailpolish for loctite.

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

For those uninitiated in the dark arts of copper tubing, Scarry is referring to annealed or soft pipe, not the hard drawn tempered stuff sold in lengths vs coils of the soft stuff.

Although I haven’t seen hard drawn 1/4 inch copper for quite a few years.

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

For those uninitiated in the dark arts of copper tubing, Scarry is referring to annealed or soft pipe, not the hard drawn tempered stuff sold in lengths vs coils of the soft stuff.

Would it not be better to Silicone the budgie to the tube & then he/she could report back after all not having a mirror the poor little bugger would have nothing to do in it's absence always supposing it is a talking Budgie.

I doubt you could get a Sulphur Crested to stay on the tubing if it flapped it's wings but a Budgie would have no problem, IMHO.




Works for me.



TiC of course. Children, DO NOT try this at home or elsewhere.

[QUOTE=4bee;3212598]Would it not be better to Silicone the budgie to the tube & then he/she could report back after all not having a mirror the poor little bugger would have nothing to do in it's absence always supposing it is a talking Budgie......./QUOTE]

Yes, and if the budgie starts hanging upside down on the tube, (and no it's not sleeping) you know you have an exhaust leak.

By the time it is hanging upside down it will probably have badly singed feathers,and look like a small cooked quail🤣

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Originally Posted by 4bee

Would it not be better to Silicone the budgie to the tube & then he/she could report back after all not having a mirror the poor little bugger would have nothing to do in it's absence always supposing it is a talking Budgie......./QUOTE]

Yes, and if the budgie starts hanging upside down on the tube, (and no it's not sleeping) you know you have an exhaust leak.

But if it had gripped the perch tightly before it snuffed it, it ran the risk of tipping the cage over in a Somersault Death Roll. You could lose your cage as it flip flopped down the street. Rand, I reckon you are bit weird, though I recall them using Canaries not Budgies, in Coal Mines to test for gas not budgies, though I stand corrected. That has gone out of fashion because of the introduction of Self Breathing Apparatus for Canaries but with some hesitancy, because the Canaries lived, so they were back to square one. That was created by the Ornithology Trades Unions by the Fly by Night Members & Shop Stewards Pecking Orders. I heard.
It may have been a tall Tail for all I know.

Originally Posted by scarry

Although I haven’t seen hard drawn 1/4 inch copper for quite a few years.

Certainly not if one has two strong-ish thumbs but Hard Drawn was a bugger.