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indykid

posted on 9/2/16 at 10:04 PM Reply With Quote
Free to a good garage - Wool carpet

2 off heavily patterned 80%, maybe pure wool carpets, free to a good home. They're very heavy wool content - they don't melt at all and barely singe with a lighter on them, ideal for keeping your feet warm somewhere you'll be welding/grinding. Hessian backed, would have been expensive new....sometime in the 70s probably.

Taken out of our house when we moved in 2 years ago, they're too good to throw away, but I haven't managed to rehome them. They've been rolled up in the workshop ever since, getting in the way. I'll give them til the end of next week, then they're finally going to the tip.

14' x 14' ish, red, gold



12' x 22', red, green



Collection from Thornhill, WF12 weekday evenings ideally







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nick205

posted on 10/2/16 at 09:14 AM Reply With Quote
They are quite loud!

Reminds me of my parent's carpet in the 70's






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sdh2903

posted on 10/2/16 at 10:19 AM Reply With Quote
Wow. Just wow. You need a welding mask on to look at them!
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nick205

posted on 10/2/16 at 11:23 AM Reply With Quote
I believe the Passat's EPB (Electronic Parking Brake) uses an electric motor to pull a cable to operate the brake - you can hear it when activating the brake.

Interestingly, the first Passat I had (57 plate) had this plus a button by the gear stick to activate "Auto-Hold" for hill starts. The second Passat I had (57 plate) didn't have this, but if you activated the EPB for hill hold it let you drive away and released the EPB by itself. Both approaches worked fine and the extra space in between the front seats due to the lack of lever was very welcome.

On my MK Indy I utilised the Sierra rear drum brakes with a cable operated hand brake. Since it was used infrequently and parked on flat ground I used to leave the hand brake off and chock the rear wheels. This saved the drums jamming on, which can be a PITA to release.


ETA...SORRY - posted in the wrong topic!

[Edited on 10/2/16 by nick205]






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indykid

posted on 10/2/16 at 06:01 PM Reply With Quote
Damn, I was hoping with 3 replies someone might have been interested






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