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A good thought, but the graphics in the archive are still referenced by link:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210126151111im_/https://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/o626/ClassicVehicleElectrics/30PointsPlate.jpg
A block at Photobucket will have the same effect on the archive as the Britbike rendition.

Interesting.

There are articles archived there that are (long) gone off the web, and long gone from the photo suppliers,
but the pics are still intact. So there must be more to it ?

Some embedded graphic or audio materials are database stored as BLOBS (Binary Large Objects).
Storage space requirements for BLOBS limits their use.
Most images on the web are linked.

there is a googolplex ( server Hotel ) ( Data Center )
about 20 miles down the road from my summer digs .

It's chock-a-block full of racks and racks of servers , storing data , useful and otherwise .
It sucks up and uses all of the electricity that used to
Run a hydroelectric aluminum smelting plant , that at its peek employed 500 people .
The aluminum smelter was a pretty big polluter of air and water .
But made a lot of beer cans . I suppose all development comes at a cost .

the no long new data center is said to employ about 150 people .
It's hard to get an exact number on anything Google ,
they give out data on others , but not themselves ,
it's estimated the electric bill is 13 million dollars a year .

People often wonder about the smoke that often emanates from these buildings .
Without a shred of proof , it is said to be from people deleting e-mails .

No one is more anxious than me. I lost a week due to our recent trip to New York, but now I'm getting very close (although, I might have said that before...).

You'll need to use your imagination when looking at the next photograph, because I'll have to make clamps that operate on the tops and bottoms of the doors, from outside and inside, to hold them against the gasket materials.



Also, the photograph is deceptively bright since it was an exposure of nearly 5 seconds. When I hold the doors shut by hand, the only light that comes in, comes from the gap between the two doors. I have the weather stripping for that but ran out of energy to attach it today.

Once I have the doors clamped tight I can deal with any tiny light leaks I might have missed. As I wrote earlier, I won't be satisfied until the shed is pitch black in the bright desert sun. If the desert sun can't get in, the desert dust certainly won't be able to.

The last two items that I think I'll need for the air flow system are due on Wednesday, but I'll have to run an experiment to see if they are able to diffuse the flow in the way I want.

At least the Gold Star will get out of its own way and it probably leaks less oil!

Makes BSA ownership look intelligent especially since you never have to hammer on your fuel pump with a handy nearby rock.

Ah, I can hear it still... the tick tick tick of the MG fuel pump.

I cut a hockey stick down to suitable length then wrapped a ball of electrical tape around the end to create the perfect fuel pump cudgel.
Used it while in motion a couple times. As soon as that first stutter.

BMC got one step ahead of people like you, by mounting the pump at the back bumper, on 1960s cars.

I well remember my early days of Brit car ownership, when the SU pump in the trunk of my old Wolseley indoctrinated me on its care and feeding. I worked around the problem by looping some wire around the pump, to hold a loose ring of sockets against it's solenoid. I brought the other end of the wire inside the car and yanked it vigorously when I heard the pump falter ... the vibration of the sockets against the pump would shock the pump into starting again.
Repairing the pump properly was a whole other "character-building" story...

.. Gregg

For similar reasons, memories of British car ownership are like memories of food poisoning -- the experiences were so memorable that I can recall every detail of the half-dozen times I've had it in my lifetime.

I too have memories of crawling under various British cars and bashing the fuel pump to un-stick it.

Those were the days..... Not.

John

I understand that it is called----character!

I remember that too, particularly on a Wolsey Six land crab, which had a wonderful straight-six engine and luxurious interior but suffered from tin worm and other woes.

The Lucas fuel pump was located somewhere near the rear bumper and would often get stuck, needing a good bash to get started again. Eventually, the exhaust blew and the cost of a new exhaust was more than the car was worth, so that ended the relationship.

Harking back to the K17 toolbox cloth, I mentioned this to a colleague who had previously had her own business importing Egyptian fabrics. I showed her the photo and her thoughts were that it was either some kind of Sisal cloth, Tweed cloth, or a combination of the two.

Sisal is used as a washcloth, so it seems a possibility, additionally, Sisal and Tweed are combined to make a hard-wearing fabric so maybe another possibility.

I will leave you to google these options and decide what's best, meanwhile keep up the good work on the spraybooth

had 1958 MGA in high school (paid $500) fuel pump was located under battery cover behind passenger seat many times had to go down road steering with left hand and beating pump with screwdriver handle held in right hand MGB i have had for 42 years had Lucas replaced with solid state pump no problems for many years..

Sticky starter motor that needed a tap with a soft mallet every so often.
And folks wonder why 'British' had a reputation ..




Aha. There is more to it.
You would seem to need to sign in to save pics as 'outlinks' or as a web archive ??
No idea whats involved in signing in.
Or when this change happened.

WayBack Machine >>"Sign in to use extra features: "Save outlinks", "Save screen shot" and "My web archive"."

Thanks very much for that information. In the meantime, the owner of that K17 has turned it over to a fabrics conservator at a neighboring academic institution, so soon we should have a definitive identification of the cloth.

While all of you have been busy fixing your fuel pumps, I've continued to make progress on the paint booth. I've now dealt with all the pinholes that are at least pinhole size, so today I applied the sticky high temperature aluminized (aluminiumized?) duct tape over the caulked seams between the corrugated sides.



If the caulk on the outside of those seams wouldn't have stopped all the dust and critters, the caulk on the inside would have, and now they will have to get through the duct tape as well. Adding the tape isn't just a matter of excess (belt, braces and duct tape..), it's that the tape will shield the caulk from UV, which I expect will help contribute to my hoped-for 10-year minimum lifetime of the sealing.

I still have to apply the tape to the seams on the roof, but I added fresh caulk in a few places today to fix a couple of pinholes, and I want to give it a day to set before washing the dust from the roof and applying the tape.

The ugly yellows stuff you see under the eaves isn't to seal against dust, which caulk already is taking care of. It's expanding foam that I used to fill all the nooks and crannies to keep pesky critters from building nests or hives.

I also need to add the vertical weatherstripping to the gap between the doors, which shouldn't take long. That, and adding a clamping mechanism to hold the doors against the weatherstripping, is all that remains to do before installing the filtered air system. However, the sea of yellow in the next photograph shows the neighborhood Palo Verde trees are in full bloom, and it's a breezy day today.



The result is a pollen level of 11 on the Richter scale, so I had to call it a day and come in for some Benadryl.

Returning to an earlier digression, I'll bet very few of you will be able to spot something amiss in the next photograph, which is OK.



However, most of you should be able to see the problem in the following enlargement of the center portion of the previous photograph, which is borderline not-OK.



The rest of you, who only see the problem in the next enlargement, are now on your way to the Emergency Room.

They camouflage well.

Of course, the Australian equivalent don't need to bother

It might be a "face on Mars" thing, but it looked like the silhouette of a bird at bottom left about 1/3 of the way across..

You have little to worry about .
A rattlesnake can only strike half it's length .
You simply need to pick it up and measure it
to Gauge the appropriate working distance .

Their natural habitat is more than likely
Enhanced by the afternoon shade provided by your house .

No doubt you know all about repelling snakes already, but just wondering if one of the snake repellent products is worth a try? See This Example

Apparently, they contain a mix of cinnamon, clove, and other spices, which snakes hate and won't come near.

Coming from an Englishman who has no experience with snakes, this could be complete nonsense, so apologies in advance.

As I have always advised you. Let sleeping rattlers lie...

The body of what otherwise could be an extinct Dodo bird pretty far from home is a pad of a prickly pear cactus.



I went out this morning to take another photograph from the same location to identify the head, but I found a large spiny lizard on the ledge where I stood yesterday.



Although allegedly harmless, he was frantically running back and forth on the ledge acting trapped as I approached, and I didn't want to test his harmlessness. Did I mention that he was large?

That's not true. More than once you've advised me to do what Steve Irwin ... correction, the late Steve Irwin ... would do, and grab it by the tail and hold it up, because that way it couldn't bite me. That may be true, but they also can't bite me if I stay away from them. Unfortunately, that requires spotting them before they spot me, which is on my mind every time I open the gate of the snake-proof fence to walk through their territory to get to the paint booth.

By the way, I took the series of photographs of the rattlesnake at our previous house, and the path you see is the shortcut between the driveway and a gate to the back yard. As can be seen, the entire width of the path was within striking distance.

Yes, you are quite correct. I have advised you to pick up rattlers in this way, the Irish way, in the past. And, as I have also advised, they will let you know when they are nearby and ready to be cuddled. They helpfully rattle their dried up tails. It's kind of a reptilian 'Youhoo!', only to greater effect.

No more pussyfootin' around.
Nail a pair of these to the side of the shed.