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  1. 6 hours ago, phil Dean said:

    I have ordered an endoscope as well with a light and a small grab on it which is supposed to be liquid proof still not sure about putting it in fuel tho. I just thought I could have a good look round and see if anything else is lurking in that fuel tank. 

    Phil

    I found a four inch length of the 'chrome' finisher for a windscreen seal in my tank.

    Pete

  2. 3 hours ago, RogerH said:

    Should the cap be allowed tp spin in the yoke - probably not.  But what would make it spin.  The needle rollers do not spin and the spigot on the yoke can't spin.

    However (again again) there is a slight rocking motion. So after a few million revs of the prop shaft  the cap and bearing will not have done one full revolution at any time.

    They may do a composite revolution or two.

    Why would the cap spin - the needle rollers arw far free'er 

    All good points of course Roger. I mentioned the possibility because one of mine seems to have been spinning - there are witness marks from the circlip on the cap, so one of them has been rotating against the other. I can't see any way the circlip can have rotated. It is on my list for further investigation, but the circular tuit hasn't yet been delivered.

    Pete

  3. 21 hours ago, RogerH said:

     

    Have you ever considered the similarity of the planetary systems (ours and other) with the supposed construction of an atom.

    You have the Nucleus with all its bits (the Sun)  and the electrons (planets) whizzing around.

    I remember seeing a Marvel comic in the 60s, in which the main character had invented a super-powered microscope that allowed him to see that there were cities on the surface of some electrons, so he invented a shrinking ray that would make him small enough to visit those cities. In one image, as he was shrinking, he said to himself "There's an atom under the microscope over there... must get to it before I finish shrinking..."

    I didn't bother reading the rest of the story.

    Pete

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