Sophia

the filter wool you've put in will suck up lots of the gunk :thup:

welcome recycled oldy

this is really cool :bounce:

:roll: +1000

You'd think so but I haven't found anything useful online for this car ever. It's a weirdo car pieced together from tin cans and old socks and leftover skodas, the instructions and diagrams rarely match what is under the bonnet. It's hard to find parts too sometimes as it's base engine has bits from 323 and 626 of different years. I usually go to the library and copy the bit we need. Alternately it's $75 through a NZ book seller or I can get it from Amazon for about $26, Book depository for $33. Verrrryy tempting for the next time, though I hope there won't be one..... but there usually is :-?

The part we were quoted is $62 + freight at supercheap as they have to order it, same one is $78 at repco but the 3 stores they have it are at least 20 mins drive away and I'd be a bit scared driving around with a taped up hose. I don't know if the one above is a universal one but I suspect so as we don't usually see original mazda parts for a 96 Lantis on offer. Supercheap do have a $20-30 concertina type hose that comes in a range of diameters which is very tempting if they have one that fits. I haven't seen the one that we were originally quoted but if it's the mackay one from the website it would have to be cut as the end corner on ours is not quite the same. Glad to know others have done that already though Tomorrow I go to the library to check the car manual and get the instructions

I meant - patch the hole in order to drive to buy a new hose..... not patch it forever what do you think of second hand hoses from reputable car parts places? A new hose is $70 - about the same as getting it looked at by a mechanic

This afternoon we found a small blowout in the top radiator hose. Could this be caused by something as simple as an old hose that finally gave way or something more serious? It seemed to have happened when we got home after a short drive as the coolant had leaked onto the floor. Coolant in radiator was full and the right colour. Car has not been overheating at all. There is white powdery stuff around the hose end at the radiator end as if it's been leaking in some way earlier. There was no white powdery stuff anywhere else, including inside the radiator cap. The choices we know of are to patch the hole, drive to buy a new hose for $65 and see what happens next, or pay a mechanic to look at it and possibly charge double or more for the same thing. Any thoughts?

I have got a male and female of these that I've put in a breeding tank. I think they are gold variety because most of the time the male is essentially yellow with spots. The female is a lovely shade of lemon. Just wondering is there an easy way to know for sure that they aren't gardneri blue? At times and in some light the male does have shades of pale blue or green in his top scales, almost like a scheeli but nowhere near as bright. thanks

I have twisted val that originally came very twisty - after it had been in my tank for a little while with low light the new leaves came out almost straight. Now that I have improved the lighting I think they are coming back twisty again.

yes, that's why we call it twisted val 8)

check out the beginning and of my loach tank thread for more photos - link in my signature. I haven't seen my latest one for a few days but he could be hiding somewhere. Unsociable at the best of times :gigl:

and thanks to Mum Squirt for letting you keep it after all :spop:

to that my Grandma would have said 'there are plenty more fish(sheds) in the sea' :facepalm:

that isn't good news Jack

I had an Eheim/Jager that unwound inside within a few months of use and burnt itself, at the time a couple of people had had the same thing happen. I had the receipt and box though so I easily got a refund and the replacement seems fine. I also have a number of jebos and an aqua one and don't have any problems with those either.

catfish

....the lengths some people will go to to get rid of snails :sml2: I like the photos Puttputt. Native marine is quite appealing with all the cool little fish that can be found in rockpools and shallow water around. one day....

:smln:

Hi Reuben 8)

I really like the rock with red and green bits growing together :smln:

oh dear, she needs to be more training in the art of being a good fishwife .... however now you have 2 new buckets with which to start the version of the experiment I wanted you to do :spop: come on, you know you want to.... :bounce:

that post is useless without youknowwhat..... :spop:

:thup:

today I bought a fake lily pad for my pond to see if I get more rafts :bounce: