101 Uses for the Kitchen Table

There was a period a while back when certain "restorers" were putting their Lee Enfield woodwork through the dishwasher on a hot cycle to get the grease and muck out of it.

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Originally Posted by Peter Laidler

My wife came home to find a gleaming set of Norton Commando carburettors ready to be assembled, spread out on her gleaming kitchen table. Mind you, I did spread a thin sheet of greasy old newspaper down first. She went ape-shxx of course. She went even MORE ape when I explained just why they were so clean. I'd just boiled them in chemicals in her big pot, on the cooker and rinsed them off in the kitchen sink.

They're just not as understanding as us blokes.

I tried to explain that these carbs weren't just ANY carbs, but NORTON carbs, but it still fell on deaf ears.....................

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People tell me i live on the edge, you are at 30,000 ft open door with a chute and no rip cord brings tears to my eyes:bow::D

Hey, Bindi... You said the other night the cases might need cleaning inside. What is in them? I gave the inside of the necks a good brushing out, will they need some other cleaning?
BTW, over half of them needed length trimming.

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Originally Posted by Son

There was a period a while back when certain "restorers" were putting their Lee Enfield woodwork through the dishwasher on a hot cycle to get the grease and muck out of it.

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That's exactly what a bloke behind the counter told me to do last week when I bought a greasy '41 lithgow. I just nodded and smiled politely.