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Thanks, I'll have a look.

Be warned though - it smells horrible. EP90 that is, along with every other sulphorous hypoid gear oil.

True.!!!

Bummer, some of my fav smells are triflow, wd40 and something made by 3in1.

And Castrol R, surely? Anyway, EP90 smells nothing like them. More like Lucifer's undercrackers after Curry Month when the Satanic washing machine isn't working.

Haven't tried Castrol R, it's on the grocery list now.

And Castrol R, surely? Anyway, EP90 smells nothing like them. More like @General_Lucifer 's undercrackers after Curry Month when the Satanic washing machine isn't working.

Haven't tried Castrol R

Don't bother, unless you're actually going to burn it in a two-stroke, or at least a 4-stroke with slack clearances. The evocative aroma needs heat to be generated.

It doesn't smell that good out of the container. But when you burn it off in a high compression engine, it smells pretty good. Better add a Cosworth DFV to the shopping list.

Soz. Meant to reply to WP.

and @gbj_tester
Heh, now I need to buy something with an engine.
And I was just trying to save money.

You could just buy the engine and a test stand. £150k should do it. It does smell nice though. Worth every penny.

Better add a Cosworth DFV to the shopping list

That's jumping in at the deep end. You can get a Suzuki X5 or X7 for under £3k

I need to replace the battery on our Dyson handheld vacuum. Am I a fool to consider an unbranded eBay replacement such as: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153965652199

It may be perfectly adequate but then tucked away in a cupboard one night recharging and kaboom. Mobile phones and vapes do it when using aftermarket stuff so I don't think I'd risk it. Replacement Dyson batteries are expensive but have years of R&D behind them that reduce the risks.

There’s nothing magic about OEM batteries that eliminates the risk of firey failure.

The biggest problem with third party batteries is they tend to use older, cheaper cell chemistries that degrade quickly. So they might be ok on day one but the capacity goes down a lot in a year or two, so it can be a real false economy.

but the capacity goes down a lot in a year or two, so it can be a real false economy.

Well the installed battery went from new to shit in two years, so I’m not starting from a particularly high Level of expectation.

Anybody figure out what model these Shimano hubs are? Might be from different lines, but both came off a mid 70s Raleigh lower end road bike - no model name on the bike.

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First thing that sprang to mind was the 333 range that used to crop up, not sure about the step down milling of the rear hub though.

Yeah, nothing in that range seemed to have those lines - milling or 3 piece?

what model these Shimano hubs are?

According to Velobase it's likely to be related to HC-100 rear and HC-200 front. Documentation on Shimano parts that old is sparse 😕

Thanks, that site seems to have a good cross section of possibilities for identifying parts. So possibly same range then? hm

Ah, found an example on Marktplaats.
https://www.marktplaats.nl/a/fietsen-en-brommers/fietsonderdelen/m1589655688-shimano-hoge-flens-naven-hc-110.html

So possibly same range then?

The general arrangement looks the same, the reduced diameter barrel is an oddity. In those days it wasn't unusual for Shimano to make running changes to aesthetic features (i.e. not affecting parts interchangeability) without changing model numbers. Also, Raleigh would have been a big enough customer to get OEM variations not listed in the aftermarket catalogue.

And this place has some excellent scans.
http://www.disraeligears.co.uk/

Thanks again.