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#16

RE: Spirit Level

in Anything Eriba-related Sun Mar 27, 2016 5:16 pm
by eribanaut •

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>the further away from the axle you do it the better (front to back levelling) as everything pivots from the axle centre<

Surely the floor will have the same amount of slope no matter where you take your measurement, unless the floor has a curve.
Dave

Eriba Triton 430 converted to a 418 ish 04 import tickling a Citroen C4 auto 1.6 Hdi

#17

RE: Spirit Level

in Anything Eriba-related Sun Mar 27, 2016 5:27 pm
by hob (deleted)

Quote: eribanaut wrote in post #16

Surely the floor will have the same amount of slope no matter where you take your measurement, unless the floor has a curve.
Dave

Thinking a bit more about it you are right its the amount of movement that increases with the distance from the axle.

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#18

RE: Spirit Level

in Anything Eriba-related Sun Mar 27, 2016 5:56 pm
by Deeps (deleted)

Quote: hob wrote in post #14

Another tip when levelling, the further away from the axle you do it the better (front to back levelling) as everything pivots from the axle center, for side to side levelling above the axle is probably best?

This might well be the case with you, Nev, based on how much wine you've had to consume during the initial levelling up stage upon arriving on site. Or does the bear conduct this little exercise on your behalf - the wine drinking I mean - which is why we always see him flat out in a chair.

2013 Triton 430, Mazda CX-5 D-150, AWD AT, Walker Touring Plus awning, Isabella Shadow sun shade.

#19

RE: Spirit Level

in Anything Eriba-related Mon Mar 28, 2016 2:48 pm
by EllieMay (deleted)

If it's the fridge that needs to be level I'll stick my phone in the fridge. What could possibly go wrong!!

Eyes down a bit.... Millie the Puck & a Fiat 500.

#20

RE: Spirit Level

in Anything Eriba-related Mon Mar 28, 2016 3:23 pm
by Randa france •

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Quote: EllieMay wrote in post #19
If it's the fridge that needs to be level I'll stick my phone in the fridge. What could possibly go wrong!!

You'll be plagued by cold callers

Randa

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#21

RE: Spirit Level

in Anything Eriba-related Mon Mar 28, 2016 11:33 pm
by Julie Grafo •

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Alternatively, we use the spirit level to check, put one plate under the offending side, if that doesn't level it we can't be fussed to repeat the process so opt for Hob's method and open the wine.

Awaiting Triton 420GT to push Honda CRV SE 1.6 i-DTEC

#22

RE: Spirit Level

in Anything Eriba-related Wed Mar 30, 2016 2:40 pm
by Bigmandiddyvan (deleted)

and if you want to spruce up your van a tin of tartan paint does a great job

#23

RE: Spirit Level

in Anything Eriba-related Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:36 pm
by T & C (deleted)

So I checked my spirit level as Hob suggested and found it was way out. We don't have an Ironmongers but we do have a good Hardware store so given Pepe Le Pew' s advice I purchased a pack of new bubbles. They're a bugger to fit and guess what? it didn't make any difference at all. Eventually however I worked out that by slightly adjusting the position of the glass tube holding the bubble I could get the level to give me a consistent reading - job done. Thank you Guys

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#24

RE: Spirit Level

in Anything Eriba-related Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:59 pm
by Pepé Le Pew •

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Quote: T & C wrote in post #23
We don't have an Ironmongers but we do have a good Hardware store so given Pepe Le Pew' s advice I purchased a pack of new bubbles. They're a bugger to fit and guess what? it didn't make any difference at all.

I bet you got metric bubbles. You probably needed imperial bubbles, but they are very difficult to find. People ask for imperial bubbles so seldom that the packets get pushed to the back of the drawer and dry out.

Once a bubble has dried out, that's it.

Poof.

Metric bubbles simply won't work in an imperial level, though many think they will. You can tell who these people are because their shelves aren't straight.

It's even worse if your level is a hand-me-down from your granddad. Mine is, and not only is it an imperial level, it's a very coarse British Standard Whitworth one.

Hopeless. There simply aren't any BSW bubbles in existence.

I blame the French.

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yy-R56kh

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#25

RE: Spirit Level

in Anything Eriba-related Wed Mar 30, 2016 8:17 pm
by Frantone (deleted)

No BSWs but you may find some BSY.

Blow Some Yourself 😏

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#26

RE: Spirit Level

in Anything Eriba-related Wed Mar 30, 2016 8:38 pm
by Aaron Calder •

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Reminds me of Selwyn Froggit. when he came out with the immortal line, 'your metric paces are longer than your feet and inches paces.'

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#27

RE: Spirit Level

in Anything Eriba-related Wed Mar 30, 2016 8:44 pm
by Randa france •

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Oh no, it's Selwyn Froggitt

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#28

RE: Spirit Level

in Anything Eriba-related Fri Apr 01, 2016 12:32 am
by Pop540 (deleted)

to keep in spirit of the thread perhaps hobs wine needs upgrading to his preferred spirit lol

you can also use a bob, a weight on a string with a arrow board underneath hehehehe

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#29

RE: Spirit Level

in Anything Eriba-related Fri Apr 01, 2016 5:19 pm
by hampshireman (deleted)

Hope you were careful getting them out of the pesky modern packaging.

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#30

RE: Spirit Level

in Anything Eriba-related Wed Jun 01, 2016 6:38 pm
by hampshireman (deleted)

I bought a gadget from a caravan shop years back which screwed to the floor just inside the door. Tiny thing, bubble on both tracks and it was fine. Then it wasn't could tell by eye. Now have a short spirit level which is fine. Pepe is suggesting the same remedy as I was told in my apprentice days in a workshop 60 years ago, new bubbles at the store

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