Pete Lewis

old spoons are useful, and broken off bone handle knifes have to say the wife is not keen on me using her toothbrush Pete

dont remember but are you running on pancakes which will over lean or std air box and paper filters you can richen base settings with a thicker damper spring or change the diaphragm ring for a heavier one both of these richen across the needle range dropping the jet is a bit drastic ... its best to find why before you alter to much. the temp compensators are SHUT ?? timing does affect what colour you burn fuel and affects its combustion temperature , retard hots up advanced is cooler Pete

so you have to be 'bright ' to know if its in....or...........out small card disc with hole inserted in the tell tale calms a bright spark much easier nice to know youve fathomed it OUT , or was that ..... IN Pete

managed a small team who , examined, tested, and refused warranty claims , we did pay many they then decided to transfer the UK operation to Lyon and i worked in france for a year to set up my own demise . i had to train up a french welshman , now that was a interesting accent. Pete

you may need to release the tank to gain some clearance and fiddle and faf to get the new seal in place and the lip to pop over the wing hole , but some soft soap and gentle persuasion will get it in place if using a screwdriver or other implement protect the paint with a couple of layers of masking tape so when you slip you dont damage the paintwork ... Pete

this day is going to happen , 17th september at Club HQ Bern is on the BBQ and I'm doing the twiddling , we need you to book in with me , email from profile or info@tssc.org.uk so Angie can compile a listing we have around 20 names so far and its growing ....brilliant thats good but room for more we need a few cars to twiddle with ,, no not a shed on a recovery truck but normal examples that may need a wave with the magic fingers to enlighten the myths and dark art of experience , initially i will cover carburettors , valve clearances, ignition timing, electronic ignition fitting, geometry toe in , and as much as we can in a day of nattering and Im sure much more .....its all fluid this will be stick to basics ,with your hands on with a how and why , this is the inaugural event of this type we hope it will be informative and a laugh, with more to come ...... there will be a small charge for a lunch more details in the courier Pete

renault logo remnants of my 42years in truck manufacture theres also Commer , Dodge , and all the other names we had over the door over the years it all closed when renault closed our export territories that continued the chrysler down hill and doomed from 75 trucks and 90 vans a day to............ 8 , not sustainable the factory closed in 93 and i got exterminated in 2003 its a Amazon distribution now the old factory was green field to 1st truck off line in 9 months back in 1954, i had a tour round as a 9 year old and was the last dept to leave the factory base in 2003 so i became sort of the first and last . sounds like a pub. where that got me ????

With the day night option was this something to enable some daylight running illumination with headlamps on dimmed in daylight

My 2000 just fits

My 2000 just fits

Amd when you check the back of the needle float valve,crank or pump a good squirt fdom the fuel line ito a jam jar, see if you catch any tiddlers pete

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Lets see how mine comes apart, been busy (garden club sale ) saved £44 by spending money pete

Aha dark room and green tea is calling. yuk pete

I sell small bags of slivers just to prove a point they are not a new idea, over 40 yr ago we used nylon air brake pipes well before any others and had loads of trouble with slivers cut off by the metal firtree fitting flying down pipes into valve seats causing air leaks the little sods are a real pain they breed like rabbits pete

the triumph wsm is as above , sorry Doug ,, its refund time or get a proper book !!! Ha Dtype is + 20% or x 0.8 a 3.89:1 +od is 21.8 miles per 1000 a 3.27:1 + od is 25.9 per 1000 Pete

its all down to things like gradability, and torque if you over gear it wont pull, cant hill start and increase clutch slip times to get started . a 3.27 + OD gives a silly ratio , might suit the torque of a 2500 ,....just

there are two clusters, and gear sets , 2nd and 3rd ratios change between 4 cyl and 6 cly but you can swap them in sets , just fitted a spitty box with vitesse cluster and gear sets not much sinlge rail fits 3 rail lots of bits very close but needs careful part number checking, or you get more reverse teeth or a right wobbly 1/2 hub , and 3 syn vs 4 sync is another not much mix and match

if it runs like a old dog its nowt to do with me you can 'check' the timing when the tappets are on its in the manual , needs a 40thou gap and strong tea you follow the setting clues backwards , get the back 2 rockers rocking fully down and set front two at 0.040" then turn to crank TDC gaps should remain equal doesnt matter what the gap is so long as they are the same Pete

Dick,, How Do we get you started then pete

NOS hoses probably wont last with modern fuels , better than the nasty repro stuff Even R9 is getting poor life reports , thats assuming you actually get what you pay for and not india rubber in a nice bag. pete

Disturbing the fuel lines is most likely you have rubber sliver syndrome there will be particles of rubber sliced off when inserting metal pipes these flat about and block the back of the float needle valves can make spasmodic power outages also check ht terminal in the coil head and the brush in the dizzy cap is in contact with the rotor what dia is the hole in the replacement fitting ?

Counter shaft tooth fatigue , not uncommon,, seen the price of replacements Oooh! buy a slave gox for spares is best route On J types I would remove the solenoid and its inner spool valve piston clean and fit new 0 rings give the filter a clean and it is normally a bullet proof unit. if the 3rd gearwheel teeth are un marked its a chance to re use, with the load of the tooth failure on the teeth I would replace It there may be a tooth fracture developing and you cant see it ..

Yes and rich is going to wash the bores , so all front 3would be similar oil on just one could just be down to poor plug performance (not firing well) or rings pete

I would have done a equal lift and protractor on the cam to check the marks are correct for exact lobe tdc out all day sunday on an area outing so more thought later on pete