Colin Lindsay

That's a thought. Handy for removing stuff but not sure about the replacement afterwards, although if it holds long enough to remove it should hold well enough to be refitted... and who is going to see?

I remember a very happy afternoon in GB Sportscars where the owner handed me a screwdriver and told me to get the bits I wanted. I bought about three times what I needed. These days most - not all - scrappies will take your order, go to a car, remove the closest bit, and not always the nicest-looking or best - and bring it back to the counter an hour later. Thankfully I have two local yards where they're still happy for me to ramble about and see what I can find, but the oldest car in either is probably mid-1990s.

Have a look at this thread, it includes pics of my Smart-car fan motor.

Try jamming it with a long screwdriver between the nut and the cage side. Make it easier with plenty of penetrating oil, but it's just going to take patience. The other option is to grind the head off the bolt and remove with the bolt shank in place, then remove that on the bench.

Only 70 miles today, a nice tour around the Armagh countryside. One casualty when the Stag broke down, one slight detour when a man on a tractor blocked the road and sent us all up a very long narrow lane that turned out to be a dead end in someone's back yard (he was a classic tractor owner so admired the cars) and then we ran out of time at the end and had to take the Dual Carriageway at 70mph for the last ten miles to arrive in time for a meal booking. Some good cars including two tourists from Northumberland in a TR4A who just arrived in the same Car Park whilst looking for a restaurant and were amazed at all the Triumphs. We told them that Northern Ireland's always like that.

My daughters first and second car, Peugeot 107, brilliant to drive, excellent all round vision and the corners are easy to see so you know where the extremities are for parking. Only problem was fitting a headlamp bulb which meant taking most of the front of the car off... and she crashed the first one... but I loved it and drove it quite a bit when she was away. It now belongs to another student who also has to fight her mother for it.

eBay... seriously! Some good NOS items turn up for little money. Make sure you have the one that suits your cancel setup on the column, there are two different types, but last one I bought was brand new for £15 including postage.

Part number 6... I always wondered where the large round washer came from in the footwell every time I removed a steering column. It took me a number of years before I realised.

I had a 900cc Mini city back in the day... now THAT was basic. When I wanted a first car for my daughter I was told to avoid the modern BMW Mini at all costs. I know people who have them and the roads are certainly full of them, the convertible seems very popular, but the mate who told me is a professional mechanic and works on them all the time - I suppose it makes him happy!.

So: if you only have one charging point... can you link all the cars together in series by plugging one into the other? If each car had an inlet and an outlet... it would solve the problem of a lack of charging points.

Some of them were actually badged for Triumph and later on for either BL or Unipart but I think it as Mjit says was down to what the local dealership had in stock. I think speakers were mono, but fitted under the passenger parcel shelf as there's not enough room in the centre console. Steve's correct about the Motorola, they were very common in the Herald and Vitesse models.

It wants WHAT? I just tighten until I'm sure it won't fall out, never measured what it actually takes but that seems like a lot when it's written like that.

I haven't fished in years. No time, I suppose.

The computer upgraded, I didn't... I lost Word by trying to reset things and when I lost it, it wouldn't reinstall so £160 down the drain, which is the most galling part of things... Libre Office works fine enough and the 'Save as Word Document' option seems to be suiting my agents, so I'm happy so far. I'm also seriously fed up with cookies and having to 'reject all' on some sites or manually turn them off on others - one site I was on yesterday whilst looking for Delco fuel pumps had over 140 cookies and there was no option to select all. I had to turn each one off manually. It seems the easy option to accept all then you get bombarded by junk mail as you have allegedly 'opted in'.

Might not be so wonderful when you see the state of the first one... :0 The threads are quite good, I've tapped them and tried a new nut which holds well. The 'stem' that takes the spring is a bit knobbly but seems sound, as long as it's not overtightened. I even managed to save the tab washer and top hinge is excellent, I've just oiled it and it moves freely enough. Any use?

Is it too much to ask that you can surf without constant recommendations for 'Edge' or '**** isn't your main browser'...? Even on the Mac I still get that 'Edge' popup everytime I do a Bing search. Everytime I make coffee and open a tin of Nescafe I'm expecting the lid to popup and ask me: why aren't you using Lavazza? Those days are coming....

I'm tired of the 7/16 slipping off once any pressure is used, or rounding off the corners and this is nearly all of my 7/16 spanners and a variety of old and new plugs. 11 mm fits first time and grips much better. As y'all know I treat metric like I treat Covid - it's everywhere and while you try your best sometimes you can't avoid coming in contact with it, but in this case it seems to work much better.

They're all actually 11mm, no idea why, but an 11mm spanner fits perfectly whereas any of my Imperial spanners round the corners off. You can either just go for original - the threads in your gearbox will all be the same regardless of the square end, assuming that a PO hasn't retapped, so just looking for 'Triumph Vitesse gearbox drain plug' will have the correct threads - but you can get hexagon-headed versions that will take a standard socket.

Think the opposite - some day you'll be able to plug your power tools into your car... they'll have a three-pin socket on the side just for that purpose.

If I've read correctly you just require the hinge-out part plus top hinge? I can oblige and will check the postage Monday if one is suitable. The difficult may be, as you've found, that the lower nut and spring are very heavily rusted. I've got two passenger sides and will try lots of oil and gentle pressure.

I could guess code 19, Triumph White - it's a creamier white than some and the most common white. That's assuming Bond used the Triumph shades and codes, of course.

My local hospital has a Burns Unit, I went in once and none of them knew even a word of his poetry.

Very true; I find bristles stuck in my clothes for hours afterwards. I usually sneak a look at whatever workmen are using professionally when they come to my house; De Walt, Makita and Milwaukee seem very popular. Certainly the cordless De Walt screwdriver / drill I bought two years ago is very solid and goes through anything.

Scots, I think, a traditional meal on Burns night.

https://justgivemethedamnmanual.com/service-repair-manuals/Cars/Triumph/Herald You have to pay for these but one of them may be of some use. Another online parts manual here: https://issuu.com/autojumble/docs/herald_cat_complete/229