Colin Lindsay

Buy your own polishing kit which works off a bench grinder. I've had one approximate to this that has lasted me almost thirty years and polishes amazingly well. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Polishing-Pro-Fin-Sisal-Kit/114580335337?hash=item1aad852ae9:g:pEIAAOSwmOhf28Ac

Apologies if I'm incorrect when I said 'unused fuel', that might not be the main purpose, it was a rough approximation of what it does, but basically if the fuel is cooled by the EGR gases that are recycled it makes for a more complete burn as well as disposing further of remaining combustible particles in the exhaust gases - which could be called 'unburnt fuel', if anyone wanted to be charitable.

Measure out from the centre of the axle to where the adjuster sits against the backplate; replace the drum and measure the same distance outwards; mark, and drill. You need a very small hole, just enough to admit the end of a small screwdriver that will lever the adjuster.

Why? I run nothing but Macs, Safari works perfectly. Version 14.0.2 on OSX Catalina 10.15.7 with no problems.

It's a valve system that rechannels part of the exhaust gases back through the engine to burn any unused fuel that might otherwise come out through the exhaust and increase emissions. Fine in theory; in reality it just soots everything up and causes problems including eventual loss of power. I removed mine from the TD5 Discovery; very easy to do in most cars as you just remove the actual valve then blank off both ends of the pipe it sits in (some have a water pipe for cooling that you just reconnect end to end). It doesn't affect the MOT as diesel cars aren't tested for emissions (over here anyway, when they're actually being tested at all, that is)

Freelander is the same. Two bolts on top, pull a lever and it pops out. Once I found that out, it became quite easy, as opposed to trying to remove it without pulling the lever. Thank goodness for internet searches...

Use a short length of brake pipe, half an inch or so, to extend the jaws. These window channels are also used by other cars, Landrovers, Minis and VW Beetles so shop around, many of them are miles cheaper than the Triumph part.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRIUMPH-SPITFIRE-ALLOY-DIFFERENTIAL-HOUSING-HERALD-VITESSE-GT6/264536499799?hash=item3d979aa657:g:R8kAAOSwNotd0YQs Alloy diff cases on eBay, if anyone's thinking about one... not sure about the seller's description tho. "IT WILL RUN CONSIDERABLY COOLER THAN THE IRON ONE AND TRIUMPHS ARE KNOWN FOR THE DIFF OIL OVERHEATING AND CAUSING GEAR FAILURE"

it probably doesn't work on corners so after we've changed all the cattle grids we'll have to change all of the corners and junctions too to keep up with this new technology.

A better class of string, maybe? The early ones were so basic, looking back now, it's amazing what we drove back then. I still remember the large green bulb on the end of the indicator stalk very clearly.

Have you tried the gauge connected to the original sensor, as we suggested way back at the start?

There was a huge mud trap in the inner wing, especially on Minis, that always rotted through.

I think that may be an understatement, if this photo is of the same car.... That area of the dash certainly looks familiar! Don't let it worry you, Kelv - nothing that can't be easily sorted and you're in the right place for help. One job at a time and before you know it it's right as rain, but never finished.... been there. Always one more job to do...

For goodness sake put me out of my misery - I've got the top five.... what's the result??????

Anyone who remembers the Doune Classic Show near Stirling, around 2001 - wettest, coldest weekend I ever spent in a tent. The first afternoon - Friday - some guy in a Stag towed a caravan up the sloping campsite and spun his wheels the entire way leaving two huge trenches across the field, and after that every other car that followed just made them deeper and muddier. Everytime we went to the stalls or beertent we had to do the WW1 'over the top', and climb out of one trench, cross no mans land in between, drop into the other, clamber out covered in mud, and do the same on the way back. People were falling into them in the dark. I had to buy a new pair of shoes in the village for the trip home.

Do it immediately after use as it'll still be warm.

I'm dieting heavily after Christmas excess and battering the running machine a lot; hopefully I'll soon be a semi-colon.

Nice job. Are they to brace the metalwork or prevent crushing when the bolts are tightened?

I think a lot of Royal Mail does these days, too.... going by the number of my parcels which they've lost recently.

Modern vehicles of today, especially those of the European manufacturers, have engineering unique to their designs. I'm glad he spotted that. We'd be able to work on them all if it wasn't for those pesky designers.

That's right - there was a hefty grille in one wheel arch... must find a pic. It was passenger side / NS. That takes me back a bit! I suppose you could argue that air entered via the front grille and exited via the radiator into the wheelarch, propelled by the fixed speed fan but it worked perfectly well.

They're not often so kind as to use aspirins. Chalk powder, plaster dust, any kind of powder that will bulk it out is used. I remember a few years back a lot of pale faces when it was confirmed that the purple colour of some drugs was due to ground-up slug pellets.

A large percentage of road deaths over here are caused by tractors driving out in front of oncoming traffic. They pull huge overloaded trailers and are so slow at moving off from junctions they're only half way across the road when the oncoming car hits them. The tractor driver always seems to survive, though. There was a law a few years back that all tractors had to have roll bars fitted, after a large number of drivers were crushed by rolling tractors on sloping ground, but that seems to have gone by-the-by.

What exactly do they do? Other than to kamikaze onto car headlights? They seem to have evolved over millions of years to camouflage themselves against trees etc then they go and stick themselves onto bright red paint.

No doubt a breach of the moth's rights or the like.