Colin Lindsay

LED, or Laser? This thing below will cut a hole in an oncoming car for you... Watch about 8.20 to see it in operation... and 12.58 to see it at night. DIP, you b@&&%$!

You do have to take the seal out to get at the screws / rivets of the retainer strip, but the seal can only fit one way, if you look at the shape. The 'bump' along the top of the windscreen frame fits into it for a really good seal. It's possible as you say that Dave has the wrong seal.

Interesting! Yet, in recent decades we always had sidelights on our cars, so we had sidelights, THEN dipped beam THEN full beam. The original intention of the sidelights was as marker lights to show that a vehicle was present and indicate the dimensions, but there was always the option to turn them off. The sidelights were mandatory long before headlamps so the idea was for others to see you first, and it was only a secondary concern that you needed to see where you were going. My current modern has the hi-visibility LED running lights that stay on whilst the engine is running; problem with those is that in the darkness you think your lights are on as they're so bright, until you meet someone else...

The Herald seal is just a u-shaped profile, no thick flap or thin, but both sides same profile same as Paul's photo, so the flattened square-edged side goes into the retainer rail and the U-shape clamps down onto the windscreen header. If you can make it out from this drawing taken from Canley's site, just above and to the right of '2' it looks the same but is drawn slightly longer and 'toothier'.

Why did I think it was a Spitfire? Early morning, no doubt.

I can't find a good photo this morning but someone with a spit will no doubt advise; I did manage to find a kind of a schematic, but no idea how accurately it's drawn. I also found a photo of a fitted seal: does this help any?

Burlen have a good selection but the list does not explain which one you need for which carb; so you have to peruse the site a bit. http://zenithcarb.co.uk/cd-piston-springs.html A good article on adjusting Strombergs here, it might give Martin a few ideas: https://www.howacarworks.com/fuel-systems/adjusting-a-stromberg-carburettor

Yes, you always knew it was a Volvo coming when you saw the headlights. In my own car - which was not a Volvo, to me they were too exotic and expensive - I had flat batteries all the time from leaving the lights, interior light or radio on... the radio / tape player was always an add-on that I usually just connected straight to the battery and if you remember cassette tapes often used to have long silent bits on the end, I'd forget it was still playing and so leave it running... so had a permanent set of jump leads in the boot.

Depends how fast the carb closes... thinking aloud as usual but am I right? If you lift your foot off the pedal to decelerate and the carb is slightly behind in closing due to the engine revs then would there be enough slack on the cable to pop off at the pedal? My Mini was always doing it, resulting in me coasting to the roadside and having to delve into the footwell to reconnect the cable.

There are a lot of them online, just search 'timing gear protractor' or the like, but most of them seem to be purchase items and I'm not sure how accurate they'd be if translated to a print version. It's bound to be do-able if you find the proper template; someone must have uploaded one.

Same as my GT6 engine, a punched dot along a straight line.

Be careful with them. They're hard to replace. If you need replacements some suppliers will try to fob you off with Philips-head versions stating that is all that is available but search for 5/16 x 3/8 pan head slotted machine screws and you'll find them.

Well, here it is, 6 week strict lockdown, 8pm curfews, every business bar food and fuel closed, no non-essential travel and not allowed to meet more than one person. 'Bad timing of 2020' award goes to the man who opened his first cafe in Belfast last Thursday...

It's a small country. Everyone there knows everyone else. For me, up north is Pound coins and UK postcodes. South is the Land of Mordor.

What I was getting at (the simplistic part) was that 80, 88, 90 degrees or the like should be the same regarding of what you actually call it, so that a gauge registering a certain temperature will register the same temperature the world over and hopefully in the same position on the scale, but you're right in how that is interpreted between the sensor and the gauge. However as a first step I'd try temp and volts with the standard sensor and see how accurate or not that is - it's unlikely to blow anything as the sensor is simply that, and the replacement one looks to be the same, a simple sensor and not a complicated electronic device with any kind of overload or failsafe built in and no huge variation in current. It might be useable as is, but only a test will tell.

You should be able to use the old sensors attached to the new gauges, with suitable swapping of connectors or splicing; after all the readings / output should be the same in any language so I doubt if it requires any kind of conversion in between... You can also get an oil pressure sensor converter but again there is probably an entire unit threaded for our cars that may work out just as cheap. Selection of adaptors below: https://www.carbuilder.com/uk/sender-adaptors

Thanks Martyn!! Returned with the very best wishes. 54 minutes to go and TV is so good it's driven me back here again...

Mick Dolphin has them at £1.

It's ok, he's 'armless.

I've used this guy for both Delco and Lucas parts for years, no problems so far. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Delco-Triumph-Bedford-Bond-Talbot-Vauxhall-POWERMAX-Red-Rotor-Arm/131153407388?hash=item1e895a2d9c:g:zf0AAOSwknxfvNL6

Politicians and Political Representatives. In the good old days they were giants; now it's bow, scrape, apologise and give the country away... However: Happy Christmas to you too, Peter, and to all no matter their background or beliefs. Even cyclists.

Anyone live near Salisbury? I used to visit Pennyfarthing Tools every time I was in that area; wonderful selection of old spanners, screwdrivers etc. Really solid old stuff that has lasted me for years. Is the shop still there?

Cardboard box? Can't even find one of those these days and I need one to post a gearbox in, too...

Postage rates have certainly gone up...

Even looks nice in an 'Erald. Matador red seats going on top.