Colin Lindsay

What diameter, Pete? I know the Herald coil version is 6 1/4 inches so presume the Vitesse one is beefier?

Me too, it would prove to me that I hadn't imagined it!! T'was long ago in a Galaxy far far away, but I can still picture it, so need to conform what exactly it was!

That's looking good. I was intending to try that this week - sanding and revarnishing - but found out that I don't have a spare dashboard, which doesn't help. Did you get the surround refurbished? Are you going for an original mechanical voltage regulator, or electronic?

That's the problem - I'm starting to doubt myself, but seem to remember one from years back. I'll look for it and if I find one, will post.

It's the trunnions that are non-handed - some of them, and I'll verify that asap - the others will (usually) be marked left or right on the bottom.

Bacon butties, myself. Sprayed the greenhouse with a HVLP system, got roasted in the sun, then collapsed in a chair in the garden and did very little the rest of the evening other than get round a very nice Indian Dhansak from the local takeaway that has now reopened for social-distanced takeaway. Life is returning to normal!

Not so much for the gearbox snagging on them, and maybe causing damage, as for kneeling on them by accident, and boy does it hurt.

Hope you had one - I did, out in the garden to celebrate painting the greenhouse, and it was great. I had to get my spare wiper motor refurbished by a man called Anthony in Newark, as the MK1 GT6 2-speed motors are unavailable anywhere, the one on the car was blowing fuses, and the spare was just a collection of odd parts. It arrived back looking superb and fully working, and this one isn't blowing fuses so it was money well spent. I might just send him the other one, too, and have a working spare again. https://classicrecons.wordpress.com

Currently-supplied versions often have an L or an R on the bottom plate as a guide. I seem to remember that some trunnions were made multi-threaded and will fit either side - they'll have a criss-cross pattern of threads on the inside as opposed to the spiral of handed versions. I must see if I have any just to jog the memory. That VL in your top photo is suspect, Clive... badly worn where the top of the trunnion would have been and in the usual place to snap off. I'm assuming that's the reason it's nowhere near a car?

Hello Alberto, welcome to the forum. That's a lovely GT6 but then as I own one as well I'm biased. With the 'E' registration it's an early car, from 1967. Paint code 19, Triumph white and trim code 11 black interior - at least I think the interior is black? Post a few more photos, please - they're great little cars.

I had thought of using that for a choke; after all the indentations in the tube will hold the choke out and you'll have better control over half choke or lesser positions than just the slide cable. As proper choke cables used to be hard to find - I haven't checked in years - it was always a case of having to put up with an aftermarket knob on the dash. I might experiment with different setups later just to see if it can be done.

They're probably all the same these days Darron; polybushes are good for removing the vagueness of soft or worn bushes and stiffening up the driving experience but there's no reason at all why original bushes won't do. If you're doing low mileage then there's no point in wasting money; just go to a reputable supplier and you'll get the best that's currently available; good ones are available for around £1.25 each so don't pay over the odds. This guy sells on eBay but usually old stock; I can't see if those are Metalastik or not but that's a good price. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/x8-TRIUMPH-Spitfire-GT6-Herald-Vitesse-FRONT-SUSPENSION-WISHBONE-BUSHES/222995669998?hash=item33eb93e3ee:g:f30AAMXQEbdRm82d

First thing I thought of, as long as it's not already disconnected to allow the axles to be swapped?

The only reason I know is because after the Mk1 GT6 started blowing fuses I stripped down the steering column last week and it didn't have one... which it should have had, so I pinched one from the Herald spares and it stopped the column rotating when I used the indicators... so you posted at exactly the right time!

Don't think I've any spacers but will check later, although it's doubtful. New pumps are quite cheap, I renovated one recently and the repair kit was £28, I could have bought one for around £20.

Early Herald - same as this one? 948 or 1200 up to about 1962/3.

I write one every month, Pete...

Stainless steel bike cables are good. I'm working on the 1200's dashboard cables at the moment and some are simply screwed in whilst others are soldered and crimped; it's a pity they weren't all just screwed in as I could replace them all so easily!

That's always the way, but at least now you know it's been done properly and no worries about finding any other horrors. Things like that always happen on a tight deadline or when the shops are closed.

If you really want incorrect info or distortion of the facts, try one of those 'Honest John' or ' Fixya' sites. Some of the answers range from the downright inaccurate to the positively dangerous. No doubt there's an answer somewhere that will tell us that the Vitesse never had an interior light as they were all convertibles...

If you look at the clamps, it's a bolt through a spacer tube with a nut on one end. I always liked to fit them with the nuts to the rear so that they're (very slightly) protected from the worst that the road throws at them, just in case they ever need to come apart. I've always greased any spring I disassemble and wrapped with Denso tape; it may be pointless but it looks neater, and they never squeak...

You'll like this one, then. cat.mpg

See? It still causes confusion! Do you put it at the back in which case it reads 'front' from the back, or do you put it at the front, in which case it reads 'front' from the front, but that's actually the back?

Do you have the spring clamp fitted? Part number 609639 in this diagram. Without it the column will rotate and probably move about.

This is the kit I got most recently, so you'll be able to work out where everything goes in advance!