Colin Lindsay

It can't be anything to do with fluid or the slave cylinder if the pedal is the same, but the lever gets stiff. It'll be some component or other expanding with the heat; do you have the metal cone fitted, or the plastic / nylon version? (See pic) At the other end, do you still have the rubber rings in the top cover where the end of the shaft goes through? I'm suspecting metal to metal contact which has dried out and loses any movement through expansion. Oil or grease everything thoroughly, all the linkages and the nylon or metal dome, and see if it persists after that.

But they weren't, and that's as much the appeal of the cars as it is a drawback. The servo isn't quite the part I'd have used to illustrate my own point, as they were indeed available back then, albeit mostly as an accessory. By that argument, we could all drive moderns and call them classics, as if they'd been around 50 years ago, they'd now be fifty years old, and they are the cars that would have been made THEN, if they'd had the technology that they have NOW. If you think of the old broom analogy: it's had five heads and four handles, but it's still the same broom. Go out and replace it with a vacuum cleaner, and try to convince me that it's even a broom at all... that's the heart of the matter.

Excellent Aidan, you might just have talked me into buying one....

Can't you convince them? Go on, be a devil...

Firstly: Triumph, if about today, would probably be in a merger with Peugeot and would be fitting French engines and all sorts of other modern bits, like sensors, more sensors, more sensors, fuel injection, multi-setting suspension, more sensors and more warning lights too. But they're not, and we're talking about cars built 50 years ago to the standards prevalent then, which some of us like to try to preserve as far as possible for the nostalgia factor, but also with regards to safety on today's roads. I've heard so many owners put our cars down for being noisy, uncomfortable, lacking in performance and polluting that I'm so tempted to ask: why bother to drive one then, if you need to modify it to death or beyond? Just buy an MX5 instead, they're apparently so much more fun, more reliable, more fuel economic, and like our cars you don't need an MOT - many of them that you see at shows aren't three years old yet. (Sorry, couldn't resist it.... ) Secondly: NO! this is a family forum.

That's got potential! Depends on the state of the underneath, though.

Ah, now, here we're talking sensible mods - led light bulbs (not angel eyes), uprated radiator or electric fan (not Honda / VW replacement rad) uprated starter or alternator yes as long as the rest of the engine doesn't accompany them. There's a certain joke involving a feather or a chicken which I won't go into here (ok Doug???) but there is a certain line that I don't cross; upgrading an existing engine yes, replacing it with an entire unit from a modern...no. It may make the car more reliable, or quieter, or fuel efficient, but to me it's like upgrading a steam engine with a modern diesel. It's missing the point. Anyway it's all academic. I love Shed and Buried... my kind of guys. Like me, they never seem to make money out of old cars and bits, but that's not what's important!

No, commission numbers and engine numbers don't necessarily follow each other or keep the same prefixes - it's what's in the V5 or production trace that will confirm the proper engine.

That last I definitely agree with; how cars USED to be! Consequently modern engines or other replacement bits from modern cars aren't part of the whole ideology. I know it's only my personal view, and sometimes there is no other way to keep a car on the road, or make it useable these days; in which case I'll not put anyone's pride and joy down for that, but I prefer the original setup with all its' faults and shortcomings. Car SOS is theatre, no matter the good intention behind all the on-screen faffing about; it's a nice angle on our cars that programmes like Wheeler Dealers lost years ago, so even if they do tell the odd white lie it's all in the cause of entertainment.

Reminds me of the constipated partygoer, he couldn't pass the parcel.

Doug?? Are you in there?? DOUG????

You Lucan for me? Actually I believe you're Lawrence of Arabia and I claim my five pounds!

"Don't click for me, Argentina..."

Don't tell me we need oil for front spoilers now too?

I'd guess H1, given the single terminal? https://www.holden.co.uk/displayproduct.asp?pCode=LLB448 looks fairly similar.

Don't buy the stuff from 'Around a Pound' or the like... it's rubbish. Go for the slightly more expensive stuff ie twice that and it instantly feels better, and certainly bonds better.

Thanks Aidan, I'll wait for the results of the field test.

I recommend glasses; slippers don't hold enough beer.

Straight? It looks like it curves upwards.... I'm just back from Specsavers too so it can't be the fault of the glasses. I have the adjustable bracket on mine, it works well and looks shiny; probably overkill though. The Motor Museum at Beaulieu use them as tensioners on their wire fences....

Are they likely to fit the GT6 plug-in socket as a straight fit?

I've got here already and yes it is. Ain't time travelling great?

You mean the CT forum? I visit that one regularly (although I'm not a member), but the quantity of posts and queries has seriously dropped since the revamp. We used to get a lot of double posts, where members would post a question on one forum then run to the other and post the identical query, possibly for a second opinion... A lot of good, hands-on advice on both and yes, you can pick up on other angles and practices, but I prefer the thread drift over here... So: welcome, pull up a chair, and see if you can make sense of it all...

Me too, although unlike Dave I was debating fitting a bleeper. I added LED bulbs to my GT6 warning lights so at least can see the green one flashing now. This one looks to be a modern version with an electronic click: https://www.classiccarleds.co.uk/products/12v-electronic-indicator-flasher-relay-for-classic-cars-with-oe-clicking-sound

I could regale you with tales of mine that would take up this entire thread, if not the server! SE5A automatic bought for £1600, drove it 80 miles home and it conked out twice. This was due to the gear lever selector being incorrect, so you had to sort of get it in between positions for it to work. Drove it once more later in the week and again it died, refusing to start until the lever was in the correct / incorrect position. A recon gearbox and torque converter was £400, and whilst waiting to get it fitted I went for a whole plethora of stainless parts, replacement bits, recored radiator, new dashboard, exhaust, replacement trims etc. The black leather was a bit green with mould on the inside as it leaked water everywhere too... took it to a local garage who had it for almost a year whilst working on the gearbox; nothing would fit as it should and he was merrily modifying brackets, halfshafts, propshaft etc THEN admitted that he couldn't finish it. I think (found out later) that it had a Borg Warner type 65 and we'd been supplied a type 35. The car wouldn't drive as was, I'd no idea what had been done to it to try to repair it, and then moved house 90 miles away where it sat in the yard for months, and everytime I went out to run it for a bit and keep things freed up it burst a radiator pipe, or an oil line, or broke something else. Eventually a man drove all the way from a house beside the garage where it had been, and paid me £400 for it. I was glad to see the back of it and stuck with Triumphs from then on.

Reckon the better / lower head is the later one, that has been refined and improved?