PeteH

8mm from memory?. Seem to remember I made one out of some square section I had in my "scrap box", welded to a piece of steel pipe. Pete

From where to where?. There`s always the RAC, AA, Green Flag. precaution I assume?. Best of luck ,a hope you enjoy👍 I personally, would take the A/B roads, avoid M-Way`s like the plague. And be prepared to travel smelling the roses?. With Mobile phones it`s not the hassle it would have been when these cars where new. I`ve still actually got an AA box key somewhere!. Pete

Gotta be desperate for spares?. 😁 Pete

£65 Machine Mart and Europarts. £62.22 one on E-Bay, Currently. Interestingly. Machine Mart rate them suitable for up to 1tonne per wheel. Pete

To further "complicate" the issue. Haynes, show the wires from the heater switch to the Heater fan as Black (B) not Brown (N) on the Vitesse wiring Diag;. Fed from the supply to the Voltage stabiliser as (G) Green colour. Whereas that wire on the 13/60, again Haynes, is unmarked for colour, but feeds from the Main switch White feed. With the take-off coming from the supply to the instrument voltage regulator. A lack of consistancy across the various models and years would appear to be part of the "intrigue" of the ownership of Triumphs!!. Pete

Planting Trees. Nice to see them Grow, in fact quite satisfying as they mature. Promoting planting as a Way of offsetting carbon?. To my mind I am with Cris on that one, it`s a bit facile. However It dosent hurt anyone either. But to make a real impact. "WE" would need to replant the whole of South America, and Asia, as a start, along with huge tracts of North America and the anchient woodland(s) of Europe. I suspect?. Virtually all the North Yorks Moors, where I understand once forest?, along with huge tracts of other bits of the UK. As an aside. When each of my Grandkids where born, I "harvested" Acorns on my dog walks, planted several and each time I got at least 3 or 4 sucesses. the best of which we planted where we Did the Self Build. The "oldest" of them is now a 15ft or more hight Oak, still in the garden of said build, although we moved out over 10 years ago now. Pete

I took the body off, my 13/60. Some of the previous "repairs" had no welding on the inaccessible upper sections of the various repair parts. I`m no MOT tester, so it`s only my opinion per observation, but the structural integrity and main strength is in the chassis backbone, the outriggers and rails are less so, supporting the Tubs at the extremities. So whilst not desireable, I cannot see why the lack of (top) weld in those points would interest a tester beyond not being as O/E. It might/would make the body more "flexible" as a whole, but not necessarily dangerous? Prior to being taken off the road by the P.O. This had a current MOT. Any, defects in the chassis backbone of course would be a serious issue. Pete

Not actually that "new" Back around 1978/80 we had a Chrysler 2L Auto. All the side trim was bonded to the car. Pete

I have often wondered, if it would be possible to bond the strips on? 1) it would take the "danger" out of drilling and Pop riveting. 2) if done right there would be less chance of corrosion behind and or to the clips?. Pete

Making black smoke, is the sign of poor combustion management. “We” used to be allowed smoke only when first fired, after that if you could see dark fume the chief would be nagging the duty engineer to get the air fuel ratio right and stop wasting his fuel.😂. My multifuel stove only makes smoke immediately after refuelling, the rest of the time you would be hard pushed to even know it was running but for the smell of burning hardwood. You can burn almost any carbon based fuel if you get the parameters right. Pete

Worst of the Outriggers. Replaced the whole rail, Bent up from Galavanised, A "gift" from a local fabricator. Made my own outriggers from scratch. Pete

I have no Idea. The Belts came as fitting for My son`s Dolomite saloon, many years ago. But because the Car was stolen and trashed where never fitted, the Belt guides are for that fitting and part of the kit, which was kept, still packaged unopened, until I repurposed them for this job.? They are the Guides intended for the mount to the upper B post on the Dolomite, where the reel sits at floor level. Pete

This is how the 13/60 (MX5 seats) finished up (below), Retracable belts, the guides on the "B" post take no load, its all transfered back to the reinforced wheel arch. I reloctated the Reel to the top rear of the Wheelarch and strengthened the wheel arch as in original with heavy doubling plate in the wheelarch. This gave the clearance for the Hood to fold right down without fouling the belt. Blanking screw in the old hole. Pete

IMV. Deforestation, is/has been, a bigger threat to the planet all round. The Amazon Rain forest is allegedly only a fraction of what it was 100years ago. Same with huge area`s of Asia. And recent similar issues in the USA where put down to over-logging for building timber, of which a huge percentage of US homes are still constructed. Pete

I put near 3Sq Meter of steel in the floors and chassis sections, and repair sections from scratch. The ones I took out had just been dropped in and welded without removing the originals. The only panels purchased where the front floor sections as they where too deep to fabricate by hand. Pete

To be honest. I just took the angle grinder to ALL the body mount bolts and replaced the lot when it went back on. Couple had to be attacked with an air saw as the space was restricted. Your Vitesse body looks in far better condition than my 13/60 was. Where the Joint is on the upper cill they had an overwelded "repair" section driver side! which had to be cut through to part the sections. Does look as if it`s had a floor section in the driver side? Pete

Since around 2012, Antifreeze (Ethyelene Glycol) has had an aditive intended to make the fluid taste bitter enough to make children and animals spit it out. It degrades on the earth in about 10 days to 4 weeks. Not that it is recomended. Disposal, even in the public sewer system renders it so weak as to be negligable. Propylene Glycol is less toxic, and breaks chemically into lactic acid IF ingested. Either way, I guess recycling facilities should be able to take it? Maybe it`s just another case of "Jobsworthness?". I have to admit I haven`t changed Coolant on any of my vehicles in a long while, it`s usually done by the garage, what they do with it is??????. Pete

I use self amalgamating tape, to waterproof external wiring connections, brilliant stuff BUT It`s an absolute ball ache to get it back off if you need to. Usually involving careful use of the Stanley knife or Box cutter. I can see the benefit if you have real issues on old pipework?. But on a new installation I would be looking elsewhere for the answer?. I have some in all my "carry kits" for emergency repairs?, it`s hard to beat as a "get you home" on (say) a split hose. Pete

Barely a word over here?. Much coverage of Turkey/Syria. But hardly any coverage of the N-Z flooding? nor any Earthquakes?. We have friends who live on North Island, Mick, died from Prostate a few years back now, took our wedding photo`s back in `64. His wife and family are still there. Hope everything recovers OK?. Pete. P.s. Back on Connectors, Anyone esle come across these? Most of the low voltage, and some A-C connections on all 3 of my American R-V`s had a load of them. Pete

TBF. The bonnet gaps are adjustable from the front pivot point, and by moving the rubber cones in combination. Having the Pivot brackets right way round does help!. From the guy who spent ???????hrs adjusting gaps on a 13/60 some months back, as matter of fact current they are probably too close. Paint colour, I am still not convinced as I still see to much Green in it. I saw an (In my view) better ,somewhat darker, almost royal?, blue recently on a TR4, which passed in the other direction on the Beverley Bypass, which is currently attracting my attention, anyone got a clue as to the colour?. Pete

Is that Valencia?. I ask because I have (allegedly) a can of Club Shop Valencia, and it looks decidedly Greener to me?. Nice to see the Black one has wider Bonnet/Door gaps than I have. Pete.

I thought like-wise. However, few want to work on "old" cars, UN-bending new ones is far more lucrative, the best quote I could get, the guy could not Start, before spring 2024, and possibly later than that. So If I want it before I die, I better look into doing it myself.☹️😭 Pete

2018. We took delivery of a new (To Us) Motorhome. drove it home parked up on the driveway, As you do, went in the house to use the loo. Mrs was already in the house. Came back out to check all OK ? Cannot get in the doors are locked, key still in the "ignition", ask`s herself for the spare set, given to us by the dearship, a couple of hours earlier, er? yes it`s in my handbag----------in the Motorhome. 2 hrs later the RAC guy used an air wedge to force a window and gain access to reach the Keys. Lesson learned, Sprinters, Autolock if left more than 5min`s, after switching off the Engine. Unless you double "unlock". Cost a new locking system for the window, on the first day of ownership!. I now have a key Hidden, which I can in similar circumstances use to get in the habitation door. The Battery BTW, is under the floor mat under a steel cover, 4 screws, in the passenger footwell. Boost Start, uses a dedicated connection under the Bonnet. Pete

OOOOOOp`s Correct of course. ☹️ As my school reports said regularly. "Must do Better". Pete

From memory I think, the torque for a "worm drive clip" should be 15 to 30ft/lb. depending on size/width?. Pete