AidanT

Or she !

At least he will have lots of views on eBay! Agree the decimal point is in the wrong place!

Ok seems that I have the connectors the wrong way around. Some good solder joints required I think !

Hi Clive - From Darrens link it looks as if the connectors are female spades ??! (Not sure if that's the right terminology Will have a good look this evening on mine at home to check first! Aidan

Hi Some questions 1) What Car? 2) O/D or Std Gearbox? ~Not sure I can help but others might with answers to these questions

Hi About to swap mine over for the first time in possible preparation to add a Kenlowe Fan - Luckily mine already has the plug supplied above but if I have that right it looks as if I need to change over to spades on the wires? I will also run a new wire to the starter solenoid to take the amperage

Hi If the wiring is the same as mine: The fuel gauge is earthed through the sender. - Remove the green brown wire from the gauge. If its still showing "full" then there is a short on the Gauge or the gauge has a problem. If nothing showing - run a spare cable to the sender - If again its showing full its most probably the gauge that;s the problem, if it shows correctly then you have a short in the car wiring Aidan

Now back on this - What chemical clean would you recommend? Thanks

Well if I am the first to fit these to a MK1 GT^ then so be it! Engineering wise I think it best to fit the plates as flat as possible so underneath the hinge - I will grind down and fettle them a little so they look right anf fit to the profile of the hinge at the front, then cut a slot into themot get the postition right and finally weld back up to the top of the original hinge - Will post a pic once done Aidan

Colin I notice that mine isn't L shaped but Z shaped Are there captive nuts that just fit through the hole? And the size or a part number ?? Thx

Here are some pictures of the issue = basically there are two issues the lip om the hinge circa 3 mm high which the new part will have to sit on top of according to the fitting instruction and the bonnet fouling - The last picture shows the fouling issue - Even if the hinge was fitted under the bolt it would still catch One option would be to cut along the edge of the plate sliding it under the hinge and bolting it down there - this would loose the strength of the bracket but it could always be welded to the top of the hinge it would at least be flat to the surface of thew chassis. The instructions do mention packing for the second bolt but to my mid thats not a good engineering solution Please let me know any thoughts or if you have fitted these yourself I wish the instructions had better diagrams and pictures - Only other alternative is to return the kit

Hi Just purchased some of these from the club to fit my Mk1 GT6 Following the instructions, at the moment I can't see any way to fit them to the chassis where the hinge bolt is - the bracket doe not fit in to the outline of the hinge and my hinge has an upturn on the front edge - When placed where shown it also fouls the freont of bonnet under lip. Any one got pictures of how they have fitted this bracket? I'm sure my hinges are standard ! Thx

I think it was Pete Lewis who advised me about the cheap rotor arm imports - I was trying to find the thread but was unable to Mine came from a reputable company as well but I guess they just buy them in bulk rather than one at a time - The company just thanked me I don't know that they did anything about it - but I expect so as they have a good reputation - The company was H & H Ignition

ah -that's useful to know thanks FYI I didn't swap out the rotor @ 60 mph !!! it just came off at that speed!!!

Hi Yes this happened to me after I upgraded to electronic ignition and fitted the rotor arm that came with it at 60mph on a dual carriageway. Luckily it did no damage to the dizzy cap. I understand from others that there are poor quality rotor arms out there from China. Got myself some new old stock rotor arms off fleabay and its been fine since.

Hi Colin Thanks so much. That's clear to me. I just need to get hold of some new captive nuts !

Hi Can I ask why you don't want the GT6 power bulge?

Blimey - If that happens to me I am bug***d !!! Oh well - My son thinks hes inheriting the car so if it does go -Job for his young personage me thinks!!

Thanks Colin. A pic would be really useful

Can anyone help me with diagrams / pictures on how the center dash panel is attached to the metal facia? The top two screws either side are obvious however I have a metal 90 L shape metal strip at the bottom which screws in to the back of the wood. At t the moment I have this so that the Bottom lip of the L goes under the metal facia and I have screws - not original that I have fitted in to U clips / Speed fasteners as there are just holes in the metal facia - This just doesn't seem like its right to me so if anyone with or has knowledge of a MK1 GT6 facia Can you advise ? I know the Mk1 is different to all the other dashboards Thanks in advance Aidan

Hi From the above then - Is it better to keep or remove the engine valances to have a better flow of air and therefore a cooler engine? Is this why most cars don't have them any more? Thx

OK Thanks - Maybe I'm being far too picky for a 47 year old The car that is !

Hi all Starting to pick up on small things with the car now ! I have noticed that the distance between the front wheel arch and the tyre is slightly less on the drivers side (5mm or so). Looking at where the front body assembly is bolted to the chassis on either side - its not in the same position (See attached Pics) Should it be aligned to the chassis so the top does not show? The bonnet gap at the top is also slightly different from the near to the offside as well so I am asssuming I have a straight chassis here Offside : Nearside: The top picture is unfortunately at a slight angle, the black frame in front of the red body is actually the bottom of the frame section, it is aligned to the frame Which is the right position? Thanks

Thanks Aidan

Mike. Do you have details of your guy in the Midlands? Thanks