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Yes the o/d gearbox is a recon. 👍

Yes, looks quite different. Are you sure that’s the right one?I saw this one on eBay. But I see it’s now ‘out of stock’. 😩😩😩

Possibly but the actual bracket doesn’t look angled enough. I don’t know why the nut is so thick though. The ball only just makes it past the nut! There’s a packing washer that comes with the switch. Certainly couldn’t use that!

It doesn’t touch in 3rd or 4th. It has a bit of movement but still not touching. I bought my box from Tony LD and he did mention that he was waiting for rimmers to correct a rubbish component. It was probably the bracket in hindsight. 😖

Hi Jonny. Thank you, I can’t smell it but it probably because a poor sense of smell, so I can’t tell. There is some residue around the main shaft so I’ll probably cross my fingers that you’re right. 🤞

Incidentally, there was a small leak from the gearbox drain which looked like it had dribbled towards the bell housing.

Hello. I’m in the process of fitting O/D to my GT6. The engine has probably done around 600 miles only since professional rebuild. when I took the gear box out I noticed oil on the engine plate following the line of the bottom half of the bell housing as can be seen in the pic. on the other side it runs as high as the starter motor. The bell housing has a small amount of residue at the bottom, pic 2. Could this be a problem? Any advice appreciated. Many thanks Rich

Has anybody else found that the Rimmers re manufactured part doesn’t fit? Bolts on ok but when fitted, the switch doesn’t reach the striker arm 😖 I could bend it possibly, but @ £30 I don’t want to risk breaking it. its not as bad as pic 1. After I had bolted it down, it’s near but still not near enough. I’m in the process of a o/d conversion. many thanks Rich

Thanks all. Of course, I remember now. Pretty sure I used the right bolt but I probably should check. No problems with steering, just noticed that a lot of spline showing. 👍

Hi all For my GT6, is it usual to have as much of the spline showing between the rack snd the column, as pic? I fitted it but I can’t recall how much was showing previously! Many thanks for any advice Rich

Thanks both, I’ll do that. The choke is side mounted but the connecting pipe is above the choke casting. See pic.

Hi all For Twin Strombergs, can anybody tell me if it's normal for fuel to exit from the air intake side of the carb if stopping the engine whilst on choke / engine not up to working temp. I've heard that fuel collects in the manifold / throttle side of the carb in this scenario but on my car it seems to build up on the throttle side of the barrel then overflow via the air intake side. It's probably only a teaspoon of fuel. I get the same affect if I prime the engine via the pump, choke on, engine off. Thanks for any advice. Rich

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Ok thanks. It’s something I recall from teenage years that stuck with me. Minor shocks from the ht leads. Do I have that wrong then? I haven’t touched a running HT lead in 40 years for that reason!!!! D’oh!!!!!!!

In my ignorance, I have always wondered if it’s ok that the HT leads touch the bonnet, as they do on my GT6? Surely they are earthing in some way, given you get a mild shock if you touch them directly? just wondering? many thanks Rich

Some great advice as always. Thanks all 👍

My dream!

Hi all. I’m sure this will have been covered to death before so apologies. When I restored my GT6 I used a VHT paint on the exhaust manifold. Looked great for 5 minutes but very quickly the paint peeled off. Bearing in mind I’m only interested in aesthetics, has anybody found the perfect cost effective solution that lasts? I looked into professional ceramic coating but very expensive. Obviously preparation is half the battle. I’m assuming blasting first is the way to go. POR-15 seems popular. https://www.holden.co.uk/p/por_15_high_temperature_manifold_gray?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIotCvzJ7v-gIVEu7tCh2BywBbEAQYCyABEgK5cvD_BwE I’d prefer silver or grey (not barbecue black!) many thanks Rich

Fortunately is looking nice I’m more interested in! But expensive. I’ll start a new thread on manifold paint although I guess it’s been talked to death before.

Im sure this will have come up often but what’s the view on ceramic coating? 😬 Rich

Got it thanks. My main surprise was only that despite turning the engine over for what seemed like an endless time, I still had to use the hand lever a lot, just as if I hadn’t turned the engine at all. Even with the high torque starter and bearing in mind it was only 2 weeks since I last started her up. I thought maybe the fuel pump may be sticking, released by the hand pump action or something. But it sounds like my ‘endless’ engine spinning was probably a lot shorter than it felt. Thanks for all the advice. 🙂

Thanks all.

A one way valve is probably a good idea. I also have a fuel filter just ahead of the pump. Better still, I need to drive it more!!

Ah ha. Maybe it turned it over for a shorter period than I imagined! I didn’t realise that manually pumps more fuel. Thanks both, that’s probably it 🙂

Hi Doug. Yes, I realise it’s drain back but in this case, I turned it over using the starter for at least a minute and nothing. The pump must have been racing much faster than me hand priming it. When I did hand prime it, it was the same as if I was starting from scratch! Weird!