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    I think the stop being on the bolt head is to stop any tendency for the moving wishbone to wind the bolt undone .
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    Don't keep using full lock to do U turns !
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    Is it the camera angle or are the post mounting drillings bigger on the one without spacers?? could be a clue.
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    Get a long screw driver and use it like a stethoscope to try and track down the area the noise is coming from. In days gone by an egg cup full of brake fluid in the cooling system would be a cure. Not sure how that would effect the anti freeze though.
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    Wait till the level gets near to the lower mark before topping up and even then don't keep filling it up to the max mark. You may find the level settles out somewhere in between.
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    Didn't want to start a war !! So why did Triumph put a bolt in the front position?
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    The bonnet clearance on a Vitesse is very close that's why the front rocker cover fixing is a bolt and not a stud !!
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    If you can push the pads back with the bleed nipple open, As Dave 1360 says!! I had it happen in the Yorkshire Dales no O/S/F brake when I pressed the pedal then dragging on release. my money is on the flex hose has collapsed inside.
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    Certainly had good taste!!!!
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    Don't walk across a flooded garage when the pit boards have floated away.....Got the T shirt for that one!!!!
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    The spare wheel which should be bolted down will help to form part of the crush zone in the case of a rear end impact.
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    There should be a rubber section on the bottom of the inner wheel arch so with the bonnet shut down there shouldn't be water getting up onto the bulkhead. Have you checked Petes suggestion of the heater air box drain being blocked or the wiper wheel boxes.
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    My mate took his girl friend away for a naughty weekend and not wanting to turn the bedroom light on to find the vaseline next morning he remembered he had also packed the shoe polish in the same suitcase.
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    Well done
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    Not sure which area is your most local Manchester is not that far away, but look in the Courier and get in touch with a local area rep.
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    Set up a small tank or can in the engine bay feeding the fuel pump directly with a short length of flexy fuel line so you can do a short run. Can you not find a local area member who could give you a hand??
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    Its quite possible the input shaft was from a Marina box as quite a few Marina based kit cars including the Marlin had Triumph overdrive gearbox conversions done this way and needed the longer input shaft as they kept the deeper Marina bell housing. If its 20 splines its from a 1300 Marina and 23 splines is from either a 1800Marina or a 1700 Ital.
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    Travelers were often fearful of being robbed by highwaymen and the Leicester Journal for 12 December 1775 reported that: ‘On Sunday night last the coach bound for London was stopped by a single highwayman near to the second milestone on the Harboro’ Road. He took from the passengers about £14; told them that necessity obliged him to do that or go to goal’.Was the garage owner a relative of a George Davenport by any chance!
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    Just pull the wire off the sender and earth it out to the block and the light should come on, if it comes on then the sender is faulty if not then the next suspect is the bulb.
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    could you possibly drill a hole in the back plate adjacent to the ratchet on the wheel cylinder and use a screw driver to adjust the brakes.( thinking about it probably not???) Just a thought Then put a grommet in the hole.
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    Try, http://screwcapsuk.com/contact.aspx
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    First thing to do is to release the bleed nipple and see if the piston goes back. It may be the flexible hose has collapsed inside and is working like a non return valve. I had it happen the opposite way when one brake stopped working.
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    https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/332760471739?rt=nc&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20160908110712%26meid%3D8342c8a70c7c4ac4bd27885b1c47d5ef%26pid%3D100677%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D27%26sd%3D332761316092%26itm%3D332760471739 Looks like a pattern part but says its NOS not a copy?? but should do the job
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