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  2. Car SOS

    in General

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    1 hour ago, dougbgt6 said:

    Who of the contributors here have not got any of these?

    Polyurethane gearbox tunnel , Mintex brake pads, armoured/flexible clutch master/slave pipe, silicone brake fluid, modified oil filter mounting, spin on/off oil filter conversion, poly bushes, modern adjustable shockers, electronic voltage stabiliser, servo, electronic ignition, modern windscreen glass, the list goes on and on.

    I'm with Colin on the principle of the thing. And of the above list, only the silicone brake fluid (which is a consumable FLUID, not a part of the car) appears on more than one of my Triumphs. Only the spin-on oil filter conversion (fitted by a previous owner) and the electronic stabiliser (because NOBODY sells the original type any more) are fitted to any of them.

  7. Reversing Light Vitesse Mk2

    in Electrical System

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    On 30/04/2018 at 5:14 PM, Paul H said:

    My Vitesse has a  working reversing light but the light output is next to nothing - I have a  "vintage" Wipac 6ins spot and was considering adding this to the circuit + a relay. Is this legal ? My understanding is that the new MOT rules in May will include testing reversing lights

    My Vitesse has a working puny reverse light AND a period Lucas 5" spot. It's very nice when reversing. The MOT man has never queried it so far and come the new rules in May  the car doesn't need an MOT so I doubt he'll quibble then, either.

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  9. Hello from an interloper

    in I thought I'd introduce myself

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    Might as well introduce myself. I was a TSSC member many years ago when I had a Mk1 Vitesse saloon, a Herald estate, and later a Spit Mk3 and a GT6. I left and moved to another club after I bought a Dolomite, a TR7 and a 2500S (and because reasons - no need to dig that up). I've also owned two other Dolomites, a Stag, a 2.5PI and a Toledo. These days I'm back down to the Spit, the GT6 and a different Mk1 Vitesse.

    I signed up for this forum to see how it compares with the vastly disimproved other one I used to follow until the beginning of this year. So far it's looking quite good.

    Mr. Anonymous but probably easily identifiable to a few people here (I'll quit the anonymous thing when somebody does)

  10. water temp out of radiator

    in Cooling System

    Posted

    1 hour ago, rogerguzzi said:

    Hello Mark

                      That is the problem with ALL engineers etc (been there done it and got the T shirt many times!)

    Roger

    Well, indeed. And being an engineer myself (motorsport software but with a road car background) I have over-thought it enough to arrive at the opposite conclusion from Mark ;) Like he said in his last post, the primary control of the engine temperature is by the thermostat, which works well if the "actuator" it's using has a consistent efficacy. Since it uses the bottom hose water as its "actuator", the efficacy depends on the bottom hose temperature, so the role of the fan is to maintain that at a good level. Hence the thermoswitch should be in the bottom hose.

    Most modern cars actually use the temperature of the coolant in the engine but that's just for cost reasons. The ECU needs to know that temperature for Very Important Stuff (relating to emissions) and a fan driver in the ECU is a lot cheaper than a second sensor.

  11. 1500 engine rebuild?

    in Engine

    Posted

    I used Cambridge Rebores for the head refurb on my Toledo, on the recommendation of a former colleague who had used them for MG engines. They seem to be good and trustworthy, slightly more helpful in some ways than Ivor Searle in Soham (although I ended up using the latter for the Vitesse's new block rebore).

  12. Heritage Oil

    in Engine

    Posted

    I used the Comma stuff as running-in oil when I rebuilt the Vitesse engine. It was decidedly past its best after less than 2000 miles. Replaced it with Penrite, which is much better.

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