johny

Very little in my experience. Diaphragm punctures (some last longer than others), eventually spindle wear, needle sticking because jet needs centering, jet o-rings leaking when disturbed because theyve age hardened and thats about it...

Get something in writing - it'll give more clout in the small claims court! Dont think we know if this is a 'decent garage'....

Dont ask, dont get! Also its only a piece of paper but interesting to see what they say...

Not sure but wouldnt have thought 1yr/3000miles is unreasonable. Of course they might want you to come back for the head to be retorqued by them at extra cost after a few hundred miles use...

what Triumph said, and same for fuel sender and starter solenoid, all of which are now having a second life on my ol bus😁

Extra satisfying isnt it repairing something which is officially non-repairable👍

hopefully that'll do the job - do they give a guarantee (time/mileage)?

Not quite the same but close enough and would do the job👍

has any answer been found as to why the recently replaced headgasket failed and what can be done to avoid a repeat?

Looks like the part number is IP3233/04 and theres this one but it needs a bit of love: Smiths 4in multi gauge 4in temp fuel oil pressure | eBay

I think the letter L or H is cast just inside the trumpet of the horn to denote whether its high or low. The workshop manual describes the adjustment of the horn but says if it has failed repair is by replacement but this is not the case. Mine failed recently and I took them apart by drilling out the rivets, cleaned out the accumulated gunk of 50 years and reassembled with small nuts and bolts. Work fine and Ive kept an original component thats probably better quality than the after market items available....

These never ending threads, Ive forgotten what the problem was now😞

If the boot doesnt normally smell of fuel Id say you have a vent pipe running to the underside of the car rather than a leak....

Interesting, recently Ive been looking at the Canley info on the last US Spitfires (electric fan for radiator cooling etc) and it looks like at the end they used a single heavily emissions restricted Stromberg CD150 on this manifold:

so I think that means the change of TPM is done in the speedometer not the gearbox👍

yes Foshi where is reverse gear selected by your gear lever, to the left or right?

yes need to find out your exact set up as no point repairing or buying the wrong speedo. Might get a bit complicated as the drive gear in the gearbox could also affect the speedo required. Youre best solution might be to get the back wheels off the ground so that an assistant can turn them while you count the cable drive turns?

Think youre right although not sure it was done on a 1500. Also I reckon the idea is to use one of the HS4 so will that be easy on a Stromberg manifold?

Ah that explains why this one isnt set up for mounting a stabiliser: Triumph Vitesse 6 (1600cc) speedometer | eBay Foshis seems a bit of a mystery unless its had an extra hole drilled and tapped...

yes although cant see screw hole for volt reg, but easy to do...

Youre right although the Dolomite front casing is no use as it doesnt have the holes to bolt the front cross support plate required for the small chassis models. So you would have the crownwheel + carrier and pinnion but it sounds like still need a complete 3.27 casing☹️

Even secondhand unknown condition 3.63 diffs are getting to that money and 3.27 are much rarer (a lot more 1500 Spitfires produced than non OD GT6) so going to be difficult. Obviously when spending that kind of money you have the right to ask to see the internals either by photos or in person and thats the important part not the exterior...

think you can change just the rubber Dave. Very cheap and even silicone rubber refills available on ebay - there was a post about it a while back...

Wait cancel the order for the vernier callipers because I dont think they can measure with sufficient precision! It needs a good quality micrometer (of sufficient size) to check whether the journals are within the five TEN thousanths inch (0.0005") out of round limit. If you do want it done you normally go to a specialist shop as its not worth getting your own instrument...

Are you going to try with just a bit of oil in the drive first or go straight to opening up the unit?