johny
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Has the gearbox been raised as high as possible as well? Sometimes the mounts deteriorate, especially on non OD, and it droops...
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Only the clamp I posted earlier and now I think about it with the drain holes in the filter box I really cant see the hoses help much either at idle or going along☹️Perhaps the best thing is you can tell people they boost inlet pressure (seem to remember motorcycles had something similar at one stage)...
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Weren't Solex European or something so might have used metric?
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Good news on the fitting and I reckon the suppliers need to know👍 The pump is strange (3/16 is brake pipe size) and so to stop the swaging effect it sounds like you might have to solder the olive right on the end...
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Any ideas why anyone would change the carrier cups position like that Iain? Seems crazy...
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oh no now its got out we'll have threads disappearing all over the shop!
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It'll look great if nothing else! Dont forget to have the good drain hole you mentioned earlier in it as this is to allow fuel to run out in case of a carb float valve failure (the overflow exit is in the inlet face of each carb)...
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Only need a cap to stop coolant from slopping out as you go round corners! Reckon it would mean you could leave your hoses even longer Colin - any cracks you can wrap in sellotape😁
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I know its a very involved subject and this is Wikipedia's take on it: 'Turbulence in the intake helps to break up fuel droplets, improving the degree of atomization. Better atomization allows for a more complete burn of all the fuel and helps reduce engine knock by enlarging the flame front. To achieve this turbulence it is a common practice to leave the surfaces of the intake and intake ports in the cylinder head rough and unpolished'
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Yes dont they recommend not polishing inlet manifolds too much but leave a bit of surface roughness to give some turbulance to aid mixing👍
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Thats the thing with waterless there should be no more hose bangs (or head coolant leaks either) as theres no pressure. For the same reason the rad cap never has to open to vent excess off to the bottle as the engine warms up...
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As an aside, do you still have the overflow pipe and bottle on your cars? I would have thought them redundant with waterless coolant and should mean that topping up the bottle once in a while is no longer necessary. Of course a down side is that theres no longer a way to see the system is full without removing the rad cap...
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Think its smooth air into the carb and then some turbulance in the manifold/head to promote the best fuel and air mixing... Also of course the airbox design has more effect the higher the flow rates so for my pootling I dont think its causing a major problem😁
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Could be worse Mack. Could be a mk1 and then the manifolds have to come off again to do the second torque down😭
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Looks like theres quite a hefty radiator fan squeezed in there Mick so that will help to keep the air moving under the bonnet when stationary👍
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Its certainly got the radiator mounts of a Vitesse which I dont think the Heralds had as their rads were mounted further back...
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We are talking brushes not bushes arent we? The workshop manual shows the type with the band round it (35G?) but my my late mk1 Vitesse had the later design without band (35J?) and the brushes are completely different. In the earlier model the brushes run radially where as mine are triangular and push axially on the end of the rotor. Heres the two types as listed by Paddock for the Vitesse and note in both cases one pair have to be soldered in....
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Wow didnt know that, am I right about the hole in the side of the rad for the fixing? How strange it was prepared for the hose clamp and then they werent used! Think they help at idle in traffic when under bonnet temperatures can rise but not so much when moving...
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Yes you should have two hoses that attach to the side of the rad and draw in cooler air. The clamp shown below goes in that hole you can see in your photo in the side of the rad...
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Id be very surprised if it hasnt already got some as it comes with the kit and looks to have been done properly...
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Great. Sounds like it needs a complete tune up to get it starting better but its good to go through the complete list of settings so you know where you are and any problem you then might get is unrelated to those👍
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If your still unsure Mack the KE10001 and later engines used dome top pistons to go with the new cylinder head design so you should be able to see or feel yours are flat through the spark plug holes...
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Not spacers to use with the lowered springs and raise it just a little?
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According to Canleys flat up to KE10000 so I think thats good enough to do your order...
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yes heres a pic of one...
