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Christ thats a lot of work.

What was the prep for that? Anything special? SP

Wow! It looks like I'll be under my car for quite a while.

Hello wise and wonderful people. I will soon be starting to scrape off the old crud and wire wheeling the underside of my Mk3 Spit. My car ins't a show pony and won't be winning any awards so I'm looking for suggestions of what I can spray or brush on to the underside of the tub and chassis to prevent rust. I've been warned that some stuff on sale can be flammable and to steer clear of it and I'm also looking for something thats going to last a few years as I don't really want to be doing this each year. If you have any suggestions they would be gratefully received. SP

Chocolate? Crikey! You must be good if you're at chocolate biscuit level of payment sp

🤣🤣 I did actually give him some money. I'll have a tinker when I've got some time when the weather turns. I keep meaning to stock up on biscuits and go and visit @Pete Lewis. I might sneak this along with me and get him to give me some on the spot training sp

That seems like perfectly sound advice to me

Yes I'm fortunate thats there and the guy was really kind to offer it to me. I'm just a bit nervy messing around with the carbs as I have no idea what I'm doing and my mind goes numb when the nerves set in. 😬

correct 👍

The rubbers are actually in great condition. I'll give it a go at some point, possibly after summer in case I mess it up and it stops me from taking the car out in decent weather sp

Trust me, I won't be touching anything once I have the readings. All my dabblings have cost me money. Actually come to think of it, just about everything has cost me money 😂 SP

Some kind gent stopped as he was walking by when I was diagnosing an electrical fault and said. "I've got something that might be of use to you, just give me a drink" So after giving him a glass of water he returned with this..... If only I had a clue what the readings meant SP

Thanks Pete, I bought some pipe from the club shop as we discussed elsewhere. I'll swap the pipes out and and leave the lead balls where they are. You the man. 👍 SP

I've got the lead balls added into my tank in my 1970 mk3. Would you recommend I just remove them, change the fuel pipes and put E5 in? Cheers SP

I’ve heard there’s a set up guide on here somewhere, I’ll have a search

5 miles? 😮 Mines done about 200 just bombing round the back lanes of Northamptonshire. I need to get on with the interior but I think I’ll get a mobile carb man to pay me a visit and get it tuned up as it’s running quite rich atm

Thanks for this Doug, that makes complete sense, even to me. I feel very inept sometimes as things that I would easily learn and pick up like this just don't stick and no matter how many times I read things it's like I haven't read it at all sometimes. I'm lucky though, other people didn't manage to get treated during lockdown so I'm definitely counting my blessings. fyi, I don't take my car out in the rain 😆but now I've had the electrics fixed I can go out at night without fear off the dash going up in smoke again ☺️ Thanks again, off to ebay for some fuse shopping. SP

Hi Colin, I've had the old fuse box swapped out for new one with spade fittings as I mentioned earlier. Do I need the 35amp in the spade version? Regards SP

There is indeed a lot of info here but I don’t understand it because I’m not the sharpest and after being diagnosed with cancer during lockdown I have an issue with two masses in the frontal lobe of my brain that causes me to struggle with concentration and focusing on things so that’s why I was hoping for a clear answer as I’ve read a fair bit and I still can’t get it. that’s why I just asked if I needed to swap the 30 amp fuses the electrician left me with for 35 amp. im assuming now is should really swap them out for 35 amp? SP

Thanks johny, I'll just leave it as it is then. 👍

Sorry for dragging this topic out of the darkest depths. I've recently had an auto electrician round to replace my fuse box for a blade version (I replaced it previously with a new glass fuse holder and wasn't happy) and while he was there he diagnosed an issue with the dash lights and put some additional earths in for me for safety. The old fuses were 35a, he's left 3 30a blade fuses in the new box. I've put led bulbs into the dash lights and intend to slowly swap led bulbs all around in time but here's the question. Should these three fuses still be 35a, should I source some new ones and swap out the 30a he left in? I'm always honest on here, I'm not clever, I don't understand electrics hence why I had this guy in to do the work so shall I swap these out for 35a? Thanks in advance 👍

Well just to update you, I finally got under the car this weekend and released the pin from 50 years of hurt (gunk, road juice, oil, road kill, ming etc) and its now been freed. We have a spare diff here so luckily I located that one under it's own gunk first and saw how it worked. Basically its a split pin with the ends bent over inside that must rise under pressure. Anyway, that said, I'm sure it will end up the seal that leaking 😆 Thanks again for all the advice, I'm sure we'll replace the seals on the diff at some point but this little tweak is well worth a try to start with. SP

Hello all, I'm close to renewal time on my Spitfire insurance, I'm currently with RH and the figure they've given me is £120.00. Not a bank breaker but I thought I'd ask who the other members here were using and what your insurances cost? SP

I know the cars temp is ok as before the first one started playing up, which I assume was the original, the temp never went just above half. I replaced it for one I had in my spares box and as that showed the temp quite low I thought, for £13.00 I'll get a new one. Had an email exchange with the seller on ebay about the car being negative earth as he said a positive earth would be ok for a Mk3, I assured him it wouldn't and then when the negative earth version turned up the fittings were different to the tow VS's I'd had on the car previously. Then when I did fit it and and the temp gauge was barely registering I started to wonder what could be the issue. If the different fittings meant I'd been sent the wrong item....blah blah blah blah blah SP

The I & B lettering are visible on both the old and new VS and I know I've attached them correctly plus the new one has been screwed in tightly. I had to make up two short patch leads to convert the loom, I didnt want to cut the original loom and refit spade fittings. In my mind I thought it was best not to shorten any loom wires even by a few mm as they're tight enough as it is. SP