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haggis

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  1. Both vitesse and gt6, thinking of doing both, if only to renew fluid every couple of years. hag
  2. Thanks guys, went a little bit off piste towards the end, but some great ideas for bleeding the clutch remotely. I now have a plan. Club shop should sell something for this purpose, it’s s great mod and probably cheap to make. Hag
  3. Hi all, Looking for a remote clutch bleed pipe thing. Seen it on a few cars, means you don’t have to take the interior out to bleed it. Basically a braided hose you can mount in the engine bay and bleed from there. Anyone got a link to one I can buy? thanks hag
  4. Hi all, Looking for a remote clutch bleed pipe thing. Seen it on a few cars, means you don’t have to take the interior out to bleed it. Basically a braided hose you can mount in the engine bay and bleed from there. Anyone got a link to one I can buy? thanks hag
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    1600 steel gasket

    Well I changed the headgasket last weekend, Used heldite on both sides and after 3 runs, I no longer have oil everywhere, and only a little blue smoke on start up warm. Result. !!! Thanks for all your help. Hag
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    1600 steel gasket

    Found it, page 1.136 or something like that. 😮‍💨
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    1600 steel gasket

    Thanks guys, Pete I went through the wsm again but couldn’t find it this time either 🤣, but what I did find is Heldite, is that better than well seal if I go down the sealant route? thanks hag
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    1600 steel gasket

    Thanks guys, found the info in this online wsm, I’m aware of the washer deformation, and the lower torque on the smaller head bolts. hag
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    1600 steel gasket

    I found a wsm that said coat the bottom of the gasket to block, but doesn’t say with what. ? Assuming Wellseal then unless anyone else knows better. thanks hag
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    1600 steel gasket

    I know the feeling Pete, the old grey matter doesn’t function as it used to probably needs a software update. 🤣
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    1600 steel gasket

    Hi Pete, do you just smear well seal all over or just around bores?
  12. Hello, it’s been a long time, Just a quick one, do you use a sealant with the 1600 tin head gaskets? cheers hag
  13. Thanks guys, I hadn’t planned to change internals as the 3 rail is pretty good, just wanted/hoped to be able to bolt the OD on the 3 rail and hopefully the main shaft splines might be the same. But it sounds like there may be some tricky bits to deal with. I’ll have a look in a few weeks when I take it out. no doubt further questions to come. 😬 Thanks hag
  14. Hi guys/girls, about to do an engine rebuild on late vitesse 1600, as it’s all coming out thought I might look at gearbox too. It currently has a single rail gearbox with d type overdrive, makes lots of whirring/whining in 1,2&3 gears, but works fine. Now I have a pretty good 3 rail gearbox I took out of a late vitesse 2.0. The 3 rail in my Gt6 seems much more robust than the single rail. so question is, how easy is it to swap between the two? I would hope to put the overdrive on the 3 rail. Assuming shaft splines and bell housing are the all the same? Any advice greatly appreciated. Thanks hag
  15. Thanks guys. I’ve measured the inside diameter thread as 1/2”, Colin your one looks good, if it’s 1/2” let me know what you want for it. thanks hag
  16. Hello, anyone got a reasonable condition Fan switch bezel for a Gt6 mk1 they could spare, it’s one of the chrome rings with about 5 dents around the outside that screws the switch to the dashboard. thanks hag
  17. https://www.revotec.com/acatalog/Electronic-Fan-Controller-Threaded-Fitting.html had one of these fitted for about two years and it’s now failed. I’ve put a standard fan on, and it runs much better. Just need a radiator cowl now. hag
  18. I just did the rear seal on my gt6 last weekend, used a price of angle iron about a foot long with two holes drilled in it and the floor rails as a stop, to get it off and torque up. Lathe cut a 24mm bit of scaffold pole and pushed it on with the flange to get it parallel in the housing and hey presto. I decided to undo the engine mounts and rear gearbox mounts and jack the gearbox up from underneath, seemed to work a treat and plenty of access, gearbox cover definitely needs to come out though and best tackled from on top as said previously. Just make sure the seal goes in flat (scaff tube helped me) good luck. Hag
  19. Thanks dick and rulloyd, glad to hear dick has the indented wedge, that gives me some confidence I have the right one fitted. I saw those diagrams on the canley website so thought I possibly had the wrong one. I’ll get re-covering then. thanks hag
  20. Hello again. Can anyone confirm if all dash top ( crash pads’) are the same? What I’m looking to find out if the one I have is correct for the car, I have a Gt6 mk1 with a recess around the ashtray, but from pictures I’ve seen that’s a later spitfire one, there are various part nos just no idea what I’ve got, are they all interchangeable? On the one I’ve removed the air vents didn’t line up with the slots, so couldn’t get anything delisting out of it, and the ashtray is in like a chisel indent🤷‍♂️ thanks again hag
  21. I decided mine was too rusty to try and get off, it works, more like fart than a fan but better than nothing. hag
  22. I agree with Pete, I seemed to have acquired deep pockets on this occasion, not sure what came over me, I think it was lockdown boredom. Most people just carry a spare set of points in their emergency pack I’ve got to carry a whole distributor around with me. Whatever you choose, carry a spare setup. I always thought electronic ignition was fit and forget, but that’s not the case, they can go wrong like anything else. hag
  23. Thanks Colin, a little beyond me I think, but might have ho if I can get one cheap. hag
  24. Hi guys, seeing if anyone has done the micra fan conversion on a Gt6 mk1? , I thought there was a very thorough article in the courier sometime back with a herald/vitesse heater but can’t find the issue. thanks hag
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