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20 hours ago, SpitFire6 said:
Hi,
027 gives more quality choices compared to 075.Cheers,
Iain.
I have an 027 in my GT6 - terminals are correctly positioned and fits into the battery box nicely.
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I fitted a 3.63 ratio diff to my GT6, which obviously means neither GT6 speedometer option is correct! I worked out the requisite TPM and asked Speedy Cables to recalibrate my speedo - they did so and it's spot on.
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I'm not convinced simply removing the lip finisher will make a lot of difference corrosion-wise. The cause is generally condensation on the underside of the roof panel running forward and becoming trapped between the roof and screen surround. That junction remains the weakness / water trap in the few 'de-seamed' solutions I've seen.
As Doug says, it's amazing how much difference such a minor change makes to the GT6 shape.
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56 minutes ago, Iain T said:
Yes.
My son in his late 30s goes to McD for breakfast. What I saw yesterday (I went back to my old factory to mod radiator brackets) was the older guys brought their home made lunch sandwiches and the younger one's waited for the sandwich truck. It was the same when I was there 8 years ago.
Iain
But do a 'large majority' dump their rubbish out of their windows? That was my point. I don't have issue with where people go for their breakfast or sandwiches - it's their choice. There have been greasy spoon cafes feeding construction and transport workers for years - McD's is just another incarnation (albeit with more take-away packaging). I'm not going to dictate to someone where they should go to for their food or pass judgement on their decisions - in this scenario I only care that they don't litter, which the majority do not. Hence my objection to the generalisation.
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26 minutes ago, Wagger said:
Nothing to do with newspapers, just my observations when I exit the M25 on any sliproad I have travelled on. Somebody dumps this stuff on a daily basis. We even have signs on the A27 here showing a road with the label, "This is NOT a bin".
Perhaps you are luckier than me in your travels. This is supposed to be rural Sussex.
I object to the 'large majority' generalisation. Yes, there are a few who will and do behave in the manner you've described, but if it was a 'large majority' then we'd be considerably deeper in rubbish than we actually are! There always have been and unfortunately always will be litter bugs. It's repulsive behaviour and based on my limited travels in mainland Europe it seems to be more prevalent in the UK.
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55 minutes ago, Wagger said:
Now a large majority set off, buy a junk roadside meal and dump the rubbish out of the window.
Really? Sounds like a right wing tabloid sweeping generalisation to me! I don't recognise that behaviour amongst my colleagues or see it around either my home or where I work...
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The eye of the storm passed over London, so we didn't get much in the way of wind even 10 miles or so north. Here in Hertfordshire the heavy rain has arrived and winds are due to peak at c. 40mph gusts around 5pm, so nothing too dramatic, luckily for us.
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2 minutes ago, Chris A said:
The valve may be fully open but if blocked by gunge it won't let hot water through. My 13/60 was like that. I gave it a good blast with water via a hose pipe, both directions, with the hoses off. I replaced the valve as it was completely bunged. Try flushing before taking the heater apart.
I flushed and cleared the valve on my GT6 last year when I replaced the coolant - having checked the flow everywhere else that was the remaining culprit for my cold heater. Worked fine afterwards, but unfortunately it's blocked again now. Matrix is absolutely fine - wish I'd replaced the valve at the time as I wasn't completely convinced I'd fully cleared it.
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This has been circulating on various car forums since about 2015 (and in magazines) without any absolutely definitive outcome (as far as I know!). There's a very long thread on Pistonheads. Only slight consensus I've ever seen suggests it's a Sunbeam Alpine concept vehicle.
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I would have thought it made far more sense to use the top long identifier as opposed to the lower, shorter code. I suspect the latter relates to who completed the work, so is unlikely to be unique, whereas the longer number certainly should be.
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13 hours ago, Pete Lewis said:
john it does seem there is more room to twiddle this on a GT6 whether you could get in to fit a remote bleed is something
we need to know .....who has the answer ?????
if there is one at the pub meet tonight i will have a look see why there is a difference
Pete
Yes, you can get in to fit a remote bleed on the GT6 (Mk 3) without removing the tunnel. There's room to get a spanner onto the bleed nipple with no problem. However, you do need the tunnel out to change the slave.
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The rear dampers conversion is part of this kit (chassis brackets and blue telescopic dampers): https://rimmerbros.com/Item--i-RV6200G
The transverse leaf spring is unaffected.
The CV conversion is good - it gets rid of the rotoflex rubber donuts, which are not generally available to the spec / quality of the original items.
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17 hours ago, ludwig113 said:
i recently bought a braided clutch line for my GT6, i'm going to buy another and use it as a bleed line as it's basically the same length line just with a bleed nipple.
The slave is easy to access from under the bonnet for bleeding on the GT6 - think it's more challenging on the Herald-based cars.
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32 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said:
there are problems with inertia belts in that the ride is a bit choppy compared to a modern an myself and others may find the belts tighten up on your shoulder as you progress the advantage is you can reach the ign key , you wont in statics
I took the inertia reel belts out of my GT6 for this reason (and the extent of drag in the system which meant they were reluctant to lock) and reverted to the original fitment of statics.
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A broken leaf should be easy enough to spot and I can't imagine an MOT tester missing such a fault.
You'll only need a spring lifter if you're planning on detaching the spring from the hubs and / or replacing bushes. You don't really need to do that to spot a broken leaf.
Another thought is that the buttons between the leaves have worn away over time and the leaves are grinding. That would be a removal and refurbishment of the spring, which you would clearly need the lifter for.
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If you have polybushes fitted, they can creak. The offside rear bushes on my GT6 creak in warm weather!
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I have 13in JBW Minilites on my GT6, so their PCD and offset on those is fine for a small chassis Triumph.
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Impact gun!
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2 hours ago, Wagger said:
OK a little more calculation.
A Nissan Leaf will do (maybe) 150 miles on a 40kwh battery, That is approximately 3 hrs at 50 mph using 13kw per hr.
Currently, the cost of a kwh is about 33p, so a recharge costs between £12 and £15. This does look very attractive if one can afford to buy an EV. However, if one did 50 miles per day this would need an extra 13kwh per day and that is 13 units at 33p. Approx £4 extra per day. My current usage is about £4 per day, so my usage would double if I was working.
Therefore, if umpteen million of us go electric, we will need far more power generated into the grid. About twice what we use now. THEN, they will hike the price up just as they did with liquid fuels AFTER most of us had a car.
I have only ten more years of driving, judging by performance of my siblings with eyesight problems etc, so I will not be buying an EV unless I win the lottery and can afford a solar installation.
My mini solar station that cost me £200 is keeping the mobility scooter, phones and Vitesse battery charged for free right now. That's the emergency transport taken care of. Just need about 200 times more panels.
It's much worse for people doing greater mileages when they have to use public fast chargers - it's now costing some of my colleagues more to charge their EVs than it used to to fill up with diesel.
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Possibly a section of soft / collapsed rubber hose somewhere in the fuel lines? The vacuum from the pump pulling through the fuel is causing it to contract?
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30 minutes ago, Chris A said:
I bought mine for the name 😁
They're great cars! I had one on a few occasions when my series of Octavias were being serviced. I would have happily bought one, but needed a bigger boot and depth of load area to take skis.
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Vernier on the Lucas 22D6 is 4 degrees for a full rotation of the wheel, so 1/4 rotation is 1 degree. Spent ages researching that as my GT6 has an after-market distributor (with Lucas electronic ignition and separate AB14 amplifier)
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I disliked the Start/Stop function on my manual Mercedes a few years ago, but it's fine on my current Kia automatic. I switch it off at certain busy junctions where you can't afford the hesitation (friendly button on the centre console), but generally switch it back on again afterwards.
I do hate lane assist - first thing I switch off when I start the car, but I did find it useful initially when driving a left hand drive hire car (for the first time in over 30 years!) in Austria earlier in the year.
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8 minutes ago, micmak said:
Well, I have to say, I am learning SOO much with this little car. I gave it full choke and no throttle, and it started! So, I am assuming that I was able to start it before with a partial choke because it was running so rich? Now that it is leaned out, it simply needs more choke/more fuel to start? Does that all make sense? I had to let it run longer on full choke before it would idle. I pushed the choke in too soon twice and it stalled. But eventually, I left the choke on a bit longer and in the end when it warmed up, the car idled without the choke. So that procedure has changed from how it used to start. OK then!
Progress, Gentlemen, making progress.
That all makes sense!
My GT6 was also running rich when I first had it and I went through the same change in start procedure when it was leaned off.
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Given that both elements of that domestic cable are connected to the -ve terminal, I suspect the PV has used whatever cable they have available to improve some dodgy grounds! Time to trace where it goes...
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