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As an aside, I have also now fitted a 'matching' reversing lamp, so no excuses for not knowing what I'm doing now............... Providing, of course, that I remember to switch it on................. 😉 Best wishes, Mike.

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Interesting and noted........... Best wishes, Mike.

Hi Pete, Yes, it is a Bosch motor but the label was tatty and I thought it much more patriotic to display a 'Smiths' label in a Triumph. Who won the war anyway! 😃 Best wishes, Mike.

Hi, Whilst I was at the show I took these pictures, not everything that was going on and I omitted to take any of what was happening inside the buildings (Doh!.....), so perhaps others can add to these to make it a more comprehensive representation of what went on. In the meenwhile I thought I'd share and hope you like them. (Sadly no-one seemed to want the good inner tube that I was giving away, I usually put free stuff in front of my Morris Minors at shows and by the time I come back it's all gone. Oh, well.....) Best wishes, Mike.

I got my (new) heater matrix and recored original rad back yesterday and today I fitted them. The chap at Mansfield Radiators showed me my old heater matrix, it was blocked solid! No wonder no heat was getting through. The price of previous owners running it with plain water and no anti-freeze. Anyway, he couldn't find a matrix to match my late Heralds, so he had to make one up. It fitted back into the housing a treat and with the new (ex-smart car) fan fitted in place I hope to notice and improvement come winter. One thing I did find about the replacement fan motor was that air was blowing out around the housing, as it sat very slightly proud, despite being screwed up tight. The whole point of choosing this motor was to avoid butchering the housing to make one fit, so I sealed it up with windscreen sealant. I couldn't resist adding the 'Smiths' stickers. Best wishes, Mike.

That's fine, the colour is, of course, Wedgewood Blue, which is why I was so 'colour specific' in my search. The picture would date from the early 1960's, I suspect it must have been just after they got it, as there seems to be only one picture of either car they owned. It was preceded by an Austin A30 or 35 (a black and white photo taken beside our home sometime in the 1950's. Long gone by the time I was born and also no longer on the DVLA database. And that is how my Dad maintained the Herald, it was in the same (extremely good) condition when my Dad sold it in 1980. For the princely sum of £80. I was gutted. It would have meant an awful lot to me to get that back but the DVLA basically said it wasn't possible, when I enquired (in writing) many years ago. I guess it died with the car. However, I'd rather that than see it driven around adorning some rich mans Porche or Merc, meaning nothing to them, except as a status symbol. Best wishes, Mike.

As an aside, I came accross a picture of the Herald that started it all, my parents one with all my childhood memories / memories of my Mum and Dad attached to it. So I thought I'd share it on here, as it also seems to round this topic off nicely. I believe this was taken before I was born, my Mum is at the wheel, so my Dad must have been behind the camera. Best wishes, Mike.

Hi Tony, As I don't have any engine cleaner to hand I flushed it through with the same oil as I refilled the diff with: EP90. Also, this way, I'm not risking mixing the oil with any cleaning fluids. As to time to refill, I was impressed! 😃 It only took as long as it took me to make a sandwich and eat it. To be fair, this may have been because, for refilling, I removed the (possibly flow restricting) piece of brake pipe, that I had pushed into the end of the suction pipe (as recommended above), to aid my accessing as far into the diff as possible to remove the old oil. By the time I'd finished my sandwich it was flooding back out. Fortunately I suspect it looked worse than it was, as the level indicated on the side of the plastic EP90 container (originally 5 litres) showed that I had probably used not much in excess of the 0.70 litres capacity indicated in the manual. Anyway I removed the filling pipe and the backflow increased slightly, so I got the plug back in and screwed down tight quickly. I would now thoroughly recommend this little suction pump. Best wishes, Mike.

Done this today, it takes ages to suck it out through the small diameter pipe and a bit of fiddling to get it in deep enough in the first place. I wish they'd fitted sump plugs! I may yet still go this route in the future. However for today a thought occurs, if I let all the old oil drain out of the pumps pipes first, I'm wondering if I could use it to suck fresh oil of the container and pump it back into the diff? What do others think? Best wishes, Mike.

Tried the grinders tool (as pictured above) and it is a very good fit in these bezels, even started undoing the other one. I have a spare (differently shaped) tool for the ginder, so this one is now reserved for the Heralds instrument bezels. Many thanks, Mike.

I've got one of those and some heatshrink, I'll give that a try before I 'reshape' the pliers. Thanks for the tips. Best wishes, Mike.

Small world, that's who I messaged on eBay earlier and got a 'sorry but no idea' from, thanks anyway Peter. Best wishes, Mike.

Just an illusion (not the song by 'Imagination', anyone remember them? Did one very good album then...... nothing...... I digress...) the pullies seem to line up fine. I have a white(ish) plastic Spitfire fan fitted, that might be altering perception a bit, maybe? Best wishes, Mike.

Thanks Tony but those are the type I have already, I need one that will safely undo the other type of bezel used, as below. That may be what I end up having to try...... Best wishes, Mike.

Well the chap in South Carolina can't help. 😐 So if anyone can let me have a link to a suitable tool I'd be very grateful.............. Or indeed a pair of these pliers..... Thanks and best wishes, Mike.

Also, as an update to an earlier suggestion that I remove the washers that are packing out my adjuster bracket, so that it sits comfortably in front of the alternator. Then resite the bracket on the other side of the mounting hole on the alternator casing and secure it flush to the engine block without the washers. I unbolted it all and loosely tried this but I found that the adjuster bracket would have to be bent backwards for it to work like this, so I've reinstated it as below. It lines up and works, so it will do for me. As an aside, I checked the adjuster bracket whilst it was off and if it appears bent or kinked in my pictures I can confirm that this is an optical illusion and it is flat. Best wishes, Mike.

Out of curiousity, is this the spacer you are referring to? Best wishes, Mike.

Another case for copper grease! 😃 Best wishes, Mike.

There are a few firms out there supplying parts to the classic scene that ignore contact from people / customers. I've experienced it and it has been mentioned on other sites too. The simple way to deal with it is, if they show no interest in you as a customer (usually once they've taken your money), then they don't get any further custom. There are plenty of suppliers out there that cater for our needs these days, the ignorant ones would soon get the message. Politeness costs them nothing....... Be nice to think a few reps might read this and take note but we'll see................. Best wishes, Mike.

A bit of spare brake pipe then. Best wishes, Mike.

Found a seller on eBay selling loads of bezel tools, so I have messaged him with a picture of the bezel and await a reply. They are 5 hours behind us in South Carolina, so maybe a few hours. Best wishes, Mike.

Funnily enough this one has an elastic fit to it, though I've no idea where the previous owner got it from. Best wishes, Mike.

Something like a windscreen washer tube? Best wishes, Mike.

Hi, I am going to be replacing the wood on my dash, so need to remove the switches. I have the ring (read hollow tube) spanner with two 'prongs' for removing what I would consider the most common type of dash switch fitting, however, until I bought my Triumph, I hadn't encountered the type of screw on ring shown in the picture below. Does anyone know where I can obtain the correct tool to remove and then reinstate these with? I could use the 'blunt end of a screwdriver method' to remove them but I don't want to damage my replacement dash's wood putting them back. Many thanks, Mike.