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Next time the seats are out, get a rubber boot on the handbrake. Make it look 100 times better.
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16 hours ago, Ascalon said:
That might have had something to do with the woodwork being 650 years old, but since I bought that Halfords pot in 1984 I expect that the paint had perished.
650 years old?? They must be so inefficient, must be a major Contributor to global warming.
Perhaps the government ought to promote a "Scrappage" scheme for old windows and offer incentives for people to rip them out and replace them with modern ultra efficient triple glazed UPVC units. would help support the flagging replacement window businesses as a bonus, generating extra tax revenues if I was being cynical.
Mmmm... nah, don't think so. 🙂
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Looks significantly better than any of my cars, perhaps I have lower standards... 🙂
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10 hours ago, Roger K said:
Oooo, that's clever, obvious really...
I too was wondering why no-one else just took the earth off.
seems I was not alone after all.
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That isn't the original type, but as long as it a taper thread should be OK
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18 hours ago, Pete Lewis said:
available from club shop
A friend had one of these on outlet of his TR6 tank, car misfired and played up terribly.
We worked out that suck on pump was such that it pulled air in through the seals, but it did not leak at all when engine was jot running.
Tightened it up as tight as possible and fault went away.
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The FIA one does not even look like foam. More like a solid rubber product.
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I buy big canister ones normally found on modern cars
Nice and cheap, Usually 3.2 Vauxhall Vectra
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To check for correct dipstick, drain sump, and add the requisite amount of oil as per handbook.
the check it dips to max mark on dipstick.
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13 hours ago, Pete Lewis said:
think its more like cats pee preferably a tom cat
Pete
Good old EP smells of cat pee, the modern ones don't. Obviously substituting the smelly compounds for synthetic ones
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On 28/12/2020 at 12:50, Colin Lindsay said:
Isn't that just for Racing / Motorsport? I know they'll be heavier and therefore safer than for roadgoing vehicles, but, for a normal roadgoing car, the others are sufficient?
The MSUK stuff shows you how and why to make an effective ROPS, so from that you can work out the effectiveness of commercial offerings.
I have a commercial twin hoop one in my TR, bloody nuisance, blocks the rear view mirror, and can't get the hood past it easily.
Got a spare Spitfire one for sale if anyone wants one.
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The PC prices are a bit low, £4600 is still a good price, in my view.
Finding good ones has become a lot more difficult of late.
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County tri-metal preferred, sometime described as heavy duty.
Change them whatever.
Polish journals as well if you are not getting it ground
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14 hours ago, NonMember said:
When I took my Vitesse's "new" block to Ivor Searle, I struggled with two of us and a trolley to get it into my car. Having driven over there, one of their guys came out, picked it up and carried it in, just like that. He'd obviously had his weetabix.
Reminds me of my first job, we used to maintain a type of Memorex (I think It was) printer, about 60kg I think.
used to take 2 of us to lift it onto the work bench. Had a massive cast iron frame.
The guy who used to drive round picking them up would walk into the workshop with 1 under each arm.
He used to be a fire eater in a circus, so was used to pulling on the ropes to lift the big-top. Not an ounce of fat on him.
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23 hours ago, clive said:
(but I note many drivers don't like hitting 5000rpm, many like to stay below 3000, so why bother with a cam that is best over these figures?)
I have noticed that as well, it must be a side effect of modern engines, particularly diesels, that are programmed for massive low down torque, and a quest for minimal fuel consumption. My Vauxhall does 38/1000rpm in top. It rarely goes over 2000rpm, unless I am trying to clear the DPF.
A Triumph 4 sounds great up round 6000k, a Triumph 6 sounds even better.
Give it a go I say, you won't be disappointed
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Teeth on cam sprocket look a little pointy to me.
but they do look even each side
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2 hours ago, Nick Jones said:
I think setting fire to your overalls is optional Pete...... I prefer not to.
Aim is to heat the electrodes and insulator to the point where the deposits burn away and residue brushed away.
Nick
Edit: If you have an NGK plug that has stopped working after a petrol soaking (flooding), this probably won’t help. I’ve not found anything that recovers them.
I wear Nomex overalls, solves that problem.
The guys at work tend to throw them away when they get dirty, so I stand in the way.
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A previous owner of my old Herald 1200 estate used to tow a trailer with a Spitfire on it.
Reckon that's was interesting.
Assume a Mk1 towbar is what is required.
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3 hours ago, trigolf said:
If that's a genuine sales brochure, has anyone spotted the Triumph 2000 Mk 2 wheel trims? 😕
They really don't look good
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Looks fantastic.
is the problem that it is an import so not correctly assessed for emissions?
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2 hours ago, hardhatharry said:
Received the 3 other engines today a 1967, 1970 and a 1972.
Are they Spitfire or a Herald?
You can sell a Mk3 Spitfire engine sometimes.
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Looks like some 1300fwd switches in there. They may be Mk1 GT6 , in which case might be worth a few quid.
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Can you stick a couple of coke cans through the holes?
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Yours must be even older.
Can you install Chrome and access using that?