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I have sent you a PM.
cheers
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Morning Andrew
Are you still looking to get some work done on your GT6?
Might know a couple of people who can help you out.
Cheers
Colin
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12 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said:
The closest I've been able to find this morning is HLX Xenon with a possible part number of PG22; pins are slightly different though. I've seen other spotlamp bulbs like this but with a short cable attached; is it possible the end pins plug into another assembly as a kind of adaptor?
I think it might be that HLX bulb.
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11 hours ago, Wagger said:
What is it from Colin? Looks like a foglight fitting or a home made effort. Can't see what is inside the glass either.
Was in a Notex fog light, half of a pair with a spotlight.
Light fitting has 2 springs that press against the 2 pins.
The bulb was made by Mazda, 12v 55w
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Was in an old spotlight, and looks a bit H1.
Shouldn't be blue!
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On 19/02/2022 at 22:12, Mike Costigan said:
... or you could spend a lot of money and have a real beast, but all the work is already done for you - the ex-George Nibblett 2000 has just come on the market:
https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1426295
That is a really nice car.
not sure I could ever face filling it up.
I wince at filling the Discovery and it's 20 gallon tank.
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7 hours ago, Papa Smurf said:
Thanks for the offer Colin, and to Josef, I’ve actually sourced the parts I need for the clutch lever from Rimmer, but they don’t have clutch levers. I found one of those on EBay for £45 with release bearing and pushrod fitted.
45 quid???? Need to cash in my stash I think.
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21 hours ago, rogerguzzi said:
Hello Papa Smurf!
I have tested mine on the bench but you do need an electric motor and a pressure gauge(will sort out photos)
That overdrive is not a Triumph fitment as is a 28% (I have the same fitted to Spitty) they were fitted to Reliant Scimitars and probably big Fords etc
It does make it nice for motorway work as 70mph is a gnats over 3000rpm but not much good under about 40mph.
Roger
Later 2.5S had a 28% overdrive, got a few spares on the shelf.
But J-types and D-types are usually 25% and A- type are 22%.
Well I think the D were 25%. Would need to have a look.
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Being intrigued, I had to go in search of the "dodgy" mnemonics.
perhaps the one about the bad boys is not so acceptable,
The vodka one or the plans one are quite acceptable
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We have a Bi-directional roundabout in Colchester, worked really well until they put a set of traffic lights just off one of the exits. Now it locks solid regularly. And for some reason the anti clockwise inner part gets terrible pot holes as the tarmac gets ripped up
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On 08/02/2022 at 12:27, Paul H said:
Love the mobile phone when was that pic taken . Must be years ago 😱
Paul
Not that many years ago, that looks like a Nokia 6310i, or possibly the predecessor.
The greatest mobile phone ever made. 10 days minimum standby, and gets a signal when all around it fails.
Lots still in use, I have a few spares just in case.
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Most likely Gumtree or FB marketplace now
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Somebody has a BW35 bellhousing I sent to GT6M last year,
Was picked up, then not a trace, didn't even show as getting to collection depot.
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Isn't using sand unsafe? Silicosis?
The vacuum on my blast cabinet just sucks all the media out whilst it is airborne. 😞
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8 hours ago, Wagger said:
I have yet to drive a car with LED's. What are they like?
My Insignia has projector headlights, and had the standard fit halogen bulbs, utterly useless, two murky piss-holes in the snow . And I didn't even get people flash me if I left the main beams on. Utterly utterly useless.
Post purchase research revealed I should have looked for 1 with Xenon lights.
roll on a couple of years and One of the P45 headlight bulbs fails, and at £45 each, I went in search of LED replacements. £40 a pair.
What a difference, wish I had done it years earlier.
Much better light spread, the whiteness of the LED is so much better than the yellow of the halogens.
And I can dazzle the idiots in their German cars that don't care that they drive on main beam permanently,
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5 hours ago, Iain T said:
Do they fit without changing the bowls?
Yes, straight in, identical fittings
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What make? Cibie.
Anything else will probably be worse.
But they ain't cheap.
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Just follow column switch wiring down the column and you will find a bunch of bullets.
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You could also buy a Mk4 Spitfire type 4-synchro box without OD and Make 2 into 1, and infact also have a non-OD Vitesse box at the end.
Unless it is a Vitesse 1600 OD box. Needs to be 2-litre.
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I am sure the OEM supplier of Furflex seals is still going, near London ISTR.
I was looking for Cactus ones a few years ago, didn't follow it up.
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I have had a few cars with o-rings at base of gearstick.
at least one could have been there from new.
No idea why, perhaps they couldn't be bothered to fit it to right place on production line.
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Me too, brush what you can and spray with underbody wax.
Save the effort for the next full rebuild, which will probably never come.
See You tomorrow night to discuss further!
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I reckon the choke linkage has dropped out, as the PO did not adjust the ends correctly.
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The part number on the rear extension translates as MG Midget and Spitfire Mk4 1500 (US version?)
So perhaps it is.
Had forgotten about TR7 4-speed.
The paint colour is that used by a major reconditioning company many years ago, and they painted everything.
I have one still in its plastic wrapper.
Unused holes in spitfire 1500 engine block
in Engine
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It is feasible to fill it in.