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Sounds like we had a narrow escape! I had a friend who put a shower in his garage, his wife's idea I think.

Dan! Is that you? Hoorra! Did you move to England? I'm in rain soaked Wales for number 2 girl's wedding, yesterday. Went well as far as I can remember. Some intensive sitting today. Envious of your garage!

Someone suggested this is because the Millers has cleaning properties while the Halfords is purely a lubricating oil. But I'm not sure of the science involved.

I recently changed my oil and filter. The old oil was Halfords 20/50 (Yes I know!) the new stuff, Millers classic 20/50. I've always had good oil pressure, if the gauge is to be believed, but it seems to have dropped by about 10 lbs through the range (hot, cold, idle and fast). Is that normal?

I'm with Pete, time to think about alternators and -ve earth.

Did this job 30 years ago, tighten it on the ground. Swing springs are superior to all that roto-flex nonsense!

If you over fill it, it will over flow when you put the piston in. It will then have the correct amount of oil in! If you are losing oil, the "O" rings need replacing Which is a bit of a fiddly job needing some care. Here is a good guide to all things Stromberg. It is a Stromberg, is it? If not, ignore my ramblings! http://www.buckeyetriumphs.org/technical/Carbs/CarbsI/CarbsI.htm

Well done Henry! I wish I could get myself down to work so quickly, there's always something else to distract!

The master cylinder bolts onto the frame so there's no room for the rubber on the other side. Here's a link showing them on a LHD spitfire, bottom right. http://www.geocities.ws/hearsedudejoe/Firewall.html

What car is it? If it's like my GT6 the rubber groove just aids you pushing it onto the end of the master cylinder piston that comes through the hole in the mounting bracket.

Agree with Pete and Clive. Early GT6s had a servo option which worked on all 4 wheels. Late GT6s had larger rear cylinders, bigger drums and a larger master cylinder, but the servo, now fitted as standard only works on the front wheels. A tricky business getting the front/rear balance right. I don't know about the Vitesse but it's a good idea to check what the whole brake specification is for the mod you want to make.

And Andy was there as well, he is Nth Hamps but an honorary EB. Brilliant pics!

East Berks met up with Herts & Beds today at the Boat Yard pub in Wallingford. H&B were on a Thames valley run and EB were after a free beer. An excellent lunch, good beer and a great afternoon talking Triumphs and watching boats on the Thames. Many thanks to the H & B massive!

Do you have a compression tester? £10 or so on Ebay. You're looking for the bores to be all the same, a wide variation and you have a problem. Could be head gasket or rings. One plug wet and three dry could be a manifold gasket leak. A vacuum tester will show you if the vacuum is fluctuating. Foot to the floor and no change could be timing or no vacuum for advance and retard.

Thanks for that John, however, I shan't be reading your post again. In fact I think I shall avoid opening anything you post in future. I wonder if there's a filter for that? A vitriol and bile filter perhaps? If you don't like it here, don't post.

Ah! A web site milestone. Our first Grumpy Old Git post. Sorry to point out the blindingly obvious but some of us don't own TRs.

Indeed! There are never enough gauges! I put my oil, vacuum and ammeter on a panel mounted in the radio hole. Frustratingly I've not quite settled on where to put the battery condition. I don't know if your going to do this but the factory fitted gauges have a green tinge when lit. So before I fitted additional gauges I took them apart and put in green transparent film so they would look the same. What does the brake warning light do and how does it work? I need one!

Well said John!

Like it! How about fitting a duel temperature and oil gauge then you've got room for a vacuum gauge! A vacuum gauge is a wonderful thing, you can set the timing with it, you can set your mixture with it. My vacuum, recently, was dropping off, looked on line, air flow to the carbs! It was telling me my air filters needed changing! Plus do you really need a clock? Fit an ammeter. A volt meter and an ammeter tell you different things. Voltmeter tells you the condition of the battery. An ammeter tells you the condition of the alternator.

PI TR6s were not sold in the USA due to the higher emission control requirements, they all have twin Stromberg 175s. So an American import would be ideal for you.

Go to google. type "triumph gunmetal grey" and enter. click on google images. There are dozens of them!

It's raining here too, just back from the Thames meeting, low turn out due to weather. My windscreen wipers are RUBBISH! Just passed an MOT too. Sorry thread drift.

Not bragging but my GT6 has never blown a head gasket. Due to engine abuse by PO, a re-bore and re-grind. Due to ex-wife running it with no oil, another re-bore and a new crank. Means the original HG and 2 more in 42 years. The straight six is a very resilient unit! Do not despair!

Hum, bubbling from the thread? Now what could that be? Sorry! It's an easy and satisfying job, but make sure you get the right gasket. Check for a tab, or lack of tab, on the back of your current one. This signifies recessed or non recessed bores. Shouldn't take more than an afternoon. And get new nuts and washers.

Once again Henry, I'm impressed! Moderns have antifreeze in all year round but in the old days we only put it in for the winter. So no antifreeze at all at this time of year is fine. I have to have a sight glass! I need one.