dougbgt6

Looking at the thumbnail the servo doesn't look like it will fit any other way. However, it's on a Vitesse and you have a GT6. The OEM solution on GT6 was a Girling servo which looks like this: http://www.canleyclassics.com/triumph-gt6-mkiii-servo-assembly-fitted-from-commission-no-ke/kf20001 The Girling sat in the side to side orientation. The Lockheed is a tight squeeze side to side but will fit. If yours is mounted forwards and the servo slave cylinder is touching the underside of the bonnet, I suspect there isn't room for the second mounting bracket. This should be fitted to hold the servo solidly on the bulkhead and stop the brake pipes flexing.

And also whacking it on the bonnet with a tree branch, to teach it a lesson!

I am a little more sophisticated and would include PTFE tape and Araldite.

My Haynes doesn't differentiate between 1,2 & 3 and says 6.2 litres. Canley say it's the same radiator for all and it's the same block. Maybe there was a smaller radiator originally which is no longer available? Or, could your heater be blocked up? You wouldn't notice in a GT6

Yes, I know you're right. What would my old dad say? "Fix it with araldite!" probably. No, it's a new one.

I'm replacing my rear shockers, I've got the old ones off, but on one of the vertical links, the thread for the nut holding the lower end of the shocker, looks in a poor state I'm not sure it will take the 28lb minimum torque required. Is it wise to re-tap it? Or am I looking at a new vertical link?

Doesn't make the water any hotter, just turns the taps on quicker! Boom! Boom!

If you look at the diagram in the instructions the flexible pipe from the vacuum on the manifold drops down low and then up to the servo. The low point is the fuel trap. Like a U bend under the sink.

Yes, I saw that, odd isn't it? There's already a non return valve on the servo. I had a look around the internet and the reasoning was all a bit woolly some say it aids the servo vacuum. I might fit one, see if it improves anything. I go to the Thames and the East Berks club meetings and no one owned up to having a secondary valve. The fuel trap is a good idea though, stopped my vacuum gauge clogging up. What car do you have? Mine's a late GT6 mk3 non rotoflex. On these a Girling servo was fitted as standard. Girling don't have a good reputation and many people swap them for Lockheed even if they're not broken. Doug

And another thing! There are two brackets holding mine, the large angled back plate and a bracing strap attached to the servo slave cylinder. With just the back plate mine did bounce around a bit. You really don't want your brake pipes flexing so I attached the bracing strap which came with the kit. I'm not sure if yours has the strap if it's facing forward so maybe sideways is best.

Here's the Lockheed installation document, I hope! The servo tilts upwards so as you don't get air trapped in the servo slave cylinder when you bleed the brakes. It's between 20 and 45 degrees if memory serves, so it's not super critical. I made cardboard triangles to check I'd got it right and mines only just over 20 degrees. I can't see that slightly less will make a lot of difference. All you have to do is bend the bracket. The air intake has to go downwards also to aid bleeding. I had a Girling which I've replaced with a Lockheed so the mounting holes are in different places, yours may be the same. Mine sits sideways across the bulkhead, I mean slave cylinder parallel to the windscreen but I have seen others at right angles, it doesn't matter. RemoteServo.pdf

http://www.triumphspitfire.com/History.html If the engine number matched the commission number, it's a 67 mk3?

I keep meaning to get down there, to sample one of the breakfasts Andy Cook enthuses about, I bet that was his GT6? I get up at the crack of 09.30 these days and thought I'd be too late but Andy assures me the breakfasts are available all day. So maybe next time.

My GT6 was duffed up and re-sprayed, the only Triumph in an MG specialist garage. They were jolly nice chaps and very fond of my car. But, there are knob wits everywhere, even in Triumphs sometimes!

Could it be vacuum in the fuel tank due to a blocked breather pipe? Get it to do it gain, open the fuel cap, is there a woosh? I had similar issues over a shorter distance which turned out to be crud in the fuel line. I rodded it out with plastic strimmer wire. A see-through fuel filter will give you a clue as to what's going on with the fuel.

Other threads on here suggest the stainless bumpers are A OK. Uncle Pete thinks the chrome wiper arms are TOO shiny so I'm leaning towards stainless.

Voltage regulator under £10 on Ebay screw fit, dead easy. Diode pack the same but needs soldering.

The GT6 has a Delco I think the 2.5 PI has a Lucas. For some reason the electronic ignition for Delco is always more expensive than Lucas.

Have you got the right one? http://www.aldonauto.co.uk/shop/product.asp?strParents=118&CAT_ID=39&P_ID=93 Plus VAT = £132 Club shop £126 Still, if it's out of stock, you ain't got no choice!

Beware of cheap kits especially for 6 cylinders. The Aldon from the club shop is specifically for Delco distributors and GT6 ballasted systems. It needed no additional wiring, on mine anyway, others kits do. Reassuringly expensive but, it works. My car runs very much better since fitting it.

A Rusting of Triumphs?

A socket set will be a good investment!

Yes, I'm with you, I draw the line at that 123 ignition stuff, a computer? In a Triumph?!! But if Triumph were still making cars, I'd have one, wouldn't you? I quite like those Audi TTs, hatch back, ridiculous rear seat, if only there were a straight six version, what does it remind me of?

"They wouldn’t be making a 1960s car in 2015,so it’s a moot point" My point was it would be updated, as the Volkswagen Beetle has been?

I vote for upgrade! I had a windscreen go early on in my ownership, it cracked from top to bottom, scary, not like a modern screen. If I bought an old one the screen would be the first thing to come under scrutiny. Inertial reel seat belts, what's not to like? Alternator, electronic ignition, better shockers, polybushes, YES! What would Triumph be doing if they were still making them?