Chris A

Got them on my 13/60, no problems at all. It took quite a bit of fiddling until the reels were at the correct angle when fitting.

Forgot to say: When a come back from a run out in the 13/60 I open the heater valve when I get to within 1 or 2 kilometres of home to get the water flowing and leave it open until I next take it out. My theory is that doing this flushes the water through and helps stop build up of muck etc. May just be wishful thinking but it doesn't cost anything 🤑

Oh Dear! Sorry couldn't resist it I cleaned mine out with a stiff piece of electrical wire

Try the search function this is not the first time the question has been asked. There are several recommandations on sizes, profile, makes & suppliers. Depends in part on the wheel width fitted Budget, premium? Take your choice there are plenty out there Good hunting

Both I hope

That's good to hear, all fine for the next couple of decades 👍

They were to Joseph Lucas as well 😁

In that case a Herald is the answer.

I agree about OD, it would be a useful upgrade, although never offered, I think, as an option.

The Herald is capable of exceeding the speed limits so no point being faster. Once the engine is warm my 13/60 will pull away in 2nd and 4th is good from less than 30 to max, don't need more. In a convertible you can't here the engine sound, just the sound of the birds,wind in the trees and the compliments of people walking nearby. You are more concentrated on looking through the windscreen to notice the interior and you are sat on some of it. As for the bonnet the bit that is different isn't visible from the driver's seat. Ok, I'm biased. Yes a difficult choice, I opted for the Herald because in 1970 I learned to drive, and passed my test in one although it was a saloon not convertible

A varied diet is important. I alternate from fermented grape juice to distilled cereals 🍷🥃

More room under the bonnet with a Herald should you need to get in there 🤔

I have a 13/60 convertible and love it. Yes a Vitesse would be quicker but I don't need that extra, although on rare occasions it could be useful. In practice I don't find I have a problem keeping up with traffic, ok so in outright acceleration it isn't the top. I have the convertible for the pleasure of driving an open top not asports car.

Don't know about the Spit, but if it is the same as Herald/Vitesse it involves a lot of swearing and dropping the pin. Have something on the floor to catch the pin and show it up so you can find it again. On my 13/60 I just have to press hard to compress the spring and use small nose pliers to hold it. A nail or similar pushed part way in at the bottom can help. Oh, did I mention - a lot of swearing. Good luck, hope someone can be of better help

That's ok then, because at those temperatures the holiday would be ruined 😁 I hope the car has self opening doors as I wouldn't want to touch the door handle at that temperature.

47° F = UK, most of Europe 47°C = Greece & Turkey In both cases those temperatures aren't what I want when on holiday 😅

The jury is out on that.

Does that mean we are running our cars too rich or they just leak? So (sneakily re-hijacking the thread) our plugs must be the McVities dark chocolate digestive colour rather than the classic digestive or even leaning towards rich Tea. That's ok for you with 'Imperial biscuits' but of course here we are 'Metric Biscuits' so I should be aiming for :

Got one but I find the syringe more accurate for this sort of 'precision engineering' 🙄

If everything else is ok just give it a clean up and replace the bushes. When I did mine I noticed the manufacturing date was a couple of months earlier than that of the car so I reckon it is the original one. It may have had several sets of brushes, bearings etc I've no idea.

I use a small syringe, no mess no waste.

Both in big doses

My dynamo has one, I think it is standard. Taking one apart is straight forward, once you have it off the car, it just unbolts. Replacing the brushes is also easy - I did it so anyone can

Don't do that! Rule number 1: Don't tell 'em anything Rule number 2: Deny everything Rule number 3: If you get this far down the list you're stuffed!

NO! I was 2 1/2 times that age 👴