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  1. Peter Truman
    My mate the Doc who always corrected my spelling and grammar mistakes died 4 years ago there’s no hope for me now! Thanks
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    Here's the one out of my Vitesse its actually a Herald one, there is no olive or rubber seal it relies on the brass bush and the pipe is stopped from lifting out of the tank by the lever which engages the reserve slide on the fuel tank body. This is a spare from my NOS Aus supply small Herald tank as I converted my fuel tank to gravity feed by adapting the drain plug, but with the draw off level is the same. I was having trouble getting my Facet cube pump to pull the suction from the top of the tank, Facets advice a max of 13in suction and there dead on!!
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    To me looks like the two adapters are the same so I reckon there to adapt HS2 SU carb which has vertical mounting studs to the Stromberg RH offset stud mountings. Don't know if they would fit a Strom 150CD mount, what's the dimensions diagonally across similar mounting holes.
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    A word of general caution re silicon the normal stuff incorporates an acidic to help bond and cure which obviously causes corrosion if you have to use it on a car body specify “neutral cure” silicon it won’t attack the steel!
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    You were watching a pretty girl in hot pants bending over filling her sports car up and not concentrating on your work! Thats what one of my staff did eons ago filling up a govt car we still don’t let him forget it and we’re over 75 now, imagine what I had to write on the accident report to cover the balls up! We did tell his wife and she just roared with laughter!
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    Sorry about the drift must have clicked on th wrong topic thought I was responding to Colin losing his spammers to his wife and daughter And horse shoe repair
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    Good one Colin somewhere I have one of those from the kids BMX days. only relavence of Whit spammers was he could have pinched and buried them and no one would have missed them.
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    our first dog a Beagle when we lived in Stokesley Yorks used to pinch my spanners when I was working on the car & bury them! His favourite party trick was to pinch the 2.7lb short handle lump hammer and run round the back garden with head on one side as it was so heavy "catch me if you can style" then thump you in the shins with it! Dog buried in back yard here in Aus, Lump hammer still in use and hangs on the pegboard behind the work bench the handle end still chewed away etal "Baron" style! I still have a full set of open and ring Whitworth Gordon spanners dad brought in the 50's here in Aus. & there've travelled "Aus, UK, Canada, USA, UK, Aus" there've probably lasted because Whitworth's were never used!
  9. Peter Truman
    No such luxury on a Spit4, or Mk2, no interior courtesy lights! They come up on eBay new every so often but stupid prices, most Triumph nuts should have spares, I do but too far away unless your really stuck!
  10. Peter Truman
    Unlike Colin's problem with using straps to replace the diaphragm, I used these substantial straps/bungees on the Dolly Sprint and am very happy but I did add another strap in each direction to those shown in the photo, I did the repair 3 years ago and still OK, there is a strong carpet type material (boat carpet) under the normal seat foams, to support and spread the load. I tried furniture seat webbing it didn't work but I left the outer straps there, from memory it was the 9in solid rubber bungees that worked on the Dolly
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    I watched a program today on the building of the Jaguar F type the front to rear wiring loom looked to be 2in dia With probably hundred of wires imagine trying to rewrite that I don’t think they’ll ever become classics
  12. Peter Truman
    Thanks for the info gents it helps a lot, the valve I'll use would be a Whitey which is all brass with stainless steel working internals, which must be classified as the RR of hydraulic instrument & piping fittings of similar quality, all ex upgrade & renew of major pump station restorations, built for a lifetime of service. I have a good selection of brass 1/2in UNF unions and olives to fit the tank outlet.
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    Colin the new shiny backplate looks to be a thinner gage than say our Triumphs? Well done sir I assume copper grease was put on the threads upon reassembly
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    Pcv hose

    Peter Truman replied to daverclasper's topic in Engine

    Could it be an anti run on solenoid not wired up but if operational venting to atmosphere when ignition turned off. I have a Lucas one fitted to my Vitesse Mk2 to stop it running on. Mine looks different to yours..
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    Can anyone please tell me the thread of the union that screws into the bottom of the Mk2 Spitfires fuel tank I believe part No. 60176. Reason I want to put a on off valve in there so I can isolate the tank and make replacement of the rubber hose to steel pipe easier, currently there are two flexible rubber hose pipe lengths in the boot and to remove replace I'll have to drain the tank or get a boot full of petrol. I only want to do that once!! I have a good comprehensive selection of small dia hydraulic pipe accessories from my old work days, all of very high quality manufacture, so it should just be my labour..
  16. Peter Truman
    This is the best, my great aunt in Florida married her boss my dads uncle. She used to boast she always won at the races she bet on all the horses she Pocketed the winnings he had to cover all the bets, he could afford it! unfortunately there both dead now but they were a riot when I was working in Canada and the States late 60’s early 70’s I’d fly down every second weekend by cadging a lift.
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    I thought the horse was the wif's so shouldn't the trailer expenses come out of her clothing allowance! Good luck with that? My wife hasn't been out for clothing shopping for 6 months due to Covid she's amassed a small fortune for the ultimate Beeno! She'll probably blow it all on a handbag, I just don't get it how many does she need, her response to my grumblings is to walk me out to the garage, enough said!
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    Colin I brought my cheap Jap Tap and Die set probably 40 plus years ago there still in the same case with instructions and maybe the 3/8 UNF tap n die are original but the rest are like an woodcutters axe how many new handles and heads have there been in that 45 years! Question for those mech minded which are better split or star anti shake washers? On alloy I prefer star,
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    Our chain of Supercheap Auto Accessory Shops here in Vic hves a oil disposal bin BUT it must be in the product oil containers usually 4 to 5 lts. obviously they are serviced by a local oil recycler, a good service and it stops me using the old oil to protect the perimeter fence posts from termites and rot when poured around the post in ground! As the hardwood fences last 20 years you can only use so much old oil!
  20. Peter Truman
    I like Pete’s idea of pulling the heater hose to release Any trapped air the heater is the highest point in the system. older Renault’s R8/10 had an air bleed on the heater matrix, I’ve fitted the same using a modifies Yorkshire Tee on my Vitesse on the Valve inlet for the same purpose. Air locks can be a pain in the arse and in water supply ie mains parlance sometimes the only way to get rid of it is to drain the system and recharge!
  21. Peter Truman
    Ingie UK, I found my DIY Rotaflex crude clamp/compressor so here's a photo of it used to recompress the rota after cutting the band and prising the new unit over the tri finger flange, worked well and permitted the lining up of the 6 bolts
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    I wouldn't advocate it and others will probably poobah it but I replaced both on my Vitesse rotaflex's around 10 years ago without dismantling the outer shaft, by cutting the band off the rotaflex and prising the coupling over the outer drive shaft tri finger flange then recompress the rotaflex with a DIY two part hexagon band/clamp I made so I could get the bolts back into the two drive flanges. The 2 piece band I made was crude and made out of scrap strip steel using the compressed rotaflex band as an example, I still have it in case! Maybe I was lucky as I didn't damage the rotaflex but it's still all OK. Hopefully others will respond to this DIY method with the pro's, con's, and risks of damage! A quick check in the garage and I couldn't locate the offending DIY clamp, but its there and if I can locate it I'll post a photo.
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    As stated elsewhere in the International Section of the Forum, I as an International member (of 15 years) greatly appreciate the recent Electronic copy of the Courier as it means I get the issue with you UK based members and feel a more inclusive member of TSSC. The paper copy usually takes 3 weeks to arrive and under Covid one too 5 weeks! Thanks to Angie who rectifies late copies. Thank you & well done COM, & in the case of International members next step do we need paper copies, I for one would rely on the electronic copy only & save the cost of overseas postage to benefit the club coffers. Peter T Melb Aus.
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    with parallel swarf cuts like that it looks as its been trimmed with a nibbler? also bottom left photo of the outer top corner why not trim that and seam weld like the original was! rather than protecting from corrosion with grease a coat of etch primer. I fortunately got a NOS Stanpart Vitesse front valance for the Mk2 here in Aus around 10 years ago and my repaired one went on a friends Mk2, marvellous what turns up on eBay esp as Vitesse's were never sold new in Aus!
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    Luggage Paula 2 cases car 4 containers , nothing like being prepared! What was that previous thread "Whats in your boot!"
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