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- Thu Apr 11, 2024 8:20 am
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Series 1 4.2 Stereo Speakers
- Replies: 8
- Views: 508
Re: Series 1 4.2 Stereo Speakers
Funnily enough, I went to the recycling skip yesterday. Having spent tens of hours re-jigging my speakers, about 7 years ago, modifying the hidden bits of the centre console, fitting a hidden BlueTooth amp etc, adding hidden tweeters, I very quickly decided that I had wasted every minute. And it all...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 8:05 am
- Forum: Series 1
- Topic: 3.8 / 4.2 Rear License plate & grommet
- Replies: 9
- Views: 300
Re: 3.8 / 4.2 Rear License plate & grommet
I think you’ll find its to gain access to the boot lock mechanism for when the cable snaps …….
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:36 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Tour de France Auto - anyone done it ?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3296
Re: Tour de France Auto - anyone done it ?
Ha, the video makes it look like “the show must go on”, despite those poor sods being upside down in la foret !
Of course, these are all Black number cars, meaning they’re racing flat out against the clock.
I would only be doing it as a Red number, which is régularité.
Of course, these are all Black number cars, meaning they’re racing flat out against the clock.
I would only be doing it as a Red number, which is régularité.
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 5:50 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Tour de France Auto - anyone done it ?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3296
Re: Tour de France Auto - anyone done it ?
Ha ! Eight years older, and Deeper in Debt ; St Peter don’t call me cause I can’t…….. I never did this TdF thing, but it’s still itching. My question remains, has anyone actually done it, or know someone who has ? The videos have a slight aura of posh twits with too much money and trophy wives (Ed -...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:29 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Alternative to Kenlowe Thermostat, and Source Of Sealing Sleeves.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1917
Re: Alternative to Kenlowe Thermostat, and Source Of Sealing Sleeves.
Yes Geoff, this replaces the otter-switch and copes with my Spal fan (not a Kenlowe, then) without the use of a relay.
The screw and rubber washer shown on the rim of the wheel are to act as a sort of brake, so the setting you've retained doesn't get accidentally nudged.
The screw and rubber washer shown on the rim of the wheel are to act as a sort of brake, so the setting you've retained doesn't get accidentally nudged.
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:20 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Alternative to Kenlowe Thermostat, and Source Of Sealing Sleeves.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1917
Re: Alternative to Kenlowe Thermostat, and Source Of Sealing Sleeves.
Just to report that this model of thermostat has worked just fine now on both the Mini and the E-Type for over seven years. I recently had great difficulty identifying a supplier of the red grooved-seal that Kenlowe used to supply to help seal the capilliary going into a radiator hose, as all the pe...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:54 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Removable steering wheel
- Replies: 36
- Views: 14075
Re: Removable steering wheel
EDIT :
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005NJB3ZO/re ... =UTF8&th=1
For some bizarre reason, you can actually buy these for less from the States, including shipping and taxes .............. Yes, I don't care for Amazon either ............ watch this space.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005NJB3ZO/re ... =UTF8&th=1
For some bizarre reason, you can actually buy these for less from the States, including shipping and taxes .............. Yes, I don't care for Amazon either ............ watch this space.
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:41 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Front wheel bearings question
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3760
Re: Front wheel bearings question
Timken's web site shows a steep decline in bearing life when a pre load is applied cold - end float needs to take account of operating temperature to avoid pre-load Could you substantiate this statement with an example, as it appears to be the complete opposite of Bill Angel's experience, and his r...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:46 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Removable steering wheel
- Replies: 36
- Views: 14075
Re: Removable steering wheel
Only stock available is "Carbon Fibre" for an extra 20 quid, feeling too tight today to waste money on something I'll just bead-blast off as soon as it's out of the box, so it can be a project to go on the back-burner ............
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:02 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Christopher Storey
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1980
Re: Christopher Storey
That is truly dreadful news. His posts were excellent, and he was indeed generous with his time in private. I was often struck by his improbable mixture of engineering and letters, and admired the way he did not suffer fools gladly, and was prepared to say so. We have lost a great brain. I hope Davi...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:50 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Removable steering wheel
- Replies: 36
- Views: 14075
Re: Removable steering wheel
Thanks, will investigate further.
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:01 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Removable steering wheel
- Replies: 36
- Views: 14075
Re: Removable steering wheel
Steve, can I float this one to the surface again ? The link to the NRG product you used, Funky something or other, doesn’t hook up any more, and I expect the products have changed over the years. Would you be able to identify the NRG hub that you used, or would use if you were doing it again, please...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:16 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Hose from inlet manifold to bulkhead
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1132
Re: Hose from inlet manifold to bulkhead
Might be delicate electrolytic pairing, the brass and the aluminium, although the manifold temperature sensor and the thermostat seem to survive ......... and as the steel original tends to weld itself to the aluminium anyway, the brass might be no worse a choice
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:58 am
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Hose from inlet manifold to bulkhead
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1132
Re: Hose from inlet manifold to bulkhead
Yes, Tim, that's definitely the way to go ; having the step-down in diameters at the manifold rather than at the bulkhead pipe will make zero difference to the flow through there.
Can you put the Ebay-link up, and a picture of it installed perhaps ?
Can you put the Ebay-link up, and a picture of it installed perhaps ?
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:57 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Series 1 Heater Cable Routing and Spring Type
- Replies: 0
- Views: 197
Series 1 Heater Cable Routing and Spring Type
Could anyone throw any light on this ? There was a promising thread here : https://forum.etypeuk.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=14638 but the pictures seem to be dead. My car always had the heater-flap control cable coming out into the engine bay through the "sister" hole just above the water-valve cable. ...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:33 am
- Forum: Pub Chat
- Topic: Building a Merlin engine.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2342
Re: Building a Merlin engine.
Well, I never go to The Pub but have obviously been missing something. You bloody Influencers, you've just cost me the price of ordering Hooker's book, and the time spent watching two episodes of the Merlin assembly. My only interrogation would concern his use of a nylon-faced mallet to seat the bol...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:53 am
- Forum: Series 1
- Topic: SU Fuel Pump Electrical Issues
- Replies: 16
- Views: 811
Re: SU Fuel Pump Electrical Issues
It’s not wholly clear in my mind under what conditions our friend is measuring his “voltage at the pump”. Obviously the reading taken with a voltmeter on a disconnected feed-wire to the pump is of no value at all, as it is the sustained voltage under the pump’s load which we’re interested in. Anothe...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:23 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Hose from inlet manifold to bulkhead
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1132
Re: Hose from inlet manifold to bulkhead
Check indeed carefully what SNGB are selling, as the last one I got from them was hopeless, uniform diameter along the whole length and unusable. Another part for the Doesn’t-Fit-But-Trop-Fatigué-To-Complain Pile that accompanies us all. Fosseway spec theirs as 182mm long with inside diameters taper...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:37 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: IRS mounts
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1611
Re: IRS mounts
Interesting.
I wasn’t ready to believe these were made in Oz until I saw the Crocs
I wasn’t ready to believe these were made in Oz until I saw the Crocs
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 6:58 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: 3.8 Engine Damper Alternatives
- Replies: 10
- Views: 929
Re: 3.8 Engine Damper Alternatives
Details are on Post #425 of the Megajolt thread.