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- Sun Oct 31, 2021 6:59 pm
- Forum: Series 1
- Topic: SNGB 3.8 brake reservoir
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1034
Re: SNGB 3.8 brake reservoir
Keep a close eye on the reservoir. Hopefully SNG have improved them but I have replaced at least three repro bottles....some from SNG and some from other suppliers.....all failed in the same way...weld seam joining the two halves together failed just at the bottom where the outlet is...fluid seeps o...
- Tue Oct 26, 2021 8:15 am
- Forum: Series 3
- Topic: Tachometer reading full scale intermittently
- Replies: 1
- Views: 888
Re: Tachometer reading full scale intermittently
If the car runs normally it is a fault within the tacho....it's driven by a pulse from the ign and essentially the tacho electronics converts the pulse train to a voltage that is pulse frequency dependent. The actual gauge is just a big glamorous volt meter! I'd say a service would fix....speedograp...
- Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:10 pm
- Forum: Welcome!
- Topic: Another day, another newbie
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1614
Re: Another day, another newbie
Looking lovely! Welcome....
- Tue Oct 19, 2021 4:05 am
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Trickle charger, yes or no
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6438
Re: Trickle charger, yes or no
Constant trickle charging is not good...battery conditioners very good. I have a c tek...
Re: Fuel
Redex (RTM) and all sorts of other potions are readily available...
Re: Fuel
Unlikely to improve the burn. 2 stroke oil is intended not to burn well so it lubricates the engine...probably all you will get is blue haze. Interestingly in this week's classic car weekly there is a piece by Fuzz Townshend and he subjectively thinks his pre war Austin ran better on E10 than E5. Do...
- Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:15 pm
- Forum: Series 3
- Topic: Fuse blowing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1512
Re: Fuse blowing
Any fuse in the main starter circuit is next to pointless. Remove it....
- Fri Sep 10, 2021 6:53 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Salon prive
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1856
Re: Salon prive
Think they wanted £45 a ticket....probably proves that to have a car show you need cars....and On top of the ticket price you will be there all day so need food and drink, plus fuel etc....seems reasonable to offer those making your show happen some sort of discount. I was away that weekend anyway b...
Re: Fuel
Most Super is still E0 even if marked as E5...E5 means up to 5% ethanol. Only in the West country and parts of Scotland will super actually contain 5% ethanol although if in doubt check with the producer (Esso etc)....certainly in London and home counties super UL will almost certainly remain ethano...
- Thu Sep 02, 2021 7:21 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: E type identity chart
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1378
Re: E type identity chart
Hi. I do have.one.... Could scan once my scanner is fixed although it wou ld be in parts....it is A3 and my scanner is A4. Worth watching eBay as they do turn up from time to time....
Julian
Julian
- Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:52 am
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Wheel base dimensions
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1494
Re: Wheel base dimensions
Just out of interest I watched a mechanic setting the caster and camber toe in On a race cooper. He set up a frame right around the car with inch square steel tubes level with the centres of the axles (car on its wheels) and spent a while setting it exactly rectangular and even spaced. He then used ...
- Tue Aug 10, 2021 4:13 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: LED Headlight Systems..2yrs on
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11517
- Sun Aug 08, 2021 5:30 pm
- Forum: Welcome!
- Topic: Forgery or rare?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4264
Re: Forgery or rare?
I'd agree with the consensus....not a genuine number. I doubt you'll be much enlightened by a heritage certificate. From memory they ask for the chassis/VIN no as a minimum and your no won't exist... Best case scenario....bitsa built up years ago and a chassis plate made up in full knowledge it was ...
Re: E10 fuel
Indeed....may be an issue with the V12....less of an issue with the straight six as the carbs are on the other side of the engine from the hot exhaust. Could potentially be addressed by arranging a return from the fuel rail feeding the carbs back to the tank so fuel circulates as in an injected V12 ...
Re: E10 fuel
Interestingly here in the UK (at least) 102 RON leaded petrol is still available in air ports for older piston engine planes designed to run on 'good old leader petrol'...aero engines can't be converted without being recertified...hugely expensive....so are allowed to run leaded fuel as it's better ...
Re: E10 fuel
Wise to check but the base stock for all brands is the same. I live 3 miles from Buncefield where all the fuel distributed across bucks, herts, Essex and north London (and probably elsewhere too) comes from. Esso, texaco, asda, Sainsbury's, jet, murco....you name it...all the tankers fill from the s...
Re: E10 fuel
The simple answer is yes...so long as the car is used regularly so fuel has no chance to become stale or damp. I would strongly advise all flexible fuel hoses be replaced with E10 compatible rubber...e.g cohline 2240. . You may need to have the carbs ever so slightly richened up....if the car is to ...
- Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:07 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Can I fix a leaking radiator with araldite?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5856
Re: Can I fix a leaking radiator with araldite?
Mine is a radtec....excellent after.four years....no leaks or corrosion to be seen...
- Mon Jul 19, 2021 12:48 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Can I fix a leaking radiator with araldite?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5856
Re: Can I fix a leaking radiator with araldite?
Afraid the aluminium welding rod Jerome mentions, while able to join aluminium sheet together well with practice, will be impossible to use on radiator tubes. You need to raise the temp of the aluminium to be joined to close to its melting point....and On thin tubes with a torch (a soldering iron ne...
- Sun Jul 18, 2021 8:34 am
- Forum: Series 1
- Topic: BROWNS LANE PHOTO 14 JULY 1961
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4029
Re: BROWNS LANE PHOTO 14 JULY 1961
Had a quick scan through a couple of books....can't spot either photo yet but I know I've seen them before....more books to go!