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If I lose something and don't find it in the golden hour, I switch to cleaning up the garage mode. That's usually what caused the problem in the...
Guilty! My bolt hoarding problem is when I can't find that special one that... I knew I had I can't believe I would have been stupid enough to...
I always check as I walk past a skip. One of my favourites was an aluminium fold up bike which the guy said give me £10 for, I sold it for £170...
The problem with the racing minis was fuel frothing caused by vibration that sunk the floats. The solution was vertical extensions on the float...
Drill the shaft and run a wire to a slip ring made of a piece of copper pipe epoxied to the outside of the column, run a contact arm on the slip...
Pre heat and stick weld. Welding an 18th century water mill casting I forgot about the pre heating bit and I picked it up to check the weld....
Might be worth checking the valve timing on just that lobe. I know on my engine I only have about six thousands of an inch clearance between the...
With radius rods and coilovers you should be just fine as long as the axle doesn't hit anything during travel. You'll be getting a tiny amount of...
I remember reading an article about bmw m12 engines running in the formula one turbo era 1982-86. These were 1.5 litre engines that put out...
I agree with the OP. We are among the few who have the arrogance and confidence to think we could design our own car., and once it's built be...
This is what going to a car show is about for me It was New Year's Day. It's a morning of images so that's how I'll write it. The plan is to take...
If the tyres have been flat spotted from sitting then the distortion is probably permanent. Rubber is funny stuff. I worked as an engineer for a...
Ok Phil, never seen your car before but saw it literally 5 mins ago on the specials group on Facebook then go into my e-mail and find a message...
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To my mind sway bars are about adjusting roll stiffness. 50:50 weight split and equal roll stiffness front and rear means, broadly speaking, equal...
Ok, done this one before. Grab the wheel at the quarter to three position and flex it. You're looking to put some proper force in here. Repeat...
The engine that took me longest to start / diagnose had a missing hot spot plate between the inlet and exhaust manifold. Good ignition, timing,...
Is the timing off? I know you say the distributor is stuck in the block and hasn't moved for many years but if it sounds like one of the few...
I just read through this thread and got interested so did a little search and found the following interesting facts. Work hardening isn't an...
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I've done -25 degrees on the mountain, done holding the cylinder heads on the bike at traffic lights to be able to feel individual fingers, and...
Hi V, Google images for Saoutchik Talbot Lago. That'd be a good starting point if you've got $$$$$$ In my world I'd probably think about...
Ok guys here's mine. Ford anglia based, torque tube rear and three speed 100e sidevalve four with overhead inlet valve conversion. 4.4 rear end....
Sounds like a very similar problem i had in an Ot car The crossmember on that mounted to the chassis with four bolts with rubber pads in...
How about creating an original style Alta rev counter like this http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=22703&hilit=rev+counter&start=0
Yes that's a later one it has more dish that the earlier ones and doesn't have the wider gap between the spokes.
Austin Healey 3000, Early morris minors were that shape but in marbled coloured plastic in green or brown (Has it been painted?) Later...
I liked the idea of the funnel but then got to thinking what about if a bit of road grit got into the funnel, as soon as you pulled the dipstick...
Ok so not me but a friend. We were running a 1961 mini in a rally and came across some friends in their 1968 mini on the shake down route broken...
Nice job!,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Ive had castings made too of rare...
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