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car now sold,still have engine and spares though.

im keeping the engine till cars gone,you can guarantee if i sell that my own will let go! sods law!cars in ulverston junction 36 of m6 if anyone wants a look. a good bid will take it,like i said it doesnt do anything for me,might part ex something else?

ive decided to sell my 1986 2.8 special in laquer red.its got a mint condition half leather interior,apart from a small tear in the rear seat, front bolsters are like new! the car had 2 new wings and a respray at the end of last year, the whole car was painted as the paint was dead and dull,pictures...

i wouldnt be to bothered about a propper gasket for that mate,a good quality rtv silicone will be ok there,screws should be easy enough to source?if not ive got loads you can have! just dont take the actual distributor apart,you wont reseal that.

i find petrol on a rag is the best thing by far for getting that sticky crap off.

got a known good metering unit yesterday and bolted it on expecting great things ;) the car was the same! poor starting,lack of performance using huge amounts of fuel. the car has never missfired ,so have allways ruled out electrics. i knew that everything fuel related had been changed for new,or kn...

does anyone know about a pinto block stamped 165 where 205 usually is? im presuming its a 1.6 motor but it has a 2.0 litre cam cover? ive only come across one once before and was told it is out of a transit,and is a 2 litre block but uses shorter pistons to lower compression and making it a 1.6 ;) i...

hopefully got one,cheers for the help

cheers mate,hopefully got one coming tommorow off one of the local banger lads out of curiosity i rang a fuel injection specialist today to see if you can get new gaskets for the fuel distributors,he informed me that once you split them you wont seal them again!so its not just me!

hi mate it sounds like you have only split the fuel distributor from the air flow meter,dont think the rubber o ring is that important,it certainly wont stop any fuel leak.the only place i can see fuel getting in down there is if the plungers worn and not sealing well in the bore

i would advise anyone against taking one of these apart! ive put the other 2 back together tonight ,got them impecabaly clean before bolting them back together,and evenly tightening the bolts up.all 3 of them leak now between the 2 halves when fitted to the car.i have studied the internals for hours...

hi mate,out of the 3 ive stripped none had a gasket between the distributor and air flow meter,just a rubber o ring like you say. not sure about the little filter? i havnt come across one of them? the only filter i can see is when you split the distributor in two halves,but from my experience i woul...

wanted known good metering unit for 2.8,not one thats been sat on a shelf for years

fitted the unit today,and the car started and reved up great,unfortunately the fuel distributor started leaking between the two halves :? i stripped it again ,the thin tin gasket was mint,no rust or dirt to stop it sealing so put it back together and tightened the torx bolts right up.refitted to the...

a little update! i decided to strip the fuel distributor that i could not get to run,couldnt see any real problems exept it was quite fured up in places with standing. realising that they arent that complicated i decided to have a look at the one which was running rich. this one was sparkling clean ...

cheers for the reply mate,im in cumbria so probably miles from you! but cheers. been messing again today fitted metering unit number 3! the car seemed to rev up much better and the engine note also sounded more like it should do. but this unit was running far to rich,and when switched off the plugs ...

hi all got my capri on the road a couple of weeks ago after standing for years, the car doesnt start brilliant,i have to leave it ticking over for a minuite before i set off ,or it just kangaroos,it then runs ok,but not as responsive as it should be.the timing has been set at 12 degrees without the ...

ive just got my 2.8 special on the road today after a 6 month restoration due to it been parked up for donkeys years. ive had loads of capris in the past and a couple of early 2.8s ,this is the first ive had with an lsd. i could hardly sleep last night waiting for the road tax to start today,straigh...

i allways used to run 2litres with v6 carbs on ,i couldnt say which one would be best for yo,but a 2,8 granada one gives a lot more ooomph in my experience,just a bolt on job virtualy as well!

the 2.0 litre ones are taller,and wont fit.they have 1.6 or 2.0 on them to distiguish between the 2.