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Hi chaps, hope you're all well. Was just curious if anyone knows of or has any tips of where in the South East to get four spoke 13 inch alloys refurbished and laithed with the classic alloy rim and black spokes job. I had a quote for 40 quid a wheel a few years back before I took the car off the ro...

Took the bold decision to cut out the rust damage and respray my roof a month or so back and stupidly removed the sunroof. :shock: I unbolted it from the black runners and upon refitting I winded the roof back in and unsurprisingly it made contact and removed a small amount of paint, I've tried re a...

Wow, cant say Im entirely shocked but I guess thats what these chain garages do once in a while. Thanks for you help guys really appreciate it, I'll get the tracking done at a mates garage and even though theres some benifits Ill leave new springs until I have a bit more cash. Thanks again anyway, r...

Hi guys, Went to get my wheels balanced yesterday & the garage decided not too do the front as the wheels were towing outwards so far that the inside of the tyres were barely legal & would render it pointless. Their conclusion was that the worn leaf springs on the rear had allowed the front ...

Thanks for the replies, most people saying what i was expecting, will deffinately go to local garage next time, theyve always been fine but i got pursuaded to use halfords as it was half the price. Have replaced both the wings and no sign of anything when ive done it, pretty sure it wasnt built with...

Just had an MOT at halfords, car has been off the road for 6 months as ive been doing loads of work on it, so nice driving again. Had an MOT at Halfords today, failed on a few things but the main one was no indicators on the wings?!?! Never had this problem before and never heard of it, thought they...

Ok brilliant, thanks for the advice, the new bolts should get here monday so ill let you know how it goes.

Just had a look on the torque wrench, 75 Nm is about 55ft/lbs, surely thats not right when I was going to about 75 ft/lbs and it was still not working? Or does the extra 90 degrees at the end make up for the difference?

Yea theyre the stretch bolts, i used the others before and kept stripping the heads, this is the first time ive replaced them since ive had problems so hopefully this will do the job, ive said that plenty of times though and it keeps breaking down.

Right bit of confusion here, I was going with what the Haynes manual was saying, had a first stage, second stage, third stage after 20 mins and fourth stage when running for 15 minutes. The gasket set i had from CPA had settings using degrees like you have just said where you slacken it 90 then do p...

Yea if you could let me know the settings that would be brilliant. The only other thing is ive ordered new gasket and bolts from burton power and they seem to have different settings, surely you go buy the bolts rather than the gasket?

Ive replaced the whole electronic system and it starts fine but cuts out so i dont reckon its the condensor. I didnt know about the different settings for the different bolts, Ive got the 6 point stretch ones and ill probably replace them as that could be a concern. How do i find out about the diffe...

The first time after I finished my engine rebuild I went for the MOT and the engine stalled after the first corner and wouldnt start, did a compression test and was low and realized I had forgotten to do the final torque setting when the engine had warmed up. Replaced the gasket and the engine start...

Replaced the head gasket and it started fine, bit of a squeeking noise 5 minutes into the 15 minute running required in the haynes manuel before the final torque setting. Did the final torque setting few minutes after and now it sounds like its seized up due to lack of oil. Cannot be arsed to get th...

Pretty sure theyre generic sizes and you could get one from Halfords.

Pretty sure Ive found the problem. Finally borowed a mates compression tester and all the cylinders where in the mid 90s instead of the required 125psi. I think I must of missed out on the final torque setting thats needed once the engines running as the gasket was in good condition. Putting the hea...

I took the top off the carb and gave it a good clean and then got all new electronics, new leads, points, condensor, dizzy cap, rotor arm, the spark wasnt great before but looks pretty good now, properly all out of ideas, taken the carb fully off the car and will give it a clean.

Still no luck, have no idea whats going on, everything seems fine, sparks fine, fuels going in, carbs all clean and in good order, no air leaks by the looks of things.

Im all out of ideas.

Thanks mate ill give it a go.

Cheers bigj ill have a look tomorow and start taking things apart to see what i can find.

Peter, very possibly, is that a common problem? Would cause the symptoms Ive listed?