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I stick my Rocker gaskets on to the cover with 3 bond (or F2 glue ),and bit of grease on tother side, gasket stays stuck to cover when it's removed for servicing ,don't over tighten the bolts when fitting and it lasts for ages

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This is the kit you would need to fit princess calipers. Why not have a look at a willwood caliper kit ? The princess was a good mod 20 years ago .....bit old hat now ,and they weigh a ton

Doing the valve clearance is a must do as tight clearances will have some effect on running ,but I would think that you would be seeing rough idling and a reluctance to answer the mixture screw ,rather than a misfire. It's not unknown for new components to fail shortly after fitting. Did you clean t...

Mmmm a knobby posh one with rubber grips an all, bet he's got handles on his screwdrivers too

Make sure you use 2 spanners , one to hold the fitting still and the other to tighten the nut. The nut and fitting need a fair bit of torque to get them to seal and this amount of torque is often enough to damage the other end of the fitting,where be it welded or threaded to something and by support...

I got a big one .....for the motorbike chain, and a smaller ( and a bit different ) for chainsaw chains

So they last 3500km ?

nigecapri wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:25 pm

Crap in the carb

How often do I have to do that ?

Yeah , good point , may only need a set of brushes

Lucas stuff is ok , just bear in mind the amount of work it's likely to have done. For that sort of loot I'd probly get one of them reduction gear jobs .... They sound so cool

Unrelated#2 Many moons ago a rally driving friend gave me a complete set of brand new ( still in the ford packets) innards for my MK2 escort gearbox. After assy and fitting it was time to test it out and a bit of "rally drivin" in the local forest saw me wringing its neck up a long hill in 2nd and i...

it`s not going to fracture with that sort of bend Famous last words :D Here in NZ ,if I fronted up at the certification engineer in a scratch built or modified vehicle that had previously damaged critical components that had been straightened ( or bent to fit ) especially using heat I would never g...

Yeah, that might work for a big fat crankshaft that is out by a few thou but not a skinny tie rod bent 15 or 20 Deg, specially as it's bent right at the end of the threads, which already a weak spot , it's bound to be cracked ,and you should never attempt to straighten critical components......like ...

They are definitely available . I would try Martin , or failing that either Burton power or Rally Design.

Ah, me too Martin :) ...just the once tho, I figured you were either busy or didn't want to send parts to NZ. You guys are lucky to have a Martin, and lots of capris. Capris here are like rocking horse shit , and good parts even rarer. I see more Ferraris, Lambos, Astons and Porsches than Capris ......

I'm not familiar with this wheel but .....could they be popped off with compressed air

You may have to improvise ;) . You guys must have shops where they supply rubber in various sections by the metre. I have previously used the rubber seals glaziers use to seal aluminium windows for other jobs , maybe a car resto place could point you in the right direction. If you need to trim a rub...

I also lined the inside of my dash with aluminium foil tape to act as a reflector ,but I'm not sure how much difference it really made as the LEDs are much better by themselves

LEDs work good ,the dimmer doesn't work with them fitted , they are polarity sensitive, and you can get different colours ( I went for blue )