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- Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:37 pm
- Forum: Members Cars
- Topic: Laser + GL and now a 3.0S!
- Replies: 361
- Views: 432185
Re: Laser + GL and now a 3.0S!
Again, I've found this out myself painfully! The car has been waiting for paint since about last September. I did approach a couple of different firms, wondering if I was just unlucky with the guy I'm waiting for, but they too were talking of several months' wait.
Re: insurance
I dont know how Adrian Flux stay in business, they have had a bad reputation for years and if you need to claim good luck. They are keen to quote at car shows and get an introductory discount but once they have you that is where it ends. A few years ago when looking for insurance I put my details i...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:35 pm
- Forum: Q & A
- Topic: Engine stalls cuts out when coming to a stop
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1273
Re: Engine stalls cuts out when coming to a stop
Thanks, but it only seems to happen when coming to a stop….. I don't know the first thing about cossie engines however I had an issue where an air leak on a pinto, when coming to a stop after braking, was down to an air leak - it may be worth the carb cleaner trick - I may be completely wrong but w...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:31 pm
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: Copper grease - Yay or nay
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1934
Re: Copper grease - Yay or nay
I've always used it and had no issues. Have a pot in the garage with a paintbrush in.
Also good for threads that can rust over although I think you have to be careful if a specific torque setting is called for.
Also good for threads that can rust over although I think you have to be careful if a specific torque setting is called for.
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:28 pm
- Forum: Q & A
- Topic: Engine stalls cuts out when coming to a stop
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1273
Re: Engine stalls cuts out when coming to a stop
Air/vacuum leak?
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 12:56 pm
- Forum: Members Cars
- Topic: Laser + GL and now a 3.0S!
- Replies: 361
- Views: 432185
Re: Laser + GL and now a 3.0S!
Thanks Jason, yes looking good - just want her back now!! Miss driving a manual, and also miss the noise 😂 Join the club - I remember going for a drive in the Mondeo on a nice sunny day earlier in the autumn and thinking "this would have been much nicer in the Capri". But rome wasn't buil...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 1:39 pm
- Forum: Projects and Restorations
- Topic: 1.6L restoration
- Replies: 18
- Views: 47543
Re: 1.6L restoration
Of course - but maybe not in the snow... too often! Since my last post I've taken the engine out - a reasonably straightforward job being methodical, and a chance to give everything a clean. At the moment I can barely move around my lockup for the number of boxes and parts lying around! Engine bay h...
Re: insurance
Most agreed values are confirmed by a minimum of 6 pictures. That's certainly the case with Lancaster, along with your own self assessed gradings and details on works done etc. I find it a bind to do actually, but fear of not having it makes one do it, which I'm sure is the case for many. I've ofte...
Re: respray
You are right, sometimes the 'man maths' takes over! I have spent £more than I'd planned on getting my Capri done right and it's an investment in the car remaining safe and in good condition for the future. I am not encumbered with a significant other to tell me off for it... just myself! As for the...
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 9:28 pm
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: Interior update...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 43700
Re: Interior update...
Ooft - looking lovely there Nick!
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 9:03 pm
- Forum: Projects and Restorations
- Topic: 1.6L restoration
- Replies: 18
- Views: 47543
Re: 1.6L restoration
Right, where are we. Progress - slow. I took the starter motor off and to the local refurb company in Borehamwood (Unit Exchange). Although it worked fine I thought it sensible to have it refurbished whilst I was doing everything else, some bearings were a little rough so were replaced and a full re...
- Tue Nov 14, 2023 1:37 pm
- Forum: Parts For Sale/Wanted
- Topic: 2.8i tank wanted
- Replies: 23
- Views: 70621
Re: 2.8i tank wanted
Personally, I would advocate going through CapriGear, CCI, Tickover etc wherever possible as you get the backup of a known person of good standing who will see you right if there's a problem, or the part doesn't fit, etc, rather than someone off ebay with an unknown background!
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:09 am
- Forum: Q & A
- Topic: Rear axle noise?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 22353
Re: Rear axle noise?
You can eliminate the prop centre bearing by spraying it with WD40 (other brands are available) as that will *temporarily* stop the noise.
- Thu Sep 21, 2023 10:21 pm
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: Happy Birthday Tom Beevers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6481
Re: Happy Birthday Tom Beevers
Thanks Nick, see you tomorrow to chat about Capris I'm sure!
Re: respray
I have a good relationship with my local garage, but there are some things where no sane person would take the risk (or want to take the risk). When I had welding done, I stripped the interior out, did a fair bit of the wire brushing and scraping back of the underseal, but I still knew the welder wo...
- Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:18 am
- Forum: Members Cars
- Topic: Laser + GL and now a 3.0S!
- Replies: 361
- Views: 432185
Re: Laser + GL and now a 3.0S!
As I found out for myself, it's something that you have to do and at least it'll be sorted for some time yet, once it's done.
And if you're anything like me, you'll end up adding to the scope...
And if you're anything like me, you'll end up adding to the scope...
- Fri Aug 18, 2023 9:07 pm
- Forum: Projects and Restorations
- Topic: 1.6L restoration
- Replies: 18
- Views: 47543
Re: 1.6L restoration
I’m impressed Tom, looking great! To be honest, scares the crap out of me doing all that. In case I lose anything, break anything or damage anything as I am pretty heavy handed. Can’t wait to see it again. And you of course! I'll let you into a secret. Scares the crap out of me, too! And I haven't ...
- Fri Jul 28, 2023 12:07 pm
- Forum: Projects and Restorations
- Topic: 1.6L restoration
- Replies: 18
- Views: 47543
Re: 1.6L restoration
Hi Paul - yes, it probably would have been Brooklands. There were a number of elements of corrosion which needed addressing permanently, which had been kept at bay with kurust and underseal, a couple of MoT plates in recent years, plus there were a lot of suspicious bits which I knew were filler. An...
- Thu Jul 27, 2023 5:30 pm
- Forum: Projects and Restorations
- Topic: 1.6L restoration
- Replies: 18
- Views: 47543
- Thu Jul 27, 2023 7:27 am
- Forum: Projects and Restorations
- Topic: 1.6L restoration
- Replies: 18
- Views: 47543