The Ford Capri Laser Page

Hi all,wonder if you could help a new member.Just recommisioning my 2.8 and it has started to misfire on cylinders 5 and 2. I have changed dizzy,cap,rotor arm,swapped leads around ans still nothing on 5 and 2.I put a strobe light on each lead and that is how i found out which ones were playing up.A...

Oh yes MGF, that was a horror being mid engined. Everything you did on one of those was a mare, I had a girlfriend who had one 15 years ago. Every job turned out to be a problem. There was plenty of access panels but just bad design again and being MGR group everything had been compromised to save ...

I didn't realise you could do that with a dynamo?! You must have been travelling at some speed. I was keeping up with the cars so probably 40 ish. :xd: It was a Puch Pursuit racing bike. Do Puch still make Bikes ? I had a Puch Free Spirit 10 gear racer - with dynamo lights and mileometer! The thoug...

I would say VSR would cause a loss in compression and if anything make the starter spin faster.

pbar wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 2:39 pm Will have enough for an electric kettle soon.

I went in a chinese takeaway having mistaken it for a newsagent. I asked for twenty number 6 and to my horror got 500 prawn balls!

I've still got my VCR and it still works unlike my DVD player!

My pet hate is CV boots. Not especially difficult but all that yukky muck. Also front springs on W123 Mercs if you (like me) haven't got the right compressor. Anything with corroded, snapped off or rounded bolts.

I will think of more later no doubt.

Not a fan of modern day MG cars. In fact I rank them as cheap Chinese takeaways and I wouldn't piss on it if it was on fire. (Which a lot of the electric ones will be at some time).

Yuk.

Looks like a Corsair in the background.

Police these days are revenue raisers and data collectors. PC doesn't stand for Police Constable these days, rather the other meaning and they are too busy trying to be PC rather than effective. To feel safe as I live on my own I have a cricket bat under my bed. The bastards would be knocked out of ...

If the car didn't have a servo in the first place then I would guess so. If you want a servo I would suggest getting a remote servo and mount it in the engine bay somewhere - this is relatively cheap and easy to do with a single circuit brake system.

Brilliant. Loved it and forwarded a link all round the world!

Andrew 2.8i wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:36 am I've bought a few items from this seller and can report that it's all god stuff.

Andrew.

Is he a religous man too? Or was the merchandise of heavenly quality?

I may be wrong but I would imagine getting one listed for a Capri may be difficult. However Girling master cylinders are popular and plentiful and were fitted to most makes of British cars in the sixties, seventies and eighties so you should be able to match it up. You may have to swap the push rod ...

My best mate had a V- reg Highland Green 1.6 GL. Lovely old car in beautiful condition and he only sold it because his wife was a short arse and couldn't see over the bonnet.

I really like that colour, had a 2.0GL Cortina in it years ago as well.

The old Queen, QE2, decreed that she was to be called Queen Consort. Upon Charles becoming King he altered the decree so that she would be known as the Queen. It's a pity that the old Establishment stuffed shirts didn't allow him to marry her in the first place before she married Parker -Bowles and ...

Ian Lavender - last of a great cast of one of this country's funniest comedy programmes. Rest in Peace.

Also Jonny Irwin, presenter of A Place in the Sun, a show that gets a lot of people dreaming of going elsewhere, robbed of his life at just 50 years old.
RIP Jonny.

Just remember guys that Copperslip is an anti-seize compound and not a lubricant. I always brush it on the edges of the pad backing plates where they contact the caliper or its mount to stop the pads rusting into the sliders.

Looks reasonable and thank goodness its not some Electric SUV piece of sh1t. It would be better given a new name as the Probe was.

Good to see the classic scene in Czechia looking well attended. Your car looks fantastic as always, and I love that Skoda 130 RS too. Andrew. Thanks Andrew. ;) And there was also one Skoda 200 RS. Don't know if original or replica. 200 RS was development racing car before 130 RS. More info here: ht...