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Evening all, It's probably been the subject of a few threads but I'm not sure as to whether this particular item has been the culprit for the water ingress into the passenger side footwell when it rains. I checked all the usual suspects blocked heater drain, windscreen seal etc etc but nothing visib...

Be warned, it's an exhausting job if you intend to fit them yourself, but if you insist then best get it out your system now.

Wayne

I'm not to worried about the exhaust manifolds, I'm just concentrating on the block and cylinder heads at the moment, I literally can't wait to get the engine installed in the car - it's car clinic 3.4 stroker engine and I'm itching to try her out!

Wayne

Thanks for the replies gent's, great information as ever, it's much appreciated.

A mate of mine has just suggested stove paint for the cylinder heads, any thoughts?

Wayne

Other than a Capri the only other cars I'd drive are a '68 Dodge Charger 426 Hemi or a Plymouth Road Runner, not a single modern car made can persuade me to part with my children's inheritance

Wayne

Evening all, Almost finished installing an Edelbrock carburetor on my 3 litre Essex engine, just need to adapt an accelerator cable to match the Capri pedal to the Edelbrock linkage, can anyone tell me what Capri had the longest accelerator cable, I'm thinking it's the 2.8i but I'm not totally sure ...

Hello markthetart, I agree with Paul, a 34-year-old fibre camgear should be replaced. I have recently replaced a fibre gear for an aluminium one because of age. (not mine: the car!) Initially it made a noticeable "whining sound", which was expected but it has since quietened down. Again, ...

Unless the seller lowers the price I think he/she may be in possession of that panel for a quite a while.

Wayne

Hi mate,

I personally wouldn't worry about having a bit of slack as long as the carb/throttle body linkage is fully open when the throttle pedal is hard to the floor.

Wayne

This is going to be interesting....

Mc Tool wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 9:59 pm Spigot bearing ?

That's a good call as well, in my younger days I put a gearbox back in a car with no spigot bearing and thought fuck it that'll be alright.....it wasn't

Wayne

I had trouble with one of my cars last year I think it was, I had left her standing unused in the garage for around 5 months, when I adventually got round to using her I couldn't get any gears at all unless the engine was off and even with the clutch pedal to the floor she still lurched forward if i...

Hi Tom,

When you say the car was sitting for a while do you mean weeks or months or just a few days?

If you was to start the car in 1st gear with the handbrake off and with the clutch pedal to the floor does she try to move forward at all?

Wayne

Jasonmarie wrote: ↑Sat May 16, 2020 9:36 pm Not that I have washed the Capri for a few years now but on the other cars I use this it’s great and does the trick

Hi Jason,

That stuff worked perfectly, nice one mate

Cheers

Wayne

It's just hard to imagine the engine running ok with such low compressions in the cylinders especially the cylinder that only has 80psi, I would have thought that particular cylinder would be misfiring all over the place or even dead. As others have said though run the compression test again and do ...

For the last few days it's been OK - I pushed the cap on a bit more as I remembered that I'd tried to take it out again and couldn't get it off fully :doh: :whistle: Will have to keep an eye on these things as the low compression on cylinder 1 does mean it will need some love eventually Cheers Dann...

Saga is definitely the correct term

I did mention whether or not he had the correct cable in the other thread but some reason a new thread was started for the same subject....

Wayne

I know it's probably going to sound a bit 'old man talking' but before you consider lowering your car take into consideration them poxy speed humps, when my car was lowered those humps caused nothing but problems for the exhausts, I was constantly waiting for the exhaust to start blowing with each b...

Any luck with this issue?

Wayne