send the springs back, theres some right crap out there

Yes that is the seal gone, you can get a kit to repair, or look for a s1 water pump on ebay

As long as its not harming any one else, wheres the harm? Yes it deprives the government of a few pounds, but lets be honest they throw our money away every day. Why cant people live and let let live?

years ago i put a six in a s1, it fitted on the gearbox and the bulkhead but i had to move the mountings, i put the rad in front of the cross member. It was a lovely thing to drive and good on petrol. It looked awful and i should have cut the bulkhead and moved the gearbox back.

master cylinder pushrod for sure.

you wont do it any good, I would be surprised if the engine turned over at all. it could bugger the diff, a half shaft or the gearbox. I have done this on a petrol but unless the compression is well down i dont think its a good idea.

uncle bucks happens while running, on mine its after i switch off. as to a decoke, its just had one, and a new valve seat, i suppose the exhaust tappet clearance could have closed up as it all settled in, would that cause this?

Hi all, just got my s1 mot"d and back on the road after twenty years sitting around with various owners. all seems well apart from a noisy rear diff, the other, strange thing is that when i switch off then a few seconds later the exhaust pops and blows a smoke ring, very amusing but not right...

most diesel motors back in the day did not have valve stem oil seals, this is because there is no vacuum in the inlet manifold, the exhaust also weren't fitted, the seals were used on petrol motors and the few diesels that were fitted with a butterfly valve in the manifold ( for the servo, if...

Ok Chaps, I have just put the gearbox back in my series 1, i had it out to put new bearings in. when i drove it all was well for about a mile then there was a loud screeching noise, its speed dependent and will carry on if i coast out of gear. it comes on randomly and if i stop it will go away...

yes

I see you've got the rover 60 cylinder head fitted, runs better with this and a bit more mpg.

running week or a hole or leak in the exhaust front pipe timing retarded leak in inlet manifold

I have had loads of cars bored out in situ, we used to do it with a van Norman boring bar. it clamps to an adjacent bore and centers it self with "cats paws" these open out in the bore and are wound back in when the cutting starts. we always taped the big end journal the pressure washed the...

them pistons dont look that bad, if you can get a set donated then grab them, give it a good hone and bobs youre uncle, if not get a set of rings.

oil bath causes almost no restriction on air, it works a bit like a dyson, the air is forced around a corner and the heavy particals hit the surface of the oil and stick. the vacuum in the inlet will not be a effected by removing of changing the air filter.

Had a basterd of a job getting a good pedal on my s1, with new shoes, in the end i cut a window in an old drum an had a look to see what was happening, shoe was out of shape by about 5 mm at one end, it would be worn out before it bedded in, in the end i fitted a set of s/h shoes fitted spot on...

allways did, the army tow hitch went straight on the rear crossmember, as long as its not rusty of course

in theory you can gas weld lr chasis, we always did back in the day. dont know if a turbo gas will be OK, ive never used one, it may be hot enough but not have enough heat,(yes this does make sense).

you can brake a half shaft or the dif, you should never ever use a trans handbrake when the driveshaft is moving