Hi All, Attached find pics of the rib in question. You will note in the image showing the end (called uneven.jpg) that end of the rib sits above the table, despite the rib being placed evenly on the table. I think this may be due to it attaching to the flanges at the edge of the floor and...

Hi Mike, My memory is that there really isn't much you can adjust in a Weber, it's part of the attraction, they just work. It sounds like it's the idle jet, the Weber doesn't suffer from the same issues the Zenith does. A traditional trick for this is, start the car. Put a pair of...

Parabolics give you more corner roll. ;) They are better off road, they are slightly softer in the delicate posterior dept. They do let the cab roll a bit though, no worse that a Discovery, but not as solid as traditional springs.

This is what Series motoring is about!!! You never know where it will take you! Not an uncommon problem, the guys have mentioned all the probable. One thing I have noticed is that if I use my brakes a lot on roundabouts, I develop a pull in the steering as one set of brake shoes wear...

Hi Mike, I have been away... It makes a big difference which carb you have here, I didn't spot which one you have. The Zenith is actually a very good carb, despite rumours to the contrary. This is the carb that was originally fitted to the 2.25. You do find a lot of folk fit the weber...

Hi Guys, I have been overhauling my old Series III SWB and replacing the rear floor. I have had a section of 2mm Alu cut and bent such as the edges are bent up to rivet onto the side walls of the loadbay, into solid metal. The flanges had corroded away. I have replacement ribs and they are...

Hi, Mine was just noisy, the follower split in two. The diagnosis is an engine apart job, it's difficult to confirm any other way. The noise sounds like a valve, as it happens at the same frequency, however comes from lower down in the engine. It's a tacka, tacka noise with a fairly harsh...

Hi, The tax situation is you have to declare the veg oil you plan to use as fuel and pay fuel tax on it. Paraffin, I believe if you run on parafin you have to start and stop the engine on a.n.other fuel, as the paraffin cools and solidifies in the fuel line. I have never met anyone who does...

Rubber hose to the fuel tank in SIII... An the fuel line itself on mine after the sediment jar.

For the record, a CAM follower failure is what caused my "Tacka Tacka" noise on the discussion thread of similar name, if anyone is still interested. ;)

If the car was sold originally with seatbelts they must be present and working. If the car did not have seat belts they need not be present. i.e. On a SIII you must have front seat belts, but not back ones. However, if you fit seatbelts ALL seatbelts present must meet standards.

Painting Aluminium: Hammerite Special Metals Primer works ok for me.

Pure BioDiesel has different flash points etc. The 5% stuff you can get from the petrol pumps meets the same EN number as the normal stuff. It's the pure Bio you need to watch.

For 200 squid you will only get something that needs 200 squid spent on it I suspect. ;)

You know one of the things that makes this site what it is is the delicate and sensitive political skills you can learn from slob. As I sit here I can just imagine a bloke sitting in a shed with an old SII sipping tea from a china cup, little finger extended in pristine overalls. In the...

Not sure if it's been agreed by all, but I'm just adding my twopenny to the running-on. When a petrol engine runs too lean it can run very hot. the temperature in the chamber gets much hotter that it should. This heats the carbon deposits (coke) in the chamber. They glow white/red hot. You stop...

That is basically how you do it with a Vacuum guage, you back off 1/2 inch of mercury. The gauge gives you some more diagnostic info too, but same idea.

Take all the plugs out, screw it in da hole and turn the engine over a few times with the starter motor. Assuming your gauge has a max reading and it's not one of these you have to look at all the time. You should get out of the cab to find a reading. I don't however know what reading you are...

A mate of mine has a product that you fit over the footwell. Its a steel plate that basically prevents access to the pedals. Given the simple electrics on a series vehicle, are immobilisers gonna stop anyone? Aren't they just gonna hotwire it?

I have to ask myself is it totally wrong to want your signature?