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Do you think it will work in a boys bedroom, asking for a friend ? :oops:

Yeah, you click the button open on the can and place it In the passenger footwell and on you go😉

Possibly. Old lift pumps had a non-return valve built in. Later ones don't so I fitted one just after the fuel filter.

My secret leak tracker is talcum powder, some leaks only show under pressure and by the time you stop and search the water has dried, (I spent months tracking a tiny pinhole in a heater hose that dribbled down to the top of the gearbox on our...

Thanks! Been out today and drove about 20 miles total, all seems to be good so far. I did smell some burning from under the bonnet, maybe because the heat shields are off? I tried to check the coolant level when I got home, but now my bonnet...

And indeed now in its new home! Nice to meet you and thanks for showing us around your collection.

Yep. Now in my collection behind my house. Pulled it effortlessly. According to the Nanocom the coolant temperature varied between 85 and 91C unladen and pretty much solid at 90C fully laden no matter what the terrain or speed.

Sloobmobile??

I'd be happy with that, I trailered an AA van back from north of Glasgow, empty up to collect. My 3.5 V8 110 did 9mpg overall 🤔

Have to admit we put heritage 20/50 in that 4.0 litre we fixed and it ran really well on it.

I'll push zddp too. It was only removed for emissions purposes! It helps massively with the cams/flat tappet lifters. It's for this reason i don't recommend fully synthetic. It won't do the cams/lifters any good long term I always used valvoline...

Started the scrapper. Bit odd. Reconnected battery and everything worked again! Tried to start and everything went dark again. Tried a jump lead from battery negative to engine and even battery positive to starter positive but no change...

Buggrit. I bought everything to do the control arms and halfshaft Apart from new bolts for the ball joint!!! Buggrit

Doesn't matter if semi-synthetic or fully synthetic. Shell always used to have the best oils. Their additives seemed to be very good. Whether this is still the case I am unsure. Some people like @Henry_b recommend an oil high in ZDDP or something...

Something like that. I found the smell lasted weeks.

There is a potentiometer in the pump top. I'm trying to remember what it looked like but I recall you can clean it. I think it might have some sort of ribbon cable that solders on one side in order to get it out and clean underneath it but I...

I wouldn't touch that pump too much. Tap it to idle at 750 rpm and leave it. If there is no throttle response then someone may have had the top off and not engaged the pin into the collar.

Well, the car was cheap and meant to be a project/learning experience. So I tapped on the cat with a steel bar and it was a very muffled sound - maybe it was plugged. So I cut the exhaust right before the cat. Made zero difference other than noise 😂.

You can unplug the lift sensor and it will run on default values using the crank sensor.

Getting them out isn't an issue. Getting them to sit right when you put them back can be. Easy with the dash out but not always so easy to get them locked in place otherwise. I cannot remember what product I used off Amazon but you started the...

get a smoke bomb to let off in the car? gets everywhere with the AC recycling full blast

Think I just spotted a business opportunity.

Had a bit of bad luck and then good fortune. Had work mens large van on driveway today and decided to reverse the P38 off passed it. Yikes caught passenger wing mirror on their side door handle and made a mess of the mirror. My fault no damage...

Takes a while for the aircon to get down to temperature. Hotter it is the longer it takes.

I doubt that reading is real. Certainly not likely with the cap off so atmospheric pressure.

Good morning everyone, I was able to complete everything successfully. Thank you very much! When I put the car back on the wheels, everything aligned perfectly and I was able to insert the rear bolt by hand. Yes, I will continue to work on the...

tr try putting jumper lead from battery - terminal to a metel part of the engine and see if its a bad earth

The question is how do you tell? They taste different, obviously.

That sounds like it comes from personal expierence?

What he said. Not on a 38 but a 110, I had to jack the nose of the diff up, which rotates it, a bit to get the trailing arms lined up.