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Hopefully Tom L will chime in with his recommendations regarding piston rings. I recollect a company in Los Vegas (Deves ??) that makes rings for our XPAG/XPEG.

Tom knows!

That oil filter cap is the business Dave - I have a set of 6 in a box and between them they fit almost everything.
I think the biggest mistake people make is not lubing the O ring with 'grease'--oil doesn't work quite as well and also overtightening is a no no.

Can you get K&N filters there, they're a high performance American filter, very good filters with a slightly thicker case and...

This picture is from Let there be Ys and shows the layout in what is possibly Y 4070.

As to the size of clips Stephen, NTG recommend their part number X209D (https://mgbits.com/contents/en-uk/p7138_Clip-Starting-Handle-_-Tools.html), however the ones in Y 0833 are clearly more like X209C (https://mgbits.com/contents/en-uk/p7316_USE-X209D.html).

What is interesting is that in the ...

So to return to Stephen's original question concerning the layout of the SWC or (Spare Wheel Compartment) I am attaching 2 photos I took tonight of the very original layout of Y 0833 which I am currently breaking (it is completely beyond economic restoration before anyone gets too upset :( ).

The first picture shows the 4 clips in 2 parallel rows running front to rear on the left side of ...

Hi Ian

If you go back through my posts to the BBS since its inception (when I lived in the UK till 2004) I have frequently referred to it as the SWC as have many others. Sorry if anyone was confused SWC is so much easier to type repeatedly.

Paul

Guy, yes I realise that - sorry, I must not have been clear! So, I reckon what you're doing makes sense.

Bill. Granny chargers are 2.6kW. the 7kW is what the domestic smart wall chargers supply.

This thread has got me interested in ev chargers as I currently have an interest in plug in hybrids (PHEV) which have lower charging needs than full ev's. So a granny charger might suffice.

However, there is another aspect to this which is what consumer unit a household has. Some might still have rewirable fuses (!), others will have 16th, 17th or 18th "edition" CUs. This refers to th...

Update to the thread, if anyone is interested. I visited the 'Tina yesterday and again this morning for piccies.
I took loads but here's a selection.
I took spanners with me today to see if I could get the engine to turn over. I couldn't get access to put either of the spanners on the crank nut so I just tried turning the fan by hand while watching the crank pulley. Lo and behold the engi...

What you want is one of these sockets.

They come in various sizes.

I bought one for a Passat about 20 years ago and, as luck would have it, it also fits the filter on our Rover 25 (K-series).

https://www.eurocarparts.com/p/laser-4232-oil-filter-wrench-65mm-x-14-flutes-3-8-d-las4232