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  • Alan Anstead13 March 2026

    Thoughts
    Would it be a good idea to replace the sleeve with a machined sleeve with a roll-pin through it and the spindle?

  • R WILSON13 March 2026

    The 40162E distributor, with an E suffix, had a high lift cam. This was introduced at suffix D as an improvement on, and can be fitted as a replacement for, the earlier symmetric cam.
    The asymmetric cam was not fitted in any distributor used in any T or Y type.

  • Rod Jones13 March 2026

    Nice one Levern Happy Birthday to you both
    Enjoy the summer.
    Rod

  • anamnesis13 March 2026

    Yep on my list of things to do Jeremy.

    Maybe someone else might bell 'em and ask.





  • Anton Piller13 March 2026

    Friends

    I want to take the gearbox out, with the engine in situ. The Workshop M annual quotes amongst others "Remove the four bolts securing the cover to the ramp plate".

    I wonder if "ramp plate"is the same as "foot ramp" as quoted later in the gearbox/engine text?

    Later in the text it is said "Remove the bolts securing the ramp plate and lift out the ramp plate".

    Is i...

  • Jeremy MkIII13 March 2026

    About the seals. Maybe give V&C a ring or contact through the website? His name is Iain. Worst he can say is no.

  • anamnesis13 March 2026

    I'm all for alterations/mod's/improvements, but does the sleeve really need a redesign?

    When we could buy these dampers new from BMC, they were cheap. So cheap, that along with fwb's I used to replace them almost as service items.

    The only time I ever had the problem with the shaft moving in and out of the body, was with even cheaper recon's bought from car spares shops. Never ha...

  • anamnesis12 March 2026

    Yep much easier and a lot quicker with a press Jeremy. Wish I had room for one.

    Might save me money if they are ok and not leaking when I put them back together. Lol. We'll see.

    One of my damper's arm was loose on the shaft. I' not sure if the nut had pulled the arm down tight enough or if somehow the arm splines had worn enough to create movement. But if it's common that would...

  • David Billington12 March 2026

    Richard B,

    I'm not sure about glycerine as it's not miscible with mineral oil.

    Armstrong test rig sounds interesting but likely a rare beasty these days, made me think though of smart phones and their sensors so maybe an app and sure enough there are apps which may do the job such as https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gabriel-shock-test/id1076701012 and some others.

    I was thinking...

  • Jeremy MkIII12 March 2026

    Good job Anam, that's going to be a decent saving you're making there😊
    No idea how V&C disassemble them - there were several large presses in the workshop - but he did point out that one of my shockers had had the arm welded to the spines.
    It wasn't an issue for him - which makes me think he may use a method similar to yours but he pointed it out so I didn't think it was something he'd d...

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  • XPAG ENGINE PARTS TO CLEAR

    I have just cleared out an old boys workshop and have a quantity of XPAG engine parts to sell.

    Please bear with me, but XPAG isnt my strong point and the list is not complete!

    Cylinder heads 3
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