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  • Malcolm11 December 2023

    Two checks to do:

    1. Are mounting faces clean?
    2. Have you tried rotating it 90, 180 and 270 degrees? (Easy to try than 1, no need to remove the hub).

    Cheers,
    Malc

  • John Quilter (TD8986) 11 December 2023

    George Butz, It's lucky you caught that on your 280Z as many decades ago, I worked on a TD that had hydro-locked and it bent a connecting rod, just enough, to touch the bottom of the cylinder wall creating a strange ticking noise when running.

  • Flip Brühl11 December 2023

    The right brake disc was crooked 0.40 mm and too thin 7.22 mm. I replaced the brake disc, the runout is now 0.20 mm. It must be < 0.1 mm. My conclusion is that the hub is swinging. Is 0.2mm acceptable for a Sprite? The left disk has a runout of 0.002 mm.

    Flip

  • George Butz III11 December 2023

    Maybe you had some latent trapped air in the heater and plumbing? I have had a couple cars that required turning the heat on and topping off a couple times after draining coolant. My TD had leaking headgasket, and the oil was milky white. My 280Z would fill a cylinder with coolant overnight and I would have to pull the plug and spin it over to pump coolant out before starting. Yes I was a brok...

  • GuyW11 December 2023

    It's pretty clear; if what you watch or record for later, is live, irrespective of the platform, then you need a licence:

    >>TV licence is needed if you watch or record TV on any channel via any TV service (such as Sky, Virgin, Freeview, Freesat), watch live on streaming services (e.g. ITVX, Channel 4, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, Now, Sky Go), and/or use BBC iPlayer.<<

    Do...

  • Len Fanelli11 December 2023

    By the way Today I timed the difference between before and after finding the best air/ fuel ratio from Idle to wide open throttle!
    With my TD, 4.3 axle ratio, 2nd gear from 2000 RPM to 4000 RPM, 5.0 seconds instead of 6.1 seconds.
    I am certian this will work on ANY XPAG XPEG engine!
    Well worth the time an money spent ( 2 sets of SU needles), Now I can reproduce any needle in an hour or tw...

  • J K Chapin10 December 2023

    WR may be on the right track. Can you shut off the coolant to the heater(both inlet and outlet) to see if there is still a coolant loss? Maybe the problem is the plumbing to the heater or the heater itself.

    Just musing.

    Jud

  • J Scragg10 December 2023

    I am thinking of buying these new design floats, however I have a question. As they are different weight and density, Do I need to modify the fork gap to obtain the correct fuel level?

    John

  • Malcolm10 December 2023

    Getting the collector off the manifold was an absolute pig and I have some repair work to do.

    On my way to Anglesey in the summer I overtook a cyclist, when straddling the cats eyes, there was a bump/dip and the exhaust smashed into a cat's eye with one helluva bang!! I was going a reasonable lick, 50 - 60 mph, as it was a long straight and quiet road so I didn't have to slow down.
    <...

  • Malcolm10 December 2023

    Spear point - check ✅

  • 1957 MGA COUPE

    Body off rust free car. 1800 cc. Five main at .060 over, Burgess fast road head and cam, alternator, high torque starter, header with 2 exhaust, Hoyle coil over front suspension, High Gear Engineering 5 speed gearbox, B front spindles with Wilwood four piston calipers, 75/100 watt tripod headlamps with relays. Black with black interior. Paint is base clear with some stone chips as I drive the c...

  • 1957 MGA COUPE

    Body off rust free car. 1800 cc. Five main at .060 over, Burgess fast road head and cam, alternator, high torque starter, header with 2 exhaust, Hoyle coil over front suspension, High Gear Engineering 5 speed gearbox, B front spindles with Wilwood four piston calipers, 75/100 watt tripod headlamps with relays. Black with black interior. Paint is base clear with some stone chips as I drive the c...

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