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Wheeler Dealers got some springs made and by searching the web I think it was this company.


https://www.jones-springs.co.uk/vintage-car-springs

ISTR many years ago, seeing pliers for fitting the tubular upholstery clips to seats.

I thought they were sold by Eastwood or Frost, although they now seem to be the same company and don't seem to have the tool in question.

Does anyone know where they can be found?

Tim, the PA/PB, and all the other pre-war OHC cars, have Wolseley derived engines which use conventional (for us) BSF/BSW threads. The problematic fasteners with Metric fine threads and BSF/BSW heads were used on Morris derived engines only like the XPAG series.

Episode 27: the problem I have is definitely within the gauge, as the oil feed pipe to the dash is not blocked, and oil flows along it freely.

I'm just about to remove the gauge from the dash.

David Lawrence advises (LTBY p,165) that the gauge unit is Jaeger X.53936/6, type OG.79. Does anyone happen to have a spare gauge unit, in case mine is not repairable? Fair price offered, of c...

I blame Lord Nuffield. Who would have imagined he would saddle us with metric threads (and not even current metric!) and Whitworth heads on the fastenings around the engine? When Hotchkiss's UK plant was bought by Morris, I think in 1919, Nuffield was too mean to retool the French machines with UK thread standards. His engineers went for the easy way out, and just adapted the hexagon dimensions to...

Extremely good utube vid here.

"DIY Solar: We’re Told Never Do This… So I Did"

https://youtu.be/Na4LTD1M6nw?si=yAkYNfDqW-X2KXvg

And he asks as a parting shot, "would you get away with it in your garden?"

I'm not intrinsically against them IF a proper standard is adopted. It's just that ebay and others may start offering low cost options that aren't safe, like some of the phone and bike chargers you can get. The BSI standard is due in July so we shall see.

Very good read that Richard.

Max 800W?

"The inverter still caps AC output at 800W regardless of how many panels are connected."

So you need a battery otherwise it's wasted? Or have I misunderstood?

But anyway, in the Uk, getting 800W is likely quite difficult/impossible unless you have 4 panels, 2000W capacity because of sun angles and frequent cloud cover.
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Tnank you John, for the flowers!

Thank you Willy, for the two links!

Best
Anton YT 4220
Switzerland

Anton
There is a lot of info on the MG Enthusiasts site

https://www.mg-cars.org.uk/imgytr/techdata.shtml

Fasteners----
https://www.mg-cars.org.uk/imgytr/pdf/fastener.pdf

Cheers
willy