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The Classic Marque

Les,

Good to hear you've got it resolved and hopefully the reassembly goes smoothly and you've got your transport back.

Probably no need now but you could have measured the uncompressed thickness of the driven plate to see how wide the wavy plate is, maybe too late as likely fitted.

I presume by vernier you're referring to a Vernier caliper. It annoys me when I see peopl...

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Mostly agree with all that Trev.

One exception.

Farage, so far, hasn't had his snout in the taxpayer's trough. His is a private money trough. I don't mind him doing that one iota.

Leaving aside the party politics for a moment I really hope that those voting will see through Burnham for what he is although Im not confident they will . He isnt standing for the good of the country or even the Labour party, he is standing for his own ego. Having lost out on the leadership twice he decided to leave parliament and become mayor in a pretty safe seat to boost his ego and now the op...

Success! Firstly, Paul's marking blue test didn't show anything. But after removing a patch of sound deadening, and the carpet, I got another 2 mm of slave movement, which seems to be enough. It will put the bite point a long way down, but that will improve as the plate compresses and wears.

In summary, this was caused by a combination of slightly short pedal movement, and a plate that wa...

I have re assembled the front brakes again using both ceramic grease and pencil graphite and yes it did need a bit of careful driving after for a while. Have only done about forty miles since and had no squealing for most of those miles but towards the end of my trip some squealing was strarting to be heard again. I have purchased another different brand of pads which will be the third set and wil...

Dave O'N, the driven plate is not marked. While I was on the phone to another Sprite expert, he unwrapped a brand new driven plate he happened to have and that wasn't marked either. I remember that they always used to be, but no longer it seems. Over 55 years I have always fitted them with the long side of the boss towards the gearbox, which is the reverse of what the manual says.

Dave B,...

The word very much IS hypocrisy Willy. You're dead right about the perfectly rational and legitimate use of all legal means to reduce one's tax bill. But Rayner and her fellow loony hypocrite socialists, carped on and contiunue to carp, about others who did it, and now want a free pass when they do it.

A game Bill? Yes, exactly. Manipulating the electorate for personal and party interests...

Chasing down lost motion, remind me if you have already checked the pedal bush and linkage and measured the piston stroke at the master cylinder end? Is there more travel to be had there? Pivot holes can wear to an oval.

Likewise, is the hydraulic hose good and definitely not expanding under pessure?

don't think hypocrisy is the word an. Any wise business or individual who doesn't try to minimise their tax debt is just throwing money away.