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Maybe you could introduce him to books too. 😉.

And this type of forum instead of crap faceache.

Why would they go rougue?

You haven't been following Bill.

Go back down the thread and read what I posted from Andrew Neil.

10 August 2026 at 08:35:57.

Not why Bill, -- WHEN!

I used Viton tipped ones as that was recommended to me at the time,though many years ago. But I never knew why!
But that is why I asked Nick if he had tried new needle valves.

I was going to suggest the same as Willy - i.e. loosen ALL the studs, or back off the rockers and withdraw the shaft.


Willy

The MGB has shims under the two inner pedestals, to 'tension' the rocker shaft. Doesn't that make it difficult to withdraw the shaft?

Just an update, nothing very interesting.
Done just over 250 miles now since replacing the quill.
Speedo needle is very steady and reading is accurate when compared with GPS speedo, maybe reads 1 or 2 mph faster, which is not a bad thing. And that’s from zero up to 75mph.
So that’s an end to this topic, unless it breaks again!!

Sort of related to the original theme:

I took my Sprite to the Classic and Vintage hill climb at Harewood yesterday. It was a wonderfully sunny day with some fantastic, and some idiosyncratic, cars to watch and admire. My day went well until I completely lost 3rd gear on the 1st competitive run. Very surprised to set a PB on my final run using only 2nd and 4th after the start so not a com...

But why would they go "rouge"? Well maybe the female ones 😅

Actually, I've tried out several longer "conversations" with Google AI on stuff where I generally know what the correct responses should be. I have to say it mostly gets it right. But I guess it's bound to as it's "data scraping" everything it can find including what I say (as you've found Anam). On factual stuff like "how ...

Thanks Flip - that's very interesting. I've been on the phone to a chap at Burlen this morning, and he was pretty confident the problem could be overcome with a new valve and Viton needle. The vibration thing never occurred to me.
I've spent a happy half hour this morning with grinding paste on one of the metal tipped needles, trying to make the fit between cone and entry hole perfect.

I've been assuming that Bernie is replacing the pedestals, perhaps to get high lift.

Andy Jennings? Welsh MG?