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  • anamnesis03 December 2025

    Just checked with South east water. According to their post code check, mine is a 'Moderately Soft water area'.

    My kettle element stays pretty clean too.

    But my bathroom sink mixer tap is over 20 years old. First time since I fitted it that I've had to attend to it.

    It may well have been debris.

    You may have seen on the news parts of T/Wells had no water for 5 d...

  • Alan Anstead03 December 2025

    Dave
    Even though I wore a mask. I should have worn gloves too!

  • GuyW03 December 2025

    Bill, I guess there are at least two relevant differences We are n a soft water area. Nil limescale, even none on kettles. And in my case the tap had only been installed for 3 months so nil wear apparent. I'm not sure exactly why it was dripping anyway, given those two facts. Maybe it had just picked up some detritus between the discs. But cleaning and reassembly sorted it. It came from a fairly r...

  • David Billington03 December 2025

    Alan,

    Your 1046cc got COVID? ;)

  • anamnesis03 December 2025

    Thread resurrection.

    Finally ran out of spare used sealed beams.

    I was tempted by the Tudors Trev mentioned. Pretty cheap, made in Taiwan. Read a couple of reviews that say they are ok.

    But decided to buy Wipac NOS instead. 55 quid as opposed to the Tudors for 35 quid.

    Full kit. Looks well made. Got quite a decent dome. Not sure about those rubber boots though. They lo...

  • Bill B03 December 2025

    Well, maybe it's just me then! New Blanco tap in 2018 when I re-fitted the kitchen. Cold tap dripped within about 5 years. I stripped it and cleaned it - better but still some seepage. So I changed the cartridge. My local plumber's merchant is very good and has cartridges at a good price. Hot now changed as well. Water fairly hard here so we have limescale which can't help. We have a water ...

  • J K Bowman03 December 2025

    Just to round this off.
    Rob Snell found some at Vintage and Classic Spares in Malvern , ebay advert. Thanks Rob !
    They looked close in the photos and they are close enough for me to go and check .
    They are identical as regards handle shape and size .
    The locking handle has a very long shaft so it will need trimming and the end of the shaft will need tapping for the little screw. ...

  • anamnesis03 December 2025

    All day, no drips.

    Perhaps the grease fills/seals the micro scratches.

    Maybe just needed cleaning.

    The end static ceramic disc, is held in and pressed against the rotating ceramic by the seal pressed into the end of the cartridge. Maybe over time that seal gets compressed, and then doesn't press the static seal against the rotating seal firmly enough.

    Anyway, still not ...

  • Alan Anstead03 December 2025

    My 948 is at 1046 with an overbore.
    It uses 998 con-rods and has a lightened & balanced flywheel.
    I use a 567 / 22g229 camshaft.
    Dizzy is std rather than the 7766 as in the ST booklet.
    I have a 295 head, at 9.5:1 fed by twin S.U.s

    It did show 62BHP on RR but pre Covid. A stock clutch is fitted with one of my roller release bearings. It fits onto a T9 5spd gearbox with my h...

  • David Billington03 December 2025

    Flip,

    I would be checking the UJs first and if they're in good condition taking it to someone that can dynamically balance it as would have been done at the factory. They're balanced as a separate unit and orientation on the final drive pinion flange shouldn't have any effect on the balance.

    "This can be achieved by adjusting the upper control arm". As it's a frogeye do you have...

  • 1949 MGYT LHD Y/T/EXU 2917

    1949 MGYT LHD Y/T/EXU 2917

    Clear Texas Title. The car had been stored in San Antonio, TX since 1966 and rescued in 2017. The car starts and runs beautifully and is road licensed.

    New items:
    Gas Sender, Gas pump, Master cylinder, 5 new tires, Drums, Brake shoes, Brake pistons, Soft brake lines with some hard lines replaced, Hand brake cable, Front shocks, Front inner and oute...

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