Recent content by BrianMac123

Excellent. Now when you do get it off, don't go pulling the carbs off, take the whole manifold off, it's not that difficult. Your O rings may have perished. And you will have better access to the exhaust to inspect it. But first and most importantly, drain your coolant!! If you want to have a...

Ian I'm guessing you are talking about this part! It will come away, there are two bolt holes on the left, (sorry the photo isn't great, I disturbed herself to take it ) and the bracket you see.

Took the car out this evening, noticed one of my headlights is gone. Outer beam LU 54522973 37.5W. Geoff has HL103H4 , are they OK to replace with?

Absolutely, but the bolts had to come out to support the engine while I replaced the gasket on the engine side-cover.

Yes it does seem a little off safety-wise, it is a self locking nut I think, but still. A split pin would make me feel safer. I'll look into it, now that I know what the parts are, when refitting I might look into a safer alternative.

Where exactly does it fit Vern?

Thanks Michael but... Manual, TC section. " Insert the front mounting bolts but do not tighten them. The left-hand bolt is fitted from below, and the right-hand bolt from above

Question please. On the TC, on the dizzy side, the engine mounting arrangement is bolt down - nut from underneath. On the exhaust side it's bolt up from the bottom and nut on top. When I was reassembling recently, what I thought was a thick washer on the exhaust side, turned out to be made from...

I finally got around to refitting the number-plate light, I knocked out the old posts, soldered in two new bolts of approximately the same size. The internal gasket needs replacing I can live with that for a while. Looks the business and working fine. While I was at it, I pulled the front...

Flexi-plate? That's where my first Auto went

I prefer to call those things "Vans" not cars ;).

No, you're right JP, now that I see it properly. I've been under it for a bit, trying a few ideas. I might come up with something before evening. Cheers.

Thanks JP, I'll have to get the bushes on first. Would splitting them, then superglueing back together when on the shaft, and your length of hose serve as a temporary fix?

Same here, that's a good point. Those bl00dy electric scooters!

A: After being down the same road (no pun) recently, before taking anything apart, get it up on a hoist and look for the the gearbox remote. You might find some bushes have perished and slid along the shaft. If so, tackle that first. You might need some assistance with that. But the rest that...