Recent content by edmond

top gears Richard Hammond crashed at elvington at 288 mph . i used to go and watch drag racing in the 70s. then ride my Norton atlas back home at breakneck speeds ...well it felt fast till the japanese bikes sailed past.

check it doesnt say made in china , if it does bin it

hi, just booked for Ellerton classic car show near york, no entry fee this year just turn up after 11 am. its a village craft fair as well ,food available, lovely day out. last time i took my 1956 Standard 10. over 100 cars there in 2016. my 2200 is for sale on ebay at 3450 why not come and...

tore the gasket putting it on so i had to improvise ....made one from some roofing flashing with bitumen on 1 side . bitumen to engine block .did this cos my other car popped is head gasket and i still had to get about , i can report that after 250 miles it is still holding up , so i will leave...

i would rather have a tooth pulled withoutanasthetic ,, think i will be in the if it aint broke dont fix it camp.

with my eyesight they may be either . but i think they are setscrews as they are threaded from top to bottom , a bolt is only threaded part way . correct me if i am wrong,

got the sideplate off, there was the usual brown sludge ,but not as much as i had on my 2000. but there was also thick black layer of what looks like carbon deposits and boy was it hard this was blocking the drain hole in a big solid lump. i had to use a small hammer and chisel to remove it...

i have had the tap in a vice and got it opening and closing so now i will try a drill bit in the hole and see if its just hard crud and see if i can clear it but it felt like metal when i poked a screwdriver in the hole .might end up removing the side plate , if i can pluck up the courage and...

hello, i decided to try and drain some sludge from my 2200 tc because it runs hot . i tried to open the tap in the engine sideplate but the wing nut broke so i removed the whole assembly expecting to be engulfed by water at any moment ...but there was no water escaping so i thought it must be...

cheers H. thought i was doing something wrong (as usual ha) i might be thick, but i am stupid.

the village is missing its idiot. having taken off the front heater air intake vent cover(scuttle panel. i have a dilemma , the wiper studs fit through a grommet in the panel then there is a circular steel cup which seals the rubber grommet in place .easy you may say, but...

i wondered where i left that spanner.......

thanks for sensible advice , just hope my prep is bang on .

yes it was my jps 3 ltr capri that got me thinking

that is the kind of suggestion i was after, may give it a go.