Recent content by solihulls_finest

I LIKE backyard fibreglass Frankensteins. What's the diagnosis, doc? :mrgreen:

I study social economics, and I think it's important to bear in mind the business forces at work in car production. It's no denying that the average car life - i.e. the time it resides with it's first owner - has gone down during the last 40 years. This has to do with a general increase in...

Well, I've got the previous guy's (I'll call him "the ancestor" from now on) receipts for new calipers from a few years ago, and the dust covers, pistons and what have you are all in excellent shape. Up till now I was afraid of damaging the discs if I pushed too hard with anything made out of...

OOOH. I want to take that car home and clean it and kiss it! Look how baroque the Delanair unit looks!

Had a go on the brakes a few days ago - I noticed the previous owner hadn't bothered with anti-squeal shims, so I ordered a set from Wins & co. Problem is: With the pads removed from the left front caliper I've must've accidentally touched the brake pedal on the way out of the garage, so now...

SOD IT I've twisted the copper pipe Damn! Whilst fiddling about with the front left brake line, I managed to twist the copper brake pipe to which it connects in the engine bay. I admit it was stupid, I just unscrewed the flexible hose a few turns without knowing that the pipe would simply...

Hi, I've just recieved a new set of Goodridge steel braided brake lines (SRV0100-4). I specifically ordered the set with 4 lines instead of SRV0100-3 with 3 lines, which Goodridge oddly enough recommends for the 2000 TC. As accessing the rear lines are a bit of a fuss, I'd like to ask you...

Looks like a great project. I for one like the series I better than series II! As it's a 1970, does it have fixed rear quarterlights, or can you open them? I see that it has an arial - what radio is in it? Mine has a Blaupunkt which certainly seems original, but every UK car I've heard of has a...

I object! Give me the wheels instead! BTW, how do you balance wire wheels? Bicycle wires invariably go skew/loose after a while, and must be tightened up (hassle). Wouldn't you have to do this on car wires as well?

How did you get the bezel off? I've had it in my hand and a screwdriver in the other, but was too afraid to really let go. Did you pry the tiny flanges outwards and then somehow bend them back in again afterwards?

My dad is an avid Volvo 240 enthusiast and has stripped down his pristine '86 white sedan for no practical reason, just to see whether he could do it! He even manufactured the special tools for the job! When I was getting my driver's license he even helped me buy my own 240 estate, because he...

Thanks! On to find new top links, then. For the moment the 175s seem to be a good compromise.

I've read through a lot of posts on what rubber to fit on P6's, and I want THE FINAL WORD from experienced members on whether it's pratical to fit 185-profile tyres on the standard rims of a 2000 TC. - The car came with 165/80R14s from factory. - The previous owner of my car fitted 175/80R14s...

You're right, there's no rust on the car, just some on the exhaust pipes which he didn't cover in grease (for fear of it causing a fire). But he didn't drive the car much, and if I remember correctly he also REPLACED the grease every now and then :shock: . I'm thinking that I'll keep the grease...

I've another question for you: For some reason the previous owner didn't like Tectyl or other common underseals, so he rubbed every inch under the car with a fat kind of wire grease. The grease gets all over me when I work on the car, and some of it must be falling off when I rinse the...