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I've been keeping in touch with @BrianMac123. Was a biatch of a job alright...!

Thanks redrover. Removing them side plates - is that an engine out job?

Thanks redrover. I had new hoses fitted before this leak and block and rad given a flush out. I suspect that whats happened is that whatever grunge was in there was masking the pinhole as no leak was occurring prior to this. Nothing is moving on the petcock though. Main screw itself nor the valve.

Great! Thanks for that. I did try turning the valve but no joy there. Well and truly stuck in position. Will get me some K Seal

Thanks for that. Extremely helpful! And if my petcock is leaking is the only solution to swap out for a new one? Or is it better to live with the leak?

Now for the daft question... how does this work? I can't actually get the existing plug out. It's seized in tight. Have WD40'd it so see what happens. I'm presuming I turn the nut anti-clockwise? Not the t-bar? Once the new plug is in place, does the t-bar then need to be turned so it's as far...

I'm swapping out the brass drain plug on my 2000 SC manual. Is it just a case of screw one out and screw the other in? Should I add plumbers tape to the screw thread? Anything else I should be aware of?

I also put some adhesive heat reflective material on the underside of the heat shield Nice shiny carb back in place

What I did in the end was paint the manifold in heat resistant paint and wrap the manifold in heat wrap. I took some temp readings before and after for comparison and that's attached. I've got some Firesleeve for the fuelpipe which is going on this week. I've also got a temperature probe in the...

I didn't go for the ceramic coating in the end but I was quoted €250 for the manifold which I thought was pretty decent

I've had the carb rebuilt on my '66 2000sc and am going to look at the timing. Never done the timing before so any suggestions / hints / tips all gratefully received. I have a timing gun and in theory, know what to do. Just never done it before. Main reason for looking at timing is that the...

Thanks Chris. Might go and order one

My car has no wing mirrors and I've seen a clip on mirror on the JR Wadhams site. Has anyone got or is anyone using a clip on wing mirror? Any photos you can share showing how exactly they fit? They any good?

I just took a look back at photos I took of the car before I bought her and that fuel line is in the same place now as it was then. Thanks for that suggestion though, I'll get some Firesleeve. Car has been running fine over the winter with the colder temperatures. This has only happened in last...

Same set up as before. The original exhaust system had a front box up in the engine bay which I got rid of. I've ordered some titanium exhaust wrap which I'll try out The 2 pics where you can see the heat shield - that's how it looks now. The pics with no heat shield (one from the top and one...

It's running at the same height I guess but physically, it goes under the top hose. There were no issues at all with vapour lock symptoms though prior to getting the s/s exhaust.

Yup the heat shield is fitted

All is good in fuel supply issues. She's running a touch rich which I've to sort but from eliminating all other possibilities I'm left with vapour lock as the cause

Blinkin eck... I've contacted a few firms over here in Ireland so will see what I get quoted. Will let you know!

I checked with Wadhams at the time and they didn't have this in then. I also live in Ireland so options available were very limited

I had the exhaust replaced with s/s system as it was blowing and the front box was original up in the engine bay. That needed to come out and when the bolts were loosened the manifold cracked. Had no choice but to get a s/s manifold fabricated. Seemed a sound idea at the time...!

Ouch... you mind me asking how pricey? Specialist job?

I've read a lot about vapour lock happening in V8s but don't think I've seen a post about it happening on a 2000 SC. I had a new stainless steel exhaust and manifold fitted to mine end of last year and she is not running right at all. The heat in the engine bay has increased significantly due to...

Temp gauge and everything else on the binnacle is working fine

That's some work you carried out on your TC DAK. Fair play to you on that. Will have a good read of the whole thread later but the issue on my fuel gauge seems to be the same as yours. Many thanks for this.