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    Ellerton classic car show and craft fair

    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.
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    Brake light oddity

    check it doesnt say made in china , if it does bin it
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    Ellerton classic car show and craft fair

    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...
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    engine sideplate drain tap

    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...
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    engine sideplate drain tap

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

    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,
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    engine sideplate drain tap

    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...
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    engine sideplate drain tap

    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...
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    engine sideplate drain tap

    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...
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    wiper fixings , cup or cap

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

    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...
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    Noise when revved

    i wondered where i left that spanner.......
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    2200 in primer, gold leaf any one.

    thanks for sensible advice , just hope my prep is bang on .
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    2200 in primer, gold leaf any one.

    yes it was my jps 3 ltr capri that got me thinking
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    2200 in primer, gold leaf any one.

    that is the kind of suggestion i was after, may give it a go.
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    2200 in primer, gold leaf any one.

    I am in the laborious process of respraying my 2200 which was half cameron green and half arden green, my chosen colour is black gloss ,just because it will be easy to touch up . my query is ....should I gold leaf the now chrome side strips, and maybe a gold pinstripe here and there or am I...
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    2000 Head replacement

    might be worth moving the distributor round a bit ,mine runs better way in advance of the 6 degree mark , might be chain wear , plus my brakes were binding a little and the wheels needed tracking too.
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    Obstruction discovered in choke passageway in carb body. Pennies for your thoughts.

    yes, i can see that a worn or wrong size jet could be "repaired"by soldering the hole then drilling out to size , dont know how long this would last though . but sometimes needs must.
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    Obstruction discovered in choke passageway in carb body. Pennies for your thoughts.

    could i have been a bit of lead solder from an attempted repair to the filter housing or similar perhaps, i once dropped some in a downdraught carb when soldering the choke cable to the grommet cos i couldnt find a small enough bolt. never did find it.
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    Retirement project

    a little facetious perhaps ,about what i perceive to be costly bureaucratic institutions. The last time i registered a car it was at my local office and took only 2 days. It was certainly quite tortuous waiting over 3 months to have my first drive on public roads. regards IAN
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    Don't trust anything

    you lost me at "electronic" witchcraft me thinks
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    Retirement project

    paperclips are the magic ingredient so they cant spill the paperwork all over the floor. plus a list of contents . praying seems to have helped too.
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    Retirement project

    there should be a law against the motor museum charging me 55 of her majesties finest coins for the heritage certificate and allowing 5 weeks for the pleasure of waiting . oh and another for dvla lightening my wallet of 50 quid and taking six weeks to get it registered.
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    little square foam block . dash to wing seal

    not had wing off but done some poking around trying to find some rust to cure. but failed miserably.....
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    little square foam block . dash to wing seal

    hey nobody is prefect thanks anyway.
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