Recent content by sprie

Nice. Glad it works

The steering box cover that i removed i think was completely rotted through - i have bought a replacement which i need to paint before installation. However, i have tried every location and i can't work out where this cover fits - all i can think of is that it becomes a bit more obvious once i...

I think i prefer that position on the photo - next to the coil is above the engine and that is likely to get hot.

To the passenger side of the coil looks free. It might need a bit of care mounting but that space looks free.

It is 14cm L, 8cm W, 10cm H and it is splash-proof. The battery i have fitted under the bonnet is about 15mm longer than the standard size. It does fit but i don't think there is an obvious way to get this relay box to fit there. I could put the relay box under a seat, but that does mean...

I have bought a generic relay box: has 5 relays and corresponding fuses. My plan is to use relays for the heads lights and maybe the heater fan. I am not sure where to locate it, as it is not tiny. I and worried I will fit it somewhere and then later find when I fit everything else onto the car...

In the end I decided to pull out through the chassis. Took a few minutes.

I have ummed-and-arred about whether to pull my new (autosparks) loom through the chassis or use conduit outside the chassis - and am leaning towards the former. However, this presents a few questions 1) direction: i am inclined to pull it from the back to the front - the connectors at the back...

I have bought a replacement for a leaking heating matrix and cleaned up the box around it. I have put some foam on the inside to try and make it as airtight as possible. My plan was to rivet the lid back onto the box. I have hit a snag: the holes on the cover are pretty small and only a small...

I thought the end of the distributor had an offset tooth, which won't fit into the drive dog.

Whilst my series 3 did not originally have reversing lights, I would like to add them for safety reasons (and my new loom has the connections for this). I need to add a switch to fit on the Lt76 gearbox (which has a hole in what I think it's the right place to mount a switch), but I can't work...

ach. you can't really tell from that photo, but i think i have put the brake backing plate behind the stub axle - and i think the stub axle goes on first then the backing plate. I don't know why i did this. But this would move the backing plate maybe 15mm further out, so the drum would then meet...

I have come to the conclusion that the issue does not relate to the shoes. On the photo, the measurement shown for the front wheel is about 10 – 15mm longer than on the rear wheel. I have swapped the brake drums, and the front drum fits nicely on the rear. But I have the same issue at the...

Despite my best endeavours when rebuilding the engine, i landed up with the situation that the rotor arm was 180 degrees out i.e. if i have pot 1 HT lead the opposite side to where it should go on the distributor (and do the same to the other 3 leads), the engine runs fine. In the ideal world, i...

When I fit the rear drums, they virtually fit all the way up to the backing plate, which is what i expect. The two drums at the front don’t want to go the whole way – you can see there is a significant gap from the drum to the back plate. The obvious issue would be that they are snagging on...