Recent content by sprie

Yup, lots of jiggling, tweaking and the jobs done - i have got the joint bracket further away from the side of the chassis, and got the pipe raised a bit, so it is away from the rubber gearbox mounts. Thanks for the steer.

I bought myself the 3 pipes/hose (2 metal, 1 rubber) that lead from the clutch master to the clutch slave – I could have had a go at making the metal ones, but part of the reason for the purchase was that the shape would inform me the route the pipe needs to take… (other reasons are that they...

I have just attached my gearbox back to the engine, and this has highlighted a couple of issues with the routing of the exhaust. I can get it to sneak past the gearbox mount, but it is a bit close Where the front exhaust section is joined to the middle section, a corner of the triangular...

When I dissembled my old slave cylinder there was no circlip behind the seal. There is no recess in the wall of the cylinder that I have seen on master cylinders for circlips. My cylinder seal kit included the seals and also a (mostly) C-shaped circlip. I had a go at inserting the circlip...

sorry, forgot to add the important bit. see below.

I know there is a pin that goes through the end of the lower shaft (in the red box). But I am wondering if there is also a pin that goes through the middle of the spacer and trunnion at the top of the clutch pedal (inside the blue boxes). My pedal is covered in paint on the outside so it’s not...

I changed all the bearings except the reverse one as the race doesn't come out without more work than I was happy to do. My car is series 3 but the inards of the gearbox are series 2 (don't know why) so only synchro only 3 &4. in general the gears looked ok, bit worn but serviceable. Replaced...

As per an earlier thread, i have got the rebuilt engine sitting on the bare chassis and running. Sounds OK. Just in the process of sorting out the cooling system at the moment. My plan is to then stick the rebuilt gearbox on the back of the engine and test it. I had a dry run of installing the...

excellent. have done the same and it goes on fine. will test next time i get the engine going (sorting out the cooling system at the moment). thanks

I can’t work out where the bracket should go and/or whether I have the wrong fan belt. I was thinking that the bracket went between the top bracket of the alternator and a bolt fixed to the bolt hole just to the left of that point. But as you can see in the photos, the gap is significantly less...

its 1990 petrol 2.25. The switch i bought was this one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254654333353 it has spades with labels 1,2,3,5 (i.e. no number 4). You are right - the issue is power to the coil - but the odd thing is that it DOES have power in position III, but that turns off when the key is...

Just trying to get my newly rebuilt engine running. I found that when i turned the ignition switch to position 3, the starter motor kicks in, engine starts and runs, until i release the key on the switch and it returns to position 2. Initially, I assumed this was fuel/carb related issue, but I...

i am trying replace my worn out battery and am not sure what physical size i can get. The easy bit is that it is 175mm wide (that seems pretty standard and should fit) and it could be up to 300mm long - most batteries are either far too long to fit this or are significantly less (e.g. 260mm...

I am fitting the lock wire to the bolts that keep the tappet holders in place. Its a bit fiddly. I can't find anywhere which suggests the best approach. Should i run a piece of wire across all the bolts (which will be really difficult to thread)? Should i run a piece of wire across pairs of...