Cheers for that. I haven't got anyone to help tonight so I'll have to wait. I'll let you know how I get on.

Jamesmartin, is there any chance you could elaborate on what you said about bleeding at the top cylinder? Sounds like a good idea but I'm not fully clear how you mean to do it. Cheers.

Thanks for all the suggestions everybody. Whatever happens it should be interesting...

It has got a servo, and the front brakes are the type with two wheel cylinders each, one top and one bottom. I'm wondering if maybe I could stick something on top of the fluid reservoir (kind of like a funnel) so that I could get loads of fluid in at once, then I could have someone pump it...

Unfortunately can't clamp rear hose because it's got a kind of long metal spring round the outside that could damage the rubber (not sure what the purpose is). I did read somewhere about stopping the outlets from the master cylinder with bleed screws as a way of trying to isolate the problem. I...

Hi everyone, I tried to bleed my brakes yesterday (S3 swb) using what I thought was the recognised method of starting furthest away from the master cylinder and working your way closer. I've ended up with the age-old problem of a spongy pedal that needs pumping to get firm. Having checked my...

That's a good idea actually. Having just looked at prices they're nowhere near as expensive as I would've thought. Cheers.

Yeah I may as well because it looks like I need a whole new vac adv unit anyway. I'm assuming the diaphragm should be totally airtight, which I've now found out mine isn't. It still moves the mechanism but when I took it off and sucked on it there was definitely some air getting through. I've...

Brilliant, thanks mate. That looks like one hell of a useful web page. Cheers.

Hi everyone, at some point I'm going to take apart my ducellier distributor and give it a bit of an overhaul. I've found plenty of instructions and tips for lucas models but not much about ducellier. I'm hoping this is because they're pretty much the same, but is there anything I should know...

Ok brilliant, I was kind of hoping that might be the cure for some of my problems but things are never that simple are they? I'll definitely check out the diaphragm thing though when I get home. Cheers guys.

Hi all, I'm having trouble getting my SIII running nicely on acceleration and I've just noticed that the vacuum advance pipe from the carb to the distributor is only slotted on at the carb end, whereas all the other pipes are clamped on with those circular ratchet things that you tighten with a...

I see what you mean Jamesmartin, admittedly I didn't do that. Thanks for explaning what you meant. Can't face going near the manifolds again just yet so I'll bear that in mind for later and hope it's not a problem... cheers. I don't know when any of the ignition stuff was last replaced (except...

Yeah the manifolds were together for at least a day or two before I put them on properly. As for the rest it sounds like it could be an ignition thing so I'll have to start looking into that. Should be interesting... Cheers mate.

Hi everyone, I've recently replaced the manifolds on my series 3 lightweight and had the carb cleaned and rebuilt. After putting everything back on I found that the engine would idle nicely but misfire and sometimes stall on acceleration. I was told that this could be a leak somewhere around the...

That's pretty much what I did on the rear ones but they were a lot easier. Anyway I guess I'll give it another go tomorrow and see what happens. Thanks mate.

Hi everyone, I'm trying to put new shoes on the front brakes of my series III swb (they're actually the larger 11" brakes from a lwb, with two wheel cylinders, as was apparently standard for later s3's). I did the rear brakes a while ago with no hassle, but these are much more difficult. I just...

Hi everyone, just reattached the carburettor and manifolds with new gaskets, and it seems like I've got air leaking in somewhere. I can't work out where the leak is so I'm going to take it all off and start again. Has anyone got any tips for making sure gaskets seal properly? I've read various...

Yeah replaced all gaskets. I guess it is possible a little bit of one of the old gaskets was left on or something, might be worth looking into. Cheers mate.

Hey everyone, just replaced my exhaust and manifold, so thought I'd take my carburettor to the garage for a clean etc. I've got it all back together now and it runs really nicely when idling, but it's be difficult to start without closing the choke, and misfires really badly when I open the...