When I bought my petrol series 3 the seller told me that the previous owner to him used to use a grille blind to stop air getting to the rad and over cooling the engine. I thought this to be a bit strange when our winters are never really as cold as countries where these radiator blinds...

Ahh thanks alot Beer hound. I was going to buy them this weekend gone but this little Triumph 1300 had to be moved by last weekend or it would get scrapped, so I bought it off the owner and chucked it straight on ebay. Anybody want it? TRIUMPH 1300 GREEN on eBay (end time 05-Dec-09...

My 2.25 petrol is shocking on fuel. Id feel alot better about using so much fuel if it sounded like a V8 :cool: I'm a mechanic so doing a swap wouldn't worry me but I thought I'd ask on here as to what you lot think of the swap. Surely mpg can't be affected too much, its near enough...

Happend today, green laning, attempted a rapid 2nd to 1st down change without losing momentum and.... Snap! Gear stick snapped off in my hand! It had snapped flush with the top of the selector... Took the floor panel off and managed to get my mate to lever the gears around while I drove...

Nitemare, Is the front end now the same height as the rear with the paras on the front too? Ad

Wasn't quite sure where to ask this but seeing I have a series lets put it in here :) My tyres are crap, got about 4mm of thread and with the amount of mud about due to the weather its no fun. I work in a garage and never really have much money to burn so luckily in work we have a pair of...

Thanks alot for the answers guys. Expensive suspension mods are out of my budget for the time being. Think I'll get hold of some mud tyres and just enjoy the thing as it is :)

Cheers Teflon for the indepth answer. What is the easier way to gain such increases? Ad

Is this do-able? Unbolting the axle from the leaf springs and simply mounting it the otherside of the springs for a few inches of increased height. I've heard of it done on things like the Suzuki SJs but was wondering if there was any reason it can't be done. Thanks, Adam

Hey I'm Adam and yesterday I drove this series 3 200 miles home, What an adventure! They really aren't suited to motorways are they! Luckily for me I've owned a good few classics so was able to adapt to the lack of brakes and wandering steering with ease :p When I filled up with petrol...