Recent content by Maltloaf

Hmm, that is where I was going. Box still in the truck as it is my daily drive (confirmed by the muck in the photo!). Was hoping to get my ducks in a row before taking it off the road. You know, like having a workable serial number. Ho hum

No dip-stick

You can see the 2406 and the E here

I have an early 86" (1953) with a late Series 3 engine. Owned it for about 18 years and finally need to get around to rebuilding the engine and gearbox. However, for the life of me I can't find the serial number on the gearbox. Where most serial numbers are there is an 'E' but that is all...

Brilliant, thanks

I bought an engine from ebay and have taken to old one out, no dramas, well I hope. I have never done an auto before and as I got my hands on the manual today noticed it said undo the tourque converter retaining bolts and don't let the TC seperate from the gear box. To late. The new engine...

Thanks for all the gen, very useful. Ta

Thanks V&C, just the answer I was hoping for. I was considering going to a racing outlet like Deamon Tweaks etc to see if a racing coil would actually work but you have saved me from going way over spec. I can't see how Paddocks etc can sell these coils if they fail at that rate. It is almost...

Both are good and when I swap coils it springs into life

I have a Series One with a late Series 3 engine which I have had for about 10 years. A while back I changed the points, leads, condenser and coil. Soon after, started having issues where it would cut out after about 15 mins and then just misbehave. I isolated it down to the coil and replaced...

Having had the head off before and seen that it was not in the best condition, I have bottled out and got a new (as in old) engine and will replace. I fired up the old one on Friday and am fairly sure there were a few more heavy knocks going on that were not there before. Once I have fitted...

We have owned the “Black Pig” for several years now. It is a 1994 Hi Cap 110 which has had an auto 300TDI conversion and a tray back (drop side flat bed) on the rear. We bought it off a one legged scrap man (really, I think he had taken off his eye patch and lost the parrot as we came around...