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I ran my 2 1/4 series III on unleaded for years and had not a jot of problem. As long as you aren't routinely blasting it down the motorway attempting to get 70mph out of it the valve seats will last. The lead compounds will had impregnated the surface of the valve seats and this will last a...

Went for the clutchdust and Yella Disco compromise....drilled around the old beggar and they slipped out dead easy. Used a bucket of WD and a stonking great big vice and the new ones flew in. I even had time to change the choke cable and exhaust rear pipe before it rained, as it always...

Nice one...the job gets tackled tomorrow!

Yella, Thanks, the drilling idea wasn't one that occured to me. But the parts I was describing as two cones joined and fixed to the tube were the new ones just purchased, not the old ones I am trying to get out. Hence much scratching of head as to how the beggars will fit into the top of...

My V8 has always had mayonaise on the inside of the oil filler cap, in winter and steam/water vapour coming out from the same place....is this normal? It isn;t head gasket gone, before anyone suggests as I have recently done that job. Any views gratefully received.:confused:

Wow! Thanks for the really quick reply!!! Aha! Your description of the parts is not like the part I have, ie my two cones and tube are all one piece!....am I looking at an impossible job?

I have a set of top bushes that have perished really badly, so it's time to replace. Looking at the them they look like it will be virtually impossible for push into the top of the shock absorber. The look like two rubber cones, joined together and fixed to a metal tube. The top of the...