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I can now report the good news that I received 3 volunteers. RallyChris has voluntered to sponsor the 2B/2B+ page, niduncan, assisted by LeicsS3A will look after the SeriesIII/IIIA page and Sparepart is looking after the Exmo page. As the Superspec page was already up I think that really leaves only the Lighweight, unless any one else has a different model ?? Chris and Nigel have produced the first drafts so I have now exposed them to the full membership, Christopher is still working on the Exmo page. I don't want this be a one man task, so I would ask anyone that feels they can contribute a relevant article for any of the models to please pass it to the appropriate sposnor. Enjoy Al

Don't worry, problem solved. Faulty TPS - serves me right for buying crap from ebay. If it seems to good to be true, it normally is.

Fog lights for the mot can work completely independent of any other lamp or ignition. You can simply wire them to an on/of switch. They dont even need to be ignition live. MOT rules and regulations are separate and often contrary to the iva test. So if you want an answer to an mot related question you should always disregard anything except the MOT inspection manual and guide. Just to add, dont for a moment assume anything in or not in the MOT test is related to logic. I have been a tester over 30 years and some of the stuff still baffles me.

Hi All! So I may have done something a bit too spontaneous and bought (not to be collected for a couple of weeks) an unfinished robin hood 2B that appears to be complete, minus a brake master cylinder and a dash board by the looks of it. its never been on the road and to be honest it looks like its never been driven at all! it doesn't start but have to take it as it does work from the current owner but seems to have an electrical issue at present that ill bypass to check this when its with me. it has no paperwork at all so will end up on a Q plate I assume (could keep it for track but would like to road register it really) I do intend to pretty much take it apart and put it back together again for my own piece of mind but I don't know how necessary that is. would be great if any of you could point me in the right direction for advice ( or where to source a master cylinder!) how I go about identifying the engine and gearbox (was told its a 2.0 pinto with sierra running gear) or any body's thoughts on the project good bad or indifferent I would appreciate it. Many thanks in advance for all the questions I'm likely to ask!

Are you sure ? This a quote from Car Builder Solutions (I know they are trying to sell their module, but I would be surprised if they weren't telling the truth: NEW IVA REAR FOG RULES In June 2013 the rules for switching on and off your Rear Fog Lights changed. Now, the Rear Fog lamps must only be lit when the Dipped Beam, Main Beam or Front Fog lamps are lit. The Rear Fog Lamps may continue to operate until the other lights are switched off. The rear fog lamps must then remain off, even if the other lights are switched on again, until they are deliberately switched on again. This is to prevent people driving off to work in the morning with the rear fog lights glaring after forgetting to switch them off the foggy evening before.

And as far as I'm aware, they must NOT turn back on next time the headlights are switched on, you have to have some sort of latching system. Having said that, this requirement was introduced relativley recently so many of our cars to not need to comply.

Armrests, like Caterham/Westfield use. Not only hold the door in but also nice for your arms. See my blog below for details: https://zerolifebuild.blogspot.com/2023/03/arms-outstretched.html

That should keep you busy over the winter - you do realise that you've now set a target for yourself that we'll be checking on next year ! Only joking, but I will be looking forward to seeing it when the sun re-appears Steve

Paint engine, sort crank shaft seal leak, wrap manifold, clean all of engine bay, paint clean and tidy anything that does not look 100% i am aiming for a top draw engine bay !

Hello, got my 1st magazine on monday I enjoyed it. It great a club puts something together etc. Ill start do a feed on my new Kit car now owned it for a few months. Also do a winter/Spring Feed of my progress and all ups and downs of playing with it changing things etc.

Hi Brian, I always used to put the blue into my Pinto - I don't think the red stuff was around when the Pinto was new. I used to put about 50/50 coolant & water. I would recommend you keep the battery regularly charged. My 2B was always in a garage but it was unheated and got pretty cold at times. I used to try and run mine up to normal temperature every 2 or 3 weeks and move it backwards and forwards a few yards - enough to stop the brakes sticking. I'd then do an oil change in Spring before I started using it again. Hope this helps, Steve

OK, in hindsight I could have phrased that better. Leaves me with an unforgetable image. Let's rephrase it to "....have now exposed their pages to ...." Al

Not needed for IVA my mates passed without one but sharp edges of silencer need protective cover we just used the knock on general rubber covered trim and it was ok, the examiner wasn't happy with studs through body with nyloc nuts and washers to silencer he wanted nuts changed to domed nuts. my heat shield has 2 big jubilee type clips fastened on inside which slide over silencer an tighten with screwdriver when in required position