kevin the chicken

Perhaps you need some really good quality clips. You need ones with rolled edges so that they don't cut the hose.

What's the app called Peter? I would like to try that at work, I know roughly how far I walk but not how many steps I take. My wife wanted to go on a diet so I said that I would support her by eating healthily too. No more processed food , plenty of veg everything prepared at home. Lost 3kg easily even though I didn't consider myself overweight and felt loads better for it. Feet hurt less after work and I can only put it down to not carrying excess weight. Kept it off too.

If you really need a helping hand you need a 5 month old lurcher puppy. Don't know what it's parentage is but there's definitely terrier, sighthound, tasmanian devil, and sheep in there. It's like trying to retrieve your tools from a furry crocodile.

Don't want to appear disrespectful but I had to share this one. Sitting in my front room yesterday after trudging around in the rain all day when I noticed a man walking slowly past my window wearing a top hat. Aha I thought a funeral not that unusual to see a walker in front of the hearse. Next the hearse, but with no occupant in the back. Next a jcb going nice and slowly with the coffin in the front bucket I suppose if the rain had washed mud in the grave at least they had a backhoe Handy!

I used a big lump of blutac on a stick where I could reach. Plasticene would probably work too. My primary school's custard would have been spot on too.

I have a number of different vehicles and I tend to disconnect the batteries and keep them all together in the garage when not in use. It's easy to put a charger on them once a month to top them up and I find they will all take a charge then. I don't know how long it would take to completely discharge them as that is what I try to avoid as that doesn't do them any good. The leisure batteries I have for the caravan however stay charged for months and months but they are of a different construction being designed for complete discharge and recharging

Not very local to you but I used bailey morris in st Neots, between bedford and Cambridge. They do props for absolutely anything, from scratch if need be. I used them for land-rover forward control props and they were reasonably priced. If you can't find anywhere local you could courier it to them.

Good old snail mail. You'll be OK as long as some casual employee doesn't chuck it in a ditch so he can get home early. Top marks for persistence on your part though.

I've always done it furthest wheel first. Doesn't mean it's right though, just what I was told. Never had any trouble getting a good pedal though.

If you are going to use a pressure bleeder then all your seals need to be in top condition. If one set needed replacing then it's likely the others would too. I was told years ago to replace them all at once as even bleeding them normally can force fluid out through old seals if you are using new seals else where. The path of least resistance. Mechanic should have thought about that. Good luck with the clean up.

There's a shortfall on my mortgage, similar sort of figure actually due to my sponsor selling me something that wasn't right for my purposes. Thanks lloyds. If anybody would like to contribute I can take PayPal or cash. Sorry Steve, just having a little fun. When I looked she had already got about 5 grand so hopefully the rest should come in from somewhere.

The manifold wrap helps loads but it does tend to fall to bits after a while especially if it gets knocked or rubbed. I would have thought your vents were adequate. Nice looking car.

Your radiator is either way bigger or sits a lot higher than mine. I have the same issue with the frame and the suspension but I think my radiator may just fit in the nose one. I have a blank cap on it so wouldn't need access to it once it was in. At the moment I have all the space around the radiator blanked off with the plastic boarding that estate agents use for their signs. It's light and cuts easily and all the air that goes in through the nose one must pass through the radiator although the limiting factor is how much can escape through the louvres and vents on the bonnet top and sides. Start with the shroud and see how much difference that makes.

I have used this one, it did work but I can still remember the mess it made. The last oil filter I fitted has a nut shaped protusion on the bottom so you can put a spanner on it if needed. Obvious really why don't they all have them.

You don't look to have much room at the front of the engine for a pull fan which are supposed to be more efficient. Your best bet as has already been said is to make a shroud so that all the air the fan moves has to go through the radiator. I am thinking of moving my radiator in to the nose one to make more room, is this a possibility for yours?

I got a set of stubby combination spanners in a roll from aldi last week which I was pleased with. Obviously they won't be the same quality as snap on for eight or nine quid but for those occasions when a normal length spanner won't fit they will be good. Saves cutting one in half which I have had to resort to. Oil filter wrenches, you can never have too many different sorts. I have had so much trouble in the past that I now have four different sorts. Strap ,chain,ratchet and pliers.

You might find that giving your existing system a good overhaul will improve it enormously. I changed all pads and shoes and replaced the slave cylinders on the front and that improved the feel and performance no end. I'm still running drums on the back but the whole system was designed for a car weighing twice as much unladen and you can't put five people in a two seater. If you did the overhaul first you could see if this gave any improvement and this might help you decide if you want to go servo or not. The one thing I don't like about my system is the Sierra pedal box, brake and gas pedals are too close together for my feet. The fix for now is to wear an old pair of carting boots but at some time I may change it.

Old skool Rules!

P38 range rovers can suffer similar problems. The body electrical control module is on the floor under the drivers seat and is susceptible to water damage. Mine would drain a battery overnight and the independent dealer I took it to said it was because part of the alarm system wouldn't go to sleep. He disabled the part that detects air movement in the car but left the part that detects doors opening and the problem was greatly reduced but it will still drain a battery over a couple if weeks if left off charge. Pain in the butt.

I could have answered my own question. The terminals are marked. All done and reconnected. Thanks very much for your help.

I like the sound of this! It is a lucas dynamo and the control box is indeed separate, behind the instrument panel. There are two terminals on the dynamo, one larger than the other. Which one would be the field Terminal?

Nothing to do with kit cars but here goes. After my 1956 fordson major radiator sprung a leak and needed replacing while I had the front end off I decided to change the fan belt and whilst doing so noticed that the dynamo bearings were a bit noisy so decided to replace it as they are not an expensive item. After a couple of hours of wrestling with rusted bolts I have fitted it all back together bar changing the connectors on the loom which fit on the dynamo when I noticed it was marked negative earth. This tractor is the only thing amongst my extensive fleet which is positive earth. What is involved in changing it to Negative? Being a diesel it only has lights and a horn. The dynamo was one described as being suitable for all fordson majors, some Fergusons etc. An easy fix would be great, it's cold out there.

Good engine, lots of work. A mate of mine runs a duratec in a race car. He uses carb's and mega jolt.

You will never get back the money you spend on a kit car anyway. I don't smoke or gamble and drink very little so I look on money spent on the car as a healthy luxury, if it's spare then it's a safe option as long as I remember to tighten up the wheel nuts. I have just replaced the engine in my car and I reckon the money I spent on all the bits that go with it like clutch, hoses, fixings and sundries must be around a grand without the cost of the engine. Just got to find time to finish it it off now. On a sunny day when everybody else is driving around in a tin box and you are in your kit you will think it was money well spent

Nobody else has replied mick, must make me your only fan. Beat wishes to all.