Adrian

Mitch, many thanks.. will do that tomorrow

will be fitting sabelt seat belts to the old machine eventually... have the harnesses..but where on earth do i get 11 mm diameter bolts that are long enough for the rear...and nuts to match... the longest i can find are inch and half long which is too short....all bolt suppliers tell me that is the longest made... i am sure someone out there knows better..

Thanks, will dig out some packing. another fun afternoon ahead.

Just starting to put the side panels up on to my 2b plus, i have seen on the rho site it mentions there can be a gap between the top chassis rail and the top turn over of the side panel.... if i put the bottom of the side panel up against the bottom of the car i have a gap of 1 inch the entire length of the turn over, is this normal for a robin hood????????...

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will try again

have tried and they are not the horn,... hazards work, as do all indicaters,wiper and washer so i am a bit at a loss!!!!will try and stick a pikkie on here pict.tif

to the right of the hazard switch on my sierra column there are two wires connected to two spades...one is brown and the other is black and green, they lead about 5 inches to a ford grey connection. they are not in the haynes manuals i have... think rhe had some input into haynes. anyone any ideas what they are supposed to be for? or can i bin them.

many thanks... boot lid it is then, another bit to cut and bend and swear at!

can anyone help please...what is this bit for.... cant find a mention of it anywhere on my video testing tapes.... all i can think of is the boot lid but that would be to easy!!

ok, so would putting a new head..efi head and new cam on increase compression enough..ie do the same as changing the pistons... or will i need to do the pistons as well :gdit:

many thanks for all the info, will stick the engine on the v5. looks like i will be shopping for an efi head and a new cam

i got this engine from a local breakers. it has a ford vv carb fitted. and as far as i can tell hasnt been modified in any way. i have a donor that i stripped and have the v5, as this had a cvh fitted i am using a pinto instaed... the cvh doesnt fit the chjassis without moving the upper and lower crossmembers, and as i have a stainless chassis i opted to change engine... should i stick this new engine on the v5 foe ease at sva or just get a letter of dating from ford? thanks for the info so far, i am a bit clearer now.... now for a day getting greasey.

:gdit: i wonder if anyone can help with a spot of advice for new builder . i have taken collection of the 2b4 kit and have a 2 litre pinto engine for it... and is a 205 block which i understand is good however i understand from ford that it is a 2 litre engine from a transit... even more a 57kw/78ps low compression engine. i have got myself somewhat confused checking the forums re transit engines etc is there any drawback in fitting it as it is or will it need some work to the gubbins? any advice most welcome