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miikae

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  1. I had this problem when i raised the engine with 16mm spacers to clear the Dcoe 40 air filters , the filler cap fouled the bonnet so i cut the top location webs off so that it would fit in the filler neck further and it worked thankfully missing the bonnet by a couple of mm , when i can get hold of another rocker cover i will move the filler to the rear so that i can fit the higher breather type with fitted outlet pipe .

     

    Mike

  2. Sad to say that I too seriously doubt that petrol will ever come down in price unless the government want it to .

    I seem to remember that in the 70s on Tomorrow's World , Raymond Baxter featured an engine that could be run on anything from "water to peanut butter" , does anyone remember this ?

    I suppose it went the same way as the everlasting light bulb and the ladderless stockings to name only two , hidden in a vault somewhere nodoubt until whenever someone deems it right to open the vault thats full of cost cutting inventions to help mankind .

  3. After inspecting a Donut on my lads BMW that is on its way out , i can now understand why they can cause such a lot of damage as upon failure the propshaft will tend to climb over the gearbox drive rather than just spinning free and thus flailing around until the car is stopped , the only way i can see to possibly prevent this would to fit a split tube around the donut and bolted together for easy removal , with sufficient gap as not to foul when the gearbox mounts flex and fixed to the tunnel sides and bottom by brackets . This may contain the propshaft but the gearbox drive flange would possibly get wrecked together with the seal plus the gearbox etc , although the driver and passenger should be free from any injury which is more to the point .

     

    Just my early morning pondering thoughts on the subject .

     

    Mike

  4. Hi Dan , On the one i fitted the pinouts are --

     

    pin 1/left ind + ,

    pin 2 /choke ,

    pin 3/ handbrake ,

    pin 4/ not used,

    pin 5 /right ind + ,

    pin 6/right & left ind neg ,

    pin 7 low fuel,

    pin 8 /ign warning light ,

    pin 9/ ign live feed ,

    pin 10/ high beam ,

    pin 11/ oil warning light ,

    pin 12/ pos feed for oil warning light ,

    pin 13 / not used

     

    Hope this helps

     

    Mike

  5. Many years ago we where in a collision between two lorries , yes we where the meat in the sandwich on a down hill section in Epping Forest , when one lorries brakes failed , it was fully loaded with grain , i saw it coming and watched in horror as it hit us forcing our car under the Ford lorry in front which was stationery , my mother had hit her head on the screen . There was a settlement but regretably my father agreed on a full and final settlement, case closed as they would not agree to leaving the case open pending further problems . Some time later doctors diagnosed MS and stated that the accident could have contrubited to her present condition . What i am trying to say do not ever grab the money if offered without taking everything into concideration as my father always regretted taking the payout .

     

    Mike

  6. Hi Steve , I fitted a pair of Cobra Roadster 7 bucket seats into my S7 , however i did move the tunnel plates in about an inch either side during the rebuild

    so as to give a little more room and it turned out fine , plus they are on runners . Pics in my garage may give you some idea of the fit .

     

    Mike

  7. Alonso shouted foul knowing that he was well in the poo now points wise , the two wreckers wanted to blame someone for there mistake so Lewis was their target but the shots went wide thankfully . Nice one Lewis the Championship is almost yours , one more Win to go and Bingo the youngest rookie champion and a Brit too . :D

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