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Spiggot bearing is a must. Release bearing can be got around with a tricky chop and re-weld on the release arm but it's really not worth it. I only did it because I didn't have the release bearing handy and wanted to refit the engine that day.

Hi there I haven't been around recently (pulling 7 day weeks at the moment ) but I can do the conversion over the Winter. £100 plus postage.

Please bear in mind that we are not talking about a company here that has dedicated customer support departments, HR, Personnel etc. They are a bunch of guys that try their hardest. There will be occassions that they need a nudge or two but there is the best of intentions to resolve all issues and nobody at GBS wants to let anyone down. What matters is that it gets sorted out so sometimes a bit of patience Overall, I think they do a great job.

I have done the Pinto to Zetec conversion and as such have modified the sump. In my opinion, there is additional capacity in the Zetec sump that can be borrowed from without adding capacity. This is only my opinion but I have modified one or two pinto sumps that I always put an expansion reservoir onto. Now, I don't know where the engine sits on everyone elses car but when clearing the chassis under the sump by 10mm, it only really left the part of the Zetec sump that angles down. I should point out that my sump is a one piece Silvertop Ali one. What I have done is chop the angle off flat and welded about a 4mm flat plate across the bottom. This isn't mine but it looks a little like this pre welding: Incidentally, being a bit of a cheap-skate, I also welded in a bit of curved Ali on the near side to accommodate the original starter motor. All seems OK.

£1 per bush!! Bloody rip off, damned liberty, does tricky think we're made of money Glad you got it sorted Steve and well done to GBS for keeping it real

Thanks(errr,I think)for the sympathy @ Peter. Had a few of those moments myself. There is a road sign on the back road from Woking to Guildford that is still bent at a 45 degree angle. The recipe was simple. All you need to do is take a young idiot, mix with beer, add a race between his pride and joy (a Suzuki GP 100 with slightly more HP than a asthmatic hair dryer) and a Ford Capri. Add liberal darkness and a touch of headlight that couldn't illuminate a watch dial. Well, I thought I was doing pretty well as a flew past the rapidly braking Capri. Unfortunately, this was the last thought I had until I was dragged, feet first, out of the ditch behind the elbow right hander.

I haven't been around much so thought I had better explain my absence. Haven't crashed a car for years although Postman Pat did reverse into me a month or so ago. Motorbike is still in one piece although am just off to France on it in 10 days so watch this space. Nope, this time, Matthew, I decided to go FUBAR under pedal power alone!! Now, gentle jaunts through leafy Surrey with a fragrant breeze wafting blossom on a warm Summers afternoon may not sound too dangerous. In fact, it may sound as fraught with calamity as a sleeping competition in a feather Duvet Warehouse. What could possibly go wrong, I hear you cry (or it may have been a bit of indigestion. They sound similar at my age) Well, what could possibly go wrong is Father Tyme got the wrong side of "Beer O'clock" and left our erstwhile hero running late for the Pub. However, undaunted, our hero leaped aboard his trusty (well, rusty anyway) steed, in a perfectly inappropriate pair of shorts and tee-shirt and was peddling like a maniac towards Godalming doing an indicated 17mph when a few things happened in a remarkably short space of time. First we have the crank. After a lifetime of trying to juggle a 16st weight forcing as much energy as possible through it's length against forces of inertia and gravity that can can best be described on Planetary proportions, decided that the only appropriate action left to it was to part company with itself in a rather dramatic and, may I say from my perspective, totally unnecessary way. However, my perspective was the last thing on the cranks mind, seeing as my perspective, after realising that the gravity mentioned previously was now demanding some sort of action, was rapidly losing altitude in relation to the ground. Ahh-ha, though my balldocks in a moment of madness as they made a valiant but doomed attempt to arrest this said descent by breaking my fall on the crossbar. Unfortunately, as the aforementioned testes realised, there was a flaw in their logic. The flaw, known as Ms Inertia you may remember from earlier, now decided to put the metaphorical boot in and catapult me with the beauty, elegance and grace of a sozzled octopus, over the handlebars. This is where John McAdam's most notable, (not to mention solid) invention thankfully broke my fall.... several times. Now, the hero you may recall with jealousy and envy was a lithe, toned and trim 16st(ish) travelling at a respectable 17mph aided and abetted by Mr Gravity and Ms Inertia who were having a domestic as to whether friction or momentum would win. Ultimately, friction won and my velocity decreased in a formula I shall name the skin coefficient. Previously, the skin was considered the largest organ of the body but I beg to differ. By the time I eventually stopped, there was hardly enough left to graft a hymen onto a Mosquito. I wont regale you with the monumental bravery and courage I gallantly bore my pain and suffering with but eventually through the screaming tantrum, floods of tears and pleas for "Mommy", I managed to get up and was recovered home, walking with a John Wayne-esk swagger. So, back on the grid now with a full covering of skin and plums the size of, er, plums again. I'm going to stick to 100mph wheelies next time, they're safer

I was one of the ones that clicked mate. Most dissapointed to just see your profile instead of...... Now back to work. May be able to get up from my desk in an hour or two

Hmmmm, was it Blue? The official Dunsfold Track car is a Blue 2.0 Silvertop Hood. This car was designed by Colin to be a racing class for Robin Hood back in the day. Don't know if Richard has a Robin Hood but mines been parked outside the hanger for the last year so if he makes me an offer

Like most things, it's not the size of the wave but the motion of the Ocean. Properly set up, there may be 10 BHP difference between a 2.0 Zetec (or 1.8 running 2.0 Cam) running carbs or TB's. You should expect 160 - 180 depending on the engine and configuration set up. Nigel is 100% correct. If you haven't got the air and petrol going in in the right mixture and rate, if you can't burn it fast enough and if you cant GET IT OUT then you can throw silly money for no gain. Spend some time on a rolling road but make sure you've got a nice flow of gasses out first or you're doomed. I'm running a 2.0 on ZX9 carbs with Mega Jolt and would not be too impressed with 138. The engine was that to start with

I've never been picked up for my L8RY P plate apart from the MOT. My Yamaha Fazer has B3 YAM which I bought years ago. Great plate but am thinking of changing to a different make after 18 years of Yamaha's as the build quality is sh!te these days. My current one is 2 years old and although is mostly stored in a car port, has started corroding under the paint in places and chrome parts like the gear change lever is rusting. Quite frankly, it has stopped me ever buying another so will sell the plate. Wonder what thet will be worth??

All depends on how you're rooting the belts? I have a 3 wheel system with all V tooth wheels around the alt, crank and water. Then you just need to fabricate a small brackate out of Inch bar to bolt to two of the 3 holes on the inlet side about level with the pump.

We were going to start selling a wishbone conversion kit but every other 2B we looked at was slightly different so gave up. It would basically mean modifying each one to make it fit and sounded like dissatisfied customers to me. The way we got around the mounting is by welding the mountings onto the bottom tube and making 2 retangular box sections (about 50 x 25 if I recall) to go top tube to bottom tube. Then you can take a mounting point off there or extend out and mount with some bracing. You now have a small amount of leeway on the bottom tube mounting points and as much as you want on the top. There's lots info about setting the angles up etc and will depend on what length of spring and poundage you ultimately go for. Good luck.

Nigel has answered most of it. I just used the alt off my pinto and made up a side bracket on the drivers side of the engine. Ran this with a multi V pulley off the Mondeo Alt and then around the crank and Water pump pulleys. My waterpump was from a escort off ebay. It'n not exactly the same fixings as the Mondeo but is fine. Then just got a spare multi V pulley to go on the water pump and connected all 3 together with a new belt.

Thanks chaps. Personally, I hate wiring but don't have much choice

I guess I'm the only bodger that uses a bit of old rope

You can get a nice floor pedal box with resoviours, 0.7 and 0.75 cylinders, balance bar and dash bias adjustment for about £200. I will dig out the details if you like. There are a few little adjustments I made for heel n toeing but generally they're pretty good and a 1/3 of the price of some.

I think 2psi would suffice. Have a word with Richard at GBS who provides them.

I was just about to say the same!!! Terry, you'r a God (and not to mention a Nutter as well) Mind you, saying that, they were never terrible unless you hit undulations in the surface like a put hole or cats eye. However, where I live that's all the bloody roads are made of.

I know what you mean. It's almost like it took a sharp downwards spiral around the 12th of November 2005 (Just joking ) You young whipper-snappers don't know you're born. Now, back in the day........ Seriously though, necessity is the Mother of invention and if the forum has slackened off a bit, it may be because there isn't as much need for it technically. Hopefully, there will always be a need for the social side though.

Now, wiring isn't my bag in any way, shape or form so I haven't a clue why I'm even thinking about this. Basically, the engine's in and I have a nice little over-chassis wide pipe exhaust supplied by Spencer Ashley on my sexy looking Zetec. All I have to do now is connect up some plumbing and electrics and I should be OFF!!!! BUT.......... I hate the shoddy wiring that's part Sierra, part Vicky Green and part re-wired at the side of the road last year because of an electrical fire on the way to Goodwood that burned and melted the whole of the main loom behind the ignition!!! So, I had a drink (it normally starts with a drink) and got a thinking about what is the minimum I can get away with if I'm going to build a LEGAL wiring loom (i.e. Indicators, brake lights etc) and what gauges of wire would it need? Has anyone had a crack at drawing up a diagram?

Just bumping this up again as a couple of members need to identify what rack they have. To avoid any confusion, we provide racks for what we call a Sierra and Escort rack because the ones we have came off a Sierra and an Escort. This might sound strange but some people have Escort racks in the later Sierra apparently. The Escort racks have a larger and smaller rounded end where the Sierra is more like a rounded triangle on the larger mounting. The Sierra ones also come with blocks to raise them up and are much more detailed to manufacture which is why there is a difference in price. If you think you have a different rack to these two, send me pictures BEFORE ordering.

She really is a sight. Had the pleasure of seeing her at Dunsfold last year. Please remember everyone that she is keep aloft by donations and they are critically low on funds so if you get the opportunity, drop a few quid in the bin. Look forward to seeing her at Farnborough soon

Hi Yanto Looks like you have a set already. For the record, the cost for members is £30 including postage for member and £33 for non members. These are for Escort racks and the Sierra ones are £40 and £44 for non members.

That looks great mate. Let me know payment details and I'll sort it out. Thanks again. L.