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Peter Bell

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Peter Bell last won the day on August 31 2023

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  • Birthday 04/22/1948

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    Mk1 Sierra 7
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    Bedford
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    Cars, dinghy sailing,

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  1. They used to be available from Ford but listed as cosworth with the associated price hike!
  2. The spring colours are misleading from RHE, the original red ones for inboard suspension were 170 lbs/in which were too stiff, many have changed them to around 120. RHE sold them and were supposed to be black, but the ones I bought were red, I also have a pair which are blue! Is your car inboard or outboard shocks? If you remove the springs and are lucky they will have the rating written on the end.
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    Hoses help

    Can take your old hoses into a decent local factors on a quiet day and see if they could help? I did something similar many years ago with a shape drawn on a bit of cardboard and they let me go through a big box of odd hoses!
  4. I remember it well, good to see it back out.
  5. I’m sure the top wishbone is a rhe design I’ve seen similar on an early cortina based car. The lower seems to use a cast control arm with an additional front section, it could be triumph not sure if it looks ford. What is the pcd on your front wheels, if its 108 then it’s likely a ford upright, if it’s different then triumph 4” pcd or 41/4”?
  6. I've got a pair of original 2b top wishbones if thats what you mean.
  7. The cam marking is an indicator and you may not necessarily get them exact. Also if the head has been skimmed it will put it out, if you really want to get it right use a vernier pulley and set it up correctly.
  8. The big nut holds the rear bearing/driveshaft assy, don’t undo that even if you could. The drum should come off but is probably rusted on at the centre where the black paint of the drum ends and the rusty spigot begins. If you haven’t already got one get a Haynes Sierra manual, the brakes are all in there.
  9. Sorry just saw your reply so the pump should be fine, its the float needle valves in the carbs that may not be seating correctly.
  10. The original (red) spring rates for the inboard suspension models 1, 2, 3a, were 170 Lbs/in and were too stiff so people changed them to around 120. One of the many things that RHE were inconsistant with were the spring colours, I bought 120s from them which should have been black but they were red too. The geometry of your suspension with the more conventional? set up will be much greater than 120 Lbs/in. I have seen a Mk 2 car with external shockers like yours but whether there is an owner on this site with one and knowledge of the spring rates I wouldn't know. Doing away with the roll bar and fitting tie bars makes a great improvement in the handling, Usually the roll bar is just bolted up from underneath but it almost looks as though yours is inside the monocoque? Where abouts are you, and it's well worth joining this club for information and advice as well as getting a reduction on your car insurance!
  11. Personally I would do away with the vacuum advance on the dizzy, it’s only there really to improve fuel consumption, sounds like there are lots of possibilities for leaks, just leave one line for the servo. What fuel pump are you using, have you got a pressure regulator? Sounds like possibly carbs 3&4 are just flooding, are the needle valves ok in them?
  12. Where abouts in Bedfordshire are you?
  13. If only you could find the prototye of the Rager!
  14. There was a small shower about 2 then a heavy rain at 4 which was a shame as a great band called barefoot doctors were just starting their second set as everyone dived for cover! for about 20 mins then it dried up.
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