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What a cracking way to spend a Sunday morning. Thanks to Phil for the education and underground trip. I've walked round that area many, many times in the past and never knew what was under my feet. Here's another photo (when it had stopped raining) with Phil modelling the latest in protective head gear - I'm not sure if it's suitable for some of the smaller tunnels ! Thanks to all and hopefully we can do it again sometime.

As far as I can remember (old age is a wonderful thing ................. what was I on about ????) oh yes, I'm pretty sure both types of pumps are the same block side. Can you drop the bottom hose off the radiator and then pour water through the rad ? If it only dribbles out of the bottom your rad's blocked. With no thermostat in there you can probably also pour water down the top hose and see how quick it comes out of the bottom hose to get an idea of the flow through the block.

I have permission to come out and play too! My car does have a habit of attracting the rain so I'll apologise for it in advance

They look like the ones I've used before which bolt onto the inlet and exhaust manifold studs, (manifolds off the engine) one at the front and one at the back. I can't remember which way round but the ones I had only fitted in one place so you couldn't get it wrong. Steve

Got my ticket - I can only make it on the Saturday. Steve

Not far up the road from me - definitely interested in this, just got to check I can get a pass out !! Steve

Are you sure the fuel is running back to tank ? I always had an electric pump on Pinto in my 2B but I found that the heat from the engine tended to evaporate the fuel in the carbs when I parked it up and I had to wait for the pump to fill it before starting. I also found that this would also "gum up" the carbs after a while. With the electric pump not only could I make sure the carbs were full before I tried to start it, but also, if the engine was good and hot when I put it in the garage I used to switch the pump off and leave the engine idling until it emptied the float chambers and stopped. This meant there was little fuel left in there to evaporate and no more residue in the carbs. Hope this helps, Steve

I have no idea what an "I" means but, if my old brain serves me correctly L, P or R was the code for unleaded. So if that "I" could be an "L" you may well have an unleaded head. If it is definitely an "I" then it's probably not, unless it's been modified. Can't help with the additive - I've never used it in anything. Hope this helps, Steve

Welcome to you all, hopefully you'll all find something useful within the club. A couple of club events are coming up if you're interested :- and Enjoy your cars (if not the weather). Steve

I've just had a look at the BBC weather and it looks like it should be dry from 6pm onwards - I bet you've arranged extra roadworks to make up for dry weather !!!

See you there - should be in the kit. Steve

Do you know which model it is ? Different models are different sizes so you need to know which model you have. Also, does it have a windscreen? - you need one to fit the front of the hood to, it doesn't work with an aeroscreen A lot of people make their own weather gear, I think GBS might still do a hood for the 2B or "soft bits for sevens" do some nice stuff. You sometimes find second hand ones on here, eBay or similar, but again you need to make sure it's for the right model. Steve

Hi Darrell, I haven't been up to Alderley Edge for a good few years (I used to a member of the NT). I'd love to nip up there again & have a natter with you. I'm definitely interested & even better if you can arrange some decent weather ! Steve

No problem James, it's back in it's corner again and yours if you want it.

Looking at a Ford parts catalogue it says 1/4" NPT which would be about right from your measurements ........... but I can't sure.

CBS do a wide range of hose fittings https://www.carbuilder.com/uk/ but you'll need to know what size hose and what thread is in the inlet manifold. If it's a standard manifold I'm sure somebody on here can tell you what thread it is.

Hi James, I'm amazed, I went to where I thought I'd put the tank and it was actually there ! That doesn't normally happen. Anyway here's a picture of it, 840mm long (wide), 260mm high and 150mm deep.

Hi James, I've got the tank that came out of my 2B somewhere, which looks a lot like the one in the photo from memory. I had a custom ally tank made for the 2B and kept the old one "just in case". I'll have a look for it and measure it - if it will fit your car you're welcome to it. Steve

Wish I'd gone now. I did manage to get my engine improved - it isn't too bad now, it still has a flat spot around 2000 rpm and doesn't exactly pull well but it's not too bad at low revs now and you can drive it in traffic (ish). I don't think I'll get it sorted until it's got a normal cam back in it.

Sorry Peter but I chickened out as we had torrential rainstorms here all weekend (and it's continuing the same today). The BBC online forecast on Saturday night gave rain most of the day for Kimbolton on Sunday, and when I got up yesterday it was black as black here, but it looks like it was half decent there, by your photo. I was really looking forward to it but the Sumo still isn't running right and I decided not to risk a 250 mile round trip in bad weather. Did you have any rain at all ? It looks like you got a few black clouds. Steve

Sorry Neil, this is the first chance I've had to read your blog - Looks like it was an absolutely brilliant trip, I'm not jealous .................... much!! I shall be reading and watching them a few times more methinks. Thanks, Steve

I'm going to give this one a miss - if they've had half the rain we've had this afternoon & evening that field will be a swamp, and it's forecast for more rain tomorrow. The good news is I've managed to get my engine running a bit better and might even get it somewhere close to usable with another hour or two on it tomorrow.

I've just had a look at the weather forecast which says it's going to be slatting it down most of the day ! I might wait and see what it says in a day or 2 before I book in.

Thanks for the info. Peter - looking forward to it, hope the weather's as good as last year! Steve

Welcome to you all, hopefully you'll all find something useful within the club. Join in as much (or as little) as you want - I guess the next big meet up will be at Newark 22-23rd July if you fancy a day out, or you can camp over and make it a weekend. https://www.newarkshowground.com/whats-on/newark-kit-car-festival/ We're always open to questions or suggestions (and any good reasons for a BBQ & a beer) so let us know your thoughts and help us to make the club as good as we can. Steve