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I think you can only edit posts for the first day (or something like that). Can you just add a reply with details of any edit ? If not you could message Al Richey (alanrichey) and ask him to make the changes for you.

I think they've got the days wrong there Al, Camping is available on Thursday and Friday night and again the prices include VAT and ticket booking fee. You can arrive from 5pm on the Thursday and the site must be vacated by 7pm on the Saturday. Surely that should be arrive from 5pm Friday and vacate by 7pm Sunday ? I can see what they're saying about providing better facilities and I don't suppose £20 a night is too bad if you stay both nights (there doesn't seem to be the option to for just the Saturday night). Anyway, I don't think I would camp over as it's only about 90mins home for me, but I'd definitely be up for Sat or Sun, possibly even make it for both.

I'm sort of with Phaeton in that I think there should definitely be some incentive for us to show our cars but I think it might be a bit optimistic to hope for them to pay us. A lot of the shows I've been to this year have charged a few quid for display cars which I'm happy to pay, particularly if they have quite a lot going on, or when proceeds are going to charity. I've just had a look at the ticket prices which are £5 per day or £9 for the weekend if you are displaying your car. Joe public prices are £20 per day or £35 for the weekend, so it is quite a discount. Beware though, passengers have to pay full price. There appears to be a lot planned for the weekend so it could well be a good day or two out (weather permitting) and it would be nice to see a kit car show back at Stoneleigh.

I'm up for it, with my normal rider - barring disasters 🤣 Would be good to make a club event of it, if we can get enough folks there I'm sure Al will put a good word in for us with the weather 🤪 Something that I've just noticed, I might have to start calling you Alan, to avoid anyone confusing you with AI - we don't want people thinking that your intelligence is artificial 😆

Twice now I have pushed the spring ring out of the tail seal of a type 9 box when inserting the prop shaft - the spring then gets in the way making it very difficult to get spline end fully in. The first time it happened I "persuaded" it to go in and, of course, it leaked like a good un. The second time I realised what was happening. That time I fitted another new seal and tried again. What I think happens is, if the spline isn't exactly in line with the box, the front edge of it can squeeze one side of the seal and pop the spring out. The spline will then only go in about half way. This is only my guess because you can't see what happens but, in my experience, when they're lined up correctly they go in dead easy.

You can do it on a 2B but it's a real pain trying to get all the gasket bits to stay in place when you refit the sump. I don't know if it's possible on an S7 but I'd be inclined to take the engine out anyway - it's so much quicker & easier to refit the sump with the engine upside down. Steve

I've downloaded it & unzipped it OK on a Linux machine - I know it doesn't really help but it proves the file is good. Can you try & download and/or unzip it on another device ?

I don't see any obvious issues with what you're planning, it's not structural like a monocoque and a large proportion of kit cars have riveted on bodywork. I'm assuming you're thinking of pop rivets, if so stainless ones will be much stronger (but quite a bit harder to "pop") than aluminium ones. Good luck ! Steve

Have a look at the attached article from the club magazine - that's about as much as we know about them. If anybody does know any more about them please post it up. Steve RH-Kaig.pdf

I've copied this post from last month's 'cause Andi's in Poland - hopefully they'll let him back into the country and he'll be there on Thursday. I'll be there with the usual note - barring disasters 🤪

Hi all, This will be at the George and Dragon in Meaford, Stone ST15 0PX. (Usually last Thursday of the month) 7pm ish. Everybody is welcome kit or not. Map https://www.google.com/maps/place/George+%26+Dragon/@52.9162191,-2.1735143,1007m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x487a6f1e497e1e5b:0x53726cf3a32a2400!8m2!3d52.9157296!4d-2.1689576!16s%2Fg%2F1hc1cdm9c?authuser=0&entry=ttu Pub website https://www.thegeorgeanddragonmeaford.co.uk/?utm_source=gbp&utm_medium=Yext&y_source=1_MTQ0NTMyNjUtNzE1LWxvY2F0aW9uLndlYnNpdGU%3D Andi

For me it was always try to stay below half throttle and half revs for the first 1000 miles, then oil & filter change before pushing it. I have no idea how applicable this is nowadays but I've never had an engine fail ................ well, not yet anyway 🤪

In my experience the correct way of fitting something is always obvious ................ shortly after you've fitted it the wrong way 🤪

dai.s has not been on the forums for the last couple of years - you could try sending him a message to see if he knows where the car is now.

Hi Robert, welcome to the club. Have a look at this page which (I think) is for your model https://models.rhocar.org/S3A/ You'll find a link at the bottom of it to articles on fitting tie bars (Anti-roll bar). Hope this helps, Steve

Latest update ................. it rained 🤪 Myself, Ian and Chris + family made it and sat in the pub chatting while Andi sat outside in the rain 🤔 How we missed one another I don't know, but we did eventually all get together - then there were 8 of us, is that a record for recent years ?

They look like Sierra ends to me & it would make sense as they are Sierra hubs but ............ ................ do you actually need new joints or is it just the rubber gaiter that's perished ? That's what happened to mine, the joints themselves were fine so I just replaced the rubber boots.

The latest plan is to set off early tomorrow and get to you 9:00 to 9:30 ish ... all being well 🤪

I'm sure there was a RH or GBS figure for 2B but, after much searching, I can't find it. My old memory reckons it was between parallel and 1 degree toe-in, but I can't promise that's correct. It won't be far out though. If you try searching on here for 2B wheel alignment, toe-in, geometry or similar you will probably find it .............. eventually 🤪

The weather forecast looks good for the next week ........................ I'll come prepared for rain 🤪 See you there mate 👍

Here goes with my opinions - you may get some alternatives 🤪 The pipe for the crankcase ventilation shouldn't need to be very big on a good engine so (with your refurbished engine) you should be OK with whatever fits the unions. The standard pinto filler cap on the cam cover is vented so should release any top end pressure, again there shouldn't be much with a good engine and you shouldn't need any pipe. The simplest cooling system is probably a 0.9 bar (13lb) pressure cap on the radiator with the overflow outlet to an non-pressurised tank. Expect something like 0.5 litres expansion between hot and cold so make sure your tank is big enough. Hope this helps, Steve

Best laid plans and all that ................... ☹️ Don't think I'll be able to make it over on the Friday but hopefully I can get there fairly early on the Saturday morning. See you there 👍

Hi Wayne, Daniel hasn't been on the forum since last year so you may not get a reply in a hurry. Al Richey @alanrichey is probably your best man to speak to regarding the Superspec - he may well know someone who's had a similar problem. I'm no expert on the superspec but I doubt you will be able to do much without separating the gearbox from the engine.

Hi Phil, I was really hoping to get down for at least one of the days but circumstances have got the better of us again. I'm trying to re-arrange things but, at the moment, it doesn't look like I'm going to make it. ☹️

Welcome to the club - nothing but fun from here on in 🤪 Looks nice, don't know if anyone will recognise it.