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I might be able to make it for 12:30 but doubt I'll get there any earlier - unfortunately I've got things to do in the morning and about a 60 mile run.

Welcome to the club 😀 Sorry I can't help with the trigger wheel but are you sure that the misfire is down to the dizzy ? I'm assuming you've checked/replaced plugs and leads ? Can you give us some more info. on how or when the misfire happens - intermittent or always under certain conditions etc.? Plenty of folks on here have experience of the pinto so someone may well have had similar problems. Steve

Sorry about the slow reply - we sneaked off to Scotland for a few days and only got back about an hour ago. They emailed back to say it was OK to leave at 4pm so no worries there. What time are you thinking of meeting up? I'll confirm (or not) when we've got ourselves a bit more organised.

Not wishing to state the bleeding obvious but ......................................... a lot of those cars appear to be a couple of wheels short, or are my old eyes deceiving me ? 🤣

Sorry Andi, I'll be in Scotland and it's a bit far to nip back 🤪 Would you be able to drink my pint for me in my absence ? 🤣 I bet there'll be a large turnout this week - when I'm not there 🤔

OK, I should be able to make it over but I will have to leave by about 4pm. I can't see anything about display cars having to stay until the end, I'll email them and check to make sure, and all being well I'll see you there. 😀

Thanks Craig 👍

I have found that weather forecasts are nowhere near as reliable as my car - take the car out of the garage and it rains, put it away and the sun shines 🤣

Sounds interesting - I'll see if I can get a pass out 🤪 I'll let you know if I can make it.

Well done, good result, I can't wait to get chance to come and watch you in action. I'm hoping to get down to Silverstone if I can get a pass out 🤪

I don't have any real experience of doing this but there seem to be a few options out there. Could you get some thing like this in ? https://thekneeslider.com/universal-reversing-gearbox-for-motorcycle-engine-powered-cars/ If you read through all the info. it shows various options for installation which might give you some ideas as well.

Curiosity got the better of me, I've got a carb. in the garage so I had to pull it apart yesterday. I can't see any way of removing the diaphragm without wrecking it so I suspect that on newer carbs (this century?) you have to swap the whole item.

Good question - I've only ever replaced them as a complete item but I'm guessing they must come apart somehow. Who did you buy the service kit from - can they help ?

👍 see you there.

According to my maths there should plenty of room on the stand for you and your car Trev. 😀 Hopefully see you there 👍

If it was me I would have kicked that cup of tea over within seconds of putting it down 🤪 There is a good chance that the engine had it's compression reduced in some way - head spacer, thicker head gasket or similar when the supercharger was fitted. If so you would really need to put it back to standard if you removed the supercharger. I would imagine it would be easy to re-map the ecu but I don't know enough to help there - hopefully someone else can give you some info. on that. It might be worth explaining exactly what problems you're having with it and seeing if anybody knows of any easy fixes ............. if there ever are such things.

Just had a look myself and think I'm in the same boat as Jim - I'd have to go past Kimbolton to the meeting point. Not only that but I've got 120+ miles and a good couple of hours drive so it won't take much of a hold up to spoil my timekeeping - I'll see you there (I hope). Are you planning on taking anything club-wise Al ? I've got a folding table that I "acquired" and may be quite useful which I'll stick in boot.

I'm pretty sure that there's an O ring at the bottom of the dizzy to seal it into the block, but I can't remember there being any seals inside. It's a few years since I had a pinto dizzy apart and I'm working from memory - which is not as good as it used to was. I'll have a look through my collection of useless information and see if I can find anything else out for you. Steve

All being well I'll be there, probably coming across the M6 then A14 as the A50 has roadworks.

The only issue I can think of is if you are looking to get an age related registration number. You would then need to show proof of the minimum number of parts from the original donor vehicle, or alternatively you would need to provide proof of the minimum number of new parts for a new reg number. Either way I don't imagine an LSD will make any difference to the IVA test ............................ however, somebody may know otherwise 🤪

Congratulations on getting it sorted. Now it's welcome to the world of kit cars where there is always something that needs doing, or something you want to change on the car, but always fun to drive it 😀

I've just looked at the latest weather forecast and it could be warm and dry on Thursday evening - plenty of time for it to change before then though 🤣

You're just trying to confuse an old man aren't you - well you succeeded 🤣 I've booked plot 25 from Friday to Sunday - as ever I'll do my best to be there ........... barring normal disasters 🤪 I haven't booked my pass out yet so I'll have to let you know about the meal later. Steve

I'm impressed, it's looking very professional and if you carry on at this rate you'll be on the road by the weekend 🤣

All being well I'll see you there - just because I drank your beer last month it doesn't mean you can drink mine this month 🤣