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Hi Joeyg, Thanks for this. I do see the Mk2 GT6/Mk3 Spit front bumpers around. Do you know if the Mk1 GT6/Mk1/2 Spit overriders will fit the Mk2 GT6/Mk3 Spit bumper? TR4 overriders are a bit more rare here. Thank-you. -
My appliance god is called Bosch and his other name is tumble dryer. Yesterday I went to empty it, and found the clothes a bit damp. OK, there was a towel in there, so turn it back on for another ten minutes. Fine, it sprang into life, but then stopped as soon as my finger left the 'Start' button. It no longer latches to 'on'. The dryer could be twenty years old! Never given trouble before (there I've really jinxed it) So parts, like a new switch, may not be easy to find, but I have enquiries out withhtwo Bosch parts suppliers, one of whom has even responded with a request for the machine's details. So, hopeful. Anyone know of a Parts supplier to ask? John -
By Nick Jones · Posted
So just to prove that the appliance gods are ever-vigilant and always listening (just like Alexa, Siri et al), I am being punished for suggesting Henry might be invincible. Our skip-rescue Henry stopped mid flow today. Apparently just stopped as if switched off and could not be revived. Investigation led to this Cable drum contacts snapped off on the neutral side. You can see one of the snapped contacts lying loose top right - dunno where it’s mate is…. Should look like bottom left. Parts are available. I’ve opted for the genuine contact set at a princely £8 delivered…. -
By Nick Jones · Posted
What Clive says on the earth straps. Also agree on the carb comments. If you look back through Alan Oldtuckunders essays on getting the last few horses out of 150CDs (HS4s can be considered pretty much identical), he discovered that they run out of flow at about 120 bhp 5,500 rpm (depends a bit on your cam and resulting torque curve). Going to 175s definitely increased his rev range. Don’t remember what he said about the bottom end, but he wasn’t much bothered below 3k anyway. That car went pretty damn well when I drove it at CC. -
I think it depends on driving style. I know Dave Langrick has changed from PI on his 2.5 spit to a pait of Stromberg 150s, and love them. He reckons that runs out of puff at 5k, but is silky smooth and torquey up to that. A local has recently fitted a 2.5 engine into his 2000 saloon, and gitted 1 1/2" SUs (which were fitted to some variants of 2.5 I think?) and he loves them. So on a 2 litre, you should be fine. You are best doing as you suggest, see how things pan out once you have got the car sorted and used for some proper driving. Easy enough to swap and compare. -
By thebrookster · Posted
That's what I was wondering. I think for the time being HS4's will be kept, Nuala certainly never struggled winning rallies with them! Although she did have a pair sat in the garage, so maybe she was finding the limits? I guess I'll not be driving at her standard for a while at least, being optimistic -
Possibly is the answer. Others may have more experienced views, but mine is that the 1 1/2" carbs are adequate. The HS6s may give a tad more at high rpm (assuming flowed head/big cam), but sacrificing a bit of low down response.
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By thebrookster · Posted
Those who run GT6's, is it worth swapping out the HS4's for HS6's, and what benefits would that give me? I have a set of HS6's I might be able to lay my hands on......... -
By thebrookster · Posted
You know, I was wondering if that might not be a good idea earlier on. If it works for you, then methinks I shall copy the idea -
By RedRooster · Posted
Broke the gearbox on my makita sds drill, it's done a hell of a lot of work to be fair, one job alone was 200hrs of knocking out old pointing and that was when it was much younger, replacement on the way for pretty much the same price as I bought it 12 years or so ago. Tried stripping it down but gave up when I had to go cut a tree down instead. RR
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