PaulB

And silicone sealant 

Plus plenty of Rainex! 
 

On 26/09/2021 at 20:32, Pete PiEst said:

The HOF is good to go 👍

I do like the PI Estate 👍

I really don’t think petrol is going to be an issue this weekend.

The situation was caused by the media making a story out of nothing that led to panic buying. Unlike toilet rolls, people can’t hoard petrol. Once their cars are full they can’t keep buying fuel.

There are already signs that it’s starting to go back to normal this evening.

The fuel stations on the major roads and rural areas where we are heading have petrol. My wife drove to Exeter and back to Essex at the weekend and didn’t have problems getting fuel.

As others have said it’s part of the challenge of getting your car round. 

Looking forward to it! Roll on Friday 🙂 

Thanks Jim & Yorkshire_Spam for confirming, I thought it should be ok.

I’m really impressed with these bulbs. Now looking forward to the night sections on the RBRR. 🙂 

After reading this thread I decided to upgrade my Osram night breaker on my Spit 1500 to Nighteye LED and it’s a major improvement on dipped where I felt the nightbreakers were not strong. On full beam it really lights up the road.

The only thing is that I had to leave off the rubber (the piece I’m holding on the photo) at the back of the Headlight lens for it to fit in the headlight cowl. You can see before and after.

Does anyone think that will cause a problem? 

The light is protected from the road by a plastic cowl fitted to the bonnet.
 

I do feel this is political and media’s fault. BP was only closing a handful of their stations, but media blew it up out of all proportions. 

Quite a few petrol stations are now closed near me due to panic buying.

I managed to fill the Spitty up without having to queue for too long this morning.

I did notice that one station, that was closed yesterday, is now open with all pumps working so fuel deliveries are getting through.

Hopefully it would have calmed down by next weekend. 🤞

2 minutes ago, Tim Bancroft said:

Storm in a tea cup...not worried.

Agreed! 

It’s on the BBC news but only impacts a few sites so should be ok. Morrisons and other suppliers are not impacted.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58645712 

I read that BP had closed some stations too.

 I think we should be fine, but might take a spare fuel can for the first time on the RBRR 😉 

45 minutes ago, MarkEFI said:

RBRR virgin 😜

Looking smart and a great car to do the RBRR in. 

Very happy, Spitfire passed MOT this morning with only an advisory on the rear tyre.

The tread has started to get low on both rears but plenty left to be legal. However, the offside rear had a small bulge in the tyre wall on the inside. It was very difficult to spot and one could only see it whilst under the car in the pit.

So new rear tyres have been ordered.

I think this goes to show that our older cars which are exempt from MOT should still get tested regularly.

I wouldn’t of spotted that and I hate to think what would had happened if the tyre failed whilst at speed with my son in the car. 

5 hours ago, Tim Hunt said:

If only that were enough for the 4A over 2,000 miles!

Tim

There was a RBRR just before the engine rebuild where I was topping up with oil with every fuel stop. I think I got through 10 litres of oil on that RBRR!

Thankfully a litre is now enough. 

Fixed speedo tonight. As suspected it was just the cable had popped out of the back. 

Also changed the spark plugs for new ones to ensure misfire is resolved. Took it for a spin this evening and misfire seems to have gone.

MOT tomorrow morning so fingers crossed she’ll pass.

If MOT doesn’t raise any issues, it should be just tune and stick carpets down and fix new bonnet cones. 

1 hour ago, RobPearce said:

I got the new gearbox mount in. The old one was definitely failed - not visibly but the upper part slides around in the rubber, and the new one puts the gearbox a quarter inch higher up.

Then I had a look at the gearbox remote, and fettled the bushes a bit. Then I tried to install a remote clutch bleed nipple but didn't manage to get the pipe connected in place of the existing one before dinner time.

I also noticed when I got home last night that I've lost a tail light - possibly a blown bulb but could be a wire fallen out - so I need to check that once I've got the gearbox cover back in.

Glad you got gearbox mount sorted.

Typical that something else fails!

This is what’s in my boot:

Rainex
Toilet roll. :-)  Bad experience on the 10CR! Enough said!

Items to allow temporary fixes/repairs:

Plastic sheet to lie on 
Torches 
Spare Batteries for torches
Cable ties
Gas powered Soldering iron
Electrical connectors and wire
Amp meter
Instant Gasket seal
Ardlite sealent
Radweld
Metal tape
Gaffa tape
Large rubber hose
G-clamps
Metal strip
Bungees 
Disposable Gloves 
Wiring diagram
Vaseline 
Wire wool
Cable ties
Metal wire
Jubilee clips
Insulation tape
Wipes and paper towel 
Super glue
Grease
Rubber pipes
Fuel pipe and connector
Various spare Bolts and nuts
Engine Oil (1 litre)
Gearbox oil small bottle
Break fluid small bottle
silicon fluid ( for clutch) small bottle 
Exhaust bracket
Split Pins 
Exhaust fire gum

Spare parts
If anything needs replacing I normally replace it prior to the event but I keep these just in case (especially as often items that fail tend to be the newer items that have recently been replaced) or to help others on the event.

Dist Cap
Radiator Cap
Fuel filter
Bulbs 
Fuses
Relays
Coil
HT leads
Red cap rotor arm
12v stabiliser 
Petrol pump 
Spark plugs
Fan belt
Wheel bearing kit

Old distributor (as I have fitted electronic Aldon 123 distributor)
Points 
Rotor arm 

This may seem a lot but most of this stuff fits into a couple of bags and leaves plenty of room in my Spitfire boot for tools and clothes etc. 

6 minutes ago, RobPearce said:

Bah!

I was supposed to be driving round the Lake District today, on day 2 of the Cambridge area's three-day Peaks-Lakes-Dales run. It was a shake-down test for the RBRR car. I had to bail last night because the gearbox mounting's failed.

That’s a shame, but at least it failed now rather than 2am Saturday morning in the middle of nowhere up in Scotland. 😉 

Hopefully you can fix it before the event starts. 

On 19/09/2021 at 11:26, Nick Jones said:

Sounds like manifold air leak to me….

Nick

Checked the manifold and it is fine.

I checked the plugs and they were a little sooted so I think she’s running a little too rich.

I cleaned the plugs and topped up the dash pots with oil as they were low and misfire has gone away.

I will get the carbs tuned and hopefully that resolves it permanently.

Although I will be driving her a lot now to make sure it does, as it make me nervous when things like this happens just before the event starts. 

My understanding was that the rally app needs to on for the whole event but can be on in the background except when approaching the control stops when it needs to be active on screen.

But you may be able to turn it off between controls as Ferny suggested.  I’m not sure on that, so maybe just keep it on in the background until you get near control stops.  
Unless someone can clarify?

New job to do.

After driving faultlessly to the DM yesterday on the way back it developed as misfire. Fine on the motorway but struggled on b-roads and when I came off at services. 

Seemed to drive slightly better when I pulled the choke out so wondering whether it’s fuel supply related?

I’m insured with Classicline and added my 18 year old son at the time for £25. (He’s just turned 19 now). The only condition is that you have to be in the vehicle whilst they are driving which is fine for events like C2C and RBRR and you both have to be members of TSSC.

Perhaps Club Triumph should organise something similar to encourage younger members and the next generation to look after our cars.

Trying to get him insured on his own or as a named driver is impossible/ridiculously expensive.

2 hours ago, McJim said:

Paul,

I did exactly the same.

If anyone's ordering magnetic flexible sheet, just make sure it's motorway grade.

Earlier this year, I ordered a roll and it wasn't motorway grade and wouldn't even stick to the fridge.

I had to reorder some from here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAGNETIC-SHEET-SIGN-VINYL-0-85MM-MOTORWAY-GRADE-VEHICLE-FLEXIBLE-620MM-1020MM/184369548694?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160323102634%26meid%3Ddeae2d6d9cf24f8d9dd212f8fdadf1cc%26pid%3D100623%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D5%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D221391117824%26itm%3D184369548694%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DDefaultOrganic%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p2047675.c100623.m-1

It also allows you to keep the stickers as souveniers on the back of the garage door.

Jim.

That’s the item I ordered! 👍

20 hours ago, Tim Hunt said:

No Paul, I find dust generation from the DS Performace pads is minimal. Low wheel dust is actually one of the features claimed for the product.

Tim

Thanks Tim, I think I might try these pads when my current ones wear out.

Hi

Just a suggestion that I’ve found useful in the past.

I’ve ordered and just received some motorway grade magnetic flexible sheet vinyl 0.85 mm from a well known auction site. 
 

I plan to put the RBRR stickers onto this and cut to size then apply them to car. I’ve done this for the last few RBRRs and they’ve never fallen off or damaged paint work, unlike my first RBRR where I had problems getting the residue the sticker left behind off my car. The panel does have to be fairly flat and filler free. Works well on my Spitfire.  Another benefit of this is that one gets a souvenir of the event. 🙂 

Cheers

Paul

Interesting Tim,

Does the Ferodo DS pads cause a lot of brake dust on the wheels?

I’ve got EBC green pads on my Spit with EBC upgraded disks and haven’t experienced the problems you’ve mentioned but I may consider these when replacing them in the future. One of the reasons I switched to EBC apart from performance improvement was my previous pads used to create loads of brake dust.

Thanks for the replies gents.

I did think that one didn’t have to continue with MOTs but wanted to make sure.

If my car did fail a MOT on a safety point then I would definitely want to fix it so the above makes sense.

Thanks