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I cant get the Gaydon until about 11am. Seeing Ellis email about getting there before 9:45 anyone know what happens after that time, can I still get in using the CT ticket? Cheers mike

pop over to Sideways as Nick Jones has produced a spreadsheet with all the ratios for lots of different gearboxes, I think the thread is Close Ratio or similar. mike

13/60 Herald being driven for a photo shot for Triumph World by Libby my daughter. A few years ago, the Herald has started to rust, but it does have a new engine EFI and gearbox and Libby has 2 lovely children who both love the Herald! Mike

interesting no side on pictures so you cant see the panel fit... Thats a lot of money, I doubt it will ever be used on a 10CR, RBRR or even in the rain! Mike

Nice 'mean' looking car. BTW What made you go back to a Vitesse? I have had Stag, GT6, TR6, they have all come and gone but I have always kept my (now much modified) Herald! Mike

Well as I have offered to Marshall at the start, and I am coming down in the Herald, I think I can comment here :) Started and driven for its MOT in Feb, which it passed. 400 miles last year, 4000 the previous year. EFI mapping needs a bit of a tweak as it's hesitating at low revs and the modified dash needs finishing,but basically just needs to be used!

the number of teeth in the wheel box is different for early and late Heralds. thus the angle changes. Also the position of the wheel box is different, the early ones are closer to the screen. From Rimmers web site "up to 1968 small wiper wheel boxes with 22 Teeth are used (with LH wiper inboard of LH washer jet) and the gear wheel inside the motor has 130 stamped on it. From 1969 the wiper wheel boxes with 32 Teeth are enlarged (and the LH wiper is outboard of the LH washer jet), the gear wheel inside the motor has 160 stamped on it." you can get a mini wheel box but the shaft is longer and will need a spacer turned to fit it in.   mike

ok  I was wrong you weren't being offensive.  I thought JohnD made a fair point and the attacks on him seemed unreasonable.. but I will shut up and go back to the garage  BTW as you said on the FB page "put someone politely in their place".. which is obviously not on this forum. Mike

Jim and Michaels (Public relations officer) comments are offensive and unwarranted.. You dont have to agree with people views but you can at least be civil. No wonder they is hardly any discussion on this site. Mike    

Actually a lot of people  warned that the forum within the web page wasn't a good idea when the new format was in Beta testing (or available to people to try before it live)…. mike

Here are my 3 points. 1) realise that the forum is the most important visible part of CT, its the part that draws people into the Club. The web page is useful but not as important as the forum. 2) Its need to be full page and run separately not as part of the web page. This approach works very well for most other car clubs forums. For example see TSSC, TR, Sideways.. 3) If running/support costs are an issue consider getting support from the users (this is the model used by Sideways), I am sure a lot of users would be happy to contribute, I would. Very glad this is getting addressed the forum used to be so good and was one of the reasons I joined CT. If you need to convinced that the forum is in trouble then look at the number of CT members on other forums... Mike  

Tim I know its early days but I am happy to help at the start again. Just let me know if you need help. Mike/  

I`ll let the accountants officially answer that....along the same lines as to why the max entry level of The RBRR has been reduced.   I really really do not understand your reply. However I don't wont to mix up discussion about the rubbish forum and discussions about the RBRR entries so I will remain quiet and go back to some of the fun, active forums for Triumph people. Just for Tim, if I am around in Oct 2020 I will be more than happy to help at the  start again. Mike  

OT: cant we increase the cost of joining the RBRR and then use the spare cash to develop a decent forum? Or use the Sideways funding model and get users to subscribe each year. CT really does need to get a decent working forum again, it used to so good and could be again. Just go and visit the TSSC or Sideways to see what a decent busy forum can be... Mike

should be fine as there aren't many users here anymore.... ;( Really, really miss the old forum, this one is so hard to use and seems to get very little traffic. Its not all on FB, just drop in and see the TSSC or Sideways forum to see what an active forum is all about... Very sad. Mike

Jason, thanks. Wasn't sure if I could do it myself thru the web page. I have emailed Ellis. Have a good trip everyone! Mike

I want to withdraw from this years 10CR. Can I do this on the web page if so how, been thru lots of pages but cant find a way of doing it! Or do I need to contact Ellis or Jason directly? The original plan was to do the event with Libby but her daughter starts school the same week as the 10CR starts... Thanks Mike

Check on ebay - there  are tools sold for this purpose. In the past I have used a pair of short studs clamping the ferrule/sleeve between the jaws of a vice and wound up tight to create a two sided dimple that really clamps the heavy cable inside the furrule up solid.  Any less than this will not create a crimp tight enough to carry the sort of current you are referring to. For normal cable use a 'standard' crimping tool that has a 'rolling' action on the cable and the connector......... not one of the terrible things for coloured connectors which simply squashes the outer coloured sleeve and often pulls off if tugged.  Pre-insulated connectors - the work of the devil!   MUT Unless you have a professional crimping tool then DONT try to use a crimp tool unless you want a very poor unreliable connection. Crimps can be excellent (I have used them on many installations and are standard on most professional systems) but only when using the correct tool. For you application you could solder it and then repair the cable insulation with a heat shrinking cable. cheers mike

Not sure where you are but I have had my 13/60 radiator rebuilt for about £170 at Anglian radiators in Cambridge. Very pleased with the work, I have used them before on a GT6 radiator. mike

Thanks, I am planning to change them, The Herald is going on a road trip with friends up to Scotland in April so will need some decent rubber on it, but I was surprised how old they were! Will have to have a look on here at a recent thread about different tyres. mike

Just been looking at the tyres on the Herald and realised that they are all over 9 years old (I have had it a long time). They look ok maybe a bit crazed and the rubber does feels a bit hard compared to new tyres,  I notice that there are a lot of recommendations that tyres should be changed after 6 years. Whats do others do? Do you worry about the age or just change them once all the tread has gone cheers mike

Tim I can help at the start. cheers mike

John, Lovely colour, suits the shape well. The head lights look large for the body, will the bumper cast a shadow from the beam or is it an effect of the camera angle? cheers mike

I have recently fitted Megsquirt to my Herald, so ignition only but about to start on the fuel side. I made up  a bracket to hold the sensor and bolted this to the timing chain cover, it does give you some flexibility. I mounted mine about 50 BTDC, you can correct for the position of the sensor in the software. I think the manual recommends mounting it some way BTDC as there pulse train will before reliable before the fitting stroke. I would not take the timing pointer off as you will need to check and calibrate the timing (with a strobe) and you need the timing parks to do this. Am surprised that the trigger wheel will interfere with the pointer, on mine (its a 4 cylinder engine) the trigger wheel is slightly smaller diameter than the pulley, Will see if I have a picture that I can upload. good luck regards mike

I was surprised how easily it to sell TR6 bits and get good prices all helping to fund work on my Herald. I have a nice set of metering unit spanners selling at the moment! cheers mike