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  1. mikeyb
    jcarruthers wrote:They comprised of; non-stop slaloms, annoying 90 degree gates with not enough room to enter them and those annoying dizzying roundabout things at the bottom of the runway. sounds like you should have brought a smaller car James  :-)
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    The firestones pretty much finished themselves off on the last CMC Gymkhana.  Glad i didn't use my Yokos. I wonder if the LSD is going to improve or increase tyre wear?  Hmmmn :(
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    is the slave area still wet with fluid after rebuild and bleeding? if so what was the bore like before you replaced the seals? did you fit the correct seals the correct way round?
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    I have a very good bearing specialist just down the road from me - give me a shout if you want me to make any enquiries
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    Following the success of the last event, by kind invitation of Mike Helm "The Mayfair" grass autotest will be held on sunday 9th  October at Latchingdon, Essex. Although organised by Wickford Auto Club, Club Triumph has invited status so members can enter under their Club Triumph membership. Mike's field is pretty smooth with nice short grass and is currently very hard underneath! It will be a good day's motorsport if the last one was anything to go by! Regs/entry form below.
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    michael_charlton wrote: Drained the original tank that had been pluggeed to accomodate the `new` tank and all the fuel was blue in colour ?? yep, my inline filter does look decidedly blue. def no E10, drove on vapours a few times to avoid that! did fill a few times with 95 ron + 5% ethanol as that was all to be had
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    ouch!
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    I've been pondering on the fuel pump/ fuel tank issues that a lot of people seemed to suffer with (including myself) I noticed yesterday that my (fairly recent) inline fuel filter was dark and discoloured inside. I wonder if the crappy and expensive european petrol has been clearing crud off from inside our fuel tanks? Hmmmn.
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    what happened to cause the damage Theo?  Did you have an "off"?    :)  
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    trigger wrote:feck my iphone satnav plan just isnt going to work  :( will not save the way points only the final destination off to buy a tom tom tomorrow get an android - you know they are better  :-)      
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    ferny wrote:Could be even more entertaining in the wet! and kinder on the tyres  :-)
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    Converted successfully using ITN Converter to Navigon .route format. Had to convert and save files first then uninstall the converter prog before connecting up satnav to copy files to my routes folder as the converter read all the files on the SD card as "ITN files" Once I'd worked that out - easy!
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    Been looking up info on the Covmo pistons I had came accross - found an email address for the company and got in contact as below.  It would seem the ones I found were old rather than current! Hi     Hello     I have recently come accross some Covmo branded Triumph Spitfire pistons on the web. I would like to know if this is something that    you manufacture and supply today?     Many thanks     Mike      We can manufacture any of our pistons again; we need a samples to be sent back to us, and an order for   300 pcs or more.  Sample is required to re-assess the metallurgical composition of the material   from which our first pistons were made, and compare that to the present day's changes/improvements in the material Regards Darren
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    spotted a bit on Paul Tegler's webpages that praised the county pistons - they actually weighed in some 20g lighter than the originals, are were fairly evenly matched for weight.  Strangely though the gudgeon pins  weighed in heavier.
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    I seem to recall somewhere a discussion on using TR6 pistons, is this viable?  I presume the original spec would have been Hepolite?
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    At long last my balanced crank and rotating parts have come back from Maynards.  I'm thinking of fitting new pistons rather than re-use the old, what are the best options? I've heard that county pistons are a bit on the heavy side and that the county rings are not too good? I've also come accross some Covmo pistons too - never heard of them - has anyone else? Cheers Mike
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    Oooh Mallard - one of my all time favorite colours!
  18. mikeyb
    worth more than you paid in bits - don't worry!
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    Millers semi synthetic sport classic is what i use - has been proved on many a gruelling CT run is a variety of my cars in a variety of different conditions. I have heard that the VR1 is good too, but have no experience. Use of a decent oil that will maintain pressure with prolonged use is a must in my opionin
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    mmmmmmnnnn Vlaii        
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    Theo, that looks awesome 🙂
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    Heavy steering?

    mikeyb replied to James's topic in Running Gear

    all down to the offset!
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