Clive

I think it is captive on the chassis itself. Certainly it is on later spitfires, but probably mk3 too.

When driving herald steering is light and responsive. Or should be!

Heavy steering. Are the tyres properly inflated? 26-30psi. If so, next thing is to jack the front up, see if it is still heavy. If so, suspect trunnions. However, remember these cars have no power steering, so at parking speeds can feel heavy. Brakes, reseal front calipers, new rear wheel cylinders, new discs/pads and possibly shoes. Reseal the master cylinder. Total cost under £100 and real peace of mind Engine. Old fuel? Check for a good spark, plugs/points/condenser and timing. No idea about the solex carb though.

I think that means "Non"? What is unhelpful is that French registered Classic Cars (over 30 years old) are exempt. But it seems they do not extend that benefit to us Brits.

Have a look at Easysteer, they have a couple of models. I believe the MGF column has been used, not sure on comparative size though.

Yes, that would work. Deffo need an assistant, counting 2 different things would get mighty tricky by yourself.

FR should be 3.63, spitfire 1500. Often regarded a very good choice foir 2 litre cars. The only way to tell for sure is to mark the input flange. turn BOTH 1/4 shafts exactly 1 rotation, and count how many rotations the input makes. if a smidge under 4, it is 3.89, a bit over 3 1/2 is 3.63.

The problem has been found. Each member has an attachment allocation, and when you reach the limit you can not add any more. If anybody wants to check there attachment history, click https://www.clubtriumph.co.uk/attachments/?sortby=attach_filesize&sortdirection=desc and you will get them. Click on the post title on the right in the list to visit the post, and members can then edit their posts. The solution is to host videos on youtube etc, and embed on your posts. Simple guide here https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780?hl=en Pictures are best resized down to 1024 pixels wide. To resize pictures, there are plenty of options, google is your friend! Hope that helps.

Today, between actually working, I managed to do a few things. One was connecting up the rear brakes on the dolomite (cleaned/painted the backplates, new cylinders cleaned/lubricated the self adjusters, connected up the cables) The drums were looming a bit sorry for themselves, so 10 mins with the wire brush in a grinder, followed by an overnight soak in dilute acid. And today a couple if coats of VHT matt black. That needs to be baked, so popped them in the oven, gradually winding the temp up to 240degrees. Then this afternon it was Spitfire MoT time. All assed OK, but an advisory on rear brake pads getting low, and a little play in the nearside steering rack. Those should be sorted over the weekend. Which is good as away on hols soon, then when we return I have tgecexcellent TRR trackday, and a few days after am off to Spa for a few days including a track session (fabulous track!)

I believe there is a large area of it which is. But we will all be OK..... and you can easily avoid it.

Main entrant got the email a few weeks ago. Starting Rouen this time.

It is annoying that some new stuff is so poor. Something so simple can cause so much grief!

Wendy, be aware that the vast majority of timing chain tensioners are junk. A local had one wear out in a few hundred miles. Last rebuild I did I reused the old one, some wear but I reckon it had 50k left in it. Tony Lindsey Dean had a batch of correctly hardened tensioners made for this very reason, may be worth enquiring if he still has any.

East Sussex here. Got a Spitfire, Vitesse and Dolomite. Just about every variety of post 60s Triumph turn up to the meeting (which is a joint Triumph club effort)

looks like an egg to me.

Link to the "other" ferry thread

See above!

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It is easy to take apart. With a grinder and cutting disc. 3D printing may not be ideal as (from experience) it isn't as tough as orginal parts. I can have a look and see if I have a non-od gearstick in the garage. I should be able to look later today.

I thinkl you are correct, the spring and plastic domed washer must be put on prior to the anti-vibration rubber "bit" I think a replacement gearstick is your best bet. Unless you fancy cutting the rubber section out, and sourcing an alternative plastic/metal washer. A 3 rail one ,ay work, or possibly from the big saloon gearbox. But would need careful checking first.

Don't worry. I learnt the hard way

Simpler solution if you don't have a puller is to leave the nut on the column, but only a few turns so it is level with the top of the column. Then hammer in one hand, use a knee and other hand to pull the wheel towards you. Then a wack on the column and the wheel releases. Undo nut, all done.

A few of us are doing newhaven-dieppe 09.30 out and DFDS dunkirk/dover 16.00 return Total cost was £214, and yes, a 4hr crossing out, but dieppe to rouen is only an hour, and better still newhaven is 30 mins from home. So saves us about 2 1/2hrs driving time (on the basis we will be doing plenty the following few days)