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  1. Also interested, where In the UK are you located
  2. Chris & I have also booked the Premier Inn Stevenage for the Sunday night.
  3. Try contacting Dave at Spitfire Graveyard in Sheffield. There is a good chance he will have one.
  4. Mike Papworth has just rebuilt my GT6 gearbox + OD, upgrades include, to improve reliability. i believe he was going to take some time off at the end of July, to work on his own projects.
  5. Hi all after some 20 years of Stag ownership I have decided to treat her to a 4 wheel alignment check. What are the standard settings I should be aiming for? cheers sean
  6. i also dont use Facebook and have no intention of doing so.   we have a club forum its dissapointing people dont seem to make the most of it.
  7. i also dont use Facebook and have no intention of doing so.   we have a club forum its dissapointing people dont seem to make the most of it.
  8. Hi All i have been reading this thread with interest. On the last RBRR our Standard 10, fitted with a 1300 Spitfire engine blew a head gasket due to overheating following water pump failure. As standard (no pun intended) the original car did not have a temperature gauge. When fitting the 1300 I purchased and fitted a new Smiths temperature gauge and sender, however this never gave a sensible reading and like Oliver using an infra red thermometer we recorded some sensible temperatures despite the read out on the gauge.  Having now rebuilt the engine and reinstalled it last weekend I am now keen to get to the bottom of the erroneous gauge reading.  The car uses the original speedo and integral fuel gauge and I don’t believe that there is an inbuilt voltage stabiliser. My question therefore is, should I have fitted a voltage stabiliser when installing the new temperature gauge and sender? cheers Sean
  9. Tim Surprisingly the exhaust is not at all intrusive Noise from the gearbox in 1st & 3rd is though. High on the list of improvements is to build a tunnel to conceal the remote gearshift and to add some sound deadening. I picked up a rev counter today and a pair of front seats from a Herald at the weekend. They should be far more comfortable than the original S 10 ones whilst still looking period. Apart from cleaning the car I have not spent anytime working on it since the RBRR, but plan to get back to some regular sessions on it starting this Wednesday.
  10. Tim your not the only one to have mentioned that the rear sits a little high. however the fact we made it to the start at all was an achievement in itself. the original springs were shot and yes I had new ones made, to the original drawings and spec lowering the rear a little is on the list of things to do. I will see first if it settles a little. i did consider flipping the axle to above the spring, however that would mean sacrificing the twin tale pipes, which I like so am reluctant to do. i could follow Ken and Lloyd’s route and exit out the side just in front of the rear wheel, which by coincidence my father had also done on his ten back in the early 60’s. Problem is I like the rear twin pipes too much. If it doesn’t settle perhaps I could take a leaf out or maybe go back to Rossendale Springs and see if they can somehow relax them. first thing to tackle though is improve venting of the rocker cover as it seems to have excessive crankcase pressure. am looking forward to seeing your TR6
  11. Tim GT6 is going to take some time, but I will get there in the end. Plan is to further improve the S10 following the RBRR, I have quite a list of things I plan to address, not to mention replacing the old interior which we threw back in for the RBRR. 1st on the list is to sort out crank case ventilation as the block was quite literally dripping with oil discharged via the valve cover. Using it for the 10CR next year hopefully with my daughter is on the cards.
  12. My 5th RBRR and my favourite one so far. We withdrew following water pump failure as we dropped down off Dartmoor shortly after Badgers Halt. We weren’t carrying a spare, the pump was brand new and it didn’t occur to me that it might fail, lesson learnt. Having failed to get the car up and running for the 2016 RBRR I decided to embark on a full rebuild and respray and aim to enter the event in 2018. This too became a tall order as progress on the car has at times being painfully slow. In the past few weeks an enormous amount of time has been spent trying to get the car completed, with words of encouragement from Tim Bancroft ringing loud in my ears, we pulled out all the stops and tried really hard to get it done. The reality was that at midday on Friday we were still completing the final assembly and the only testing we had done was a few spins round the block that left us feeling positive about taking part. Living only moments from Wetherby Services our plan was a simple one, see if we could get to Knebworth in time and if we had any issues pull out when we reached Wetherby as we came back up North. We set off for Knebworth at 2pm on Friday and arrived at 17.45 only just getting time to say high to a few familiar faces and get signed on. Then we were on our way. No one was more surprised than Chris & I to find the car Ran reasonably well and we succeeded in reaching JOG for breakfast with only a few minor niggles along the way. The car was running quite well but not particularly strongly. Then on Saturday evening as we came South from Stirling the car just got better and better, by the time we reached Gledrid it was working our confidence in actually finishing the even was high, we enjoyed a fabulous drive through Wales following a large pack of cars (with Tom Key at the rear) that we managed to follow them hustle our little car along through the Welsh countryside and not get left behind was an unexpected surprise and a memory I will cherish for quite some time.  Reaching Lands End was another milestone and our thoughts were turning to Pimperne and those wonderful ladies and their cakes. Breakfast over and disaster struck, moving the car to take the obligatory photo in front of Lands End we noticed we had a water leak, from what looked like the water pump gasket, spanner’s out and a quick tighten, a bottle of Rad Weld and the leak was gone, but not for long and we struggled to reach Bude, our adventure coming to an end when we reached Dartmoor. We tried desperately to fashion a solution but once we realised the bearing in the water pump had failed we knew we were out. Then the CT community sprang into action and word got round that we were in trouble. Messages reached us quickly from those who had spare pumps to help us out. Before we knew it Nigel Abdullah had phoned to let us know that Keith Bennet had driven over to Knebworth and left a pump for us if we could get back there. The AA Relay driver was relieved to hear that he wouldn’t need to make the long haul upto Yorkshire and by 11pm we had reached the Premier Inn and were sat in the hotel bar reminiscing about the trip with Andy Cooke who had collected the pump for us. We fitted it to the car this morning and drove home this afternoon. Total distance driven about 1950 miles in a car that had only around 6 miles on the clock when we set off for Knebworth on Friday. Now a few thanks: * to all on the organising committee this is an awesome event and the hard work you put in is much appreciated. * to everyone who stepped up (particularly Keith Bennet) to assist us yesterday, we are very grateful * to everyone who took time out to talk to us about the car and offer us encouragement, you made our weekend. Chris and I will be back with the car in 2020, we have unfinished business.        
  13. As you can see much work still to do. Almost ready for paint though. The plan is to be on the road and running by May
  14. wolfie

    Engine identity

    Guys I have been looking at a Spitfire MK4 that is fitted with a 1300 engine the number of which starts with GK and ends with HESS I understand what the engine is and that it’s a large crank 1300 from the Herald range but what do the last numbers SS mean? The engine is correctly recorded on the V5. Could it be that this was a factory supplied engine fitted early in the cars life and that the SS is for Stanpart Spare? Just a guess. Sean
  15. To anyone contemplating these diversions. The A167 or A168 alternative roads as just as good to drive as the A68 upto Carter bar.
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