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I also fitted the same. Easy to fit and made a big difference to the staring. Danny

I 2nd that. A very enjoyable day. Had my tracking checked and adjusted, helped out on a couple of cars. Met some nice people and a good selection of cars. Hope to go to the next one. Danny

I'll be there. No damper but like to see your contraption and of course you. Danny😊

Wendy, Is this it. Pm me your address and I'll put it in the post. Danny

As above you can find out which tapes are making noise. I found a Click Dial adjuster pretty good. You may have a cam follower noise also. Danny

I had a problem with the ballast wire that had gone high resistant. So i just took a new feed fron the ignition live and fitted a 12v coil. Remember to fit the coil the correct way round +ve - ve. It will run the wrong polarity but will give misfire later when get hot. Danny

With a volt meter set on ohms. Ballast should read approx 1.5 and non ballast 3 ohms. Danny

I'm sure I wouldn't have thrown it away so if I find it you most welcomed to it. Dannny

Is it the pointy bit thats in the middle. I may have one. I know I have the badge and the two bits of grill somewhere in the garage, not sure about the pointy bit. I'm on hols at the moment but will check when back. Danny

Peter see replies to your previous post asking for recommendations. Danny

mike.papworth1@btopenworld.com Mike pepworth is the guy. Highly recommend Danny

1 a small copper round bar fits flate inside oblong hole with a spring and plastic cap on top. This is the side the indicator contacts sit. 2 spring with plastic caps both ends. 3 funny looking plastic half round thingy with point one end. Point downwards with spring and plastic caps on top. 4 ball bearing (this is what locks indicator stalk when operated. The thicker spring goes on top. I hope this will help anyone that decides to remove the indicator switch from the back plate and things start popping out. Work somewhere you are not going to lose the bits. Have fun. Danny

New indicator stalk arrived from Anglia Triumph after the first one ordered got lost in the post. But ANG Triumph kindly sent me another. Looks exactly like the old one. Same markings etc, maybe nos. Being left hand I had to convert it to right hand by using the old backplate. Beware when doing this as bits do pop out, springs, ball bearing and plastic bits etc. Took me about half hour to work out exactly where everything went, and at the time thinking I wished I never started. But it all went back OK and everything works. Danny

This is Forum is for Triumph cars, not bikes. Although some cars do have rust holes that let you put your feet on the ground. 😁 Danny

I'll see what the new one looks like when it arrives. It did say it was made in UK but that night be the box in comes in. If it looks inferior to my brocken original then I'll send it back. Danny

Decided to try and fix late Spit indicator/horn/headlight stalk. It was sticking on when flashing. Tried lubricating without any luck so decided to remove it from the metal support bracket. Ping.... It turned into a million pieces 😂. No chance of getting it back together. It seems new right hand stalks are hard to get unless you want to pay over £50. Just ordered a new left handed stalk fro SC spares £30. They say it could be changed over to right hand by using old backing plate. I'm just a bit worried it will also disintegrate when swapping over. Although looking at the bits on the bench it looks like there are plastic plugs that hold all the springs and contacts in place but had disintegrated on mine. Anyone done this on a left hand stalk. Ps.. My garage is 20 deg cooler than outside so spending most of the day in there. Danny

Yeah I agree. Sometimes I get these urges come over me... What to mess around with next. Danny

I was looking at the Revington TR device and if it was worth it on a 1500 o/d Spit. I know 3rd od is almost the same as 4 gear butt 2nd gear and 2nd od may be worth it. I wonder how it let's od in on 2nd gear but still blocks 1st gear as the inhibitor switch on the box blocks both gears. I understand the TRs have a better spread of ratio's. Anyone had any experience of these. Danny

My local garage who service my modern took it for me. I had a couple of old 20 ltr red diesel containers. I didn't want to mess with all that petrol 8.5 gals I was lust glad to get shot of it. I did womder what the company's do with fuel they pump out of cars every day. It must be used somehow. Danny

Yes Tim. I can't fault them, for the service they provide, that's why I've been insured with them for the last 18 years. Danny

I've now got to find a way to dispose of 8 gal of fuel. I'll have a word with local garage. Danny

Sorry my mistake its the Shell garage. Danny

Just looked at the receipt and there is nothing to say what it is. Just £26. Diesel makes sense. I know I used the petrol pump because both the Vmax petrol and diesel were next to each other. I remember thinking it would be easy the mix them up. Looks like I've got to now get rid of 8 gallons. Danny no

Did anyone have problems after filling up at Porthmadog Texaco garage on the C2C? We filled up just before the start with Vmax and only managed 8 miles before we had to retire. Running like a dog with loads of white smoke. Thinking the head gasket had blown we pulled out. This morning I did a compression test... All good. I cleaned out the carbs and and fuel lines from the engine bay electric fuel pump and run a pipe to a Jerry can with known good petrol. It ran OK no smoke. Next will be to drain the full tank and clean it. As a side note RH insurance breakdown.. Got us a cab all the way home to Essex and the car turned up in the afternoon. Danny

Yeah double skinned heat shield with heat wrap around downpipes and all pipework around top of bulkhead to the standard SU's. Never had this before but I can't remember a hot day like yesterday stuck in traffic. Danny