mikew

Quoted from Beans

Great, enough room to carry some of my spares  

I don't think there's room for a propshaft though ....

Quoted from Velocita Rosso

H`es not tall enough to jump high

it may be all the pies as well 😎

Quoted from Dion

  The place is too small / cramped, dirty tables and a bad smell.

The smell may not have been from the venue, certain members of CT have a reputation which hangs around long after they have left  ............  

Quoted from ferny

whilst holding the phone at arms length and jumping as high as I can.

You just can't jump high enough 😀

The RBRR has existed and run since 1965, its always been a similar format - starts in London, goes to John O'Groats, Lands End and back to London.

Its evolved, its had too, but change it substantially and it won't be the RBRR.

If people want an event that is different, then they should create one, after all they don't have to do the RBRR ! - there's plenty enough who do want to do it as it is, as the BEST Club Driving event in the world

Leave the RBRR to evolve naturally, if it ain't broke don't mend it

Quoted from Saltddirk

Dont know,
But if someone could explain me why Ferny drove the RBRR raising money for dogs dressed up as a big Cat?

No picture though...
D

Probably wanted to be chased by some dogs 😀

Quoted from Davemate

Ferny is riding a horse down a country lane, he see's his mate walking towards him.
" where did you get that from" he asks
"Oh,I won it in a raffle" the horse replies 😀

   😀

Young Ferny moved to Devon and bought a horse from a farmer for £100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the horse the next day. The next Day he drove up and said, "Sorry, Son, but I have some bad news, The horse died."

Ferny replied, "Well, then just give me my money back."

The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it already."

Ferny said, "Ok, then, just bring me the dead horse."

The farmer asked, "What are you gonna do with him?"

Ferny said, "I'm going to raffle him off."

The farmer said, "You can't raffle off a dead horse!"

Ferny said, "Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead."

A month later, the farmer met up with Ferny and asked, "What happened With that dead horse?!

Ferny said, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two pounds a Piece and made a net profit of £898.00."

The farmer said, "Didn't anyone complain?"

Ferny said, "Just the hloke who won. So I gave him his two pounds back."

Ferny grew up and now works for the government.

A dead horse walks into a bar and orders a whisky.

“I’m sorry, sir,” says the barman. “We don’t serve spirits.

I quite like WZL very atmospheric - great bacon butty - I know there were a few moans about the drive through the town - ignore them - what's a few extra miles, far far better than M5 services, to be honest a few more stops like WZL wouldn't go amiss, a least our cars weren't surrounded by Moderns

Pimperne - I had my best drive ever to this stop - didn't mind it at all this time - don't know why, but it worked well this year, but we did get out of Badgers Holt early, which may have made all the difference

Knebworth was good, and worth the extra money in my view

In fact all the changes were very good and much enhanced the RBRR, except the queuing at Blythe - that was caused by all the cars exiting onto the A1 at Knebworth at the same time - more marshalls at Blythe perhaps - OR a WZL type stop perhaps

A1 had roadworks as per previous years - just in a different place, and as usual the diversion was no issue

Quoted from Betty Swallocks

I didn't see any Yellow TR's on the RBRR ???!!!

I hope you weren't driving then as a yellow TR7 certainly took part and completed the run 😀

For the past few RBRR's I have driven home to Birmingham afterwards.  We always allow two to three hours after the finish before we do this.

Pre event we plan driver change overs, - it never happens as planned, because they change dependent upon the Driver's ability to drive safely, sometime longer stints, sometimes shorter.

We know our limits and drive accordingly.

The event is as safe as it can be, you can never regulate for the "dumb" as they will always ignore sense and the rules, and this is not the organiser's fault - rest  breaks are set out and enforced at the control stops.

Its worked for 50 years, is that not good enough ?  Its like trying to regulate for bad driving, how can you do this ? I thought this years RBRR exhibited a lot better driving skills than previous years, and bar one incident I witnessed (when Anne was driving within a mile of Lands End) other drivers were considerate and careful. Although she did get an apology from the driver concerned when she discussed his driving with him at Lands End !

Leave the event alone and look forward to the next one.

Quoted from timbancroft61

Well, I know someone who was a friend......As for Mr Weaver, well.........

My Xmas card list gets shorter and shorter!

I see from the spares list that you are taking a rocker shaft and rockers with you this year .......... 😎

Quoted from Alex

And what friends???

Mind you Tim's big saloon has got to get further than his GT6 did on the last RBRR 😀

Quoted from timbancroft61

A (As well as some serious mickey taking from CT friends).

Tim, we would NEVER take the mickey 😀

WOT no fried badger ? 😀

Quoted from WIMPUS

Really fed up now, wanted to test all the threads on the new box...
The ones for the bellhousing are painted over good, eventually got a bolt in .
But need a tap and die set and i don't have on in UNF 😲

Also the ones for the cover with the breather in... they won't go

Asked a teacher from my work if he got UNF taps, maybe..
Going to see if my local garage has them of another place i know.

If you cannot get any taps. make one out of a spare bolt that is the correct size.

Simply use a hacksaw and put 2 slots in the threads parallel to the length of the bolt - the slots will remove the paint once you get the bolt in the thread = its not as hard or as sharp as a tap. so don't force it, half a turn at the time then undo, clean the slots out and go again, repeat until the thread is clear. you may need to do this with a couple of spare bolts if you have a lot of threads to clear out, as the slots will wear

Put me down for this, I'll get an entry form off

Quoted from garyf

Can anyone confirm if the Front Pulley and Damper assembly on the 6 Cylinder Triumph Engines are bonded together somehow?

There should be a bonded rubber ring between the metal ring that holds the fan belt, and the inner fitting that goes on the crankshaft - its not unusual for the older ones to loose the bond, allowing the outer ring to slip - which also makes the timing marks off.

There's an american company (forget the name) that will rebond them, or Moss sells repros

mike

Quoted from BiTurbo228

A 3-pot ecoboost would be excellent seems like it's made for little sportscars like spits. Just need to wait til the latest batch of fiestas start ctopping up in breakers yards then you're good to go

I think you will be lucky, I know a Ford dealer who is changing eco boost engines under warranty, like they have gone out of fashion. A significant number fail early, I am told at under 50,000 miles, it appears that there is too much power extracted from too small an engine.

Quoted from garyf

Mike

I thought I would have to change the Wheel studs, this isn't a major expense?

What about the front Hubs, are they different between Wires and Steel Rims, according to the TR5 Parts book they are but I can't think why?

I haven't ever seen any different front hubs - maybe its a part number with fitted wire wheel studs ?  the spline adapter always bolts on to front and rear hubs/axles, and when you convert to wire wheels from standard you simply cut the studs down and then bolt the splined adapters on - unbolt the adapter and try fitting a wheel apart from short studs I see no reason why it won't fit

The splines hubs have very short studs so that they don't foul the wheel, these will be too short to use with normal wheels (well safely anyway) - its easy to knock the old studs out, and pull the new ones in using a wheel nut - you don't even have to remove the wheel hubs

Quoted from TedTaylor

Are you sure ........ 😀

MUT

Well I thought I was, until I was reminded of this !

Quoted from Shed 1969

Mike your epic drive from Didcot to the plough in 2014 will go down in RBRR folk law .....

Not something I would care to repeat, there's a battery box for a large battery going into the boot soon, with heavy duty cabling back to the Starter / alternator etc, and a new larger alternator.  I need the space under the bonnet for an air intake duct to the airbox and Jenvey throttle bodies 🙂

Quoted from ferny

I can't believe you've robbed us of the ritualistic moans about the route from Didcot to The Plough! >

I can assure you that you can still moan as Knebworth can be reached from Didcot, via A34 / M40 / M25 / A1M  if you chose to stick to a "traditional route" - all you miss is the last free flowing section to the Plough if you go that way 😀