hyperhale

Anyone?

Someone out there must have a trusted recommended body specialist

Quoted from heraldcoupe

That must have been a while ago, it's a long time since I've sold any rear wings...

Are these Stanpart originals, or repros?

Cheers,
Bill.

I am looking for a recommended bodywork repairer experienced in fitting rear lower wings on Heralds.

My Vitesse has had replacement arch and lower wing work carried out badly resulting in the offside wing losing its correct profile above the wheel arch.


The near side is original and probably more suited to fitting a repair panel.

I have a pair of wings purchased from Bill Davis but not feeling competent in doing the work myself, I have read complete wing replacement is tricky.

I'm based in North Kent but willing to travel.

Quoted from Pete Lewis

https://www.coh-baines.co.uk/
have a look at  c o h baines they make just about every seal you may need

Have a sort through the type and all the extrusions  

Pete

Quoted from Pete Lewis

https://www.coh-baines.co.uk/
have a look at  c o h baines they make just about every seal you may need

Have a sort through the type and all the extrusions  

Pete

Hi

I met Bill from Rarebits at Beaulieu auto jumble last September and hoped to buy some lip type door seal for my Vitesse convertible.

Bill was short of it on the day but I am struggling to contact him thru facebook or a PM on this forum as I am hoping he may still have some available following the closure of Rarebits4classics.

Does anyone have some available that I could buy? ( I know Bill was the sole supplier of this)  

Has anyone been in contact with him recently?

Hi

I met Bill from Rarebits at Beaulieu auto jumble last September and hoped to buy some lip type door seal for my Vitesse convertible.

Bill was short of it on the day but I am struggling to contact him thru facebook or a PM on this forum as I am hoping he may still have some available following the closure of Rarebits4classics.

Does anyone have some available that I could buy? ( I know Bill was the sole supplier of this)  

Has anyone been in contact with him recently?

Quoted from Freebird

They look better on a Spitfire or a GT6 in my opinion. I took mine off my Vitesse and put them on my Son's Spitfire with only minor mods. It seemed to go a lot better for it too.

When you advertise them you could say that they will fit a Spitfire or a GT6 but will need minor mods - gives you a bigger customer base.

Quoted from Stu 1986

I've got the Canley Exhaust on my car and it does look and sound good, although personally I felt it was a little too loud. It was resonating through the car, so I fitted a load of soundproofing in the boot area and made a carpet for the boot and now it's much quieter inside the car and sounds great top up or down.  

I've added a pic of what the canley one looks like on my 13/60 Convertible, which has a Vitesse engine fitted.

Thanks both, had another good closer look with a torch and it looks like the F is actually a very badly stamped E so it's a mk2 2000 engine as suggested

Quoted from Jonny-Jimbo

ESS would be a service replacement engine from memory?

My mk2 vitesse has an engine number MFA 144 ESS ???? - struggling to find a reference to this code , MGA & MEA appear to be from triumph 2000's

Can anyone help?

Thanks all, decision made, will be ringing Canleys in the morning and ordering a semi sports system - single pipe.

Seems a shame that the Phoenix system is pretty much new and retails at £400+ , hopefully I can put it on eBay and offset best part of the cost of the new exhaust

I am looking for honest opinions and options for my Mk2 Vitesse  that I purchased recently.

The PO has recently fitted Phoenix twin exhaust pipes, connected with a Y piece to the original manifold and although it sounds great, in my opinion it just looks too bulky and ugly from the rear.

Am I alone in this opinion or have any Vitesse owners fitted an alternative sports system that closely retains the original look from the rear but will give me the growl of the Phoenix pipes?

I had in mind selling these on and investing in an alternative...

Thanks

Pete

  

Quoted from Gt6s

ALL THREE LEAKING ? Have you cleared the breather ?

Laurence

Quoted from hyperhale

Thanks all for your advice, seals and bearings are on order - diff is out ready to work on.

I'll let you know how it goes...

Thanks all for your advice, seals and bearings are on order - diff is out ready to work on.

I'll let you know how it goes...

My diff is leaking badly from all three seals, no problem with replacing the pinion seal but I have read of issues removing the output shaft bearings without a press.

Is cutting/grinding the bearings from the shafts and replacing the bearings an option anyone has gone for?

Also will the new bearings drift on fairly easily without damaging them, maybe placing the shafts in a freezer for a while and warming the bearings?

Quoted from GT6 M

When re dooing me own engin,  I used a seal wid a double lip,
as me own pully had grooves init,
I got mine frae Chris Witor.   look into it.

M

Quoted from cliftyhanger

It can be an issue. One club forum (dolomite possibly?) Has mentioned shortening the tensioning spring sonthe lip seals better on the crank. The other issue is the replacement  type are usually thinner, but I think the lip still sits in the same place.
The payen seal should work, I used to keep them "in stock"  because of the repro reputation. Of course the suppliers will  probably say the sell loads and rarely have a problem, and then it is down to poor fitting technique.
However, none of this explains why thecseals are thinner, unless they are much cheaper/more common and should still do the job.

Quoted from ferny

Was the cover checked for distortions before it was refitted?

Just looking for feedback on an issue I have had with a timing cover oil seal on a herald block that is now leaking noticeably after only 1100 miles use.

Bought from rimmers as part of a timing chain replacement kit and fitted in January, crankshaft pulley has no sign of wear to cause the problem and prior to fitting there was only minimal seepage from the one I removed that has been in place for many years.

Wondering if anyone had experienced similar problems.

Have now purchased a Payen replacement so hoping for a longer life from this one....

Quoted from Velocita Rosso

Dependant on how long the rear end has been un maintained
If the spring is OK you may have `jammed` the trunnions in the bearing housing into a position of no return
So it may be prudent to lift the car and release the trunnion bolts(if they will) and retighten when in the correct postion
Imagine being on a push bike  and you fall off and twist the handlebars off centre, and you are then in a situation of twisting the bars back central, unless you undo the handlebar extension to allow twisting it back its stuck firm.
Same scenario by releasing the trunnion bolt and lifting up to recentralise  

This is now where you come back and say ...the trunnion bolts are seized ,how do I get them out

Quoted from Jonny-Jimbo

Go-faster-'stance'?

Can you post the picture the right way round, I'm finding it hard to assess the level of camber on that as the photo is upside down.

Had the car up on a jack to inspect the leaf spring but guess I won't see a fractured leaf unless I remove it.

Both offside and nearside are sitting at this angle, no visual damage to trunnions etc