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I was thinking that my initial concerns about crankcase pressure build up and the oil leaks might have been knackered piston rings but perhaps its just the head gasket gone between pots 4 and 5. Head off time methinks!
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Well, a whole two months later all I have done is rebuild the Smiths engine breather valve, it was assembled wrongly. Plus, I have used a very, very old Redex compression tester. I didn't have enough hands and it was raining but I got readings as follows: 1 = 125, 2 = 125, 3 = 125, 4 = 60, 5 = 60, 6 = 125. These are approx as, in the time and rain, I could only measure while spinning the engine over. I assume that I have a head gasket go between cylinders 4 and 5, compression being lost between the two? Would this be a cause for crankcase pressure to build up or is compression just being lost between pots 4 and 5, what do you think? Not used this for two years...getting quite excited now.
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Err...don't know, the correct one I hope.
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I walked into PartCo, told them the car and they handed me a Unipart battery for about £30! Been fine.
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Well Theo, I belted through The Netherlands breaking most limits last weekend with nary a sign of a Subaru...
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MURPHIT_RITESPIF wrote:They were still pushing the fact that your required to carry them when we were over there last weekend, if you buy sensibly you can get a packet of two ;) for around a fiver - better than being stung twice the price at the Port or in fines. I can remember when you could buy three for 3/9d!!!!
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Damn...does this mean I'll have to have more fingers crossed now?
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Spent many an hour behind the Stretch.
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Its a very quick job...unless, of course, you have worn rockers!
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"...with the remains of an Olympic stud" and "...sliding member" Sounds like I've just stumbled on to dodgy site!
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Drink plenty of water and Milk of Magnesia!
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Brilliant Jens.
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It's his girlfriends Spitfire!
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"Indulging in nostalgia doesn't make me a bad person does it?" No Martin...I do it all the time, mostly because I realise that there are more years behind me than in front! What a good simple route the 2003 10CR was. On the later SMS message site I actually got one of my own puns, at the time I couldn't remember what it was all about: following a Spitfire after Annecy (off route detour for breakfast by the lake) I typed something about France being "Shakespeare's country", course, dumkopf, Carl Shakespeare...DOH!
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I had considerable problems with my fuel mixture, it seemed to run richer and richer the more the engine had to work... vicious circle! One of the reasons why I cut the number of passes. However, at Cavalese, after breakfast, we had a real attempt at sorting it out. Some of you may also have spotted that my engine was now enjoying external oil lubrication, so co-driver John re-assembled my engine breather. I checked over the carbs, swopped over the diaphragms and re-assembled but leaving off the air filters. Car immediately ticked over fine and off we set...only to run out of fuel after 1/4m - ahem! With the car running very well we set off for Stelvio (a day after you lot) and went up the northern approach, much more fun. On the ascent I constantly asked John if the old girl was running ok "Pulling like a train" was his constant reply! Atop Stelvio she ticked over nicely, so did we after a nice lunch with beer. After that we cruised in the mid 80s and for quite a while ran at 90mph. The engine decided to stop lubricating externally and she has settled down nicely since our return. Reading others' problems, or not, leads me to believe that a combination of things causes our problems. I'm inclined to think that the approach by Mike is a good start. However, we have a major fundamental issue with the GT6: the heat under the bonnet is far too high and considering that these have been around since 1966 we haven't been able to solve the problem. Fed up now, more so as I won't be able to use/tinker/play with my GT6 for a couple of months as tomorrow I get my naff knee ripped out and a plastic one (from Rimmers) inserted!
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There seemed to be so many problems with fuel and poor running it might be better to ask who didn't have problems and why they didn't? At Last year's Classic Le Man there were so many poor running cars in all that heat...come on who has cracked it?
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I don't suppose that there will be too much excitment until the RBRR has finished. Me, I can't wait!
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PWARRT ===O O o oo
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McJim...if I remember my car was suffering from air/altitude problems...rotor arm...distributor... Having said that I do seem to be at the head of many a convoy??
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STELVIO!!! Fun but ultimately dissapointing. This is what my co-driver Steve wrote about the Stelvio at the 2007 10CR. Note the reference to the Gavia Pass and the photo below where Triumph met Audi high on the Gavia. "Seeing the odd Triumph here and there we managed to get on the road to Stelvio again and found that quite a bunch had started to arrive at Stelvio at the same time. Unknowingly, we had found the Gavia Pass first which to my mind tested the nerve a lot more that the more popular and easier Stelvio. If you want White Knuckle then Gavia did it for me. Being a co driver you don
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Too tight for rain then McJim?
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Halfway through May and it still looks like that!!
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Took my Type 9 on the 10 Countries in 2008 and to last year's Classic Le Man, get it in 5th and she damn well lifts her skirts up and flies!!
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I bought mine from Frontline as it was a complete package...however, there was just a small amount of 'engineering' to make me feel like I really did do it myself. I had mounting plate problems and advised Frontline of this and told them how I got round it; by copying Andre who I understand had info from Jon Wolfe???? I think they developed it further, that's why I'd like to see what is being offered now. If I did it again...knowing what I know now I would speak to Mike Bestard, who's adaptor plate looked great, and do the lot myself. The gear lever location really does need to be relocated on the Type 9 though. The size of the Type 9 gearbox will always mean something is compromised and it just happens to be the tunnel. You may also have found that the reversing switch is a bit tight against the tunnel, also that the speedo cable has to follow a route that requires a chunk cut out of the floor. Where the carpet meets the bulkhead is so far in that I don't even think about it, it certainly can't be seen. Once fitted and tidied up you will be pleased with it, I have a 3:63 diff and cruising at 80mph is just 3500rpm. On Frontline's instruction sheet the final words are "Have fun", I certainly did.
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The finished article!! So much better!