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I do remember my first RV8 in a '69 P6 suffered badly from plug fouling 'till BL changed the spec to an extended nose type. Both Champion. But when NGK came to this country I changed to them and never looked back. I've got a MS and EDIS on my SD1 EFI - is there a better than standard plug for this c...

gelmonkey wrote:Dave
Can you mark out the position,clamp and drill the hole ?
Using a dremel if you have one can be used to final finish.
Cheers
P

Be difficult to do without damaging the coating. And I've lost the will to live.

Brilliant gasket had a bolt hole missing. I've seen this before where the punch hasn't quite knocked out the waste, but on this one no punch had been near it. And I was hoping to get the job finished this weekend. Bas****s.

mx5v8 wrote:Up at Silverstone Classic there was a MG Midget running a Rover V8 with four wheel drive, most impressive.

Just when does an MG Midget cease being an MG Midget?

Picked up a new one today for the SD1 from a Landie independent only to find it was black. Seals far better, they said. Do you still use Hylomar round the water ports as per the BL manual? But it was good to re-discover AutoPost who are now in Merton. I last used them when they were in Balham, and t...

What about one of these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Service-Fuel-Filter-FORD-MONDEO-III-2-5i-V6-3-0i-V6-ST2-/310200132875?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item48395e650b Im using the Ford Fuel Filter with the brass fitting on my RV8. It was used pre-pump on my 2.9 V6 EFi and seems to be doing th...

[snip] As the car was first registered at the end of august '78, this must've been put in there by some bloke in the factory after he'd finished with it on his tea-break! Must haver been management being the Express - the Sun or Mirror for an assembly worker? ;-) This got me thinking, has anyone ev...

:( Does anyone know what might cause the carburetta to overflow when I turn the ignition on? it didn't used to happen, is only recent problem. It is a Rover V8 engine, the SU carburettas have been reconditioned but it is still happening. FYI, the engine is fitted in a Triumph Stag, and it has alrea...

Just had a good look and the 4 and 6 leads were on wrong !! DOH !!! Now running much better but still popping slightly when held at about 2500 revs. Running rich too you can smell the fuel in the exhaust Re: the 2 breather pipes on the the rocker covers. Where should these be fed to? at the moment ...

i have fitted a non standard fuel pressure regulator as my origanal was giving me trouble, new one has a gauge, what presure should the system be at? when running now its at about 20psi, an was about 35 ish when primeing. its a flapper efi engine, but is running an emerald ECU. Ralph Flapper is 36 ...

I went for a Tech Edge unit (WBo2 2Y with LDo2 display) - it's available as a DIY kit which means it can be repaired if it fails. That does also mean the ECU is rather larger than others since it uses standard size components rather than surface mount. But it's worked just fine in the 2 years I've h...

Hi, Are you guys running a condenser (0.2uF cap) between coil +ve and GND? I have the "forum" amp module. Should I be running a condenser as well? A quick goggle reveals that there may be benefits even on a non points system? What do you guys run? The capacitor on a points system sits across the po...

It's £4.71 from Rimmers, so this bloke is clearly in cloud cuckoo land! Chris. You'd likely get one from your local plumber's merchant for pennies. Might not be quite the right rubber - it does need to withstand petrochemicals rather than dihydrogen monoxide..... Chris. Likely all a synthetic rubbe...

ChrisJC wrote:It's £4.71 from Rimmers, so this bloke is clearly in cloud cuckoo land!

Chris.

You'd likely get one from your local plumber's merchant for pennies.

A body shop that does jig work would be you best bet here. You could also try and get a data book from a jig manufacturer. General manuals never have this stuff as its useless to 99% of people. I doubt even anyone who does 4 wheel alignment will have the data. I had the SD1 checked after fitting a ...