Recent content by darth sidious

I today (30th April 2014) saw a white 1972 Rover 2000, Reg. Number. HVG 165L, in Kwik Fit (or National Tyres - they're next door to each other, and I can never recall which one is on which side!) on Garth Road, Bangor, North Wales. It was being driven around the yard, seemed to be in excellent...

Very good policy. I'm told however that some ethylene glycol antifreeze manufactured are now 'laced' with a bittering agent to make them less attractive, but I'd still clear any leakages or spillages immediately.

Looking at the 2nd photo in your post (and taken the liberty of copy-and-paste, rotated, and marked the area in question!), is that a crack in the cylinder wall? (which I have 'looped' [my free hand mouse skills aren't that good!])

Penblwydd Hapus Hwyr!! :D

Ah. I think we were under the impression that when the fan is on, the ammeter needle was swinging to the right (the + (charging) direction), but actually the ammeter needle moves to the left (the - (discharging) direction)

I'd say that depends on 2 factors. 1) what's the electrical current being drawn at the time and, 2) is the engine idling? If the motor is pulling 24A while the engine's idling, I wouldn't be surprised if the battery had to lend a hand.

I might be "in the past" here, but weren't aluminium radiators or heater matrices (plural of matrix) a problem with some Ford's during the 1980's? :?:

Ah, that's a Welsh name...

I might be getting confused here, didn't one of us on this forum note that their S2 fusebox had soldered (or even crimped-then-soldered) connections? Does that alleviate the melting fusebox syndrome?

Thanks Harvey and Ron. Crikey, all flooding back now! I had forgotten about the 3M100 with triangular shaped brushes! :oops: I also didn't realise the 3M100 was smaller... :shock: :oops: I'm almost certain our old 1972 2000Auto (and yes, I'm well aware this is the V8 section!) had an...

Re: Touring car legennds ITV4 8pm tonight (Wed) Just remember that the TV licence pays for the BBC, not ITV. You do, I think, however still need a licence to watch "live" TV, even if that's non-BBC (i.e. I mean "live" in the sense watching a channel in real-time, not as in the classic...

Thanks!

You mean there were two types of motor fitted at the factory during production? Can either be fitted instead of the other (assuming there's sufficient clearance)?

A nice photo! Am I right in thinking that V8 unit has Zenith (sorry, they're Strombergs!!!) carbs as opposed to SU's?

That, I think, is the prequel to the Inspector Morse series. Endeavour was Morse's first name. I thought that was set in the 30's/40's, though.... (pre-P6)