Recent content by timj

Anyone got a tie rod for a 3500s that has a decent balljoint? (Not bothered about the bush!) I am rebuilding my front suspension and need one ASAP... Ideally in the south west. cash waiting. or I have a few spares for swapsies. Cheers Tim

Lovely! that is the answer I wanted! Cheers

I want to convert my 3500s to PAS. When I broke up a donor car for panels to restore it I took everything I thought I could need to do the job. My Question is ... Are the steering dampers the same on the manual steering cars as on the PAS cars, as its the only bit i cant find in my garage! Hope...

I hope you are going to make a flash double filler neck decker panel like the one I`ll be fitting! I have seen new kits on ebay for around £400 but then you`ll have to get it signed off to get insurance. I found Autogas as mentioned in the above link helpful when I spoke to them on the phone. My...

I`ll have a set!

Right! Now that the forum is back I can start asking all sorts of daft questions again! I too am about to replace my front screen. The Rubber seal that goes around the sides and top looks to be ok, but what I need is the foamy draft excluder thype material which goes inside the screen at the...

one last thought! If the guage is accurate, then if air is being drawn in to the fuel (through a leaky fuel line) in tiny bubbles, then the engine will be running lean and hotter than it should. My car behaved exactly like yours did re the temperature guage and it never overheated but as the...

dont necessarily worry about where the needle is too much! The guages arent that accurate. 10 minutes running will get the coolant quite hot you are best opening the bonnet and checking that both the top and bottom hoses on the rad are getting warm as well as both the smaller hoses that go...

I had similar problems with mine. It sounds to me like you have a slight leak in your fuel lines. Everybody told me it would be the pump as the lines dont give trouble. however the pipe between the fuel filter and the carbs had a tiny leak which allowed air in but no fuel out so no sign of it...

Is the series 2 with the sunroof still there? can you let me have your phone no. for a chat. I could pick up next W/end Cheers

Reading your original post again.... You will be ok wont you, just fit the pair. not just one side. Tim

I think I remember being told when my suspension collapsed that the bottom links from a 3500 or S have a kink in them to clear the wider tyres so both would fit, but then your wheels might not!! Hope this helps Tim

Nice Trike but nobody on the forum has given you a hard time about lack of progress on the convertible. I feel it is my duty to do so. Come on. Chop Chop! You should be able to finish it by xmas!! PS its taken me over a year to fix the speedo on my S...!

Have you read Practical Performance Car this month. A good artical on mating "Foreign" gearboxes to engines. Worth a read.

The upper links (from the de dion to the back of the car) are supposed to be bent on the v8s to clear the tyres. on the lesser models they are straighter. perhaps you have the wrong type or one has been damaged (straightened) if the elbow has collapsed or a prang.? swap the upper links from your...