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Have you tried putting a lump of hardwood over the end of the puller shaft and then hitting it with a very large hammer?

Thanks Harvey, I literally just realised that when I offered up the calliper cover and it would not fit!

Dear Rear Caliper Experts, Please could you confirm whether I have the 'lever locator' (that is what it is called in Haynes, although mine looks nothing like the one in their drawing) facing the right way? It is the bracket immediately under the beam. Should the faces which turn at right angles...

Hello Richard. Thanks for your post. Logic dictates that you are correct; however, if you look closely at the pic of the seal you will notice that there is a much smaller diameter 'ring', at the bottom of the seal (under the 'skirt''). If you follow the instructions given by Haynes you would...

I don't really see the difference, a little skirt has the smallest diameter at the top? The hoses fit as below Hello Quattro, But if you look at the seal, the smallest diameter is at the bottom - under the 'skirt'? The brake pipes in your picture are the other way round to those on mine...

Thanks Colin ATB Ray

Dear Forum, About 2 years ago I refurbed my leaking rear calipers and because my Haynes told me to fit the piston seals with the smallest diameter uppermost I did! Unfortunately, through the good offices of this website, I subsequently discovered that a better description of the correct way up...

Thanks KiwiRover, I live in the North of Cyprus and I have great trouble sourcing Rover parts; deliveries from the UK take 2-3 weeks to get here and incur a 30% import tax (on top of the 20% I have already paid in UK VAT plus the cost of shipping). Means a £100 item ends up costing me nearly...

Dear Forum, Can I make replacement exhaust manifold gaskets for my 2200 SC? If so, out of what material, please? Regards to you all, Ray

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Hello Demetris; thanks for your reply. I accept what you say, but I do not see how? It is in its holder, with just the +ve and -ve feeds to the dizzy? How do I test my coil to see whether it is earthed? Could it be that the white wire from my ignition switch to the fuse-box became earthed in...

Dear Forum, I have electronic ignition which requires a constant 12-volt supply to the coil. To bypass the ballast wire, I have a wire spliced into the thin white wire at the top of fuse 19/20 and led directly to the +ve coil terminal. The thick white wire remains in place. This has worked fine...

Hello Dave, raylish (Cyprus) here. I did as you instructed and my ignition circuit has worked perfectly since then. However, I subsequently had my engine out for rebuild, and I have recently refitted it to the car. I tried to do a compression test, but the wire melted all the way from the...

Thank you - It has taken me so long to rebuild my engine - I've had to look at some of the bits and have a good old scratch of the head!

Dear Forum, Can anyone please tell me what should be bolted onto this bracket? And what on earth this is: Thank you

Morning Pilkie, Thank you and that is a lovely looking TR6 you have there! Best, Ray

Thanks Ron, just to clarify, is the slot that provides the 'slide' part of the sliding bracket tightened with the bolt behind the water pump, or should this slot be situated at the other end of the bracket, i.e. at the alternator end of the bracket, please? Best, Ray

Dear Forum, Is the adjustment for the alternator/water pump belt tension sited behind the water pump pulley or is it set at the alternator itself, please? I hope this question makes sense? Ray

Hello Christopher, Thank you for your reply. You are right, I do have my decimal points in the wrong place. A previous owner had obviously decided that hammering the plugs further in was preferable to renewing the o-rings, so I had such fun getting them back out again, that I will forgo...

Dear Forum, No sure if I have the part name correctly. HBOL tells me to use a long feeler gauge to set the gap between the chain and the damper pad at between 00.02 and 00.10 inches. Do not possess a long feeler gauge; is this setting important, please? How about I set them just touching? Any...

Hello Harvey, Get ready to have a good laugh at my stupidity! I have a habit when dismantling of trying to refit and leave bolts etc to in their correct locations. I had done so with the two bolts that secure the clutch slave cylinder to the side of the bellhousing. During the many times that...

Thanks Harvey - I'll do exactly that tomorrow!

Harvey, Vern - Thank you for your patience. I eventually found (thanks to Harvey's persistence) that I had the washer/spacer (that is not shown by Haynes AT ALL) BEHIND the primary bearing and it was this that was compressing the primary and mainshaft and locking them up! Now that the spacer...

Most of the time bearing suppliers get the front bearing correct, so that's probably OK, but it should have a spacer/washer between the bearing and the circlip, the same as the V8 box does. Without that, if the circlip is up against the bearing, that means the bearing isn't seated on the shaft...

Harvey, brilliant - I very nearly understood that! Please just describe this step to me - Are you telling me that there is a step left at the end of the mainshaft assembly - My combination of 'washer (with small curved 'cut-outs')', roller bearing and finally a thickish spacer before the main...