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Hi everyone not been on for a while, my problem is the engine starts great, when on the road all is OK upto 1500 revs then it starts to judder like its hunting put foot down and it goes no problem until you start cruising over 1500 at 2000 plus it starts banging down the exhaust, its a P6 with...

This lead is electric. (now i'm at it)

Hi Thanks for the reply's I was thinking of using marine ply, as my cards are ok but not mint, It was the covering I was looking at I'm thinking of using plain vinyl.

Hi, I sprayed my v8s engine bay and boot area in satin black, I mixed 3/4 gloss with 1/4 matt cellulose, I was told this was the factory paint used in the 70's.

Hi Harvey, yes they are the ones and I will be fitting them to a series 2 car I have looked at the complete door cards on Ebay any suggestions to any other suppliers and quality. regards Ray.

Hi has anyone bought these leather door card covers on Ebay from Topgaiters, and how good are they. Regards Ray.

Hi some photo's of the expansion tank bracket.

Hi It's been painted gold I didn't fancy the silver look, The expansion tank originally came off a Morris Marina I had it on my 2200 TC the only one that came up for sale was a brass one so that ended up in the 2200 TC. I just folded some 4mm ally plate to fit the bolts for the front bumper irons.

Hi I put my expansion tank on the left hand side with a braided hose running under the 3 row radiator I have had it running and the temperature stayed just under the normal so hopefully when on the road it should behave it's self.

Hi, I have already connected the brake wear indicator wires, these two wires come out of the wiring loom for the washer bottle. Regards Ray

Hi,Thanks for some of the replies, I am not having much luck in posting a photo of the two brown wires, I have fitted a electronic ignition all I did was to remove the ballast resistor and join the wires together go get the feed for the coil and the ignition,These brown wires are on the near...

Hi, I am sorting some of the wiring out on my 1975 3500 V8 S, I have found 2 brown wires that were cut off and taped up they are in the same part of the screen wash pump loom I don't see any thing in that area where they could go to, Does anybody have any idea what they are for Thanks for any...

My oil gauge sender has just thrown its hand in is there another compatible one off another vehicle that is cheaper than the ones advertised at £75 ++ I was thinking maybe Jaguar or another one of the BL range. Regards Ray.

I have just got my 2200 out of slumber all is well except the oil gauge started to drop then went up then died, I changed the transmitter for another one I had it works fine except it reads 95 psi so its one off the V8, had a look for a new one and the price is as high as the psi reading has...

Hi Adam, These seals are off the later SD1 heads, yours will just have a rubber disc to keep the oil from going down the guides. On my SD1 heads they were the disc type, I had bronze guides made for the exhaust side and the engineer machined the inlets to take the push on caps,The job of...

Thanks for this information, I will have to put the battery back on and check what voltage is on the wires that are on the coil I believe the BBC coil that is with the electronic ignition is of 12volt so it looks like I will have to put a separate supply to feed the coil, I checked on the BBC...

Hi Colin, Thanks for the info I will look into that.Regards Ray.

Hi Frazzle tc, Thanks for that, the screen I want has a blue sun band across the top.

Hi Hans, I have got 3 clear windscreens, So one of them will be going in if I can't find one. Thanks again, Regards Ray.

Hi, I am looking for a Front windscreen for the P6. It's a GLACETEX 1 Tinted shaded laminated super, (This is what is on the screen.) And the tint and shading is blue,I have managed to put a crack in mine. Thanks for any help on this one.Regards Ray.

Hi and happy new year to all, I am now fitting the Simon BBC electronic ignition to the V8, The instructions say fit red to Positive and black to Negative on the coil. I have taken off the old wire from the distributor, I have 3 wires on the coil a white on the Positive and a white and a white...

Hi Marcus, These are the words of a true P6 owner, Once you have delved into the workings of these Great cars you just can't let go that easy, I have had my 2200 TC since 1991 and my current garage project is a V8S I have had since 1995. The 2200 TC must go this coming year I will be very sad...

HI, A problem I had with my 2200 was the actuator worked on the heater box but the shaft it was attached to didn't turn fully so the flap didn't, so it was out with the mig and a blob of weld cured it and has worked perfect ever since,

Hi, I had to undo the water pump pulley to get the belt on, it's only 4 bolts to undo not fully then just push the pulley towards the engine and change the belt. Hope this was useful to you.

Hi, Thanks for all the encouragement, I started out just wanting to tidy things up and maybe just got carried away buy I think it will be worth it in the end.It also keeps me out of the pub,LOL.