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Well, I guess that since February you did remove and replace the side plate but I just want to say that I agree with Torinouk and Harvey. I did it on mine and with patience it quite an easy job to remove it, the hardest part for me was to refit the bolts behind the oil pump, I had to ask the...

Re: Pair of SU HD8 'SOLD' They are sold, thank you for watching

Hi I have a pair of HD8 carbs from a 2000 TC. They are good, one of them has the central nut and the float lever of the float chamber missing. Of course they need to be reconditioned. I have the inlet manifold too. If you are interested, make me an offer by PM. The carbs are in France. More...

Thank you John. I hope I'll drive a while before another long stop!

Hi everyone the P6 is back on the road at last! No more overheating issue. It took a while but I didn't have that much time to work on it and had irritating problems: I broke a waterpump bolt in the block, took time to extract it, then when everything was back in place, I took the car for a...

Well, don't worry, I'll put back a cover, the battery is off the car. There is no metal cover on my car. It was modified by the previous owner.

Thank you j_radcliffe, I did put some grease on the bolts and the plates are on now I began by the LHS plate, the easier one Then the RHS, more difficult because I didn't removed anything The rather tricky thing is the front bolts But I had a special tool: the hand of my 9...

Thank you Harvey. So I'll tighten them as I feel then. Hope there 'll be no leaks, that's my major concern

Hi everyone, I have enough time at last to work on the car. Does anyone know what is the torque setting for the 22 bolts of the side plates? I can't find it. I don't want to under or overtightened them which can lead to leaks. Thank you

I removed the RHS side plate today and it 's even better than the other side The plate is not so bad There'll be three or four bolts tricky to refit....

Yes James, I checked the temperature sender the old fashion way with hot water and a thermometer. The reading on the gauge was comparable to the thermometer I'll try to remove the side plate next week end.

Thanks for the links It's a good news that I have not to remove everything.Not easy but can be done j- Radcliffe, in a way I would have prefer finding this mud behind the plate because so far I don't know why it overheat

No, Colin, I didn't go to the other side yet, because there's work to do to make room. BTW, can you tell me what would be the clever way to make room without removing everything on the RHS of the engine? Sorry but I don't get the sens of "if you fix on hole there will be another along to spoil...

Victory! I struggled again and after heating the stud, it came off and what's behind the plate Close up of the front cylinder The plate After cleaning So, what do you think of it? Is it so bad that it can lead the engine to overheat? I loked at the other plate and it...

Thanks Harvey, I'll try next weekend

I tried yesterday and didn't succeed. I can't block the nuts in order to unscrew the stud. They turn together. I'll see with a friend next week end and may be sacrifice the stud in order to remove it. To be continued...

I know.... I'll try again tomorrow and let you know; thank you for answering Harvey

That's what I did Harvey, but it did not work. Again, i don't want to broke the stud in the block. The rear one came as one piece when I unscrewed the nut so I thought this was the way the front one should have behave. I'll protect the inlets

I tried to remove the side plate today but the last bolt which was the front engine mounting stud didn't want to came off. The nut came off but the stud stayed in I tried and tried but didn't want to brake it in the block How can I remove it? :?

We are off for a few days in Oxfordshire, I'll do it next week

Thank you for the advices and links. I cheked under the bonnet yesterday to see if I go for the RHS plate or not. There's things to remove to get some room...

I 'm not using plain water; The RHS of the engine will be the most difficult side to remove the plate. Do you use a sealant in addition of the gasket? Talking about gasket, i changed the rocker cover one and it's still leaking bad. I s there a trick to fit it?

Thank you for the answers. Well well well..... As I removed the radiator, waterpump, inlet and exhaust manifolds, it's may be worth to remove the side plates to see what's behind before refitting to check the timing and the mixture. My concern is the leaks afterward. Does anyone did it? Are the...

Hi Colin, when I flushed the block, the water came out clear. If I remove the side plates, I fear the worst about leaks afterward

Hi everyone, It's now fours years I own my 2200 TC, I drive it very often to work and so far had no problem . Last week in the traffic at low speed, the temperature gauge went up to the red limit. I stopped and looked for something obvious but found nothing: no leaks, no hard hoses, no white...