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Er, well........the rvi tacho is not an ammeter in a conventional sense at all, although it does measure the eddy currents produced in the ignition low tension circuit which result from the back emf produced when the points open ( this is the bit of the spike in the low tension circuit which...

Forget fibre slates. They are really only intended for commercial applications and have a limited expected life which from recollection is about 12 - 15 years . Have you considered slate lookalikes - there are now one or possibly two ceramic tile manufacturers who do ceramic ( rather than...

As promised, a few pics of my new P5B . The photos are as so often a bit flattering, with a considerable amount of work to be done, mainly of a detail nature ( and the electrics are a bit of a mess which should keep me out of mischief ! )

Ah well, it's not goodbye then . When it comes I'll post a picture or two

Sadly , this is a farewell, as tomorrow my S1 2000TC is being traded for a 3.5 Coupe . I have enjoyed my re-acquaintance with the 2000 after a gap of 43 years, but now I am older I have found it too heavy for me, particularly the clutch and also to some extent the steering when parking. Thanks...

I first of all clean the seats with detergent and water and allow to dry thoroughly. Then scrub off all the clearcoat and colour coat with thinners and 000 steel wool, changing the wool regularly . Allow to dry thoroughly , and then soften the leather with glycerin ( available from...

Do not use tyre foam under any circumstances . It renders the tyre as scrap

I think your mixture's a bit weak with the pipe glowing like that in daylight

Have you been drinking that ethanol again ?

If the noise disappears as soon as the oil pressure comes up ( about 5 secs on a cold engine ) then there is unlikely to be anything seriously wrong . I'm afraid that your mechanic may be very experienced on modern engines, but know nothing of the quirks of older engines with " upside down " oil...

Yes indeed : the RAC used to provide them with a large RAC logo on which gave them a great deal of (almost) free publicity . The last car I can remember receiving with one of them was my Mother's Standard Ensign de Luxe ( a lovely car by the way with bags of torque from its 2.2 litre engine )...

This car is KFK724H, and turns out to have been owned by Jon Wadhams for the last 12 years, although he has made only minimal use of it - a few hundred miles in all that time. It is a smart looking car, and as far as I can tell the structure is sound ( I had front carpets and back seat...

Thanks you for the advice. The vendor is well known to me from Jaguar circles( this car was taken by him in PX for a V12 Etype ) , and I have bought a number of cars from him and have considerable confidence. However, as has been said, the more pics etc of the work done, the better...

Off on Monday to view a Coupe, midnight blue and birch , off the road for some years but now back on it after some mechanical work and quite a lot of body/chrome/paint work . Any comments or advice welcome please ( I have read the standard advice on what to look out for )

I was speechless when I read this. However, this chap is into customising cars and seems to have no real interest in preservation or even the experience of what they were like to drive. Chacun a son gout

Why do you not just use a piece of mild steel plate suitably marked ( using your existing cover ) and drilled ?

As a result of this tragic crash, I got under my car and gave the elbows a good going over with the ball end of a small hammer . Since there were no soft spots, nor any where the sound was dull , I concluded all was well

AARGH !! The cam is not to be timed at TDC but at the other mark on the flywheel which is called EP ( which as far as I know stands for "Exhaust Peak " ) . With the No 1 exhaust valve fully open it should then be possible to insert the locking key with its leg vertical into the slot in the back...

i have read some drivel in my time , but remind me not to be around when Mario is flying his Cessna . In the first place, i know of no instance where an elevator ofraileron cable has snapped, and I get the Air Accident investigation board bulletins every month, and have done for over 40 years ...

This sounds to me much more like a failed hydraulic timing chain tensioner rather than a complete rebuild required . You will need to take those pesky alloy plugs out of the front of the engine and have a look at what is going on . The tensioner is about half way down on the right side ( left...

The " duck egg blue" is in fact called " admiralty grey " and is available from Landrover paint suppliers, and as engine paints go, is a very handsome colour. I was somewhat unauthentic when I rebuilt my TC engine, and painted the whole block with it, and also, completely unauthentically, the...

But they don't have Lucas wiring smoke !

Peter : no , I didn't spray the vinyl bits, although there is no real reason why you can't do so, because the colourants are water based, and should not harm a plastic surface . I think the lacquer is solvent based, but once you have applied the colour, that seals the plastic surface so that it...

You do not mention camshaft bearings. Although total failure , as opposed to minor wear, of these is unusual, it is certainly not impossible , and can reach a point where the camshaft wobbles up and down in the bearings ( probably not more than 1/2 a thou, say, but sufficient to produce noise )...

Pat : The whole car took about 250 mls of glycerin . I probably applied 6 or 8 thin coats to each unit, allowing an hour or so between each , over a period of several days , worked in with the fingers . You get the feel for when it's had enough from the fact that the glycerin takes longer...