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My driving license runs out at the end of the year - first time for this immigrant. Does anyone know how much in advance you can get a new one... and where the AA building is in Christchurch these days!

Cheers,

Steve

You've obviously never driven one!

A stilo abarth was on jules's bucket list on the assumption it would be better than the first new car she ever bought... a fiat coupe turbo. Now that was a really, really good car. The first time I drove it I put the foot down to get out of a potentially dangerous situation... and selespeed decided this was a good time to change up.

She now has an Audi TT coupe.

Are you running steel rims or mags ?

I have experienced similar wheel vibrations with mag rims if they don't have a spigot locating ring. They run fine on a balancing machine as the machine uses the centre hole to spin the rims up.

this is how cul8r fixed my audi..

stone jammed in there probably

Mk.1 or Mk.2?

Mk.1 was a poverty spec with the GT engine, and only came in 1300. By poverty, no carpets - rubber mats, originals ( like the one I used to have! ) just had a wee rev counter in a pod, although most got the 6 dial GT dash, 13 inch steels ( up from the original standard 12" ). Round headlights, and a speedo that could go round past the 0 again. No distinguishing features on the ( 2 door ) body  apart from the mex front wings. Was not built on a type 49 shell. Well, that's the UK version anyway.

Don't know much about the Mk.2...

I thought the 1600 had a 28/36 on it. Last time i tried to use a pinto weber, i couldn't get the thing to idle.

cheapest test is to smash it with a sledge hammer and then wait 30 years.

 

Chinese builders always used to do that around lawns that I mowed and leave bits of it everywhere on the lawn and then I was like oh hey guess what im not mowing this lawn anymore. lol.

For my sins I trained as a geologist. By the second year of the course, the asbestiform mineral samples we used the previous year were removed...

The good news... that was more than 30 years ago!

Did you know....

Asbestiform minerals are actually flat, but they wrap themselves into a spiral, forming a very,very sharp needle. Once it enters the body, it wanders around until such a time as it finds somewhere to do some damage, so it can enter through your thumb and cause damage in your lungs...

Like I said over on TS. Get a pipe wrench and tighten the thing up until there's no play. That'll do to get through the WOF.

Thanks, I'll strip them down over the weekend and use the old ones as patterns... then it's not my fault if they're wrong!

does anyone know where to get road legal braided brake hosts in Christchurch??

Cheers,

Steve

passed a VW van on a trailer pulled by a jag northbound on SH1 from Ashvegas y'day. It had a truly impressive covering of lichen. Anybodys???

The LSD unit to fit a factory Mk5 Cortina rear end will be the Atlas LSD unit found in the 3L Capri, even in the Transit Van, or factory built Escort rally cars - read RS1600 / RS1800 factory built works spec or customer specified at build time.

 

As the Atlas unit is a salsbury type unit, is unique to this style of diff, and not the more common English axle found under the rear end of a normal Escort road car. The Cortina Mk3,4, and 5 diff internals load from the rear of the diff, where as on an Escort the diff head loads from the front of the diff housing.

 

The Atals unit is expensive, and as previous posts have already indicated, a cheaper option may be either a Borg Warner unit from a Falcon, or a Hilus diff.

 

The Australian assembled 6 cylinder Cortina also could be equipped with a LSD unit - I see you have been offered one. Grab it with both hands, as theyre rare and should be a bolt in replacement

This doesn't gel with my memories for sure. However, as I said, I was in Europe at the time but all I remember are English and Koln axles under pinto (and Kent) engined Cortina 3/4/5's... the V6's were pretty rare parts bin specials over there.

Otherwise, I'd have a cortina axle for the escort!

Most cortinas just use a standard english axle - same as found in most escorts, capris too. So there's plenty of replacement diffs out there that'll fit straight in from Quaife, both atb and plate type, 3J do plate ones too.

( this was true back in the UK, there's this horrible Koln back axle floating around too ).

Classic Car Meet, Little River 1st Jan. 12 ish???

Apologies for missing this. Xmas party duties ):

+1 for OB... The JH she lives again!

Just to let you know there's a picnic meet at Orton Bradley tomorrow, 1st Dec. I think I'm bringing Greg's Alfa GTV.

Put it up on axle stands and get the wheels spinning and jump on the handbrake /brakes with your foot on the clutch.

Worked an absolute treat thanks. Now back in the land of the living.

My favourite trick - if you can -

 

Start and get it nice and warm so it starts easily,

Then start it in gear and drive away with foot on clutch usually it will break loose pretty quickly - especially if you rapidly get on and off the power.

Used to have to do this on my KE corolla when it sat for any length of time, did it just the other day on a Austin 1300 as well.

Unfortunately the drive is in excess of 30 degrees upwards and the engine has nothing under 3000rpm. It would be an exciting ride if I managed it!

Does this car have a build thread?

What running gear does it sport?

No build thread as yet. All I've done so far is rebuild the brakes, starter motor and put a new battery in it.

It's a 72 Jensen Healey with a 2ltr Lotus 907 slant 4 engine on Dellorto 40's, the rest is Viva, which does make for some big gaps between the gears to say the least. If I could find a W58 I'd put that in... same as what my old Excel had. Which was great. It needs loads of work, but is basically solid as a rock so will probably stay scratty this summer.

Got a new battery for the Jensen, and she started up no problem at all. Unfortunately, getting it into gear is a bit tricky, as the clutch has seized. Any ideas on the simplest way to free it up? Bearing in mind it's parked at the bottom of a hill.

from what I understand, you only really need them with a forestry setup where the angle of the ARB is a long way from horizontal. I hear plenty of comments saying not to bother with a lowered tarmac one.

grill's worth a bit...

Bugger... every letter is separate!

LTNZ on columbo were amazing. all sorted on the plates front inside 5 minutes.

Edit: never, ever again. I'll pay someone to peel the buggers off next time!

Thanks for the info sir, hairdryer it is then. Is there any need to do anything with the WOF? Sticker's got the old plates on it.

So, the snail sold in a flash, and is off to Nelson. I just need to remove the graphics before it's picked up. What's the safest way to do this? Also, I've heard it's easy to change the plates. Is this true???

Cheers,

Steve