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Paul-l

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  1. Well I got the brakes fixed in the little yellow volvo, so I plan to be there
  2. It seems that my little Volvo has just dumped its brake fluid into the footwell, just in time for the Rustival thing. let’s see how well the post works. . . . . .
  3. F…ing car. just spent 45 minutes trying to work out why the wipers stopped working. Fuses - no, Scan - no, wiggle switch- no repeat all - no, engine running- no bonnet open on the catch!
  4. I have a pair of sealskinz socks for inside my trials boots. They work a treat, lovely dry warm feet, but with the odd sensation of the insole floating around in the water sloshing around inside the boot!
  5. This is definitely true, I did some of the free samples and failed miserably
  6. Decompressor lever to stop, the clutch is centrifugal so you can’t stall it (or shouldn’t be able to) the plastic tube is the carb fuel return - there’s no float bowl, instead the pump pumps continually with the excess fuel weiring over into the large return pipe. 30 mph is doable down a steep hill, 40 if you lift the engine off the wheel! But generally 18 or so on the flat
  7. Let’s count 1979 Renault 4 van 1973 LandRover S3 SWB 1968 Steyr-Daimler-Puch Haflinger LWB 1955 LandRover S1 86” * 1988 Meastro diesel van 1980 Mini clubman estate 1984 Peugeot 305 SRD estate 1990 Auverland A3 1987 Audi 100 avant quatro 1998 VW Trainspotter * 2008 VW polo 1976 Volvo 66 estate* 2017 Seat Leon estate* *currently still have that makes 13 - not many really for 30ish years of driving
  8. What tool put the rocker cover on with normal bolts and then put the manifolds on and installed the engine? no way can I get a socket or spanner on the bolts to get the cover off, or even drill the bolt heads off.
  9. Having cooked an XUD several times, each time it needed a head skim and the cam shaft bearings line bored because the heads warp, new gasket and belt and it was fixed. That was about £400 several ( probably 20ish) years ago i have a spare head with camshaft kicking around as well as some other 305 parts like lights if you’re interested.
  10. is one of the pulleys rotating slowly on the shaft? - perhaps the key has fallen out, or some engines use a taper fit on the cam shaft and rely on the nut being tight to keep things aligned
  11. I've booked a spot - its not that far from me, so will be there in my yellow Volvo
  12. Having driven a maestro 1300 in my first job and being amazed at its handling when compared to my Renault 4 at the time its interesting to follow your work. Thinking about the thermostat position : Where you have fitted it you may not get any heat until the thermostat is open - the upper position would allow warm coolant flow to the heater before the engine gets to temperature to aid demisting. the only reason I could see for the two positions may be climatic variants - if you're somewhere very cold (arctic) you may want the engine to warm up as quick as possible (no heater till warm), I read somewhere that its often best not to use the heater otherwise the windscreen can ice up when really really cold
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