I have taken the front cross member off my B and stripped down the brakes and suspension. The last time I had the callipers apart is over 20 years ago. I had forgotten you should remove the pads and pump the brakes while the callipers are still fitted so as to bring the pistons out. Interestingly, I...

Fascinating project. I guess it would not matter too much if the fog light stayed on when the spot light came on.

It is the one sold by Moss but I have the one that comes with a matching tubular manifold. I like the flange joints. They make taking it apart for other jobs very easy. The system feels very strong and the modern style mountings are probably an improvement. It was a bit noisier than I expected. Howe...

"the gauge starts to rise, and the fan cuts in,"

I may have missed more details on the thread, but can I just say that the above statement is not overheating. It is the cooling system operating as intended. Provided the fan then keeps the situation under control there is no problem.

Since my post yesterday I have found that Spalding Fasteners have just what I was looking for. Theirs are 3/4 inch thick.

When taking the engine and gearbox out to change the speedo drive worm gear in the back of the overdrive, I found there was an exhaust manifold gasket leak. My car has a Tourist Trophy tubular stainless manifold and system. I am careful not to tighten brass nuts too tight in case they strip and this...

I had forgotten about the plate on the left engine mount. When I used to compete in sprint and hill climb I removed that lump of metal to save weight!

It must be under the bench somewhere and it would fit in my powder coating oven.

I currently have the engine and gearbox out of the car to deal with the speedo worm drive gear replacement. While I am at it I have stripped down the gearbox cross member to paint it. My car was made in Feb'74 and has to metalastic type mountings, which do most of the work, plus a pair of top hat br...

The engine and box are now out of the car. I have removed the overdrive and pulled off its rear casing. The worm gear's teeth are badly worn so I will have to change it. It is green but I will replace it with a blue one as per the parts book. Been identifying all the "while I am at it" parts. The li...

It was a good event. Plenty of space to distance.

Interesting to see that GTs noticeably outnumbered roadsters. Don't remember having seen this before. Perhaps it was a result of the well forecast cold weather.