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by TriumphDriver
Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:35 am
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: K seal repair. Any ideas?
Replies: 6
Views: 2388

Re: K seal repair. Any ideas?

Water under pressure can force its' way through small cracks or flaws in a gasket, whereas the oil is not under the same pressure. Once an engine is turned off the water takes a long time to cool and so lose pressure, but the oil stops circulating immediately. You can therefore get water entering th...
by TriumphDriver
Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:07 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: C.A.M.P.S. 19/06/2011. Warning: contains Alpacas!
Replies: 7
Views: 1854

Re: C.A.M.P.S. 19/06/2011. Warning: contains Alpacas!

Mrotwoman wrote:
I like alapacas,more managable than a Llama.
Better kissers, the llamas tend to spit a lot.
by TriumphDriver
Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:10 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Petrol cap for my car
Replies: 9
Views: 2509

Re: Petrol cap for my car

Luxobarge wrote:
Surely in a Minx it would be yards??? ;)
Not if he used that new-fangled petrol that comes in litres. You can't drive in imperial using metric petrol.
by TriumphDriver
Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:50 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: French Meet in Nantes.
Replies: 13
Views: 3556

Re: French Meet in Nantes.

Nantes!
Dans les prisons de Nantes.... love Tri Yann a Naoned!
Didn't realise they had great cars there too.
by TriumphDriver
Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:42 am
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: Recommend auto angle grinders
Replies: 18
Views: 3882

Re: Recommend auto angle grinders

My Black and Decker is coming up on twenty years now, the only one I've ever owned - it's been well used!
by TriumphDriver
Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:35 am
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: Knocking Noises Triumph Vitesse MK1 1600
Replies: 3
Views: 1560

Re: Knocking Noises Triumph Vitesse MK1 1600

You're getting this when static, and depressing the brakes?
I had thought it may have been worn mountings, either gearbox or differential, so you'd get a thump when accelerating and another when slowing, but not when stationary.
by TriumphDriver
Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:17 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What classic vehicles have you seen?
Replies: 2264
Views: 468939

Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?

suffolkpete wrote:Lancia Flavia Vignale convertible
Give that man a CEEGAR!
Very rusty but complete, allegedly the doors bootlid and bonnet are in storage. If he doesn't get a move on there'll not be much to hang them on...
by TriumphDriver
Tue Jun 07, 2011 7:33 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What classic vehicles have you seen?
Replies: 2264
Views: 468939

Re: What classic vehicles have you seen?

Found this little beauty today; the owner's mother reckons it's worth £30, 000 when restored. Wish him luck. I did. Can you tell what it is yet?

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by TriumphDriver
Sat Jun 04, 2011 3:50 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: WHAT THE HELL WAS THIS ABOUT ??
Replies: 10
Views: 3404

Re: WHAT THE HELL WAS THIS ABOUT ??

It's probably what passes for a Classic Car run in some parts these days... :D
by TriumphDriver
Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:49 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Rastamouse.
Replies: 24
Views: 5625

Re: Rastamouse.

Mrotwoman wrote:Statistically Rastamouse is 72% more likely to be stopped and searched than his caucasian counterpart, Fingermouse :lol:
fingermouse? didn't he tout on all his mates?