Practically Classics Forum

Well that was misplaced optimism

A month later, no mag and no gift

Quick call to subscriptions and guess what?, no record of any subscription in my name


That's rubbish, come on guys sort this out or I'm giving up on PC and going to the inferior opposition

Going to live up to my name with this one! For economic reasons I decided that 2012 would be the year I would end all my mag subscriptions (5in total) and just buy the editions I actually found useful. Over the last month I probably had around 20 emails offering reduced rates of each of the various ...

I'm in the 'keep the MOT' camp too, my spitfire passed yesterday. Been going to the same place for about 10 years, the chap who runs the place always has some tale about when he was young and went on holiday with his fancy woman in a ......... (usually what ever car I take. He's a sensible type, I h...

I had something similar with the spitfire eventually traced to an air lock in the pump. I cured it bu back filling the system using a funnel through the heater pipe

Took 3 weeks to figure it out though

If its a galvanised tank then do nothing. If its not then paint ir with black wax oil underseal. Dries to a nice satin finish but does take a while to dry and is messy to handle. Best to paint the top, fit the tank then paint the rest.

thanks, she live 200 miles away, and making a 400 mile trip later this week, wants to know if she should detour here to have it adjusted. no point if can't be!

thanks for the heads up

frantically looking for an online haynes

My sister in law is one the phone, shes 200 miles away claiming to have a dodgy clutch

is it adjustable?

difficulty engaging first and reverse. drive OK, no problems with other gears. I'm thinking cable clutch needs adjusting but don't know the car

cheers

Hella was a popular brand some years ago. Not quite in the cibee wipac league but more link ring, competent but not great

Think vauxhall not rover!

point taken

I have no info about graphite bearing, worked fine in K series in my Freelander, does that have graphite bearing?

The egg trick works as a get you home remedy but doing a proper job after is very very smelly. I have used KSeal twice with great success, once to fix a weaping rad and once to 'fix' a head gasket. Worked on both occasions although the engine temp did increase slightly as shown on the gauge. It's to...