Practically Classics Forum

Current fight? Car insurance yet again. After nearly a week I finally managed to wrestle a confirmation of my no claims discount out of Adrian Flux from the cancelled policy from the Caddy. I've never known a company fight me quite so much in letting me actually cancel a policy...none of your sales ...

Perfect weather today for working on cars. Not. https://i.ibb.co/0C1nSX1/IMG-20231029-123314.jpg However I had noticed a very pronounced smell of raw fuel when in the general vicinity of the P6, leading me to believe that the mechanical pump was leaking - again. Given that we've already had several ...

For the blower fault look at the fuse box first. The connectors can get hot and "relax", especially if 30mm fuses have been used instead of the correct 32mm. Otherwise the whole heater has to come out, which is a bit of a faff. I've already noticed some nonsense going on with the fuse box and had s...

Tentatively calling this one resolved. You won't believe what was wrong...well you probably will, but hopefully it gives someone a bit of a laugh. Had a look earlier on today and there was definitely an eccentric on the cam, and it looked to be intact from what I could see. The arm on the pump looks...

Well this would definitely explain our issues. https://i.ibb.co/0sWN4V2/IMG-20231025-135532.jpg That's not going to keep up with a 3.5 litre V8! That's the flow we have irrespective of engine speed, and there's absolutely no pressure behind it. This puzzled me. For one, the whole reason we went thro...

Would running the fuel tank until empty and lifting the front of the car on ramps help avoid fuel spills.. my jcb has a sediment bowl under the tank that needed cleaning a couple of times. Diesel bath every time.. I ought to fit an inline tap... its only 20 years I've been meaning to do it :lol: Pr...

So we currently have an issue in that the engine is now falling on its face under load if you try to give it any more than about 1/8 throttle. It will rev to the moon cleanly off load and the throttle response is as snappy as it's ever been. Pulling the choke out will improve things a bit - and was ...

I just need to figure out a reliable way of stemming the high pressure jet of fuel that's going to want to escape as soon as I disconnect the inlet side of the pump. Going to investigate if I have any random fittings of the right type as just sticking a hose on there which extends above the height ...

Looks like the gauge is at least reasonably accurate. Highest temperature I saw measured on the top of the radiator end tank immediately adjacent to the inlet was in the low-mid 90s after the car had been warmed up and then idling for about 20 minutes. If my math is right the boundary between the gr...

How long until you have upgraded the radiator? I'd be interested to see the difference.. Hoping to get it in to be worked on this week probably. Would like to see a baseline so I can see if it's made a difference. I need to actually remember to pick up the IR thermometer to check real world numbers...