Practically Classics Forum

In a good condition engine it should come out more or less as clean as it goes in! When I had my BX diesel the oil used to go black within days...but then it did have over a quarter million miles on the dial: the wifes 'orrible modern common rail diesel however has only 80000 on it, and the oil come...

Cheap'n'cheerful for me- but then I do read the label to check and compare specs, and I can't see what I'm getting extra for a £20 premium brand. I suppose it's the same as the painkiller market, some people will buy the heavily tv advertised brands, some will buy supermarket generic, a world of dif...

It looks to me like a sevo problem- I think the vacuum valve isn't closing off internally and causing the servo to run continuously so to speak, rather than shutting off when you take your foot off the pedal.....ultimately this will force the m/c piston all the way down the bore past all the fluid, ...

Thats the place :lol: You live on Francis Road and you still have wing mirrors??? :shock: :lol: Drop me a line next time you're off to matalan and I'll buy you a beer in the Walnut Tree!! Back on topic- shops we luckily still have....a couple you'll know, Wakefields at Bakers Arms (I'm amazed they'r...

Small world! I work in the delightful Robart House in Lemna road, just up from the tube station in Leytonstone's really stupidly laid out back-to-front one way system.....which I have to crawl around every day....grrrrrrrrrrrr

Music has lost a lot :( the scene has obviously changed now with electronic media but I do miss the old style independant record shops, where you could hang around all afternoon if you wanted to. I used to go to Small Wonder in Hoe street, Walthamstow in the late 70's, it was run by Pete Stennet who...

It's surprising how small they seem now!That's nice 8-) I'll have to post up a pic of the 33000 mile Metro Mozaic complete with it's original weird trim and mozaic badging that I bought for my daughter to learn in for the princly sum of £260. I really hope she doesn't prang it because it's far to go...

Mr rusty back! Still in Essex, still with a 1968 Mk1 2 litre Vitesse, still got the drive to work cheapo 1995 Rover 214 wedgie........which finally popped it's head gasket while the old forum was down, that was a fun job to change in the street with snow all around :evil: ......interesting to see th...