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I am pretty confident that the ignition system is now up to spec as its producing a huge spark at the plugs. I have decided not to use water in the system and ahve opted to use a specilist coolant wish is not based on water.

Having rebult the second distributor I have noticed a change in the gear ...

yep I done that I think its more a timing issue

hi there Dave

well I sorted out the lamination, bad earth and got a nice spark. however still no luck starting. Following the timing entry in the manual I set up tdc and then looks at the distributor. I could not alight in with l1 and it appeared to be 180 degrees out. I then investigated the ...

hi there Dave

that sounds exactly as I thought. I do have positive earth lumination that I fitted this year. after fitting the new engine the system is now refusing to produce a spark even though its not been touched. The unit is less than a year old so I am a little perturbed to find it has ...

hi there Dave

I seen to have a bit of an issue with the lumination module which seems to fair to give spark. before I start tampering can I check something.

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secondly are you DaveB from Daimler and Lancaster owners club ...

dear Terry

many thanks, I can get those type but the ones I want are 6 of them molded into a square rubber block. I may have to make one myself.

best regards

lee

hi there everyone

well engine is in but still dry at the moment. I have found a problem however that is very strange. The new engine has the same water and dynamo fitted but the old belt does not fit and I have had to go up to a slightly larger belt. Is there any change in block size between older ...

Hi there dave

Engine looks great in your engine bay. At the moment I have fitted the engine back into the car. Had a bit of an issue with fitting the manifolds but I had anticipated doing the head gaskets once the engine was refitted as I only dry fitted all components prior to fitting. Bolting the ...

hi there dave

many thanks for the info the rebuild went very well and I encountered limited problems. I also suffered from water way damage to my original heads, on eof which was beyond repair. I did however obtain a pair of replacement good quality heads from Mathew at the daimler and lancaster ...

hi there Harvey

it would be simple to do. I measured the bores and the size is piston A first over size so I could get +10. I did have a note in the documentation with the car that the rings where changed approximately 20 K previous but they have sat for ages.

When I measured them I got 76.5 mm ...