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by dhpaul
Thu Feb 13, 2014 5:38 pm
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: Old Petrol
Replies: 8
Views: 1718

Old Petrol

I have just drained about 20 lites of unleaded petrol from my classic so I can do some extensive work on it. Now my question is can I use this petrol, which is 12 months old ? I was thinking of adding it to newly bought petrol in a Ford Focus, say 5 litres of "old" to 20 litres of "new". Does anyone ...
by dhpaul
Thu Sep 12, 2013 3:50 pm
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: Fuel Evaporation?
Replies: 12
Views: 6290

Fuel Evaporation?

I have a couple of air cooled NSUs which increasingly have become prone to stalling when hot and being difficult/ impossible to restart unless left for 10 minutes or so. I suspect fuel evaporation, and seem to remember a few months ago some reference in Practical Classics to some type of insulating ...
by dhpaul
Sat Apr 13, 2013 1:12 pm
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: clutch rebuilding
Replies: 5
Views: 1619

Re: clutch rebuilding

Ok, its for a NSU 1200 Automatik, which has a vacuum operated clutch which works by manually selecting from a three speed gearbox, therefore not a conventional automatic. The clutch does not appear to have any common parts with any other NSU (I'm a member of the Owners Club) although the clutch ...
by dhpaul
Fri Apr 12, 2013 4:54 pm
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: clutch rebuilding
Replies: 5
Views: 1619

clutch rebuilding

Can anyone recommend a firm who can rebuild a complete clutch unit, for a rare german car, please.