Practically Classics Forum

What happened...is there much joy? Is it running better?

I have a '67 Daimler 2.5L V8. Bit of a barn find and still to go on the road. We've been struggling with carburation for a while. It ticked over but wouldn't rev.Stripping the carbs revealed them to be all gummed up. So a good clean and the car seems a lot happier. But, the strip revealed that both ...

Hello all.
MY Alvis TA14 has, I believe, a Marles steering box. There is about three inches of play at the top of the steering wheel. Sounds frightening but actually the car is easy ans secure feeling to drive, but I'm sure it should be better. I don't know anything about them. There is a slotted ...

Firstly....don't ignore the rotor arm. I've had this problem, was convinced for ages that it was fuel evaporation. Turned out to be the old rotor arm heating up once the engine was off for a short while after a run, or stuck in traffic. It keeps cool enough ( just ) untill residual block heat warms ...