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I'm fairly sure I spotted this car in the Earls Court area last sunday the reg also rings a bell, looks good, but then they always do in black

I see you have been having some fun already with the heat gun and putty knife

youre absolutely doing the right thing, the car will look fabulous back in metalic green

hahaa I see Mark was posting as I was, our descrptions are almost identical so hopefully you'll get the jist of how it's done.

Hi Martin, firstly I hope your compression results don't require this, but if they do then I have some experience with this when helping out Mark.... before you have it in the air disconnect the shift rod coupling to shaft on gearbox in the centre tunnel once you have the car up in the air disconnec...

aah yes i forgot about that seatbelt warning thingymyself...often disconnected as it can cause starting troubes if i recall correctly

anyway here you go Mark if its what you want

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Hello Jan fancy seeing you here

Go easy lads

Replied chaps

Better get my arse in gear for this, there is NO WAY I'm missing it this time

It'll work Mark as long as its a cable drive 69-73 one, but there may be an issue with calibration....not that it would be that significant, infact I wouldnt be surprised if any of our early cars are that accurate.

I'm fairly sure it'll be ball park though

Dave, I have acouple of tips.. it's best if everything is nice and clean so you can mark just about everything up before you start undoing it all. If you're lucky enough to get the spring plate off of the torsion bar without the whole lot coming out (ie. outer splines stuck to springplate) then its ...

The carbs don’t hold a great deal of fuel, so if it’s been left a couple of days, the amount of fuel in the float can drain out/evaporate and the smell is gone or not as bad. It only needs to be the smallest of leaks to smell strong. As soon as you start it up again the fuel pump fills the floats up...

Does the car require some persuasion to start from cold or from sitting for a while? if so then I'd agree with the above and say to take a good look at the carbs, nip up all the brass fixings ... or even better change all the fibre washers before you do as they can become dry, crack and cause leaks ...

willbrown wrote:it's been a while, eh...

yep, too long.... not that I would have been able to make

welcome Mike, great introduction

If i were anywhere near I would be happy to chip in, I think its a great idea and more of us should do this sort of thing, sometimes it feels like your struggling in your own garage when there could be someone just down the road with nothing better to do. you don't need to be technical, hey even if ...