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I am about to dispose of quite a few suspension bits/brakes/swaybar/Alloys which would fit your Coupe.
All neatly encased in a scrappable rolling body.

Happy to give you first dibs if you want.


Best luck with your build.

Yes - got that Chris, hence the clarification.

Every diagram I pull up labeling parts of steering systems disagrees with every other one...

I thought that this coupe shell may have been from a 6 due to the HD nature of the suspension and the fact it was equipped for twin trailing arms at the rear, but if what you say is correct, there is no way you could raise the steering rack 30mm in this shell... Mk3 sedan. mk3.jpg Mk1 coupe. coupe.j...

Just to clarify a few things. What I call a "tie-rod" is what connects the end of the steering rack to the steering arm on the upright. These are the items I am treating with suspicion as being of different lengths, and they are of differing thickness. I assume that a Mk1 tie-rod may be lo...

Thanks for suggestions all. The steering rack has not yet been disturbed in my ownership, as it has good boots and no play in the left bush, so any odd parts would have been previously fitted. The rest of the setup is exactly as I have done all previous Marinas, so to have a weird symptom suggests t...

Hey gang. I have what is to me at least, an interesting problem. Vehicle in question - my green estate - has had a varied career and anything is possible. While I have tried to return everything to how it should be in the suspension, I still have an odd problem. Symptoms; When going over a bump at s...

Thanks Dave. There are many factors to consider, but I decided to jump rather than slither, so took the plunge to simply see what happened. I have enough spare shocks to consider some to be sacrificial, and the info I have absorbed reassures me that this has already been tried, so we will see. Curre...

Have flushed and refilled the first pair using Penrite SAE30 - designed for small engines.
Action feels firm but not dramatically more than with the original fluid which was in shocking condition - if you'll pardon the pun..

Oh.
Has anybody removed the arm from a Marina shock.?
It seems to be pinned to a spline, but I was led to believe it needs serious force to remove..?

Cheers.

Thanks Bryan. Reading articles on both Minor, MGB and TR6 shocks, people are using up to 50W fluid to attain the level of damping they want, depending on the vehicles intended use. I know from past experience that overdoing the valve adjustment can lead to cracked housings when the hydraulic pressur...

Hello again almost immediately.
I believe I can source a rubber profile locally to make up a new seal for the tailgate glass, but wondered if anybody had a picture of the original rubber cross section.
There are many to choose from so this would help reduce the list of suspects...
Thanks.

Can anybody tell me the specifics of the shock absorber fluid please. I wish to experiment with increasing the weight of the fluid to see if I can address internal wear in the mechanisms. I can arrange motorcycle fork oil in 5W steps but imagine the original fluid might already be 10W ATF or similar...

But of course.
One would need to skim the block instead.
Not sure how much gap there is between the piston crown and the top of the bore at TDC. though...

Both 1700 and 2000 O series engines run 9.0:1 standard.
I have considered increasing this by skimming the head, but I fear it would involve removing all the valve seats first, as they are either flush or slightly proud of the head surface.
The 2 litre starter motor is already on steroids...

Interesting to see that the 2 litre TC managed 100bhp albeit at significant revs. I think with some head work I may manage a little more, although I would love to mount a pair of 40mm Webers for the win. I do have a pair here, but would need to have a manifold made, so the twin HiF setup on my Rover...