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Today got this email from one of trade magazines on behalf of Liquid Molly its an interesting read Dave Mitigating the drawbacks of E10 petrol E10 petrol is intended to make fuel more environmently-friendly, but it also has a number of special features. “Since the fuel differs from ethanol-free petr...

I bought Minor ones for my coupe but the Marina axle tube was to larger diameter for them to fit. However I was lucky to still have my rubbers so i sandblasted the brackets and rebonded rubbers with Terroson 9220 they are still stuck fast after three years.

Engine i use Morris oils 10w/40 mineral oil. Manual gearbox i used a GL4 75w/90 in the axle used some 90w/140 SLX limited slip oil because thats what I had thing gearbox and axle were ether Castrol or Euro car parts Triple X brand i buy both regularly for work. After changing the gearbox oil andm y ...

Not vital the part number is 37H3076 used on some Triumph's but part number with be different though. You have the brake springs on wrong though the one with the straight bit in middle of spring should line up with rubber boot on wheel cylinder.
Dave

Try searching for Triumph Dolomite excluding sprint TR7 4 Speed Spitfire and GT6 all use basically the same diff Rimmers Moss and TD Fittichet should be able to help. Measuring the outer and inner seal diameters means you will be able to go to a local bearing supplier and purchase one by size
Dave

There is a BL Special tool number 18G1001 it can be bought from some mini and Jaguar sites I havent got one as always used a hammer and screwdriver
Dave

I am mot a big believer in resealing master and wheel cylinders as something caused the seals to fail in first place so at least honing bore before re sealing 5/8 single piston wheel cylinders were used on a lot of cars in the 70/80s as such some decent quality parts are available from reputable sup...

Yes hub is on a taper and keyway very difficult to remove without proper puller. Leave nut on thread tighten puller and wack end of puller bolt it will then pope odd taper without flying across the workshop. Pullers can be bought on ebay for about £60 usually listed as for Triumph Herald and Spitfir...

Yes holding tool is the correct thing to use and tightening pinion nut back to exactly where it came from not to disturb the pinion preload over tightening will render collapsable spacer useless the best way is to centre punch the pinion nut and pinion so marks can be lined up when refitting the bes...

In my opinion that is a RWD block if it was a O2 from a Montego the drilling of the dipstick would be facing the bulkhead and would be covered by the manifolds possibly a later Sherpa block I have seen a few of those offered for sale recently being ex military parts stock
Dave

On a UK Maxi HL and twin carb Allegro they were separate parts. When converting Mini's to TC i have seen the original manifold cut up and just the exhaust part used
Dave

There is no Oxygen inside a fuel tank hence no combustion. Fuel vapour is heaver than air and expands more when warm so the air including the Oxygen is pushed out of the fuel tank breather. Almost without exception modern cars the electric fuel pump runs inside the fuel tank the fuel also cools this...

If you follow the link Bryan has added relates to the Lucas test cards flow chart. How i approach non start / battery flat 1 Charge and test battery fully charged battery gives 13.8 volts 2 test battery under load lights on and cranking battery must not drop below 10 volts 3 Check earth under load t...

With car at 2000 rpm with all consumers on you should be getting 13-14 volts output. Measured across the battery.
Dave

FWT is owned by a mate of mine's family always very helpful and have enormous stock. They have been buying up closed down Garage/Dealer stock going back to the 20's/30's. Until they moved to the NBC site in Telford, a few years ago the shop at the bottom of the Cop in Shrewsbury had hardly changed s...