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bmcecosse wrote:You think??

I hope...

bmcecosse wrote: Appears to be for taking the temperature of a bull/horse/ pig etc ...... so where do you stick it??

I reckon that's a meat thermometer

MarkyB wrote: Temperature wise sounds fine, marital discord, not so good.

It's ok - she'll never know

Hi Marky,

Yes, it's an 82 degrees thermostat.
My main worry is the large difference in temperature showing on the gauge recently compared to 3 months ago. I can't remember experiencing this before in previous years.
The jam thermometer, hopefully, indicates that everything's ok.

Hello all, I fitted a temperature sender to my top hose during the winter and for the next few months the temperature reading on my Smiths guage (which doesn't show any numbers) never really got much further than the C mark. Now that the weather is warmer the temperature guage is regularly going pas...

If you never use the radio you can just fit a headless amp under the dashboard and plug your ipod directly into it. Nicely hidden and a good sound. It's what I do in mine. I open up the glove compartment and the player rests on the lip of the open flap. I use my phone as the mp3 player and it has th...

bmcecosse wrote:I wouldn't worry about the perished rubber at the clips

You're right - in fact, the replacement springs didn't have rubber round the clips at all.

They should indeed have 5 leaves. I would have thought 7 would make the ride a bit bumpy. I've just done my springs and have used poly bushes simply because they're supposed to be longer lasting. I had rubber before, although they were slightly perished, and I was a bit concerned that the poly bushe...

All seems fine now - I gave it another clean adjusted the timing and mixture and it's running better than ever.
Sadly the car came with the blue pump, but it seems to be working ok.
Thanks for your help.

I sometimes use a hydraulic jack pushing the end of a spanner to start really stuck nuts and bolts.

I should explain a bit better. I could smell petrol the other day and went to pull over, as I slowed up the car stalled. I opened the bonnet to see a puddle of petrol: a big leak. I removed the chamber lid, cleaned up the valve as best I could and went on my way, all seemed fine for the remaining mi...

I've got one of those pumps with the blue cap too.

I didn't realise they clicked even when full. I'll stick my finger over the end to make sure.

Perhaps the flooding this time round was due to my messing around with the mixture.

Funny you should say that, I fitted the new float needle and the brass barrel thing today and it still flooded. I guess it must be a leaky float or it may need adjusting even though the gap appears to be correct and there's no petrol swishing around inside the float. It only clicks once every 5 to 1...

Right you are. New one on its way from ESM.
Thanks for your help.

It's a later one with a plastic float. I checked the gap with a drill bit and it was fine.

Hello, My fuel pump won't stop ticking and it floods the engine when idling. I've taken the carb to pieces and have cleaned it all up and fitted new gaskets etc. I've taken the lid off the chamber and have attempted to blow through the valve and couldn't do it so I assume that the float needle's ok....

Hi, See this post for a pic of how I connected my SimonBBC unit. Fitted it months ago and have had no problems with it since. http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=34168&p=349858#p349786 The blue wire goes to the - terminal but it wouldn't reach so I extended it using the white wire wi...

Here's something I spotted which may be interesting as it s: A303: Highway to the Sun Thursday, 21:00 on BBC Four The A303 is the road that passes Stonehenge on the way to the beaches of Devon and Cornwall. On the way, it whisks drivers through 5,000 years of remarkable moments in English history. A...

Sorry to have caused confusion. The question should have been about thread size but I'm glad to hear that a 15mm spanner can be used. Sounds like a good fit.
I've ordered a tyloc nut from esm.
Thanks to all who replied.

Thanks all. I found an earlier post that suggested 3/8 bsf. None in stock in my paint pot so I'll need to send off for one. Even the local hardware shop doesn't have them.
Quite why I keep panel pins and loose, used stanley knife blades in my box of nuts and bolts I don't know.