As a total beginner to the world of these odd fixed jet carburettors I will admit to being slightly perplexed as to why, when this particular carb type thing is described as a 32DIR Type101, the thread title asks whether this '109' will live again. Has it mysteriously gained 8 somethings? Was it ori...

bogbasic wrote:It looks like something from The Wicker Man, I jest. Was Edward Woodward there ;-?

Forget EWAR WOOWAR, what about Ingrid Pitt and Brit Ekland?????

Young drivers are already stuffed. My son, who is 17, cannot realistically get insurance unless he uses one of the 'black box policies'. £1950 a year (for a 15yr old V40 1.6) with a Black Box policy versus £4200+ for a non BB policy and it's obvious which route he is going to choose. What's even bet...

Given you've got a sticky valve type issue I'd be tempted to strip the head down (cam out, tappets out, colletts out, valves out etc) and send the head off for hot tank/skimming. It should be less than £30 and at least you'll know that it'll all be ok on reassembley assuming you clean up the valve s...

Hmmm, this sounds like the perfect excuse to rip out that horrible B200K and put something like a B200/230FT/K in it. Why go to all the hassle of fixing what is the least desirable redblock when you could just as easily fit a decent one?

I seem to recall that early dash 200's earth the instrument cluster via the clock. I do recall this earth is prone to fail and that the resultant power drop, while not enough to affect the clock's operation, is enough to cause all sorts of erratic instrument cluster problems. Running a new earth wir...

It's had a resprayed tailgate at some point, or a replacement tailgate as the badges are in the wrong place. I'm trying to work out if that's a 140bhp H cam'd engine or the later 136bhp K cam'd one. '80/'81MY cars had the H cam, and some of the '82MY ones came with it. '83MY's (as far as I can tell)...

As a bearded Suffolk resident of Highland descent put it; https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/1920346_813611912036656_6718908521849672108_n.jpg?oh=cf78b15348128c96873b4cac9a617996&oe=556972D3 https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10689765_8136119587033...

S10NPH wrote:Apparently it is corded bri-Nylon.

Surely someone on here has a pair of trousers left over from the 1970's they could donate? SteveP for instance............

Indeed! That is an insult to The Mac.

I tend to think of The Mac as a V12; in theory it should be smooth but there is an inherent roughness to it, it is fantastically complicated, a wild extravagance, totally and utterly unnecessary, but the world would be a colder place without it......!

Do you like.... the music of.... Shawaddy...waddy?

Fine! Mac has asked me to let people know that his shonky, fly-by-night telecommunications provider is currently suffering some technical difficulties and consequently he is currently unable to respond to phone calls or emails at present. He will let everyone know when they are back up and running, ...

Hmmm....... When I said Mac was having technical difficulties.............. I actually meant, Mac is having technical difficulties. His phone line and email (provided by that wonderful company BT) are currently suffering from technical difficulties. The bit where I said he cannot receive phone calls...

Mac has asked me to let people know that he is currently suffering some technical difficulties and is currently unable to respond to phone calls or emails at present. He will let everyone know when he is back up and running, but just in case anyone had tried to contact him and received no response h...

I've not seen one, but it does raise the question about the pre-MY83 Smiths DLS/GLS speedo available in MPH. :? Indeed. The 2.0 litre models were not available in the Uk until after the dash change for '83MY, they weren't (to my knowledge) available in Africa or the Indian subcontinent, Australia d...