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Tempting !

Nearly. It was to keep my tracker alive in the event of me leaving the car somewhere with red key out. If you look carefully at the close up photo of my switch (above) you will notice a thin red wire on the left hand big (live) terminal. Bob

Click on to enlarge I have the same switch, I switched the live battery terminal, as shown. The small terminals interrupt the volts going to the coil, to ensure the engine stops when switched off even if ignition switch is still on. The switch lever is positioned below the glove box for easy access. Bob

A bit unkown ! you would be trying to regulate the output twice. best not to go that way Bob

Yes. Assuming you are going for an alternator with a built in regulator (Lucas ACR etc) you no longer need the external regulator. You can remove it altogether & simply join the thick wires which went to "D", "A" & "A1" together, & connect the thinner wire wire going to "D" to the field terminal on the alternator. or some people rip out the internals of the old regulator, & re-wire it to act as a junction box, make the connection above. Bob

As suspected, blown transistor feeding the pilot lamp. Now repaired, & on it's way home. Be careful not to short the pilot lamp's contacts together, or it will happen again !! Bob

Strange shape, but either way it's broken & won't work till its repaired. Bob

Sounds like fluid sneaking past the master cylinder seal to me also Bob

If you can bridge the gap with a suitably heavy gauge wire (soldered) then the reg may well be ok to re-use Bob

Thanks all. Had a nice day out on a tour on Jim Stokes Workshops near Waterlooville. Amazing place, they restore any type of car, but mainly very expensive ones i.e an 1930's Alpha open top sports with twin superchargers worth £10,000,000 They make Alpha engines from scratch all done on site except the casting, top quality. They also have a classic car division, & there was a '6 on a ramp having it's rear drive serviced. The hub was off the stub axle, & the slot for the woodruf ket has cracked, They were going to replace all of it ! Highly recommend a visit - t

Hope you are having a great day Bob

It's much easier to see the fuel level in the carb body if you pull the choke right out to max, there is then a much larger hole to peer down. Bob

Just in case you don't know, the gearbox mainshaft has to be changed to a shorter one, which means a complete gearbox strip down. Bob

I suspect you have damaged the flasher unit, by accidentaly shorting the bulb contacts together. the bulb is driven by a small transistor. I can easily replace this for you, (I blew one myself a while ago by testing the unit with too high a wattage bulb) Bob. PS. If you like, I can send you a replacement unit,( I have a spare one) then you send me yours, I repair it, & keep it for stock Just cost you the postage. I know yours is -ve earth.