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Thankyou. I was wondering whether the 10" was ok, and about the bore size. I'll follow your advice. Cheers Dave

hello Well, I found them on the Rimmers site. They are "steady posts", with a felt bush. Only one of the posts had the bush still on. I guess they take the place of the pegs, but not holding the shoes down, rather holding them up. Also I found i have 10" drums although these were supposed to be to comm nr TS56376, and mine is TS60152. Ordering spare parts is going to be interesting. Dave

Hello Right then, after having the summer off playing with the 4A, it's back to the grindstone of the 3a. Checking out the brakes i found that the reear did not have the hold down peg, spring and cup washer, but rather a pair of bolts coming through the backplate. They are southwest and northeast in the photo. Looks like the shoes were resting on them Doesnt show this in the manual for either the 3a or earlier types. Any ideas? Cheers Dave

Hi Bob, Can i order one please? Regards Dave

Hi Rob You're right. I hadn't really considered it before it happened to me, but I am going to separate some of those functions. Cheers Dave ====

TR4A IRS - Just got home after 3 weeks in France. 2035 miles in all, A minor problem with loose connection somewhere around battery/solenoid, solved by tightening up all the nuts, after advice from the TR4 forum. A more major problem when I lost temp and fuel gauge, and I immediately thought voltage regulator, pulled off the road to some beeping from the following traffic. Turns out the fuse had blown and I had lost indicators and brake lights as well. Culprit was a broken, but still in the spade holder, wire to the brake switch, which must have sparked or something and blown the fuse. F

Currently driving around France. No problems, not been in a crit area though. Dave

A 30Miles run out, in about 30C. All good, stopped for an hour or two, then back, with a further 30 min stop on the way. No problems, no chirpy indicators. Perhaps a poor connection that i nipped up this morning? Did notice a VERY hot gearstick though. Even after the hour stop. Could be car temp, air temp or something else. Water temp normal, but fan on pretty well all the time. Dave

Thanks all. I had a good go round with the spanners this morning. A few nuts that were not as tight as they could be, but no obvious culprit. Out for a run this afternoon, we'll see how it goes. Cheers Dave

Thanks Bob, i'll have a look Dave

Hello, Here we are in deepest France. On the way down we stopped for petrol, and on switching on afterwards, the ign light lit up, but further turning produced nothing. No starter noise, nor any indicators. Battery tested ok. After a few minutes i tried again, and all fine. Stopped and started many times since. Then it happened again just now, about 10 days later. Fortunately after we just got back to the accomodation. On the way the indicator unit was making a chirpy bird sound when in use. I thought i'd have a listen, and head under dash i tried switching the engine

hello I swapped out the jet assembly this morning. Attached should be a picture of the old assembly, you should be able to see a bit of the old rubber seal jammed into the washer, I suspect that is responsible for the leak. The new assembly had more of an olive seal rather than the grommet-like one that came out. Seems to be leak-free at present, a test run will be done later on. Able to swap it out fairly easily with just the air filter off. A small mirror to see the nut was helpful. Thanks all Dave ==

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HI Bob thanks, i have both replacements so I should be able to figure out which one I need (probably after trial and error). Is it easy enough to do with the carb on the car do you know? I don't fancy taking it all apart with just a few days to go before we go on holiday. Take the air filter off first I guess, and then some bodily contortions. Thanks Dave

Hello there is a slight leak on the forward carb. Seems to accumulate a bit of fuel on the plastic bottom of the jet assembly. Maybe leaking from the fuel chamber or the jet itself. Not sure. Anyway, looking as usual for a quick fix, can I swap out the jet assembly part on its own and in situ ? (the connector between fuel chamber and the jet ) . It seems like it should have a nut on the chamber end, and maybe a screw for the choke connection at the other end. Cheers Dave