Daz
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This weekend I think I will get in the garage, turn up the heating and clean something on the Joker, while I'm in there with nothing much to do I will have time to dream of the fresh spring days. I'm sure I am suffering fro S.A.D
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Don't be embarrassed to ask anything on this forum everyone is happy to help, and it may be a question others are wanting to ask.
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It's strange how we spend money to keep the dog, £500 telly, the spare bedroom we haven't even been in for years and the wife warm and dry but neglect our £20k (and often more) pride and joy. My garage was built to the same spec as my kitchen with insulted floor, walls, roof and door along with central heating. I told the wife it was in case we ever wanted to turn it into a study, and she fell for it. The Joker sits in there snug as a bug in a rug. Magic
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Fired the Joker up ready for a run out when the weatherman forecasted dry afternoon, which never arrived! So had to take the Discovery. Did see a brave bloke out in a beautiful pale blue Healey, fantastic, made my day
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I need the make sure the Joker is still in there and start thinking about those warm spring days.
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two cars to get ready for a wedding soon
:o 
Don't do it Neil, resist at all costs, marriage is over rated
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Last blast round the Cheshire countryside this afternoon to watch the Vulcan fly past, fantastic! Tucked the 6 up for winter, in the garage
sorry Manfred
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Hopefully actually get my 6 OUT of the garage this weekend , between thunderstorms
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Making holes in a new plenum chamber for the s/c.
Back in the '50s grammar schools marginalised workshop subjects - mine had one woodworking lathe and no metalwork shop, and two hours per week.. So today, 55 years after a mis-spent schooling, was an adventure in a making holes in a 1/4 inch thick aluminium box section 3" square. On paper it bolts to a TR6 twin-carb manifold using the 8 carb stud tappings. So yesterday was spent with dykum ( another new experience) a scribe and a ruler, and a lens. I reckoned I was within 0.5mm of correct. Then the fun started. Centering a centre punch to 0.5mm is not so simple. But setting a 8mm drill dead centre on that - well, no-one ever taught me how to do that. The drill bit doesn't have a 'point', and its spiral... impossible. So I drilled 3mm holes centered with a lens. Then a stationary 8mm bit will bend ever so slighly when pressed onto the 3mm hole if off-centre. Very relieved that only two holes out of the 8 needed dremelling, And that they all lined up both ends of the manifold. The box slotted satisfyingly onto the manifold. . By contrast the hole I had dreaded, 2" diameter, was a doddle, using a hole saw in the pillar drill.
So altogether a new experience, if a bit late in life.
Peter
Never too old to learn something new, but a nervous afternoon I would think.
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Not going far this weekend as waiting for Granddaughter No 2, Angie (wifey) is like a cat on hot bricks waiting for the phone call.
The 6 may get as far as the drive for a little sun and a polish.
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Hi
I have decided to take out my gearbox again tomorrow to resolve my sticky clutch issue.
What parts should I grease with a smidgeon of copper ease and is there any other procedure I should be doing ie. polishing up etc.
Many Thanks.
Chuck the B&B Transit clutch away and get a proper Leycock TR one
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- This weekend I hope to dust of the 6 and take it out for a blast, going to a show near Leek on Saturday, but the weather looks cr4p again......
- This weekend I hope to dust of the 6 and take it out for a blast, going to a show near Leek on Saturday, but the weather looks cr4p again......
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More thanks to Derek, I have received a letter confirming new tax class, a receipt for £0 confirming my car is taxed until next March, V5C to follow, interestingly there is no mention of the £126 I paid to tax it 2 weeks ago
maybe it will come back with the V5C.The main thing is its now free to tax for the next 40 years
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Huge thanks Derek
Just returned from Devon to find a cheque from Swansea for £95 so me a happy bunny.
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My V5C came back today but no refund !!
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More thanks to Derek, I have received a letter confirming new tax class, a receipt for £0 confirming my car is taxed until next March, V5C to follow, interestingly there is no mention of the £126 I paid to tax it 2 weeks ago
maybe it will come back with the V5C.The main thing is its now free to tax for the next 40 years
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Huge thanks Derek
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Dear Daz,
If you look at my response the one before yours send a copy of your heritage cert. to that dept in the DVLA along with your V10 & V5C by recorded delivery and ask them why have you had to pay £126 at the post office and can you have a refund? Lastly make sure that you also have copies of you V10 & V5C
Bruce.
Thanks Bruce, that's just what I have done. I hope to get my money back but I really just want to get the taxation class sorted for next time. Money is only money, it cant make you smile like a 6 on a sunny day. I will report back when / if my paperwork ever returns
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Dont let the "B"s get you down
I have been married for nearly 30 years and in 2002 I rebuilt an MGB, so nothing gets me down
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This weekend the garage will be vacant as me and the Joker are out to play
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Well I failed today at local main post office, my car is 74 built 75 reg, I have a heritage certificate, they didn't know what it was, I gave up, paid my £126 and will be posting the reg doc to Swansea. Main thing is I'm back on the road for spring and to be honest £126 is cheap after blasting round the A roads for an hour tonight I have had my monies worth already
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what if it goes for $10,000? maybe you buy it, and send a few thousand putting it back to original? you then have a great car for $14,000..or 8,500 in english money.
Good luck with that
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I like it,especially the bumpers, front grill and detailed engine bay
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I was going out for a blast but the weather looks wet so I will be fitting my Phoenix manifold and link pipes
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I fitted one from an 80s Jag, more in keeping with the car rather than the more modern rubber ones, search ebay about £20 I think
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A last little check over and off for MOT on Saturday morning, so long as its not snowing !
Then Wednesday 1st April off to the post office for my FREE road tax. 
Then I can spend some time polishing my 5/8" Sill trims and waxing my body coloured sills
So what happening in your garage this weekend?
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Wish I was married to a Duchess, I could do with one of those !