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  1. ..not on the TR (although that is quite firm and needs a fair weight on the pedal with the old style twin master cylinder) but on the Midget. This is an early car (Oct '61) and has a similar twin master cylinder to the early TR's. It is drums all round and after adjusting the brakes the pedal is really firm (it was quite firm before) and takes quite a press to brake hard. The master cylinder was replaced about 6 years ago and the brakes have always required some pressure but they just seem much firmer now.

    The rear wheel cylinders were replaced at a similar time to the master, and the front cylinders and hoses in the last three or four years.

    I'm wondering if the Master cylinder has developed an issue.

    My first steps when I next get the car (it lives in a lock up ~5 miles from home) is to bleed the brakes as it is due to be done, but I'm wondering if anyone has any other thoughts on what the issue might be.

    Thanks

  2. We didn't go into the museum on this visit, they had given us permission to park up for a short stop and look at the outside exhibits on this occasion. We've been into the museum before - it's a great museum, I've seen the simulator but not been in, its always been popular on previous visits, I believe that you have to book a slot to experience it.

  3. Sounds a good day.

    We met up with others from the MGOC at Oving for a coffee and then went on a pleasant run to Tangmere Aviation Museum where the South Hants Vehicle Preservation Society were visiting on their run - some very nice cars including a TR4. We then went on to Boxgrove Priory and afterwards the route went through Eartham, Slindon and on to Bury where we left the route (as we had some other things to do this afternoon) and the rest of the group went on to Bignor, Sutton, Duncton and then East Dean where a picnic stop was planned, and then to West Dean Gardens for tea

  4. Yes Richard, we had all four season today just a little way from you here in West Sussex. Lovely sun this morning, a couple of light showers around lunchtime, then sunshine again when I decided to pop to our local Churchyard to do a bit of green bin filling only to experience heavy rain/sleet/hailstones. All good stuff - what is the car meet you are at tomorrow? We have the choice of a Sadcase Pagham breakfast run or the local MG club coffee meet at Oving and then run to a pub for lunch tomorrow.

  5. A dig around t'internet comes up with this link to a list on the TR Register France webpages. On there it says that Pearl White for the era is ICI code 2857.

    My car was originally Pearl White and when it was restored ~11 years ago I considered putting it back to original colour from the orangey red it was at the time, but as you can see, I didn't.

  6. I see that Roger has beaten me to it regarding the suggestion of  a grabber thing. I successfully recovered all the bits of a locking petrol cap that fell into the tank of the Midget when it fell apart with one of these

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  7. Here is my battery and positive earth connection, I have some insulation tape on the battery clamp beside the negative terminal just to be safe. I sourced the battery from EuroCarParts when they had a special offer. I've used Tayna batteries for other batteries more recently and found them to be a good supplier.

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  8. As Roger says, the North Cornwall coast is very picturesque - especially North of Newquay with Padstow (although the town has been taken over by Rick Stein these days) and the nearby Prideaux Place, the Camel Estuary and further North Port Isaac (where Doc Martin is/was filmed), Tintagel, Boscastle and inland from Tintagel near Davidstow there is the Davidstow Moor RAF Memorial Museum - a fantastic little museum run by ex RAF volunteers (http://davidstowmemorialmuseum.co.uk ). Further North again there are fantastic rock formations in the coastal cliffs at Crackington Haven all the way up to Bude where there is a very interesting, and free, museum/display in Bude Castle.

    We'll be staying near Crackington again for a week or so in July this year and are planning to go in the Stag and join in with Wadebridge Wheels car show.

  9. I'm replacing the dip switch on the midget (early Mk1, 1961). The original is a round unit with spade terminals - item number 31800 I think. I've been unable to source a similar spade connector unit and so will fit, at least temporarily a RTC432A unit. I've had conflicting advice on which terminal is which on the RTC432

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    I'd assumed the terminal with the rivet is the power in and the other two slightly darker copper colour are the dip and high/main (the one perpendicular to the other two being the dip beam and the one nearest the button, the high beam. However I've seen other advice that the perpendicular one is the power in? Can anyone confirm which is which?

    Thanks

     

  10. I'm also with the TRR scheme and have been for a while now - with our three classics all insured with them at very competitive prices for agreed value so far. We checked what our everyday cars would be at last renewal would be with the scheme, but it wasn't as good as our current insurer for the moderns at the time - we'll check again next renewal.

  11. As above, the condenser is the usual first go to. Change that, make sure the points are clean and gapped properly, dry and clean and gap the spark plugs. If that doesn't work, try a new coil and/or new plug leads. Nine times out of ten the issue is electrical, in my humble experience.

  12. Thanks Stuart

    It's difficult to see in those pics, or in the Original TR2/3/3A book the detail of the lever arrangement and connections down on the manifold below the front carb. If anyone could take a picture of their set up in that difficult to see area I would appreciate it.

    I've managed by some experimentation with link rod length to get the operation better, but I'm still not convinced I've got it exactly right as the lever arm attached to the bottom of the short link rod is very close to catching on the head of the bolt that secures the pivot plate and lever to the manifold with the throttle closed.

  13. Further to this - I've moved the lever to the outboard side of the manifold plate and swapped the connections so that the throttle pedal linkage connects to the shorter lever arm and the link rod up to the carburettor connection to the longer arm of the lever. This has resolved the issue of the link rod reaching the carburettor but now the bottom end of that short link rod is very close to/fouling the edge of the manifold when the throttle is closed. I'm wondering whether to swap the lengths of the lever arm connections again but before I do - could anyone provide a photo of their set up please?

    Thanks

  14. I'm in the process of refitting my newly refurbished carbs and have an issue with the alignment/orientation of the linkages that attach to the throttle lever on the front carb throttle shaft.

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    The throttle lever is item 80 in the Moss diagram My issue is that the carbs have come back with this lever set with the ball connecter end much higher than it was such that the link rod (item 84) is along way away as currently set up, and may struggle to reach it even if I extend it to maximum length.

    This led me to look at the other parts involved in this linkage and I think my set up is incorrect. The parts diagram seems to show that the lever (item 89), that the bottom of the link rod (84) attaches to, sits outboard of the pivot plate (item 86) which is bolted to the Inlet manifold. On my set up this lever sits inboard (i.e. engine block side) of the pivot plate. Additionally the Moss diagram suggests that the longer arm of the lever (89) attaches to the link rod (84) and the shorter arm attached to the rod from the throttle pedal mechanisms - mine is the other way around!

    Before I start to modify the angle of the throttle lever as the carb refurbisher set it, I thought I ought to check whether my set up of the lever (89) is incorrect and so it would be better to correct that first to see if that resolves the issue.

    Any advice will be gratefully received as always.

    Rod

  15. I initially wondered about a Lesser Spotted too James - but they are quite rare, although I've seen one at the Pulborough RSPB reserve, plus they don't have the red feathers under the tail which was part of Richard's description

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