TorontoTim

I can't help with brands in the UK, but I highly recommend them. Mine have flexible/angle-able heads and there are some jobs that are HUGELY easier with them. I have 7/16, 1/2 and 9/16.

Jan and I had a great couple of days driving all over the Yorkshire Dales a couple of years ago; sadly not in a TR. I've wanted to see the Ribblehead Viaduct for years and it didn't disappoint - and then we also found the Dent Head viaduct quite by chance - mostly because I'd never heard of it! We carried on up the tiny lanes along the river Dee and stopped for a pint in the very quirky village of Dent before heading on to the Lake District. Even without a decent classic, we loved every minute of it. Cheers, Tim

Hi John, I have just tried to place an ad and upload a photo (mine was 3.1MB) and all went fine. Do you have any other ads running? I don't know the classifieds section very well, but perhaps there is a limit on the total...? Lastly, what browser are you using? FYI, I'm using Google Chrome for my successful upload. Let me know and, if needed, I can give you a call. Tim

Hi John, It might be due to size, but it would be helpful to know a bit more detail - was there an error message shown? Thanks, Tim

Which, I think, is what Charlie is suggesting - but based on cold oil not circulating fast enough.

I'm really intrigued by this idea. There are clearly a lot of us who have the exact same sound on cold start-up, so it's obviously a TR engine "thing". Would be great to nail down the cause. I'm going to run a test on this tomorrow morning and see what the dip stick says...

Shows that I cant remember my 4a (but then that was over 25 years ago). I thought they had a column switch that selected side, dip or main. T

No, TR4 doesnt have one. Also the dip/main selector is a footswitch.

Hi John, I have a similar set-up to others, above - a "momentary on/off" switch on the dash pointing at my left hand (LHD car, obviously). However, if I remember correctly (and I may not) the Vitesse, and probably the GT6, has a column switch which is both a dip/main switch (up/down) and a headlamp flash (pull). Assuming I'm right (don't hold your breath) and that they are available, you should be able to fairly easily make this an OD on/off switch (up/down) as well as flash (pull). Hope that is helpful! Tim

Fab video - thanks for posting, Deggers!

Thanks both (and apologies for the thread drift). I don't remember my car having no synchro on first so maybe it had a 2L 'box. Or maybe it's just so long ago that I don't remember properly... I do know that I had to rebuild it after every second rally...!

I used to have a Vitesse 6. I dont remember the gearbox being different from the 2L. Was it just ratios?

Sorry to hear about your back, Brian. But it makes me wonder: once you're in a TR, why would you ever want to get out?

My USA car has the turn signal on the left too. Can't swear to it being original, but there it is.

You off to buy crab, Roger?