Motorsport Mickey

And he does lots of Rolling Road work with his state of the art equipment and he always stated he won't run engines with waterless coolant in it. Mick Richards

Beware of micro blisters on the paintwork caused by moisture and close fitting covers. Mick Richards

Beware of micro blisters on the paintwork caused by moisture and close fitting covers. Mick Richards

Hi Chris, been thinking of doing this. Did TRGB use all your original pads (do they accept an odd split ?) or diid you buy and cover new pads ? Mick Richards

Hi Richard, It's tempting to just burn logs in an open fireplace but the heat loss from the room up the chimney is depressing. Whilst mulling the purchase of a heat stove (not bought yet) I came across these videos... https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=recoheat+heat+recovery+unit The Recoheat is a flue heat recovery unit which can be inserted into a flue or constrained (tube fed) chimney. Take a look at the video, completed in a semi professional manner it appears to show significant advantages withy the only ongoing financial outlay (another Reco heat video in th

He does say in his question John..."Hi, I wonder why my TR6 clutch snatch when engaging?" I missed it myself initially. Mick Richards

“is there a scientific reason for this. “ Phil Yes, depending upon the breathing of various engines the inside of the block when running is like a mighty washing machine. Even with trucks, you don’t fill the oil to the top mark, and the correct level is the one where the pressure inside doesn’t get excessive and push the oil out past the seals. With modern trucks, particularly running electric oil level gauges, you constantly have to remind drivers that the early morning oil check MUST be done before starting the engine. They often like to move the truck to the fuel bowser or

DOH !...of course it's UNF !, but the rad is BSP which is what I mixed it up with, apologies. Mick Richards

But it can do it whilst you have breakfast telling you if the car will need a boost to get started ? Mick Richards

Gentle tap on the pipe at 90 deg to the hole either way gets it wriggling and loosens it. Mick Richards

I hate having a potential large leak or breakdown saved up for away from home. So on the basis a "buggers job" is better done in your drive, drop the fluid and warm the tap up with a blow torch (don't melt) and quickly try to TIGHTEN the tap body up or get some movement by using two large spanners at 180 deg to each other pulling and pushing together to keep the force equal on the large nut sized body of the tap. If it moves even a few mm it will probably break the seal (if it's the BSP tap body it should be, there's only 1 thread and a half on the body that seals it, so should come out)

Different header bar plate I'm afraid Peter. The TR4 (ONLY) has the Surrey top (the soft foldable centre section) with an insewn 3 piece thin steel tab in the material along the front edge. This pushes under the leading edge of the header bar plate, if there's space. The TR4a has the soft top over centre buckles with the location piece to fix to on the rear of the top windscreen frame, and the TR250-TR6 has the header plate securing ...using "plunge" cam handles that go into the header bar (same as on the Stag). The TR4a and the TR5/6 versions are a lot more "secure," some of th

Would connecting in series with a good battery allow it to be charged then ? Mick Richards

"Re-Torque the Head is the next job" Don't forget to UNDO the nuts first by about 1 flat, (I do it in the torquing sequence) don't be surprised when it torques back up past where it was before. Mick Richards

Yeah, that’s why motorcyclists don’t get hurt as much in accidents ! ! ! My god, some people who don’t believe in seatbelts will tell some tales to try and propagate their views. Remember, seat belt law came in 1971, and many of those current cars were lacking in collapsing cell technology, Anglia, Ford Pops etc but still there was a dramatic fall in deaths and injury with seat belt fitment. Fit seat belts, oooh and if you can a rear roll over bar, oooh and if you can a rear cockpit alloy firewall, protect yourself and your family. Mick Richards