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I hadn’t realised Michael had passed away. I had the absolute pleasure of a personal guided tour of his collection a few years ago, staggering and beautifully presented. Iain

Look out for me, I’ll be there up to my knees in mud :-) Iain

I think the small hole is in those plates to help you locate it whilst you weld it in….

Very nice result.

I have received the same email…..I did not respond.

Correct mine is a 584. Iain

It’s a Lucas dipping mirror. Model number to follow.

Hi Ian the works team cars used a Lucas mirror hanging from the HT centre windscreen mounting. I’ll try to recall/photograph which model it’s is and let you know. Iain

Thanks Peter, I will enquire Iain

Interesting, however if the recovery bottle can still be pressurised, so is the whole system. I therefore believe the stresses on the expansion neck of the radiator are the same ? For comparison my Elan has a Standard Triumph radiator( Spitfire I think) pressured with a Recovery system cap and a Tudor ( windscreen washer plastic bottle) as the recovery vessel. (Minute air bleed in lid.)This is original standard equipment.

Here’s the Motul data sheet for reference. ZDDP is above 1800ppm…..so what does that mean?https://azupim01.motul.com/media/motulData/DO/base/classic_performance_20w-50_en_fr_motul_20210222.pdf

I have used Penrite 20/60 for quit some time now. Purchased in 20l drum. Performance is excellent, good oil pressure even in hot climates after hard days driving. I’m going to try Motul 20/50 at the next oil change and see how that fares. ZDDP levels are good with this as well.

Andrew you answered my question :-). Cheers Iain

Are you absolutely sure that the column has been refitted without any deflection? That is often caused by the bracket under the dash putting left or right tension on the column and or the lower bolts being tightened when the column at the wheel end is too high or too low. I had a similar issue and slackened everything off including the lower box mountings to let the column run straight then very carefully adjusted the dash bracket to suit, retightened everything ……..stiffness solved. Iain

Ian, I had a similar issue with my gauge after a rebuild due to a cracked capillary tube.I tested it every which way and it still under recorded. I used IR gauge on the stat housing the rad and everywhere else you can think……the car was genuinely running cool! I then removed the bypass partial closing piece and viola al was back to normal! Just love Tr’s :-)

+1 If its blowing water out its because its over full. The base of the neck should just be wet.

Kevin as per Mathew, never done this sort of thing what are the requirements? May thanks Iain