Mechanoid

I was thinking on an Early Bay exhaust. I suppose you would have to weld an 18mm socket onto the bottom of the silencer, (muffler). That...

Usually in the collector, but the vintage speed exhaust has them on the ends of the muffler, or there is a bolt on tailpipe mount for...

Interesting! Where in the exhaust system did you install the O2 sensor? I assume it is in the silencer unit?

i have the innovate LM2 , it is invaluable for getting the jetting of your carburetors into the correct range. Most people are driving...

Apologies! Miss-read what you typed, Other than that what I said is correct.

No, no, no, actually I said that all vans had. ‘ Pedal Pans ‘ originally but I still don’t know if that’s 100% accurate and I said...

Copper is not a good idea. It can work harden with vibration and crack. Stainless is better but can also crack after a prolonged period.

Not strictly true! Mine has never had belly pans! Only the front pan under the pedals! Oh! just to say that mine is a tin top so maybe...

No, that's fine! "You do you", as they say! :)

If it works for you, great. I hope you get many more years happy motoring out of it. I don't want to go all Matt Hancock on you but...

Well, all I can say in answer to that is my 1600sp has been running on SAE 30 and latterly on 5 w 30 since 1983 with no problems.

Why! Why give your cat caviar when it is quite happy with kitty kat!

If he had the engine on a stand and the fuel on the floor then the pump probably can't lift the fuel that high. The beetle fuel tank in...

If the above doesn't sort it, drain the petrol from the carb float bowl. It may have water in the bottom of it and gets picked up when...

One other thing that can cause the nuts to loosen is, tightening the nut up onto a painted surface. If you have been keen and painted...