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Benny Hill version: https://filmboards.com/t/Benny-Hill/The-Rapist-3351513/

Peter, I'm sure I once read somewhere that if the hammer head gets mashed about too much that you can easily melt it down and re-cast it. OK, you need a mould, but I would have thought that making one out of something like oak would work. I think the metal melts at 250 degrees or thereabouts. It might scorch a bit, but you are not going to use it that much anyway. Charlie

Dave is correct - the top fulcrum mounting should be the other way round for the IRS cars - as shown that would be correct for the earlier TR4s. Common mistake which will cause chaos with your suspension settings! Easy enough to swap around at this point. Cheers Rich C-R

Reminds me of the late Ian Dury.....and "Tricky Dicky from Billericay".

Jim Can't help with current whereabouts but I bought your TR6 from Racetorations when it was in its JPS Black and Gold colours I then had it resprayed French Blue and it looked very nice too I then sold it to TRGB....they may have details of the next buyer but this would be some 30+ years ago! Hope this helps Regards, Nick

All sorted, ordered from racetorations and nuts etc from motoclan

Would this be from a 2500 sedan?

Peter, I’m not 100% sure, but I think that top fulcrum on the front suspension turret might be on the wrong way round. Check before going much further. Dave McD

Yes I was hoping to undo the clamps and moving it forward would be enough.

We moved away from the crowded South East and it was the best thing we ever did! A little tip when moving is to rent a lock-up for all the garage/shed/loft stuff to give yourself breathing space, then go through it all once you have settled in to the new place George

Had a good spirited run out at the weekend (well 30 miles or so) and pleased to say the catch can did exactly what it’s designed to do. A small amount of water in the bottom of the catch can. Interesting to see that there’s pretty much no oil in there, which shows how the hoses are doing a good job of holding anny oil on their internal surface and allowing it to drain back. I would imagine that a lot of the vapour comes from cold cranking, so wouldn’t envisage a direct correlation between miles and volume of water. It took less than a minute to undo the 4 bolts and remove the stainless wool, so a simple and effective way to check the levels.

Me too always works and you can now add info like roadworks, congestion and police like waze

The sale is being handled by Alan Gibb who is well known in Swallow circles having owned a couple of Dorettis for over 40 years. Unfortunately Alan is old school and doesn't do IT although he loves to to talk on the phone, he has promised pictures but not sure when. Cheers Richard

Hi all and thanks for call Waldi I had to go back to the original piston, but used the gaskets and clips and nipples off new one. I could see the thread inside the new one was messy so tried cleaned up old one and leak has stopped. i am though concerned on the pipe and nipple - so will order some new ones but can’t use a uk supplier as taxes etc to Dane land will make it too costly so may look at making myself Thanks for help all ! Amazing support !

Well I put my order in, having read what people has said about this mod, I had to have pink

Just looking at the cross shafts, any recommendations where to buy these and the bearings from? Looking in Moss et all the end does not seem to have a groove cut into it like the original for the bolt to locate it. Moss do do a greaseable cross shaft which seems to have this feature though.

We've used Waze for a number of years and generally it's been good, but recently there have been a couple of instances where it didn't know about (major) road closures. I wonder if people have moved on to other providers and so it doesn't get user updates as much as before.

Thanks Chris , will check tomorrow. Just wanted to do something shiny and new ll it has been so far is dismantle and break

I would have thought the kit suppliers would have selected the most appropriate struts for the job - and having seen in real life the ease and dampened effect of both opening and closing of a bonnet & boot fitted with these find it impossible to believe that you’d ever leave a ‘hand sized dent’ in the panel even with numerous opening and closings as it doesn’t need any excess force either way-surely a sign that the strut specification matches the need requirements for the purpose pretty well. Your far more likely to leave a hand indent on your bonnet from having to push it down to lock the locating pin/spring in place.

I have a small (6-8ozs) lead antimony hammer from the original Triumph hammer supplier that I use for ‘tapping in’ work on the mill. I dread the day it wears out.

I tried Waze but gave up on it when it gave me bum steer on the way to the Revival and then an even worse route home. I now use Google maps and find it works well. Rgds Ian

Hi Jase when l fitted a narrow belt conversion l had to enlarge shaft hole on the pulley slightly to get it to go fully home Chris

I just use Google maps. Pete