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will do cheers Rich

Nigel - they are £95 outright plus postage if required - I also have fully refurbished pulleys at £10, plus a few studs instead of the mounting bolts - can take to the Stoneleigh Restoration show on the 25th of this month if necessary Cheers Rich

Doug (?) - If it turns out you have got one of the “upgrade downgrades” pumps and want to replace it, I do have a small stock of proper EP Services reconditioned pumps which I am happy to sell on an outright basis - PM if interested. Cheers Rich C-R

I think Ralph has identified the issue - my wire wheels were OE ones which had been refurbished so I suspect there are slightly different hubs around, possibly on the repro wheels Cheers Rich C-R

I fitted some nuts without both chamfers, and when I next took the wheels off, there were very clear gouges in the the back of the wheels where the corners were in such a position, once tightened, as to be too close to the wheel back, so I changed them. Also, follow Drewmotty's advice about modifying a socket and you wont have a problem tightening them properly Cheers Rich

Brian - according to my records, that serial number ( 61711 ) relates to Mk1 & 2 Triumph 2000 Saloons built between 4/64 and 11/72. The hydraulic pressure on these was set at between 330-350. In contrast, 22/61712 was the serial number for TR4/4A built between 10/64 -4/65 and the hydraulic pressures were set at 380-400 which probably explains the difference in speed of engagement. Hope this helps Cheers Rich

The wire colours emanating from the box are consistent with overdrive loom colours, so sounds a good bet Cheers Rich

That or a very similar rubber gasket was always supplied to me, together with a paper gasket, by Dave Davies when he rebuilt the OE pumps for me, and which I passed on with any purchases. Unfortunately, he has very little, if any, OE spares left and hence is largely unable to supply further TR pumps - he did however manage to put together 2 pumps for me recently as I didn't have a spare for myself so I do have one left, if anybody is interested. Also, I'm not sure that all the rebuild kits include the oil seal in the very bottom of the pump, which might have an impact on oil leaks?? Cheers Rich

Richard Most fridges/ freezers I'm aware of have a sloping channel at the back of the fridge with a drain hole in the middle to take away water from condensation within the fridge - from the drain hole there is usually a pipe which empties the water into an open reservoir on the top of the compressor which effectively evaporates it . The drain hole often get blocked with mould and other food detritus so the channel overflows and runs down to the bottom of the fridge and onto the floor - I have to clean ours like this every so often and use a wooden kebab stick to poke down and clear it - no need to take the fridge out - may be this is your problem Cheers Rich

Peter - I would concur with your ID and comments - here is a photo of a 4A head ID on a plinth just above no 1 inlet port Cheers Rich C-R

Hamish has them on his sprinting/hillclimb TR3 - you can just see them in his recent video of his day at Loton Park Hillclimb - Cheers Rich

Alan - as one of the only three exhibitors selling TR parts in the inside main hall, it was a disappointing weekend and by early afternoon on Saturday, footfall had pretty much dried up and Sunday wasn't any better. I thought it was rather typical that the covering email which went out to explain the survey, thanked everyone involved in putting on the show except guess who, us exhibitors/sellers/call us what you will. I would like to think that we would be a major draw for attendees and indeed that's pretty much what everyone I spoke to about it said to me. Also many of the established TR specialists and traders who didn't attend quoted the high cost of attending as probably the most significant factor in their non attendance - lots of food for thought there. I'm fortunate in so far as I'm not a business and I see a show like this as a major opportunity to offload my parts so that I can retire from doing this, but at this rate I will be long dead before all my parts have found homes. I appreciate some of my OE reconditioned parts are not cheap, but in many cases I am selling at virtual cost yet it is still hard work despite everybody telling me they want quality parts. To give you a rough idea, the whole weekend cost me the best part of £1000 just to attend and that's on the basis that my loyal helpers/friends don't get paid anything other than my covering all their expenses for the weekend - if I'm facing those sort of costs, how much more do you imagine a recognised business like TR GB, TR Shop, TR Bitz would have to fund to employ and accommodate staff for not just the duration of the event but also for the prior and post set up and breakdown when those staff would otherwise be employed manning the business at home. It is also worth recognising from an exhibitors point of view that the three day event is actually, as far as I can see, a bit of a benefit as it allows the cost/effort to be spread over a longer period which would normally allow one to recover more of the overhead cost, but this only works if the different day footfalls hold up and that effectively means getting new people through the gates every day. Otherwise it fails. It is arguable that there is a good case to argue that traders should be rewarded to attend, but I can't see that happening. I suspect the "International" as we have known it for years is dead as I just don't see the enthusiasm in the club to do the work necessary to make it happen - I'm not decrying that lots of people worked hard to put the event on, but did it work - we all have our views on that depending where you stand, but something has to change and I suppose the survey will help to mould that, provided all the results are published in full. No doubt plenty to argue about ! Cheers Rich C-R

Someone told me yesterday at Shuttleworth you can get that exactly correct valve on Temu ( I think that’s what he said ) for under a fiver - I quizzed him whether that was for the inline taxi one or the right angled threaded one for our cars and he was adamant it was the latter - don’t use Temu so can’t check cheers Rich C-R

I think this date has been confirmed - it's in my diary Cheers Rich