Recent content by mikem

Just for context. Last year I had problems with the ABS and MSP warning lights coming on. A battery reset would cure the problem for a week or so until a battery reset stopped working. Took it to see Aldous at AV engineering and he fitted a new brake pedal switch and that cured the problem. That...

That is what i will go for. Many thanks.

I have a 2004, Cambiocorsa 4200 with a slight oil leak from the front engine plate. I have been told the cost of replacing the gasket would be prohibitive and to live with it. The level is now on the low mark so I would like to buy a litre of engine oil for a top up. So my question is what oil...

I also spent the first 12 years of my merchant navy career in Blue Star (deck) , small world.

I still have my sextant. In the 70s before commercial satellite navigation systems. A sextant, chronometer and a nautical almanac and I could navigate a ship across any ocean and make a port with surprising accuracy. It certainly gave you a sense of achievment using the sun and stars rather than...

Politics is show business for ugly people

Polaroid glasses.

I would like a black one please.

Tonnage of Ever Given, 219,079 tonnes. Bollard pull of average tug 70 tonnes. Where are you going to attach the dozens of tugs required. Tugs are not just sitting around waiting for ships to run aground. Don't get me started on the frantic negotiations that will be taking place between the...

Merak SS: 1 Belfry Khamsin: 1 Khamsin433 Bora: 1 Team CGR Merak: 1 Pete BiTurbo: 2 Outrun, Bonnett 2.24v Biturbo Spyder Zagato: 4 Cedfred, Needamaser, Minardirule, Marco07 Shamal: 1 Merak_SS Ghibli: 5 Simon M, JDB, spacecadet, Hurricane52, Bonnett Ghibli GT: 3 Malc, Ian Roberts, Rcw13...

Triumph Herald/Spitfire. Lift the bonnet up and you can climb in the engine bay to work.

That is what Matt at Giallo thought and is what he attempted to do but to no avail.

My exhaust manifolds rattle like an old tractor. So I thought I would have a look on eurospares to see how much replacements would be. After lifting my jaw off the floor, price wise. I also realised that the parts diagram did not look like my manifolds. According to the Eurospares diagram there...

As already mentioned it depends how far you are willing to travel. I can highly recommend Kent Auto Panels (KAP) in Folkestone for wheel refurbishment. There are a lot of places in my area advertising wheel refurbishment but it turns out they all send them to KAP and charge you extra for the...

When I changed mine, I had a heck of a job removing the old one (probably because it had never been changed for the last 16 years). However when fitting the new one it went on a treat.