Lucky Phil

We could at least catch up if you have the time. The Kent hotel in North Carlton does a good meal. Or anywhere in Lygon St obviously. Phil

Call in mate and stay here if you like we have plenty of room. Phil

Yea Mick Ballarat might give it a run but Blackheath is 1066 meters in altitude and Ballarat 435 meters and I think that has an affect with regards to "feeling" the cold. Such a nice historic town Ballarat with a lovely lake close to town, it's a shame about the weather there. Imaging being a gold miner there back in the 1800's. Phil

Yea I was thinking of a wooden clamp in the vice for the pinion drive. I'll set it up in the mill and use a 4mm end mill to cut out the staking on the old nut and replace it with a newy. Phil

Nice Mick. The Kinglake road St Andrews end is only 10 minutes from my place so I know the road pretty well. I've been along the YB quite a few times as well. It's amazing to think the YB is almost literally only a stones throw from the city centre. Sound like you need a decent holiday back home Mick Phil

How did you hold the assembly while you undid the hex nut? Phil

Just about anywhere in Australia is warmer than Blackheath in winter. Phil

I had a quick look at the one you gave me in bits and the problem is the nut pulls up against the seal inner running sleeve and the nut is a larger dia than the seal running face. You pull the whole pinion shaft, bearing and seal as a unit with the nut in place if you like. I remember you saying the easiest way to remove the nut is with an windy drill and a cutting disk.

The real problem with the input shaft seal is Pete that the pinion nut has to be removed to change it and that's a right bugger as you know. Phil

No I assumed you were just firing off a post without considering it would be misleading. Phil

Well thats totally misleading. Different rear drive unit and in your case the drain plug fell out due to poor maintenance practices. This is how rubbish gets propagated on the internet and therefore I'm highlighting it straight away. Phil

Bummer. Like I said the devil is in the details. Phil

The Centy plates wont fit Mick the gearbox is a 5 speed. Phil

No need to get one made up you just use a genuine RAM clutch. They don't crack. The issue is and the reason I asked Pete the question I did was that I suspect the reason the single platers crack is because the big steel plate that the bolts go through and clamps on the face of the flywheel has a sharp edge to it around it's circumference and thats what initiates the cracking from a stress riser it creates. When I installed mine I bevelled that edge so it didn't bit into the flywheel face when the bolts were torqued up. Possible not a case of poor flywheel material.

Is it cracked right through Pete on the front face where the big steel washer that sits under the bolt heads is?

Nice proportions on that car docc. I do actually like the look of a lot of rag tops just not the practicality of them. I saw a Nissan 350Z rag top today and I like the silhouette of it as well. I'd just never drive it with the roof down. Anyway back in the heyday of open top sports cars real men never used a rag roof, same as they never opened the door, perish the thought. A tourney cover with a driver cut out maybe but a rag roof was for BGB's.

As I've mentioned before the easiest way to fit throttle bodies and TB rubbers is to remove the inlet manifold from the head. The reason? because the TB's are set at an angle to the cylinders and the "natural" neutral tension position is only achieved when they are the correct distance front to rear from the heads. You can wrestle and grunt them around to flex the rubbers and make then fit but it's hard on the throttle bodies and their mounts. Far, far easier to simply remove the aluminium manifold straight push the manifold onto the rubbers and move the aluminium manifold forward again to align with the head surface and bolt it up. No stress no pushing and pulling. Phil

I love old steam trains but as a general comment if I was running a rail network I'd choose diesel over steam every day. Thats why steam power died out. Phil

How so? Phil

Like Pete said they were originally for a penis heater. A 2002 long frame won't have them because as we all know long frames are a girls bike. Phil

Why would you want to use rubbish like these when Guzzidiag is available for free is beyond me. Even if I already own one it would sit in the draw unused these days.

They are just cleaning and checking the injectors Mick not any form of overhaul or repairing pintle seats etc. You can buy an injector cleaner and tester for modest money these days. https://www.vxdas.com/products/summary-powerjet-pro-240-injector?variant=40017283055698&country=US&currency=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&srsltid=AfmBOooZngAvyEqacU2Okplm1rpjn46UZodv0bEw-bTpZ7kwkHftHHOma0k

You can't recondition injectors these days you just clean them and check them for leaking and their flow rate and replace the o rings if needs be. Just as cheap to buy new aftermarket ones. If you buy cheap Chinese copies buy 5 or 6 and test them for flow rate and match them up as best you can and use as matched pairs. They tend to vary a bit in flow rate. You can clean injectors yourself by simply running them in a small ultrasonic jewellery cleaner with 5 volts connected to the injector to hold it open. Phil

Forgot to mention you can disassemble the electronic fuel tap as well to clean it if needs be. Phil