Poor copy of wheeler dealers imho.

Not driven the x for a while, it’s been sorn’d but the great weather yesterday and today meant I had to tax it and go for a drive. Took a bit of cranking to get it going but it ran well and felt good especially with the roof off. I’m going to move the x on if I can this year as the my GTV6 *should* ...

Yup great project Lou! Did you get my PM?

Oh go on then, I’ll take it!

Had a positive chat with the garage and a plan is in place. They are aiming to get the car back to me by Christmas which is sooner than I expected. In fact it causes me a few issues as I have nowhere to keep it at the moment! The time scale will no doubt slip but it’s a positive step forward. There ...

Crikey time does fly. Short update. Not much has happened since my last post above, I talk every three months or so to the garage and knew they where suffering from too much work but things are in danger of getting out of control. The guy who was working on my car has left the company so they have m...

Keep up the good work Kev! A little incentive: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/top ... &t=1778143

2 ensures both carbs butterflies are opening at the same time, 1 is the idle speed adjustment set on both carbs. You need the balance flow meter to ensue both carbs are drawing the same flow when adjusting it. And the same flow meter to adjust the bypass screw so the individual chokes on each carb f...

A friend just pointed this out to me: “The majority of unleaded 95 Octane petrol sold in the UK contains up to 5% ethanol as required under the Government’s Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO). There is currently no requirement for renewable fuel (such as ethanol) to be present in super unle...

As far as I understand paraffin will break down over time and absorb water so i believe it won’t have any affect on the water absorption of ethanol. The recommendation is not to store paraffin for long periods in ‘open’ containers...same as the articles saying don’t leave E5/10 petrol in your tank f...

I posted this up on the x19 owners club as I found it interesting and educational, hope you guys will also like it! Acknowledgement to Paul Ireland of the MG T-Type club ( ttypes.org/ttt2/ ) for these excellent articles on classic engines and modern fuels. Whilst the test subject revolves around the...

I’ve not done a lot recently other than drive the X, but I have treated it to a new steering wheel! Fitted an earlier design from around 1982/84, much the same as the 70s cars. Amazing how much better it is than the none dished factory fitted item it came with. The car will have to live on the drive...

+1. It really is inspirational stuff, I wish I had the skill...

It’s nuts and I’m not sure sustainable. I bought an x19 earlier this year and have been monitoring prices, some prices that are being asked are just not realistic even for basket cases. Cars hanging around for months on end indicating the asking price is simply too high...the market will ultimately ...

Not so much a tip but ingenious if you want to measure wheel camber: http://www.andrewc.org.uk/tvrgit/nov09.html#d27

Found this link on an X1/9 forum, road test between TR7, X1/9, Sud Sprint and Lancia

https://www.flickr.com/photos/triggersc ... 449446066/

Fascinating seeing this slowly come together. Great skill.

Cheers! I now have a working heater fan yay! The switch had failed and presented yet another tricky job to replace it. Once I had worked out how to remove the heater knobs it was straight forward if somewhat limited on space, anyone with big mits would struggle. Located on the left the screws holdin...

Not much progress recently but I have managed to underseal the rear wheel arches after dry brushing out the remaining muck. https://s25.postimg.cc/t1wgvaw6n/1_B46_FCA0-_EF6_F-4_D37-90_FC-0_CC0_F62702_F1.jpg Still have the rear wishbone bushes to replace and that should be the last thing mechanically...

Just a thought, I’m probably way off base here but are the sud calipers compatible with DOT5? Would you be better off with DOT4/5.1?

Looks like a Lancia Lambda to me? The V4 was obviously a bit too much of a give away! Indeed a Lancia Lambda! https://s25.postimg.cc/6gkyufbjj/D8497443-_D470-4_FC0-_BF50-_E402_FB28_EAA3.jpg https://s25.postimg.cc/ow5frthy7/52499_E8_C-_B547-4548-96_ED-_B76_BD0_A46_CF8.jpg I shall be more cryptic fro...

No not a Lagonda, one more then reveal.....it has a V4 engine....

Ok another....

I’ll have to eat my own hat, the holes where in the right place after all. I just needed to fit the cross member and mount loosely and twist the mount a touch so as the holes lined up! With all the bolts in place I just needed to tighten everything up. Sag is less on the new mount and clearances bet...

Got the wheel alignment done on the X a few weekends ago. As expected the front toe was out but so was the rear. The rear is adjustable but thirty years of rust and muck meant a bit of effort was needed to loosen things off a bit! https://s25.postimg.cc/8us675bbj/85_ACDDFC-0819-4_D9_F-_B852-_EB4_DE9...

I wouldn’t mind going, don’t think I’ve every been before...

Ouch! How was that resolved with the owner? Second new gaitor now fitted, thank fully. Another tricky job! Trying to get it back on when covered in oil was like trying to straighten a slippery eel LOL! Once it went on I tie wrapped one end leaving the outer end open so I could just get the nozzle of...

I’m a huge OMD fan, followed them since they started back in the late 70’s. Seen them a couple of times over the last few years in the RoundHouse Camden. Some of our friends are also huge fans and are going up to Glasgow just to see them! The History of Modern was their come back/reform album, they’...

Question of the day: when fitting new steering gaitor do you lubricate the inside before fitting? The correct answer to that is yes you should. Why? Well, when you have cleaned the steering arm and fitted the new rubber gaitor securing it tightly with a tie wrap to ensure it doesn’t leak you create ...