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After an amount of colourful language - due to the seized nut and seemingly fused old split pin - I was able to get everything installed. I’m a little bit concerned as the bushes don’t look that compressed, especially compared to others I’ve seen. IMG_3603.jpeg IMG_3605.jpeg Also, picture of my new ...

Thanks all. Appreciate everyone’s input as ever. Sadly when I got to the other side there was at least a split pin but the castle nut was rock solid 🥲 Nothing’s ever simple. The broken pin/rust theory sounds pretty plausible. It’s annoying it was left like that, though. Anyway, I’ve ordered some 3/...

Use the search facility for posts containing "tie bar bush" by "philthehill" for some very good advice. Summarised as: Fit the SuperFlex bush to the front of the tie bar mount bracket and a rubber bush to the rear of the tie bar mount bracket. This combination of bushes and loca...

Thanks all. Appreciate everyone’s input as ever. Sadly when I got to the other side there was at least a split pin but the castle nut was rock solid 🥲 Nothing’s ever simple. The broken pin/rust theory sounds pretty plausible. It’s annoying it was left like that, though. Anyway, I’ve ordered some 3/8...

Thank you the replies (and for looking!). I have a castle nut and no hole. I’m guessing maybe someone’s swapped out a nyloc one for a castle one at some point. Looks like it’s been that way a while. The poly bushes go on fine (mine are green, so maybe not the super firm one) and I’ve been able to ti...

Hello, forgive me if I’m being stupid…

I’ve today gone to change my tie bar bushes out to poly ones… I was expecting the castle nut to have a pin through it… but it doesn’t and there’s no hole to receive one either. Have I misunderstood how this should work?

TYIA,
James

Without getting all technical and going into Ohms Law, what happens if there is a 'high resistance' in a circuit which shouldn't be there? The effect it has is dependant on how much current (amps) is going through it. When that high resistance is at a point that is common to several circuits, in th...

I have a 3D printed one and whilst it’s not perfect it’s much better than the crumbling original.

This one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/157412872451 ... Sw5hFntFyM

It looks very similar to the Dorset one!

To add some more information, if I push the solenoid button the engine turns over so there’s plenty of juice in the battery. Ok good. Is the contact clean and secure from the solenoid to the brown wire? The brown wire goes from the solenoid to terminal A of the RB106 control box so check there as w...

To add some more information, if I push the solenoid button the engine turns over so there’s plenty of juice in the battery.

Clean the battery terminal posts and terminal clamps. Replace, tighten, try again. Stephen I did wonder about this, but I have other lights that work (the interior light). I also have a new circuit that runs from my solenoid which powers my hazards, and they’re working fine so I’m assuming I have d...

Clean the battery terminal posts and terminal clamps. Replace, tighten, try again. Stephen I did wonder about this, but I have other lights that work (the interior light). I also have a new circuit that runs from my solenoid which powers my hazards, and they’re working fine so I’m assuming I have d...

Hello, I took my Morris for a little run out today and as I got home I flicked the headlights on and the entire car just died. My interior light turns on, but weirdly goes off when I try and switch the lights, turn the ignition or try to sound the horn… :-? Does this sound like anything you’ve come ...

Yes, the power to the stalk is connected across one side of the switch and the power from the new flasher is connected across the other side so when the hazard flasher is on the stalk no longer flashes or does anything at all. Something like this then, just for the benefit of anyone reading this wh...

On a hazard kit the supply to the indicator switch is interrupted when hazards are active.when hazard switch off no interconnection between L+R indicator circuit. But he hasn't used a kit, he's built his own. I fitted a 1970s Hazard Switch to mine, they didn't have the added function of the 'Indica...

Common mistake. if you haven't followed the paths in both directions. I'm assuming it's your own design, from the way you described it. Don't forget, the regulations required a way for you to know the difference between the Indicators and the Hazards being used. So you need a separate warning lamp....

Hello all :D I’ve just fitted a hazard warning kit to my car. The setup is a new flasher unit fed from a permanent live, which goes to a DPDT switch. With the switch off, the indicator stalk is connected as normal. With the switch on, the hazard flasher output is connected to both the left and right...

svenedin wrote: ↑Wed Apr 23, 2025 8:05 am Well done. There’s no great torque required on the thermostat studs. They often leak where the stud screws into the head so some thread sealant is a good idea anyway.

Stephen

Thank you. That's all reassuring!

Hello again :) I was able to tap the stud hole reasonably successfully. It seems a bit looser than the others. I suspect in the process of drilling out the stud I’ve taken the tops of the threads off (if that makes sense?). I can however do up the stud tight so hopefully it’s okay. I guess there’s a...

Yes but you need to be careful otherwise you could end up with no thread or a double thread. As I said above if you can see a thread to use as a start for the tap so much the better. You could if you wanted to put a repair thread (helicoil) insert into the hole. You will need a special size drill a...