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You need to remove the metal dome shape to gain access to the pin that holds the barrel in. It's tricky to remove and reuse but it can be done

Update. I ended up with another oil and filter changed which returned the pressure back to the lower levels. I am not clear why, but it was possibly due to a change in oil manufacturer used.

I had this issue for years and tried many if not all of the suggestions. I eventually solved mine by getting the flywheel refaced.

The pressure was around 75 on start up and settled down to 70 ISH when warm when under power. It's a recently rebuilt engine. It stays high as I have seen before ona freshly built engine

My plan is to change oil and filter again to different make of 20/50 oil

I have just changed the oil on a 1098 engine (20/50) and I now have a much higher pressure. This is measured on the installed smiths gauge that was untouched and now reads over 80psi on start up..What are the consequences of too high pressure? I have changed makes of oil so this is almost certainly ...

I find the issue is the straps they sell and used originally. These age and stretch. I have replaced mine with normal webbing using the metal clips from the old metal clips. I did this 20 or so years ago and have no issues. You can prize open the metal clips and reuse them in webbing strips cut to l...

Have you/are you able to do a compression test?

If one is low it might be worth investigating the top end first

There is one advertised on eBay at present for a Traveller

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/296314951298 ... media=COPY

Did you change the needle in the carb to suit the pcv valve? My understanding is you are likely to require a leaner needle over the operating range with a pcv? I am still experimenting but found my van was better once I changed the needle post pcv valve being fitted.

Have you checked the clutch relay shaft bearings? The bearings fail in then ends and you slowly loose the clutch as thr pivot point drifts forwards.

On my 63 4 door I have small flashing white lights with side. I have replaced the bulbs for led ones. This has enabled me to keep white side lights, but have orange flashers in the same location . When the side lights are on and you turn the flashers on the white side light goes off and you get an o...

I found fitting one to a standard 1098 made a noticible difference to the smoothness of the engine.

I have fitted the mini element to a standard minor box. The nlet/outlet were in a different position so I had to drill thr case. It's not too dificuilt to do. Not sure how much difference it makes as I have only ever had the heater with this element, but the heater works well in my van. I up sized a...

The heater control valve is often at fault. The fail closed and prevent water circulating around the heater circuit. You can see if this is the issue by holding the water pipes that feed and return from the heater at the back of the engine bay when thr car is hot.

The valve could just be closed too

Just to add to my earlier comments my pump run fast and did not prime. As suggested above this could be an air leak but in my case I think it was the valves not sealing while dry. Once sprayed with oil the system primed and I have never had to repeat the procedure This is for priming a rebuilt dry s...

Before you do anything to drastic I have found the valves don't always seal in the pump when dry. This is probably really bad practice but last time this happened to me I took the flexi fuel hose off and squirted some wd40 into the pump. The system primed immediately after this. I am sure others may...

As above I would take it off and clean up thr contacts. It's Lilley to be 50 years of accumulated dirt making thr connections poor.

I would recommended swapping thr bulb out for a Led version. These are much much brighter than the original and use less current and produce less heat.

Assuming you have standard leds and no thr ballast type you will need to change the flasher unit in the hazards. If its the same as mine you will need a 2 polen electdonoc unit which I was able to fit in the same place as the original. This was pretty cheap I recall. £3 is from ebay a few years ago

Did you have a look at the pipe from the tank to the fillercap? I have heard of them breaking up espeiaciallg if its an original as suggested above

The van springs are different to traveller springs and are not interchangeable as far as I know