He hasn't steered me wrong yet... It is such a blessing to have y'all to confirm what he tells me, though...It is going to be expensive enough to restore my Precious, without me blowing money on something and then it get here, I find that it is not what I needed at all....JOWETTJAVELIN wrote:Jim sounds like he knows his stuff, and he is right about wing-mirrors being fitted as extras.
You are obviously a whiz at this!IaininTenbury wrote: Also being a '59 car I'd expectthe key number to be FP and three numbers. It should be stamped on the face of the ignition switch (they were hot on security in 1959!)so easy enough to read it off and order a new one from one of the specialists.
Keith took a flashlight out, looked on the face of the ignition switch and found FP 642! Thanks a bunch! 
I hate to seem dim, but I am not clear on what you just said there...bmcecosse wrote:There is a tiny little slide switch under the dash - which switches the speedo illumination on/off - with the sidelights of course.
) Is the choke switch supposed to stay out when you pull it out to choke it, or is it supposed to require that you hold it out? I thought it would be a pull out-stay out sort of situation.... then you could push it back in a bit, then a bit more, etc until it is no longer necessary for it to be "choked" but mine has to be held out... My husband looked and said it has a spring on it... There is nothing like that on my floorboard, that I can findchesney wrote:It's generally on a push switch operated by foot to the left of the accelerator pedal on UK (non export) models. I don't know about LHD export models, but my Jeep (LHD) had the dimmer on the left as well, so worth looking to the left of the accelerator pedal.
... and mine is still "British"...drivers side is right side.... I tried to turn it clockwise and nothing doing...lambrettalad wrote:Some need to be twisted a little after the pull to make it stay out ,try it and see
ASL642 wrote:^^^^as above pull choke switch out and twist clockwise. This usually locks it in position.
I will tell my husband about twisting and clamping it at the carb end...and then if THAT doesn't work, I DO happen to have a good supply of wooden clothes-pins laid in, so.... yeah, if all else fails, that ought to get it!mike.perry wrote:Earlier choke knobs were on a ratchet so they should stay out. On the later choke knobs you need to twist the end of the cable as you clamp it at the carb end. You then pull the choke control out and twist and release for it to return.
The alternative method is to use a wooden clothes peg to hold it out, the peg is then clipped to the stem of the rear view mirror
