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I've been guilty of spending too much time on eBay and at an antiques centre near Lincoln recently.

First, a heating element attachment to go with a Reece Fish carb - attempting to fit the carb itself may get its own thread if I can find or adapt a manifold.
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This has me thinking about how much it might disturb the airflow on the inside, and the efficacy and ease of making one that wraps around the outside. I gather this is likely coiled wire covered in thin copper rather than a solid plate?

Second, a relatively common Ferodo Brake Tester. I've managed 0.3g by hand, what was/is the requirement for an MOT? :lol:
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It's amazing what you can find when you're bored. Having just moved house I thought a couple of diecast models would look nice in the lounge and having bought them I found 2 large boxes of them in my garage which I'm clearing :oops:
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Don't know why site rotates picture
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It's likely that your computer automatically rotates the image and this site doesn't.

What is that measuring? Gs as well?
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No I have rotated the image and stored in portrait and landscape but the forum only displays it in landscape .
It's an old voltmeter in a wooden case, which hinges open so you can see the workings
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Have you tried the Tapley meter in your car, they were the standard brake test tool before brake roller testing, I've used them on trucks many years ago.
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Shrinking the original image makes it display in portrait :tu1:
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A lot of mot garages still have tapley meters for those 'awkward' mots. Very handy if they only have 2 brake rollers.

I once had a vw golf 4motion years ago and this has a haldex clutch, so when one set of wheels reaches a certain level of slip, 4wd kicks in. This made it dry difficult for brake test on the rollers at mot time, so they would road test it with a tapley meter as an alternative.
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