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I did the 105speed.com Lakes Tour again last Sunday. The only problem was that, on the Saturday, I first had to go to Abingdon in Oxfordshire, a 355 mile round trip, before heading for Appelby, up near Carlisle. Including the Tour itself, that was another 268 miles. The Tour consisted of eleven 105E...

Thanks for the kind comments, guys! I haven't had much time to do things on here (or most other places) due to my own being ill, and my mother being very ill. This latter has meant that for the last couple of months my life has consisted of being briefly at home, then either at work or at the hospit...

There is an alternative, which I had on one of my Prefects (it came with the car). Measure very carefully the distance between the centres of the ball joint and bottom of the bush at the other end. Cut off the worn ball joint Have a sleeve internally tapped to the same thread as the the track rod en...

Ah, not the same thing! Is the clutch rod at the bellhousing adjusted correctly? There should be only 1/10" free movement. If so, get someone to press the clutch pedal and see how far the end of the fork moves; should be getting on for a couple of inches.

The lining has stuck to flywheel, not uncommon with a car that's been standing for some time. USUALLY it will free by putting it into first gear and turning the key; this will start the engine and cause the car to jerk forward. Keep the accelerator floored and jab the foot brake on and off repeatedl...

Did you know: It's been calculated that the production of 1 new motor vehicle produces roughly the same greenhouse gases as an average older car in reasonable tune produces in 10 years of daily use. This is actually a very good point which tends to be overlooked, even ignored and minimised. The ave...

Take a look!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... nfo-dialog

Ford valve seats and valves are pretty robust and don't burn out at the same rate as other makes when faced with unleaded.

It might be worth going for hardened seats, etc. if you're having the head done anyway, but it isn't worth taking action otherwise.

SKY, go to www.105speed.com - there's a section on there about fitting Zetecs into 105Es and much of it will transfer over to your van.

I think I'm the one for this; sounds like a 100E!

Any pictures,mate?

bigblockrik wrote:I am not sure,i had plans to hot rod it.Straight axle blown big block dodge with a 4 speed setting high in the air like the old gassers.But i hate to cut it up.? :?:

Well, there aren't that many left in the world, possibly a couple of dozen so it really would be a shame to cut into it.

A 'woody' Squire - a very rare beast, even on this side of the water!

What plans do you have for it?

As promised, meet Olive! http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n156/LMS2968/Olive.jpg She's the brass part on the right. Note that, although when new it will easily slide over the pipe, there is no brazing or soldering involved; all that holds it on is its contraction on to the pipe when the union nut ...

The connectors are known (in the UK anyway) as 'olives', cylindrical brass tubes about 1/4" - 3/8" long with an internal diameter to be a loose fit over the pipe, in this case 1/4" O/D. They have an external taper both ends and the unions into which they fit are similarly but concave ...

Exhibit B: engine number 105E 6015 (bottom left of engine block; US driver's side). http://www.enfostuff.com/forum/userpix/133_Sabra_EngineNumber105E_1.jpg To be honest, that number 105E 6015B is pretty meaningless: it's basically the part number of the engine block and they all have that on. What'...