Jim Christie

Nothing wrong with Jamieson - perfectly acceptable 👍

Next time we happen to be in the same city, we ought to have a drink! 😊

How do you feel about whisky?

My son found The Maypole at the junction of Park Street and Portugal Place - pretty much directly between Jesus Green and Round Church - was a decent real ale pub while he was there.

I only went there with him the once - the day he graduated - but I'd be inclined to agree with him TBQH 👍

Forget Norway...

I sampled Weeble's spoof Kenya publicity flashlet as my ringtone.

Had it set as that for *years*

And donkey jackets?

I'm in.

+1 for Peter James 👍

🤔 I've heard the Black Diamond name on-and-off for years but haven't ever used any of their stuff - would you share some thoughts on their stuff when you've fitted it? 👍

Got a set of Goodridge hoses to go on the Triumph, but am having trouble getting the old flexies undone. May have to pay a man! 🤣

"What do you mean by 'This one'?"

These were comparable in cost to the ECP-supplied Brembo discs too. I considered that a little win at the time, and haven't really looked back at it any other way either - they've lasted far better than any previous set of Brembos did 😊

Hope you get yours sorted just as easily 👍

When I did mine, I moved away from OE Brembo discs supplied by ECP as I heard they were manufacturing them under license and the quality wasn't great - which seemed believable given own experiences.

Grooved/drilled items from MTEC went on instead. Saw improvements in both perfmnce and reliability 👍

My Alfa used to routinely warp front discs seemingly for fun.

It drove me mad as there was no measurable runout on mounting surfaces, everything was clean when fitted - I got fed up of changing them so ignored it till a bearing failed.

New wheel bearings and a set of discs later, issue solved 👍

Sadly speaking from experience. That was Mrs C's response when I had to do a similar job some months ago.

"Stay right there, you. I'll be right back..."

[ Mrs B goes to find a pressure washer ]

😬 Yep, *unintentionally* steam-cleaning it on the move is generally sub-optimal.

Hope the fix is straightforward 👍

Happy anniversary!

😳 Oh no!

[ I'm coming to this a bit late as I'm on holiday - that's definitely less-than-optimal but I'm glad you're OK ]

Photo showing the reassembled plenum, with stainless steel straps helping secure it to the intake manifold

Photo showing the completed engine bay from above following conversion to megasquirt electronic fuel injection. In the bottom LH corner, we see the fuse box on the inner wing, and a single throttle body adjacent to that. Left of centre shows the plenum and inlets, with injectors and fuel rail above. Right of centre shows the coilpack, immediately behind the alternator.

That's better! Plenum reassembled, stainless straps fitted and the engine run up to operating temperature.

Other than mapping, the practical conversion work is done 👍 😊

#triumph #conversion #megasquirt #diyefi #weirdcarbs #classiccarbs #carbluesky

The wood, by the way, is structural - until the tiger seal cures.

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Another attempt at securing the plenum on the #Triumph

2 x M6 eye bolts adapted to fit the manifold, the plenum end of the rubber connectors secured with a smear of tiger seal, and the whole lot held firmly by stainless ties around the plenum and through the eye bolts.

#weirdcarbs #classiccarbs

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E ripetere 👍

So relatable, and I'm not quite 50 yet... 🤣

[ September ]

una macchina bianca e pulita è davvero una macchina molto buona👍

That's OK. Chris and I will come to you... 🤣👍

[ Sets Teams status to "Driving" ]

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I'm hearing a lot of stories like this in the classic community lately - all around the higher ethanol content in fuel than the original seals were designed for being to blame 🙁

Viton replacements - if you can find them - will help with ethanol resistance 👍

I'm off to Grimsthorpe this week - does this count?

[ Full disclosure: I'm going clay shooting at the back of the estate, nothing to do with cars ]

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...and a red one made three

[ Photo pinched from Jon's Instagram feed ]

More pics from today - with added Matra for @grandthriftauto.bsky.social 👍

[ ... and the ex-Ford press Consul GT that was Reagan's squad car in The Sweeny. Get yer trousers on, son, yer nicked etc. etc. ]