Well done Paul - I'm getting the camera out and charging up the battery ready for the next car Rally at the airshow at Kemble airfield. Let's getting ...
Hi All, I've only had my Whitley for around a year so I'm still on a steep learning curve, You'll have to bear with me if if this seems to be a silly question,...
HI RAY Only the very late 18HP vehicles have solid tappets, ASM were forced with other manufactures to change as the supply from Lockheed stoped almost without...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Jun 1, 2007 4:56 pm
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Hi Penn, Thank you for that, It's starting to become clearer to me now, Would you happen to know if the tappet filter, hydraulic pipes etc were left in situ...
Evening Penn I had this quandry about whether or not to disconnect and blank the oil gallery after converting from hydraulic to solid tappet conversion. I...
Hello Paul I have checked it out, and rated it 5 stars too. You are the first!! seems to me that it is an ideal place to put a video library of car clips, I...
HI IAN I will be interested to learn how well you like the solid tappets, they are certainly not loved by me. I have never fitted a set and would never do so ,...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Jun 2, 2007 12:21 am
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HI RAY If the solid tappets were installed by ASM then the traces of the hydraulic set up were never installed, just how much of the block was altered I don't ...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Jun 2, 2007 12:24 am
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Morning Penn I haven`t had a problem with the solid tappets both engines run well and to be honest I would have to have a look to tell which of them has the...
HI IAN You raise very valid points, I had never thought of anyone using anything from the hydraulic set, I was assuming that people were talking about a full ...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Jun 2, 2007 7:13 pm
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Evening Penn The engine I have without a hydraulic tappet filter is engine number E1812528 I gave you the wrong number. Sorry about that read the wrong sheet....
HI IAN I am certain that the solid tappet kit had all new cam followers as well as tappet containing blocks. Some where in the depths of my memory I seem to ...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Jun 3, 2007 5:37 am
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Hi all, Latest installment of questions on my running restorations! 1955 Sapphire 346: poor starting and running is now fixed (ignition system overhauled)...
Hi Frank, Temp gauge had climbed into the H segment of the dial before tests began and stayed there throughout, moving steadily up to the top of its reading...
Hello Richard, From what you say it seems fair to say that your sensor/guage combination has gone away from the truth. I reccommend that you get another....
Many thanks! ... From: Frank Cooke To: Siddeley@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [Siddeley] 346 Sapphire temperatures and...
Hi Not a clue (I've not had the car long). If the sensor is the bit on top of the housing the top hose goes into on the front of the engine (it has wires...
..if in doubt ask the experts.... Fellow Star owner here in Germany (Harald Heinrici: 330209) is looking for a replacement Brake Fluid Reservoir (EN 66873 in...
Gary, Harald, I took a Brake Fluid reservoir off the old 346 Mk.1 that I dismantled. Not a very interesting piece, but I am willing to ship it if it matches. I...
Gio Wiederhold
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Jun 6, 2007 11:46 pm
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HI RICHARD Sorry to have been away for 3 days, so can only now answer your Sapphire questions, It sounds on the surface that you probably have a gauge problem,...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Jun 7, 2007 2:23 am
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HI GARY Nice to hear from you again, I do hope all is well with you and Karin, health wise. The fluid tank on the early stars is the same as the 346 and 16/18...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Jun 7, 2007 2:23 am
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HI RICHARD Now I have read the other emails and your later ones I can see your car is a Mark 2, in view of the paint on the housings it sound as though they...
Robert Penn Bradly
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Jun 7, 2007 2:25 am
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Hi Penn, Chassis number is 344771, sensor is definitely sitting in the thermostat/pump housing area rather than the header tank. Between myself and our local...
Hi all, Next installment(!) Horribly assembled, blowy and (bizarrely) silicone sealed exhaust on my 1955 346 Sapphire (C344771-see Penn, I remembered this...
Richard, I got a set of new parts from the ASOC stores earlier this year, and plan to replace the rotted out, but likely original, pipes on my Mark1 (C340261) ...
Gio Wiederhold
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Jun 7, 2007 4:20 pm
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Hi That would be excellent! Many Thanks Richard ... From: Gio Wiederhold To: Siddeley@yahoogroups.com Cc: JohnW Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 5:15 PM Subject:...
Hi, I have had a few enquiries about recently published articles regarding the use of K & N air filter elements. Apparently the reference number of the element...
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