SO what did you you do with your Stag today?

[1959terry]

Got to do the same job - well nearly as I will renew the cable for the heater valve - slide lever from hot to cold sticks / stops mid way so disconnected at heater valve cable to keep my feet from roasting.

I was going to pull out the centre console including the radio to unscrew the lever unit - so is it possible via ashtray to renew the cable complete.

Neil

Neil, i did not remove the centre console however i did undo it and pull it backwards about 3 inches. To do this i had to remove the radio and ashtray as well. This enables me to get my hand through the console and ashtray opening and then place the clip in place. The first time i did it I only had movement from cold to mid point so i had to remove the clip again, push the lever to full heat and then re-secure the clip.
All works now, happy days. Good luck

[Escape]

Yesterday I wanted to take our Stag out for a testdrive, thinking I got the fuel pump to run again after it failed last week. Didn't even make it off the drive... Spent the rest of the day fixing a customers Land Rover Discovery that broke down just as they set of for a holiday across Europe. :-( The LR got fixed, they were on there way and today I found time to take the fuel pump apart again and reset the points. Initial tests were good, but when I tried to start, nothing. Checked again, reattached the earth (maybe it worked lose during install but more likely I simply forgot) and she came alive. :-)
I took the same route as last week, she performed flawlessly. Still a shame I couldn't get it sorted straight away last week, it's even more fun cruising with a group of other classics. The Stag always attracts attention, even in a sorry state bodywise like ours still is.
For information, I suspected loss in the wiring, so I decided to rewire the fuel pump via the ignition relay and the wiring for the overdrive (our current Stag is an automatic, so that fuse is unused). That got more volts to the pump, but I still needed to adjust the rocker mechanism to get it to run reliably.

[LAMBRETTLAD]

Took a 150 mile round trip to the Stoney Stratford car show ,bit chilly at first then red hot ,but engine kept it's cool even in very slow traffic , plus motorway stop start

[Guest]

Stratford upon Avon today, cold to start with then warmed up by 12.00. Slow cruise back home through the Warwickshire/Worcestershire country side.

[robbo]

Balanced my carbs.

[Stagdad]

Just gave it a right good spanking

[Guest]

Just gave it a right good spanking

What about the Stag

[Stagdad]

Easy

[thebadleys]

Took the car for a drive after fitting new drivers seat cushion and squab foams as well as new covers, running well, sat a lot higher but nice and firm.

After 12 miles lost all coolant, hose blown off steel pipe from radiator, had to call the wife out with tools and water as Carol Nash Recovery could not attend for 4 hours !!!! very busy ?

10 mins to refit hose and remove thermostat in case it was stuck, test that tomorrow, this is good news, why ? I'd rather it happened now than in a few weeks when we're off to France.

Nigel

[Rubce]

Removed the distributor so that I could gain access to the knackered vac unit.

Bruce

[Richard G]

Went to Coventry Motofest yesterday and made contact with the original owner of the car. He confessed to having crashed the car into a ditch and ending up with the car on its roof................

[Hughesy]

Fitted tubular manifolds over the weekend. What a pig of a job especially the drivers side! Engine mount released, steering rack released, engine jacked up and then the biggest fiddle of your life to get the bolts in and done up! Most of the time was spent working what to remove next. At one point I removed the oil pump to get them to fit but then could not get the pump back in. So anyone doing this in the future go straight for the mount and rack release then significant engine jack up. Craig

[mole42]

Went to Coventry Motofest yesterday and made contact with the original owner of the car. He confessed to having crashed the car into a ditch and ending up with the car on its roof................

Well at least we know the roll-bar works!

[DJT]

Fitted tubular manifolds over the weekend. What a pig of a job especially the drivers side! Engine mount released, steering rack released, engine jacked up and then the biggest fiddle of your life to get the bolts in and done up! Most of the time was spent working what to remove next. At one point I removed the oil pump to get them to fit but then could not get the pump back in. So anyone doing this in the future go straight for the mount and rack release then significant engine jack up. Craig

I know your pain, Craig. I had to replace the gaskets on the RH manifold last week. The oil pump will go in with the manifold in place, but you have to remove the distributor to release the hex drive shaft. The pump has to go back in place with one of the bolts inserted too, as you can't get the bolt in afterwards. The only manifold bolt I really had a problem with was the lower rear one.

[Paul Roberts]

Started fitting my new, Vietnamese, stainless bumpers tonight. Jolly shiny they are too.

Took just five days from factory to doorstep delivery. Most impressed.

Slightly odd set of fastenings came with them but, if that's the only challenge, I'm sure I'll get over it.

Once sorted I hope to add my new spokey wheels as well; also very shiny.

Oh yer, and fix the fuel gauge. Not a shiny job that though.... .