Seriously though you should be very careful of posting your life story on any social media, identity fraud is worldwide and we see it happen time and time again. For me I would have though the car would be much safer left where it was where your friends on the complex could have kept an eye on it for you. Still as you say my opinion is my opinion.
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If that's what I have to do to get you over to UK, I will take itOriginally posted by Staggard View PostI'll supply the rubber gloves
Just don't say where your car is.Comment
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I always give her a nice wash off and towel her down so she is nice and dry then bring her indoors and take her upstairs and put her to bed and tuck her up so she is nice and warm and waiting for me when I get back homeOriginally posted by KOY 23 View PostIf that's what I have to do to get you over to UK, I will take it
Just don't say where your car is.
OH the car 
I just leave it in the road and take the number plates off the dustman comes around twice a week 
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Thanks again Keith for helping to fit the hardtop this evening. Its getting cold outside as when I came put the GT6 back into the workshop I discovered the windscreen had frozen over after only the 30 minutes we took to do the Stag! Plus the roads are icy as the Stag back end was twitching when I dabbed the throttle along our road on the way home.
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Fitted the dash back in today would have been quicker if I'd known what I learnt subsequently:-
Don't do the top 2 studs / nuts first.
Remove the centre air vent.
Offer up the dash.
Fit short side (inner) dash to body bolts.
Swing dash up to engage upper studs with body brackets & tighten nuts.....refit centre-vent....leave long side bolts till last.
Its possible to watch the stud/bracket engagement through the windscreen to ensure they lap over correctly.
Not trying the above in the first place made for a struggle trying to get the side bolts in.
Was able to test heater fan.....seems more like how I remember it from years ago
The whole heater rebuild was a bit of a faff to do really.
Centre console & electrics tomorrow all being well.
Very restricted access in the garage, very cold & I'm not as flexible as I once was
still, there always a drop to get warm again with .
Next item will be the 3rd set of float needle valves this year....if I get that far before the 31st. (they keep sticking)
Oh & yesterday I fitted new cable inners to the choke cable as the ends were getting slightly frayed.Last edited by jbuckl; 30 December 2016, 01:06.Comment
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Mabel is a white 1972 Mk1½, TV8, Mo/d.Comment
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I'm going to have to give her a very severe talking to after coming in as dirty as this....
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Mabel is a white 1972 Mk1½, TV8, Mo/d.Comment
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Originally posted by jbuckl View PostFitted the dash back in today would have been quicker if I'd known what I learnt subsequently:-
Don't do the top 2 studs / nuts first.
Remove the centre air vent.
Offer up the dash.
Fit short side (inner) dash to body bolts.
Swing dash up to engage upper studs with body brackets & tighten nuts.....refit centre-vent....leave long side bolts till last.
Its possible to watch the stud/bracket engagement through the windscreen to ensure they lap over correctly.
Not trying the above in the first place made for a struggle trying to get the side bolts in.
Was able to test heater fan.....seems more like how I remember it from years ago
The whole heater rebuild was a bit of a faff to do really.
Centre console & electrics tomorrow all being well.
Very restricted access in the garage, very cold & I'm not as flexible as I once was still, there always a drop to get warm again with .
Next item will be the 3rd set of float needle valves this year....if I get that far before the 31st. (they keep sticking)
Oh & yesterday I fitted new cable inners to the choke cable as the ends were getting slightly frayed.
Got my Heater to blow Hot air at last, I have been through all the dash removal process. Still having trouble getting all the cables to flaps working properly.Comment
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Fitted the tow bar.Richard
Mabel is a white 1972 Mk1½, TV8, Mo/d.Comment
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If I can help with info to get the controls working I will.
I removed all the levers for the rebuild & changed the water valve. (used a modified wiper- arm puller to remove the levers)
One of the levers required 'q' bond to make it secure on the shaft.
The water valve lever was a bit of a faff, and required some loctite before it moved consistantly.
I had a second heater for reference & that did help to get everything working.
Cables were in need of cleaning & lubricating.
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Picked her up from Faversham Classics after having work done and a return home up the M1 - 211 mls at 65-70 with the odd peak at 80 (naughty!) on a Stagweber carb returned 29.5mpg. Now just got to wash the salt and crud off. Tilton conversion on the clutch is magic - no more judder and wondering whether I'm going to hit the car in front letting the clutch out at lights
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Mine took another trip round the M25 and through the tunnel to Romford picking up a pair of Stag heads from skimming - impressed at the one day turnaround, and nice finish with only 4 thou off
A quick wash to get the remarkable amount of dirt that got on it from only an 80 mile trip and back to bed until tomorrowComment
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I tried a car wash - one of those with the flappy rollers - because it also had an underbody jet wash. Quite successful, the car is at least looking clean now, although the ledge under the rear lights didn't get properly cleaned.
I do have the hard top on, and now I'm sure that my experimental new fron seal works!Richard
Mabel is a white 1972 Mk1½, TV8, Mo/d.Comment
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A little ride in the cold, temperature gauge hardly moved so that heating was very symbolic but what a pleasure to hear again the V8 roar ! Snow awaited tomorrow, so today was the day.
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Best wishes for this new year to all ! And long life, good health to us and our Stags.Comment
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