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Reviving this thread as I now have leakage from my radiator, it's 11 yrs old and done something like 8000miles and was mounted very softly on rubber mounts. Not isolated electrically as it has one earth connection, so maybe electrolytic corrosion? Yes it's a Docking, and I don't want to jump on...

Shaun, I have mostly jubilee clips with hose finishers, or without on the larger hoses, but yes I do like the look of the hose clamps, far tidier than jubilee. I guess that you need to check diameters more carefully, but undoubtedly superior.

Oops, forgot the picture.

I started for while, all seems good and now relocated header tank and fitted a new throttle cable. Ready to tune settings at idle. Must remember to take the tennis balls out

Hi Shaun, mine came from decipher tuning ltd, I got others from Viper performance, hose fittings uk, and torques uk. Ebay is a good place to search, as none of them stock everything. Make sure you know whether you are getting a flare fitting or a compression fitting, and if it is a flare...

At the same time as installing the fittings, I decided to mount the header tank properly which required cutting away the rear clip as shown. That was a trial and error job as there is no way to measure accurately. I had to get a compression fitting in the end as the stub was too short to use the...

Thanks James, much appreciated. After some minor work and a new, high torque starter motor, I test started last weekend, seems ok and no hunting. This weekend I will balance throttles and go on from there. Dave

Gooorgeous, James looks like the manifold flanges are counter-bored for matching rings as you did with mine? Dave

Terry, I misinterpreted the X174, and understand now that your first solution was the right one as you already said. So ordered that instead. Dave

Welcome back Simon (is it to or from the dark side?), what's the plan?

Hi Terry, thanks, the X174 is exactly what I was looking for but couldn't seem to find. I will look for a uk supplier.

I am struggling to find a fitting to join this 600 -4 hose to this hard 1/4" tube. Clearly needs a -4 hose end fitting to -4 compression but searched a while snd not found anything. Any help appreciated Dave

Thanks for your help Brian, I probably forgot, it's a while since I last adjusted them. Onward and upward then, and I will post pictures too. btw, I have always have a chuckle when I see your quote 'If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space !!!! ', love it! Dave

Ok, I believe that the lifters are properly set now. What I was missing was that there is so little resistance in the lifter plunger spring that I was bottoming out the lifter, thinking that it was the point of zero lash. I could easily twist the pushrods all the way to the bottom, so completely...

Ok, I believe that the lifters are properly set now. What I was missing was that there is so little resistance in the lifter plunger spring that I was bottoming out the lifter, thinking that it was the point of zero lash. The fact that the method of twisting the pushrods didWhen I realised that...

Thanks Brian, I will back them up, leave a little lash and run for 5 mins, then repeat setup while checking that the valves remain at or come back to fully closed. I will let you know how I get on, I just need to fill with water and prep the ecu settings to start now.:)

Resurrecting this thread as I am still being confused about setting the hydraulic lifters. I went round and found every rocker slack, so I went around taking out the slack (about 1 turn) and then putting 1/4 turn on each. Part way through this process I established that immediately I started...

Nice work James :)

Joacim, for a mid engined car I felt it was important to go for 4 pot rears. There is limited room with the layout designed for the original Granada brakes, which meant a bit of engineering, so having looked at various options, I chose Hi-Spec with integrated handbrake, Wilwood ventilated discs...

Superb, James and Paul, James, got my heart rate up in first time for a while, only time to watch 1/2, so I will watch again later. Paul, undoubtedly fast, and enjoyable but the speedo seemed somewhat optimistic :) Dave