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Well I have checked the oil pressure valve and that is all complete and working with its spring in its brass tube/housing so it's not from there. I suspect it has gotten into the engine parts through carelessness to be honest and I'm sure it isn't something vital I have forgotten. - Whilst...

Thank you, I'll tell him.

Tony is now reassembling the engine but, like a true engineer, has a bit left over. He has asked me to ask the fount of all knowledge (Commer van fan) whether this is part of the engine or something he just had lying about the garage.

Well engine has been rebored and mostly reassembled now. Speedy is closed at the moment so all bits have come from Holland and delivery has been great. Only problem so far is new sump gaskets don't fit and are about 4mm too short which is scareyly bad. Packaging is old so perhaps they have...

Well the block is ready to go for rebore and possible sleeve on pot 1 so decided to look at the alloy head..... Bad news unfortunately and it is badly corroded with a 'rust' hole between the themostat area and the first inlet valve so now I need to find a replacement. There are some on ebay but...

Thanks for the the input chaps. I have honed the bores a little now to inspect the problem and it doesn't look too bad. The bores are standard and two of them could be honed and used, one bore only needs a light skim to clean it up so 20 thou would be fine but my thuggery removing piston from...

Hello all Well during the lock-in I'm trying to sort out the workshop so decided that now was a good time to strip the 'spare' Alpine engine to investigate rebuilding it for Pootle... On the plus side it is standard bore, the crank is good and hasn't been reground and the head looks pretty good...

Hello all Well during the lock-in I'm trying to sort out the workshop so decided that now was a good time to strip the 'spare' Alpine engine to investigate rebuilding it for Pootle... On the plus side it is standard bore, the crank is good and hasn't been reground and the head looks pretty good...

Sounds fun, will put it on the calendar and do my best to be there.

Hello everyone. We recently bought 'Pootle' and I have fixed some problems with her to hopefully prevent future issues. Todays item to investigate is smell of fuel from tank area. I have seen a little on this problem on forum but would value any pointers on where to start... Looking underneath...

Hello all. Well before we take Pootle on its first outing I decided I really needed to sort out the alternator which was sitting at a very odd angle, not parallel to engine and fan-belt flying round in a very poor path. Looking at it, I could see that the top bolt for the water pump and...

Pootle has now moved to Cobham in Surrey. I can offer tea, husband better with technical help.

Hello all The engine and gearbox on Pootle are OK though probably do need some refurbishment to counter oil leaks if nothing else! I have bought a cheap old 1725 engine (from an Alpine I'm told) - has twin carb inlet manifold and Ali head at any rate. I'll strip this and see how much...

I have done it for old bikes and I think you might have to wait until Jan 2020 unless you can show build date during 1978.... and you thought Gov could just screw up Brexit.....

Well with such an open engine bay I could fit an electric motor plus a load of Lithium batteries and turn it into a Tesla-beater! :)

Hi Well I had a bit of a look under Pootle and nothing really evil found although I think the petrol tank may be leaking a little which isn't really a surprise. I have put some boards under her for now to identify any active oil leaks and will get under there and spray sump/gearbox/diff with...

Yes we paid the asking price as we are useless hagglers, the young sellers were very nice and the vehicle is really great. To be honest we have no real idea about values of these vehicles as this is our first classic 'car' but £12k seemed very reasonable.... - I have more experience with classic...

Hi Yes that was us on first drive and having first fill-up in Sandal. We had just bought Pootle in Upper Denby and were off to visit aged father in Normanton (where I grew up). He is 93 and thought Pootle was excellent. On Weds we then drove down the M1 and around M25 to Pootle's new home in...