wild foamy

Should have bought a kia, they are non- interference heads, timings belt snaps it just rolls to a stop, changed atleast 3 on the kias, did one on my suzuki swift aswell but that was a pain in the ass

You're probably not far wrong there, my '89 XJ600 never put a foot wrong apart from popping its regulator once, yet if i was to have had a Hyosung GT or something of that ilk no doubt i would have spent many a night at the roadside waiting for a wrecker

looking good there Airhead , there a whole bunch of DT50 parts over here that could do with a refurb if you're looking for something to occupy your time?

opinions are like orgasms, mine is more important and i dont care if she has one or not

Yeah, its a nationwide problem :/

Retrophobe!

Dweebo Analbead :/

hi and welcome bud I used Rolling Art Motorcycles for my XJ Turbo carbs, frame and forks, run by the very pleasant chaps Glen and Gary, may be worth sending them an email, they are based over near swindon so probably quite a trek from gatwick

There is a car trailer at cosford, but the problem is i dont have a B+E licence therefore i am limited to towing 750kg, i will have to see who has a licence when i get to cosford and see if i can buy their time and diesel

my brother had an A-frame for towing his mazda MX5 but it was crap, couldnt get it under the car and i doubt the mini would be high enough to get on there either

Well its going to cost me £203 minimum to get a transporter from benson to cosford :/ may aswell buy the dolly for £100 and road it from A to B, even if i sell it on once im there. i wont be doing 100mph with a mini hanging on the back, probably just find a lorry on the A34/M40/M6/M54 and follow it

new plug (or the old one, seeing as it ran with it before), place about 10ccs' of fuel into the cylinder (use a syringe if you have one) and then give it a good long bumpstart, preferably with a mate pushing you down a lng hill on the bike with it in second gear, if it has fuel and spark, the onyl thing that could possibly be letting it down is compression

The dolly is unbraked, will see what it will cost me to move it on a wrecker

that could be a possibility merv, im not sure how much such a company would charge to transport a 'non-roadworthy' vehicle that distance, plus if i ever get in the shit again i have the bonus of a dolly to atleast be able to move my car to a safe(er) place theoretically and legally speaking, would there be anything stopping me from doing it in an emergency situation?, say the mini blows up miles from home and rather than pay the £500 recovery fee (like i did with my suzuki swift, robbing bastards!) i recover it myself?

i feel an experiment coming on, running a DT50 on pump fuel vs. fuel with ethanol removed

and where are you likely to find detroit diesels?... Oil rigs, water pumping stations, backup generators, drilling apparatus e.t.c...

Hi peeps, I need to pick your brains for a while... Basically im moving from oxford to wolverhampton in April, i have a kia sportage 4x4 as a daily driver and also have a classic mini as a toy (not taxed or tested atm), i dont have a B+E licence so when i move i cannot put the mini on a trailer and tow it as i would be over my 750kg limit. however, a friend at work has a towing dolly, used only once and he is after £125 for it, its like a little single-axle trailer but with a turntable on top which the front wheels of the towed car sit on, this means that the car you are towing is then classed as a normal trailer and requires no driver, the Kia weighs 1500kg and the mini weighs 670kg (probably less considering it is partially stripped down) and probably a further 70-80kg for the dolly, which brings me up to and hopefully under my 750kg towing allowance. now, the things that troubles me... the Kias maximum approved (unbraked) towing weight is 465kg, which is 161% of the towing cars reccomended towing weight, would it be illegal for me to move the mini in this manner? or would it just be a major pain in the ass and likely to spit me over the central reservation and into the path of an oncoming HGV with a shitfaced polish driver at the wheel?. as always, input appreciated peeps, much love, ho ho f*cking ho Foameh

If i could oppose those petitions on the site, i would probably reply to all of those with "go f*ck yourself* How about Introducing drugs tests for people on the dole?, that should cull the weeds methink

Assuming you know what size it should be, any stainless steel ball should work

If ou have lost the ball bearing infront of the clutch pushrod then that would explain it, check that is there and check the number of plates is correct

as has been said above, make sure you give the pipes a good squeeze to remove any air and draw in coolant, take the top hose off an manually pour coolant into the head ports if you can, if you can start it briefly with the top hose off you can check the water pump is working correctly, im thinking if its a different head maybe the galleries arent lining up right with the cases and head, not being familiar with the LC DTs i wouldnt know

my car runs on LPG, try adding ethanol to THAT. just out of interest, how much does that fuel additive cost and who makes it?, i cant help but feel a bit suspicious about this, sounds like another way for some government puppeteered chemical company to get their sticky fingers on my wallet.

another DT is being brought back to life! its a celebration!

there's no hope for some of you, is there?... -.-

ive been saying that for years, and they thought i need to "see a specialist"...