1600 - getting ready for Billing

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Postby Clara » Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:42 am

Glad to hear :)
Three cars, two fire engines, one steam roller, a wheelchair, and various sized hammers.... what could go wrong?!
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Postby mazzo » Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:47 am

Road tax sorted. Now officially an historic vehicle. Only took 5 mins in DVLA. I didn't even have to wait!
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Postby AUTOMAN » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:44 am

Friday is the day to stay out of the DVLA, as it is nwe road tax day on Sunday, so it gets packed with people.

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Postby mazzo » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:16 pm

Uh oh......

I've been using the car round town for about a week or more. Took it on a longish (45 mile) country drive and it overheated!

I've never seen the temp gauge move before and suddenly it was half way. It never went too much above that, maybe a couple of needle widths over half, but it was clear things weren't right. When I stopped, it chucked out a load of coolant down the overflow pipe.

I am hoping it was an airlock in the cooling system. I changed one of the jubilee clips the other day and thought I'd bled it - but perhaps I hadn't.

After filling it up, I drove it between 30 and 70 MPH and it seemed OK. Temp gauge was moving but never reached half way.

Oh, well, let's hope it makes the trip to Billing.
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1978 Red 4 door Viva E from new
1969 HB 1159 4 door SL
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Postby psl » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:20 pm

You`ll be there :D you`ve got an hawaiian T shirt to wear :lol:
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