This month's meeting will be held at THE LION, HIGH STREET, FARNINGHAM, DA4 0DP from around 7 - 7:30 onwards.
Again it is a short distance from the M25 off the A2 Junction 3.

If Dixon don't get this one he needs a good slapping 

Once again - well done!!!

And another first for me and my me speedster.
Its all legal and now totally road worthy so we went for our first drive. Only a couple a miles but it was awesome.
Still alot to do and gremlins to iron out, but its legal

  Sorry:  first time trying to post a message re selling my Pilgrim and I can't work out how to create a new post in the 'For Sale' section. 
I've realised I just don't have time, skill or space to put the finishing touches to my cream FT to make it spick and span.  Runs well, MOT to March, LOADS of spare parts (provided when previous owner made this from two kit cars). Insurance value £5k.  make me an offer for the car and all the spares (tyres, bonnet, wings, doors, windows, lots of spares).

just a quick thought.since the marina uses a hydraulic clutch,is the slave cylinder working properly,leaking or not bled properly.if thats not the problem then you may be able to make a longer push rod (between the cylinder and clutch release arm)

Sound unlikely to be the clutch plates because the engine just went in.
I always went on the basis that if you have the engine out, put in a new clutch plate just on general principals. But in any event I would assume the clutch was at least inspected before being assembled.
There has been a bit of switching round of components to match the replacement B to the original marina box...?

Sounds like the component mix didn't go completely right.

I had the opposite problem with a MK1 Mexico many moons ago when I went from a competition clutch to a standard clutch. Made the mistake of keeping the original clutch release bearing and hub. Just as the clutch bedded in it would slip. The release bearing hub didn't have enough clearance for the clutch assembly.
In the end I had the clutch release bearing hub out and had it machined back a bit. That sorted it.

In this case if you can't get it to disengage it would seem you are not getting enough forward motion of the release bearing into the clutch plate. This could be because the flywheel dimensions are different and the face is sitting closer to the block within the bell housing. Could it be there is a difference between the old engine and new?
I'm trying to think how you can test this without stripping it all out again... get an endoscope in through the bell housing where the clutch lever enters?
Listen carefully to see if you can hear the hub bearing spin when in contact with the clutch springs? Dunno.
If so, what is the cure? comparing measurements and motions to identify the cause. It might be you need a beefier clutch release bearing and hub.

We finally settled on Volvo Signal red, more by luck than anything Halfwits could do.
It seems marginally brighter or slightly more orange than the original but after a few days it appears to have cured a bit darker.
Thing is, this makes you take a good look at the geloat finish and the more we do the more we really like it.
Of course, its rainy and overcast and there is a fair element of wishful thinking.
I'm pretty sure now that coral red is not going to be the real colour. I have a couple of others lined up from wiki website colours. God knows how screen colours match real life colours nor how they will print, but on a comparative basis, I feel close. 300 cans later I might get a near match.
I begin to wonder if it is possible to get a match given that one is a gel coat and the other a spray paint and we have to factor in such things as light transmission through the fibreglass! A bit of household black on the inside of the wing might help. Then again it may make the gelcoat on the wings look like a bad spray job.

hi all, do the rear dampers have to be herald or can they be other. any info welcome,can spax ajustables be regassed regards RAY

Hi John,
You can take the stalk assembly apart enought to give it a good spray of switch cleaner, I actually used carburrettor cleaner, and this might make enough difference to confirm that it is dodgy contacts. I was lucky enough to get a replacement off of ebay for a tenner . Another problem that I came across was poor connections in the loom as my loom seems to be made up of many pieces and the connectors have taken some strain when work was being done on the car so it might be worth checking them.
Regards
Keith