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My hoops have arrived and I've started making the hood frame. So far I have the rear hoop installed and have made the brackets for the diagonal tubes that steady the rear frame. It took a lot of measuring and trial fitting of the hood to figure out where everything was supposed to go...

Have you tried rolling the car forwards and backwards again? That will reduce the height by 2 inches after it's been jacked up.

The leads on mine aren't original either. Yours look better than mine which are far too long between the distributor and spark plugs. Oddly the coil lead on mine has a similar strange routing to yours, snaking to the LHS of the engine bay and around to the ignition unit mounted behind the...

I'm as confused as you are. If you are using both the rack and steering column from the same car it really ought to fit. No way it can be 100mm out. What parts are you using and from which cars? If it helps I'm sure folk will have some spare parts they can measure. The GTL RHD steering...

There was a type of fuel pump that was upside down and oil leaking from that hole was a common problem with them. I think any 1108cc fuel pump will work as a replacement. But the more normal ones have a plastic spacer between the pump and the block that you would need as well. Might be the...

The St Andrew's cross flag is a really good clue. It's the name of the church.

I'm getting on with the hood. My hood was shortened after the frame was bent in a small accident and the rear hood frame is missing. It would look nicer with a full length hood so I've bought a new hood and just need to make the frame. A full length roof might help a bit with the...

On later cars the brake switch is inside the cabin on top of the brake pedal.

A sound like two metal pot lids doesn't sound like suspension. Suspension is normally a knock. Metal pot lids would be something hitting the body shell. Exhaust where it goes through the inner wing might do it.

Don't forget on the early engines the oil pressure sensor and temperature sensor share the same warning light. A short on the temperature sensor wire can cause all sorts of worry - it runs close to the exhaust and will burn through and short if it touches. Though if removing the oil sensor...

I didn't think 1st gear had synchro. Mine doesn't seem to while my 2nd gear feels like it used to have synchro.

Fitted a new fuel pump at the weekend. I was having to crank the engine for a long time to get fuel to the float chamber but the new one has improved that. They don't give you much space for a spanner. After trying all my special shape spanners I ended up using a small ratchet and socket...

Just a thought- the gear lever bush looks not standard. Does it make any difference if you push or pull the gear lever a little?

Then something has come out of place. Gears rubbing against the edge of other gears when they should not. The top cover can be unbolted with the gearbox still on the car. You should be able to see if anything is touching. Or could be something fell into the hole on top of the bell...

I've not heard that before. What are you doing to cause the noise - is the car at idle? If it's at idle out of gear it's only the input shaft spinning. Possibly the noise is caused by a failure of the springs in the clutch plate.

I use 145/80 13 tyres. Makes the speedometer more accurate while still under-reading.

I've seen an earth point there. It's just a plug with a terminal attached. Never seen anything connected to it so maybe something to support some country specific option.

There is supposed to be a restrictor in the breather hose that connects to the manifold. Worth checking you have that or blank off that hose and see if it makes a difference. Which engine do you have?

I went out for a drive this morning. Seems to sit at 80C and the maximum temperature at full load was 85C. Before it would overheat at full load. Had to modify the gear lever bracket again as the mounting studs were too far to one side causing the end of the gearlever to slip off the lever...

My radiator arrived. It is made from aluminium and slightly wider than the original radiator and is the same one you can buy direct from China (offer them £200) . The extra width is on the right side where there is plenty of space so is good to have. It seems quite well made but there was...