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thanks for the message,

nothing but joy so far , and finding more out about it every day......


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(...) £100 on engine oil and filter (...) my chain dampers at 25 years and 108k miles were end of life (...) BB That is some scarily expensive oil right there... :roll: TBH, that's not a bad wear on these dampers, all things considered, they would last another 25 years before causing more problems....

thinking on it more, the only real ' benefit ' of doing it on the car is the ability to leave the exhaust and intake manifolds in place however a big plus of removing the head is that you will now have a known new head gasket and good bolts on reassembly , and a machine shop refurbished head this wi...

katar83 wrote:One way or another I'd get the bracket directly from Andy.

thats what i did,

there are in fact three versions he makes , and will send the ' correct ' one

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20191230_145157.jpg I'd been looking forward to installing my new " Andy bracket". They don't seem particularly easy to get hold of. I ordered mine from Simply Performance. Sadly it didnt fit onto the mounting points of the original CPS bracket. I queried this with Simply Performance and ...

from personal experience of rebuilding my own head i would recommend completely removing the head and SENDING IT TO A MACHINE SHOP FOR A REFRESH AND SETUP, IN WHICH THEY WILL RETURN THE HEAD WITH CORRECTLY SHIMMED VALVES you can ( in theory ) change them on the car, but as you have surmised, each he...

also the grounding strap etc , and the battery terminals are not corroded

they you can confirm the alternator is at fault

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glad she is home, and looking great, be careful with car covers until the paint has ' fully ' hardened, it can still be chemically soft and will take on anything that touches the surface, three months usually is a good time frame as for the boot rubbers, , see below https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jaguar...

btw,

dont throw the old cat away , its worth lots of money , take it to a merchant that buys them, you will be surprised.....


dont believe me, then why are they being stolen from cars.......

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CATS are catalytic converters? Is that right? Is it possible they fail just like that? The car always had a quite nice burnt petrol smell coming out the exhaust but now it smells definitely ‘burnt’ . Do you think it might have anything to do with me mixing different additives? Naki will be your man...