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Ford type 9 gearbox, short input shaft. just had new lay shaft bearings, 5th gear synchro and oil seals. unsure of gear ratios I’m afraid. Magnetic drain plug installed to the housing. collection only Bristol

I might be wrong but, check that they aren't imperial threads. Ford may have gone metric later.

Spiffy, thanks very much.

Sorry for the delay. I can’t see anything in the Admin CP that would trigger auto renewals - turning off save details seems sensible, but it was still enabled in stripe (despite unchecking in the Admin CP) so I have also made that change in the actual Stripe account. Time will tell I guess! As others have said I hope you get well soon @Maurici- CleaR Motorsport

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Thanks Ian. Fortunately the thread in the upright is fine. I swapped the bolts over and the other one went in and tightened with no problems. I’ll post up a picture when I’m home on Friday. Mine are Cortina uprights I believe, and the bolt should be an M12 32 as far as I can find. Westfield list them but not sure if it makes sense to source elsewhere.

Ouch. My cycle wings have their own bolts as do my callipers. I'm on Westfield Alloy uprights. I assume you're not. Some pics of the assembly would be good. Perhaps move to Tech. If you've goofed the thread on the bolt, what's the thread in the upright like? You may need to helicoil it to recover it properly.

Thought that I'd offer these here before they go on the bay on the off chance someone's interested in them for their SDV (or indeed their MK3 MX5). Four Mazda alloys fitted with no-name snow tyres. A little scruffy but totally usable as winter wheels. Around 3-4mm of tread. They did a great job of keeping our MX5 going through the winter until it rusted out from under us. £150 collection only from central Scotland. Or make us an offer. David

Changed Winston into his winter plumage, by fitting the 15” wheels with new Uniroyal Rainsport 5 boots on, in place of the 13” R888Rs. Also refitted my half doors and popped the roof on so I’m ready for anything. It will be interesting to see how different the drive is from a ride and grip perspective. These are 195/50 vs 205/60, at least it should have a bit more grip in standing water, the 888s only have about 2mm of tread left which is fine in summer but…. I also weighed the wheels/tyres to see how they compare. Less difference than I thought. 14.65kg for the 15” with the 195s and 13.75kg for the 13” with 205s. I prefer the look of the 13” still. Annoyingly I somehow managed to b*****r the thread on one of the bolts which holds the caliper on (and the bottom of the cycle wing bracket) so will need to source another.

Looking forward to meet you all

Exactly! I keep telling people but they just won't listen 😂

10mph faster if you do it orange

Just a few reminders for Friday's trackday. 1. Aim to arrive by 9am 2. Order your breakfast at the cafe 3. Complete the signing on sheet 4. Briefing and track walk 9.45am 5. Helmets are mandatory 6. Long sleeves & trousers mandatory 7. Gloves optional 8. Track opens 10am

A great start. Well done!

Very quick message to say thanks to everyone who came along to the 1st proper meeting. We were very lucky with the weather and there was a good selections of cars there.

Yes please Andrew and thanks for organising.

Thank you!

Yes, please Andrew I’ll send you an email with my preferences! Thanks for organising. All the best, Hedley.

Any progress with this yet ?

Just a reminder of the XI meetup extravaganza taking place this coming Saturday 20th September at Turweston Aerodrome, starting at 09:00 (or thereabouts) rain or shine. Other 'X' cars, '7's and tin tops most welcome - we'll try to refrain from the usual comments 😃...

Unfortunately we can’t make it this year🙁 from 4th November until 29th December we will be at least 6,000 miles away😎 Have a good one 🥂🍻🎅🧑‍🎄

I’d like to come, too. Please!

We've been busy on the bodywork this summer. We have already repainted the nose, bonnet and scuttle, so only the tub was left. Removed all the old paint, repaired holes and cracks and have now finished primer. The primer here is after about 4 rattle cans and it took 12 plus 2 high build in the end. Very happy with the results. Colour is going on, when we have the next dry weekend. And yes, the same colour as before, Ferrari Old English White.

Us four will be coming again this year. Looking forward to it. Thanks for organising @AndrewBClarke

I have simulated my body weight in the Westfield to set up the alignment after replacing a wishbone And by the way – don’t throw away your old brake discs, they can be really useful!