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Been working hard on my westfield build recently, thought I'd take a night off and relive my youth... And this is where it all began...

Oi - I resemble that comment! ETA: I still have not fully taken over yet, ACW needs to do a proper hand over as soon as time permits - means I can dodge a few bullets for a while

Hello all Just a few quick points before posting your For Sale ad, which will help everyone - and a point to buyers as well. To the seller Please do not post adverts on behalf of non-WSCC members, as this is against club rules and such adverts will be removed You may post an advert on behalf of another WSCC member if they are not computer literate and cannot do so themselves As there are occasional and sad circumstances where an existing or lapsed member is no longer able to post, you may also post an advert providing you have the OK from the committee Please include a price! Or as a minimum, a guide price on your advert, it's ok to say "or nearest offer" or to ask for offers in the region of a specified amounts. But adverts with no price at all may be removed by the moderation team. The selling of a vehicle log book without the associated chassis and/or sufficient parts necessary to be legally described as a genuine donor kit is prohibited. Any such ad will be deleted by the Moderation Team and the member warned Be prepared for fun and games if you decide to advertise your parts in other places such as auction or social media sites and please, if you do, make sure you say so in your advert Once an item has sold, it is your duty as the seller to communicate with the buyer quickly and efficiently, and to send / arrange collection of the item(s) sold as rapidly as possible. Please do not leave buyers in the dark - communicate with them, they can't read your mind. When you have successfully completed the sale, please edit your original post and topic title (using the "Use Full Editor" option) to indicate is has been "Sold!". It can be quite a let-down for excited people with money to spend to spot something for sale, only to read through a long thread and find out it's no longer available, as I'm sure you can appreciate. Marking it as "Sold!" is the polite thing to do! Thank you for your cooperation, and best of luck with your sale! To the buyer Do not post "dibs" or "first dibs" - this isn't primary school. If you want it, just make the effort and buy it. Posting up "dibs" can result in others turning away from the ad, and if the person who posted "dibs" then changes their mind, the seller has to start all over again. Any response post in the Parts For Sale section containing "dibs" may be deleted at the absolute discretion of the Moderation Team - you have been politely warned! Although we are good bunch with much integrity, please do remember the old adage of "buyer beware" Please do pay as soon as you can and within the limits agreed with the seller To ALL The WSCC holds no responsibility or accountability for parts bought and sold. The Club merely facilitates the advertising of such things as member benefit and does not provide a transactional service. Thank you...

Never a dull moment in OCLO's life It was lovely to see all of you today and thank you to Rickyboy and Robin for putting on a good day out. Rickyboy kindly put us on the right road from the Ice cream farm to the motorway, but we decided to pick up the Manchester road and head back into the Peak District to catch the evening sun and long shadows on the hills. We had just passed the Strines pub and my car dropped all of it's coolant. To cut a long one short we got to view the Peak District from up high in a recovery truck and got home at 9.30pm. So if you are wondering whether to use A-Plan for your insurance and breakdown requirements I can speak from experience that both of them work very well. Here are my pictures of the better bits of the day The Strines Can't leave this little pre-lit gem out Lunch stop at The Ashford Arms, Ashford in the Water Looking forward to seeing some of the video footage from the day too. See you at Glossop Car Show next Saturday, once the coolant issue is fixed, thanks again, Julie

Well, that's the first leg of The Yorkshire 8 over, and what a good day. The weather was good, not too warm but dry and 10 cars turned up. My day started with a misfire o the way to meet Roger, Judy and Aaron, but more of that later. We met up and drove through Wakefield to the mast where we were joined by Richard and either Brooke or Freya, sorry, I'm not sure which is which. Then Graham and Michael arrived and off we went. On the way to the Strines my misfire continued so I decided to check the plugs when we got there. Julie, Glen and Dave were waiting for us, then Steve, Barry and Andrew joined us. The 10 of us. So, it was the bonnet off and plugs checked for me. I found No 3 and 4 covered in oil from the leaking rocker cover gasket, so all out and cleaned, No 2 looked a bit dodgy too, then it was time to go with Rickboy, my glamourous assistant leading the way to Ashton in the Water and something to eat. lunch in a pub over and on the way towards Buxton, still with a misfire. I didn't see the police motorbike. Heading on to Glossop, Graham, Steve, Dave and Barry and Andrew made a swift exit and the rest of us made our way to the ice cream farm, no, I don't know how they farm ice cream either? which was packed, but we managed to all park up together and Aaron left to find his way home. It was decided that I needed new plugs and a gasket with plenty of sealer on it, all of which I had back home in the garage, so after ice cream we made our ways home, I was straight into the garage and a partial engine strip. Plugs out and this, 1,2,3,4. Think that might do it. New plugs, new gasket with plenty of sealer on and fired up, didn't go for a run, but felt and sounded a lot better. Day one over, let's do it all again tomorrow.

Great thanks John, I have edited my entry accordingly Nice new avatar pic by the way!

Many Happy Ones Scott .............................. and relax nearly there

MHR not long till the care home now then. Bob - coat on and running

You're not the first to have a spongy brakes and it's usually air in the sierra rear callipers. Raising the rear of the car and unbolting the callipers from the upright and tying them up high in the wheelarch helps bleeding. Bleeding each side several times helps and depends how patient you are. You'll maybe be not be able to rid all the air from the callipers but at least improve the feel of the pedal to a acceptable level.

Might be other things like pads stuck, soft, bolts, flexing, discs scored etc.

These people do a large range of goggles and safety specs. Dixons teps2 are a favourite of many club members, myself included.

Happy Birthday Scott, hope its been a good one ......

Or is it… About a year ago I posted on this thread that I was hoping to have my car completed and running in time for the 50th Anniversary of that first race, and I’m sure many of you may now be wondering if I managed it or not. Well, in short the answer is no, but I’m now not too far off from my goal and things have moved forward and in quite an unexpected way since February 2013 when I bought my first JW4. In the last 3 years I’ve spoken with and met some quite amazing people each with a unique storey to tell and something to give. My search for parts has taken me as far north in the UK as Blackburn and to the West into Cornwall, and what started with one car became three and is now two. The correspondences have been worldwide, with owners past and present in Canada, America, Belgium, Italy, Sweden and the Netherlands all getting in touch. I’ve gone from a car which I knew nothing about that once raced in an almost forgotten Formula to unwittingly becoming the authority for the Johnny Walker JW4 in the UK. The garage is now stacked full of spare parts waiting to be reunited with cars and the rafters are filled with tooling and body moulds; even the house hasn’t escaped, the once empty bookshelves are now filled with a diverse collection of books, period magazines, newspapers and of course drawings. Whilst I may have not yet achieved my goal of having a running car for the 50th Anniversary, this will not stop me celebrating this occasion in some modest style; I am therefore pleased to be able to report that on the Bank holiday Weekend of 29th/30th May my car will be on display at Crystal Palace for Motorsport at the Palace featuring with it a small exhibition on F4, Johnny Walker and the JW4. http://www.motorsportatthepalace.co.uk/ For anyone attending the event, please do come and say hello, pick up a free post card and whist there learn a little bit more about Formula Four racing in the 1960’s.

The lack of servo assistance makes the brake pedal feel more 'on' or 'off' IMO. It's probably just the fact your used to a lot of servo assistance on production cars? As above though,the rear calipers if yours are Sierra ones can't be bled with the caliper bolted to the upright as the bleed nipple is not at the top of the caliper. Another point which can hold some air is the brake light switch if it's using a hyd switch in the brake line

I have always struggled with a soft pedal on my busa. Others who have tried it suggest air somewhere, probably the Sierra rear handbrake callipers They are notoriously difficult to bleed completely

I'm going to blame you. everything was working just fine until you created the new SSOT group

I've had to do work this morning now

Mine's never suffered any ill effects from being sat on the sump. i normally stick an offcut of 4x2 under the front of the sump so it helps to keep it level and more stable. On my mk1 engine I run a cut cam-cover but I guess on a Mk2 with the cam sensor on the front you'll need to be a bit more creative if you need to keep the sensor.