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Just grabbed a quick twenty minutes after getting back, and fitted the new balance screw assembly, complete with sparkly black nail polish - substitute (a light strength thread lock for panel screws etc). I took the filter backplate off this time around for ease of access and to make sure the adjuster was properly tight. If this one comes adrift, then the problem is deeper than just not being tight enough last time.

Hi Mike I have an ECU air temp sensor off my Duratec if it's any good to you.

10mm would be about right - I think that's what I removed on mine but it may depend on the brand of track rod end (TRE) - some are slightly longer (or shorter) than others ! A fairly crude but reasonably accurate way is to undo the extender on both sides, align the front wheels to be parallel to the rears (see explanation later), centralise the steering and then rest the steering arm extenders against the TRE's to see if you need to take any more metal off. You can check if it's safe by measuring the depth of the thread in the TRE and the thread depth of the extender - as long as there's enough depth spare in the TRE to allow the extenders to fully tighten up it will be ok. Now, to get the tracking pretty close (or at least neutral) I use thin nylon cord - if you get some in a bright colour it makes it easier see. Then basically wrap the cord around the tyres (just missing the wheel arches at the rear) so that the cord is lying across the surface of each tyre (use some tape to hold it there) - at the front you can then see how much to adjust them in or out to get them parallel with the rears - I know a racing car manufacturer that would do this and allow a mm or two for toe in/out using this method and when tested with proper kit it was pretty spot on (though that was before the days of lasers / mirrors and digital displays )

I have a cvh crank pulley with the rest of an engine attached to it will pull off next time I'm at the garage.

Westfield running 2L factory overhauled engine, with twin Weber 45 carbs, tuned on a rolling road to 162 BHP, with an MT75 gearbox. first registered 2007 and built with all new parts, thus allowing registration on an 07 plate. Chromed 50mm roll bar fitted, regular lap / shoulder seat belts Full wet weather rain covers and side screens, wind deflectors, cockpit tourneau cover, and garage monogramed dust cover I am the second owner, and have owned this car for 4 years, never raced or been on a track day yet. 8500 miles on the clock. £10,750 any viewing welcome . local to the East Anglian region

Fantastic, Ben - this is the most difficult bit to plan ahead (remotely), so I really appreciate that!

Yeh I can do no problem.

apologies I didn't make it - hope you all had a good natter

Dave when I took my car for mapping I'm sure Troy at nms put a nylock nut on the back of mine to stop the adjuster coming loose

Looks superb Q

You're welcome to use either of these of mine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR_clV-RkUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TysmKb2yMtM

Camera mounted on phoney f1 BRM for film "Grand Prix" . James Garner using Ferrari driver Chris Amon's helmet colour . Amon drove the Ford GT40 camera car used to tow the phoney F1 drivers around the track and film them in close up , he took a delight in scaring the krap out of the cast .

And true to their word, a Jiffy bag with three remarkably important tiny little bits in arrived in today's post! Great service from Omex!

fingers crossed for Gary's gearbox

Definitely time for nice new shockers. There is plenty of choice of thesedays and they will all give you a smoother ride and more controlled damping. Most popular are stock Westfield oe shocks, Protech shocks from Blink and Procomp or if youre feeling flush , Nitrons. Measure the open and closed length of the damper to get the right replacement.

sorry mike i keep forgetting to measure that trigger wheel. ill definetly do it tonight

I bought a duratec crank sensor direct from local Ford garage and the alignment tool comes as a kit. Cost £30 and came day after purchasing.

Best see if the car will start tonight :-)

Is someone getting a little excited Fingers crossed the dry weather hold out

Hope the crossflow fairy left some nice engine bits. Have a great day

Happy Birthday Kev

I'm imagining the Team America super secret danger signal