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Guide to Setting UP and Tuning SU Carburettors

Spark Plugs: What They Tell You About Your Engine

How To : Removing Seized and Stubborn Nuts and Bolts

Latest Posts

• Guide to Setting Up and Tuning SU Carburettors
  The SU carburettor is one of the great unsung engineering successes of the British motor industry. Simple, effective, repairable, and fitted to an enormous range of cars from the 1930s right through to the 1980s. MGs, Triumphs, Minis, Healeys, Jaguars, Land Rovers — if it has a British engine there is a reasonable chance it… Read more: Guide to Setting Up and Tuning SU Carburettors
• Rust Removal by Electrolysis: A Practical Guide
  Every classic car owner has a box of rusty bits somewhere. Old brackets, carburettor bodies, brake back plates, engine components pulled off during a restoration and put aside for cleaning up later. Wire brushing and elbow grease will shift surface rust but for heavily corroded parts there is a better way. Electrolysis removes rust thoroughly,… Read more: Rust Removal by Electrolysis: A Practical Guide
• Spark Plugs: What They Tell You About Your Engine
  A spark plug is a small thing but it tells you a remarkable amount about what is happening inside your engine. Most people pull them out, have a vague look, put new ones in and move on. But if you know what you are looking at, a set of old plugs can diagnose problems that… Read more: Spark Plugs: What They Tell You About Your Engine
• Winter Driving Tips
  Most classic cars spend winter under a cover, which is entirely sensible. But some of us drive them anyway. Whether its a brief dry spell in January that proves too tempting, or a car that genuinely serves as daily transport year round, winter driving in a classic requires a bit more thought than just turning… Read more: Winter Driving Tips
• How to Remove Seized and Stubborn Nuts and Bolts
  A seized nut or bolt can turn a twenty minute job into an entire afternoon of increasingly creative swearing. Every classic car owner faces this eventually, usually at the worst possible moment, usually on the most awkward bolt in the most inaccessible location. These are the methods that actually work, starting with the least destructive… Read more: How to Remove Seized and Stubborn Nuts and Bolts
• Classic Car Rust Prevention Guide
  Whatever you call it. Tin worm, iron oxide, the dreaded rot. Rust is the one thing every classic car owner has in common, and if you own something with a British Leyland badge there is a reasonable chance its already winning. The good news is that rust is largely preventable, and catching it early makes… Read more: Classic Car Rust Prevention Guide

What still to come

Buyers guides for MGs, Triumphs, Fords and more. Workshop how-tos, restoration advice, and practical help for keeping your classic on the road. All written from real experience, not a content farm.

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