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You can always ask! We do lots of work with Alphas, I'd be up for having a look at this one Richard

The difference is direct and indirect injection, so different heads and injectors. The rest of the engine is the same The lifters are the same as in Fords and the Rover V8 Richard

Me! Richard

We are starting to see LPW engines where the spring that joins the rack to the governor breaks - the hook on the end of the spring wears through. Makes the engine sort of uncontrollable Richard

I've stopped using Twitter I'm afraid. It's an Elon Musk thing...

What's happening??

Email a video, groaning is unusual Leaking of course, isn't Richard

We are! Richard

Reading the tealeaves, it's more likely to be an LPWS3. That would have an instrument panel and morse control to steal, and would make stopping and starting the engine difficult An SR3 is unlikely to have such a panel A lot of Sue's time is spent identifying what engine a customer has - she's good at it! Richard

Canvas - or some modern equivalent. She makes them with flanges to screw to the Lister air duct flange, or plain to fit onto a rectangular outlet (as found on T series engines, or modified S/H types) Richard

Sue makes them to order Richard

What I can see all looks pretty standard for a PH, Tony Richard

It looks like the rocker boxes on the top of the engine still have their labels attached. One of them should tell you what the engine is Richard

He did! I've just spotted, this AVA might be a PH2. If so, we may have a gearbox Richard

Something odd here. The engine has the raised had start and a small adapter for a gearbox with the centre of the reverse cluster - painted green On the left is a Hurth gearbox, which looks too small for the job, on an adapter which is too big for this engine - painted blue Richard

The 'problem' is that the arm has to be lifted up against the internal spring in the pump, while poking the arm through the hole in the block and not being able to see what you are doing. Best bet is to insert the pump at a ridiculous angle so the arm goes up between the cam and the crankcase, push the body towards the block to compress the spring and bolt it in place before your arms get tired The picture isn't clear if the arm is in the working position or if it has dropped down to the bottom of the housing. The shape of the arm seems to be correct First one I did, I got the arm underneath the cam - meaning it didn't work. Now I've learned Richard

I wonder if he's got the lever tucked underneath the cam, not pushing against the side Richard

Interesting. Have you got a blow on the exhaust manifold where it meets the head? Richard

How did you get on? I'm just about to launch into solving a multitude of water leaks on an HW3 Richard

There is a door on each barrel giving access to the water space. Fitting the hoses is a pain, the longer on squashes and goes on. The shorter ones on the tee piece require careful juggling. You can't assemble them to the doors, then fit the assembly as there is a nut and stud behind the pipe (!!!). Before you ask, the 'S' shaped hose on the flywheel end is obsolete and unobtainable Don't bother trying to unscrew the 'filter', it will be very firmly stuck. It is easier to take the inlet manifold off. It isn't a filter, it's a noise suppressor - actually it' a pepperpot exhaust serving as an air intake Richard

Don't be surprised if the metal stubs on the doors have corroded through. I have replaced several Can't say I get a lot of trouble with Jubilee clips, apart from this horrible ones where the 'thread' on the band is pierced through Richard

All correct for a fixed speed engine Richard

I'm seeing industrial JP's that have now worn through the chrome in the liners. Leads to lots of oil coming out of the exhaust Richard

Don't bank on it! We have always changed the points per section a bit to encourage some parts rather than others. Bigger changes come from bonus points for starting points. Probably the most significant changes are which bits can be score in both directions - and they do get changed We are about to initiate Jon into this secret process as handed down for centuries, hopefully he will bring his own hedgehogs Richard

The organiser knows how many points per section, because they have set them. They know where the 'quiz' questions are because they have decided them. We haven't known the answers because Andy Tidy kindly set them for us - which automatically disqualifies him, we still decide it was unfair to compete It could be possible to both organise and compete, it would need some careful planning to be both fair and seen to be so. Richard