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It probably didn't show at all when the car was first built - the glue tarnishes, and turns brown over the intervening years due to sunlight and heat.

I'm sure that even the dubious Quality Control of the day would have said something about it if it showed as it does now.

Roy, for heaven's sake, stop worrying about the oil drip! It's normal.

Just drive the car and enjoy it after all the time you have spent on it!

Good excuse to drive the Imp then..?

Cut a new gasket / washer from a thin flat sheet of Viton for the filler cap, but remember to smear a light film of rubber grease onto one face so that it will slide on the filler neck to get the cap on.

Yes Mat, I might be having a chat to you about making one for my combined inlet / exhaust single 40 DCOE Weber manifold...

Wouldn't it have been better to paint the underside silver to reflect the heat away?

Scott, what alternative heater unit have you used in the Clan?

Behave yourself Peter...

The 'Spacer washer' is in fact the broken away centre of the mounting flange Roy...

And you now have one less usable pulley...

The main thing is the fact that you actually finish them Peter!

Peter, you are not alone. I still check the forum each day too.

Looks like you sometimes make a lot of work for yourself Roy! I have only ever had the seal go into the transaxle once (the first time I ever changed one 30+ years ago), and even then I managed to retrieve it from the belhousing side without removing it from the car. If you use a thin bladed small f...

Take them to your local seal supplier and get a metric equivalent - you will be able to get ones that are a fraction tighter fit round the shafts if a leak is that much of a problem. (ie if they have grooves worn into them).

It's an Imp, what do you expect?

It's just leaving it's mark - literally.

Price list?

Moose,

do you lubricate the threads on head studs (when used instead of bolts), and if so, what do you use?

Oli

If you PM me Roy, I can explain exactly what you have ref the waterpump impeller, and I can probably help you with some other info ref waterpumps.

Is that bumper bent Roy?

That's a real shame to hear that about NJK 999M. When my brother and I repainted it many years ago, it had 86k miles on it, was running the original engine and didn't use any oil whatsoever. It ran beautifully and was quite nippy for a standard Sport. It also had been waxoiled from new, and had abso...

Swapping the wheels over and getting the car ready for another tarmac Autotest tomorrow evening at Snetterton.

Kingfisher metallic was always a popular colour for Imp Sports, along with Lincoln Green metallic. There were also quite a lot of the later models done in Wardance Red (bright orange) too. Ideally it would be best to at least use a colour of the same period as suggested above, which means finding ou...

I may have another header rail panel Roy, I'm sure there were two together when I found up the one for you last time. Will have to look after National Weekend is all over.

Surely it has to be attached to read the drop in pressure in the inlet manifold?

Except for the registrar, and Vicar / Celebrant I hope!

As a sort of combined Area, us folk from Norfolk and Suffolk usually camp together (quietly), but it's really only one large tent and a couple of smaller ones around / beside it. There will certainly be one less this year anyway.

Always thought that Knurling was something very different to Splining, and that the hub end of the studs are in fact Splined...

Great job all round. Still think it should have an Imp engine in it though!

Well done, when are you starting number two?
(No proper Imp owner ever has just one Imp!)

Keep up the good work.

I have a similar type tool that came from an army tank toolkit that comprises of a cylindrical piece of metal that is exactly 15 thou thick and slips over the centre post of a distributor shaft so that the points can be set with the shaft in any position.

Be careful not to make this modification too stiff (ie don't use plate that is any thicker than original steel) when making the closing plate for the outside of the H bracket. I made this mistake a long time ago on a Stiletto, and it made the front end of the car very hard and 'crashy' over uneven s...

Roy, I use one of those (although not mounted in the dash), it is just wired to either side of the coil. They were fitted to Citroen Visas and the like. Only minor downside is that the backlight colour is green. I'm sure that could be changed.

When removing doors (if you really feel you have to), I find that if you grind away the threaded part of the bolts that protrudes into the wheel arch through the welded captive nuts, then you will find that the heat will allow you to then undo what's left. Then fit new (stainless?) ones when refitti...

Pedals, even?

Drill and tap the small lug that has the cable outer passing through it, then you can put a small bolt in to just pinch it enough so that it doesn't slide out. That's how it is on the Webers. Alternatively, if that's too much work for now, you could put a drop of super glue around it while holding i...

What exactly is this 'Moose' ignition system all about then? Any details / availability / cost? Is it suitable for any Imp distributor? (Would be interested to know if I could use it i my 23D4 type casing which has conventional Competition innards).

When you come to fit the doors, I always use spare 'floating' captive plates from the top hinges (inside the shell, but removable by hand) at the bottom in the wheelarches instead of the flimsy thin ones that came from the factory and rust as soon as they see water. Advantage is that it is a solid d...

Not wanting to sound critical in any way - just an observation - will the upward movement from the roadwheels through the shocks to the top mounts put stress on the 90 degree join of the tube where it joins the rollcage inside the car? It looks like it needs some kind of triangulation from the extre...

Roy, if you decide that you want to strip and rebuild your pump, let me know - I am working on a method of preventing this happening to Imp waterpumps that only have infrequent use.

I had an early Sport that colour many years ago - was on a D plate, and at the time was the earliest known Sport in the club. Unfortunately it went to the scrapyard in the sky.

It was the 80's, and there were more Imps still around then. That's my excuse anyway.

Looks like a good shell - Lincoln Green Metallic. Sunbeam Imp Sport?

Please don't cut the shell about... too few good ones left

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