Recent content by sean sherry

Stop leak ? been in for a few years ... I always classed such leak items as band aids The Radiator was 13 years old with 90,000ks. Life cycle of an aluminium item.....

Liquid Inelegance formed small balls after a few years which jammed my Mercedes c Class Thermostat closed .. it boiled.....A new genuine Radiator from Silver Star Spares and a flush with new coolant fixed it... Ks were 90,000 Todays temperature Gauges are damped and do not rise and fall as in...

Also........ I cut open all Torque Converters if the Transmission had metal filings. All others I cleaned out with a Homemade Flusher. First drained by drilling an 1/8 th hole in the bottom and then welding up. Flushing the Heat Exchanger in the bottom of the Radiator was a waste of time. To...

Yes Styria, only need to open a Valve Body if there is metal Filings from a Hard Part failure. Then a major clean and polish of the Bores and Valves necessary, plus a check for warpage. Later Electronic Controlled Transmissions can have a lot of Valve Body issues as the valves are on "Duty...

I should have said .... first pull the Oil Pan to see if the Clutches have failed..... first check... If so rebuild the Transmission. And Michel, how was the Honda you asked about .. a clean Oil Pan ??

Is the Transmission having Hard Upshifts ? The Modulater's job is to regulate the Line Pressure. To correctly diagnose the Transmission is with an Oil Pressure Gauge and then a Vacuum Gauge at the inlet Manifold and then at the Transmission end. Anything else is an uninformed guess. To test...

Invaluable Brian both Hands free to tinker..... Age related ... Welcome to the Club !!

In the UK a Suspension Kit was available for the Silver Shadows .. Springs and Shocks.... prevented cornering on the Door Handles !

Well..Well I now read that Mercedes just copied Citroen's System without paying the Royalties... Others did

I got my SL 107 2.8 to run without a hitch... The Warm up regulator under the Manifold can be modified to be adjusted The other seals etc are readily available from a specialist in Frenches Forest Can't remember the name... He has all the Test Equipment to test and set up. Performance wise the...

Hi Patrick , Did I read this right ..Battery weight is 3 Tons ? As with EVs all the extra weight has to be Borne by the Tyres and Suspension .. No Free Lunch. Toyota say they are abandoning Electric for Hydrogen and are working hard to solve the Hi Pressure Storage and Production. In the...

Yes Patrick.. Home buying ? Saving ? An article in the London Times some years ago said it all.... The New Novi Riche will be those who inherit a London Property from their Parents.. Dial in Sydney Today... Even our two high flying professional Daughters would be up to their eyeballs in...

Having been laid up for a while recovering from recent Surgery I have become a fan of the "Car Wizard" on YouTube... He doesn't mince words...Why would you spend $30/40 K on todays heaps of plastic ? Throw away at 100,000 Mls.... A Lexus 400 with 350,000 Mls and still going strong. Or his pick...

For our USA Traveller Bryce ... Been watching a Mecham's Auction for pre Nineties Cars in the States all look beautifully restored and most under 10 Grand... the Painting alone would be more than that.. A mid Eighties 560 SL which included a Hard Top 150,000 Mls in excellent condition $6500...