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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...

In a practical sense ... I went round Australia in 1957 in a Land Rover with the entirely trouble free 4 cyl Engine... Ran like a Top after I reduced the size of the Main Jet in the Zenith Carb. Would start in the Melbourne Winter without using the Choke. Only incident was when the screws...

I'm with you there Bryce with Hotel Parking costs.... nothing has changed.... When I was doing Business in the N. Y. area and always stayed in the down town Hilton. I returned the Rental at Night and picked up another one next Morning . Rental Car's Company to pay the exorbitant Parking costs...

How right you are Patrick..... a very fortunate survivor. Worth every Penny of the asking price. I had as a daily driver, a 1928 De Soto Two Seater in the late Fifties These 20s American Cars were very solid pieces of Engineering. Very well suited to Australia. All the Mechanics in the...

I'm surprised anyone repairs some of these very complex Mercedes ! Just watched on YouTube a Video on Dismantle of a V 6 Twin Turbo Took an Hour with an Impact Gun and a "Crow Bar" Cost of a repair to a Bent Con Rod ...$20,000 US $ Caused by Water in the Cylinder. Car off the Road a Week ..a...

If ever there was truth in Fuel going off I had it yesterday When first started out of the Box...it was instant.... fresh Fuel As new Hyundai 4 stroke Mower absolutely refused to start without Either Spray.... Filled with fresh 98 Shell.... one quick Pull was all that was needed. Ignition is...

Thank you Patrick... and I thought ABS Systems were complex !!

On Out Back Truckers Program I was amazed to see that all 62 Tires on a Road Train could be adjusted down for more traction by a Dash Board Switch !! Ditto all the Diff Locks. American Trucks only ??? Patrick

If K & N Filters are so great how come high end manufacturers don't fit them ?? Is it because that Paper Elements do what they are supposed to do .. Filter efficiently to protect the Engine.

Interesting Patrick what vibration can do.... The Holdens of the early Sixties had a 3 speed Hydromantic which did not have a Torque Converter but had a similar type Damper Plate. Except that it was two plates with Friction Pads between. The pads wore out causing a rattle,then the internal...

Another plus Patrick is that the Gearbox, which still retained behind the Electric Motor after a conversion, lasts for double the milage as behind a vibrating Diesel Engine.