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  1. mickc22

    it lives!

    yay! finally, got the engine back together on Sat, to the point where I could get her up and running, and it works bit low in the fuel department, and probably needs a little tweek with the timing, but she runs All I need to do now is get a new battery, air filter, and a couple of tires...
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    Torque settings - (cylinder head) different units???

    I'm just putting the head back on and the settings on my torque wrench don't match with what's in the manual. In the book it gives lbf ft or kgf m. My wrench has the main heading Torques, and below that, two columns headed Newton and Meter on one side and on the other the heading MKGS and below...
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    Vacuum advance valve

    Hi everyone, I know I haven't been on here in a while but I've not done anymore to the K10 in a while, hopefully with the milder weather I can get that ball rolling again In the meantime, I'm in need of a Vacuum advance valve (I think that's the correct name), the little flying saucer shaped...
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    vacuum gauge

    hi peeps can anyone tell me where I can buy a cheap vacuum gauge? Nothing fancy, it just needs to read down to 30" of Hg It's not actually going in the micra, I'm building a vacuum chamber for de-gassing silicone molds, for casting resin items cheers mick
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    HHO (Browns Gas) mod

    Anybody looked into this at all? been watching loads of vids on You Tube, it's supposed to boost performance and make your engine run better, buy burning all the fuel in the combustion chamber instead of the exhaust. Bringing down emmissions at the same time it's basically an electrolytic...
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    pretty sure the head gasket's gone...

    :down: I let her warm up to drain out the oil, had the rad cap off as I'd already given it a clean when it was hot, a load of thick brown "goop" started oozing out the top of the open rad...... Head gasket? right? So far I've removed: -the bonnet, to make access easier -the battery and...
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    Hi everyone...

    I'm repairing a K10 for my daughter, it was my sons but, after breaking the pipe off the heating matrix, he promptly lost interest so far I've got all the dash off and the matrix out, ready to be replaced. Be handy if you could just get the pipe that unscrews from the main body, as that's the...
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