04-09-2024, 08:20 PM
Hi David, yes it's a synchro box and one of the most surprising things about driving the car is how nicely it shifts when treated right, its incredibly satisfying.
It does have the little rubber engine mountings, although I'm not sure how much vibration damping they achieve!
With regards to kingpins...I've been experiencing a sort of rhymical knocking during hard braking, just a little at first but seemed to be getting worse. Today it was starting to feel really bad, quite alarming in fact. Had the car up on stands for a proper look at it and it seems the kingpin on the offside has fore and aft movement as well as up and down, and combined with the drum on that side having a rough spot, or being out of round, I think that's the issue.
So that's the car on stands now until I've sorted it.
I'd absolutely love a copy of the handbook, would you be interested in selling it?
It does have the little rubber engine mountings, although I'm not sure how much vibration damping they achieve!
With regards to kingpins...I've been experiencing a sort of rhymical knocking during hard braking, just a little at first but seemed to be getting worse. Today it was starting to feel really bad, quite alarming in fact. Had the car up on stands for a proper look at it and it seems the kingpin on the offside has fore and aft movement as well as up and down, and combined with the drum on that side having a rough spot, or being out of round, I think that's the issue.
So that's the car on stands now until I've sorted it.
I'd absolutely love a copy of the handbook, would you be interested in selling it?