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Hi Jane these dash's are not very well made from factory and some of the so called replacements are very poor as trying to make them from scratch needs a lot of work and good tooling if I were you I would seek out a good old school cabinet maker who could re veneer them for you if the backing is good failing that its a few hours doing the ebay shuffle. regards jeff

hi Paul its difficult for me to answer this one as its clear its not venting the vac there could be several things wrong what i would try is look through the internet and try to find a breakdown of the unit manual or parts list and compare your rebuild that may show up the problems. you may well find the problem to be very minor let me no if you have no luck regards jeff

Hi Richard the Vinyl came from a company called Martrim based in Sandbach Cheshire uk they do have a web site and always attend the large classic car shows. the foam was ebay search for 3mm high density foam the thickness of the foam you should decide on your application. regards jeff

Thanks Jeff thats perfect.

I think you will find he is pronouncing it correctly here in the UK. In the US you decided to take a letter out 😂 UK spelling - ALU-MINI-UM

hi Michael what I found was the whole thing is molded together with age and removing the cover pulls away foam but on the up side it gave good stiffness when the new cover when on. regards Jeff

So that's how padded dashboards are made. Ive seen ones that are cracked and they have to be filled and painted but in your case you got away with a recover. I thought that vinyl was glued on to the foam but its not.

hi Sedan sounds like a great project lots of work would make a good video series if you would put them out there. thanks Jeff

Hi Tony sorry but I can not understand your comment only English sorry

Hi put the key in the dash as always thought that factory idea steering shaft mount was crazy problem to reach when the old type seat belts fitted works well in the new location thanks for the comment. ps was the old gt6 a right of?

It was a write off in 1984. These days it would be a damn good fixer upper.

I'm thinking about just having a rotary switch Off/I/II and a start button so my keys aren't clanging around. If theives get in the car, not having a key isn't going to stop them :) I usually hide a switch to isolate the starter circuit anyway which isn't a bad idea, or just mis-label another switch on the dash. There's lots of ways to skin a cat and that's half the fun of it. I'm doing up a 76 Spit with a Triumph 2500 engine (sadly not PI) 'for the wife'. Does yours have a type D Laycock O/D in it? Mine's making me scratch my head. Says the solenoid and arm adjustment can be done in situ but you need a child's fingers to get at them.

Hi good to see people trying a different approach to there projects should look nice. one thing check with the insurance people first before you comit. regards Jeff

That's a fair point about the insurance, I suppose I should put a keyhole somewhere afterall. What did you do about the steering lock that's normally on when the steering column mounted key is out?

paint away David high temp paint though regards Jeff.

Done! (Though your model is still slightly different than mine, specifically the choke mechanism.) Also, my needle adjustment screw has an o-ring around the screw, whereas your does not. I'm amazed at the variety of carburetors made and maintained.

Glad to here your done with the rebuild, you will still need to get the carb set up when fitted mixture setting etc I got a guy near me who has a dyno and old school no how runs really sweet. the benefits of owning £10,000 worth of equipment. regards Jeff

greasemonkeygarage watson ah, I meant done with the PAINT...haven't completed the first rebuild due to missing parts. PO bypassed choke so he didn't notice the missing nut holding it on...also I'm just slow, as this is the first car I've ever worked on.

Hi David may I say that the important thing here is to get the height right when you refit the new jet very important been a while since I did this video but I'm sure this detail is included I tapped it down if I remember with a tool I made basically a long bolt which I turned on the lathe witch fit down the centre to a shoulder so no damage to the carb body when drifting out. don't forget to measure the height of the old jet before you start depth gauge best for this job. 100thou is what it should be from the top best practice to check measure. regards Jeff

I see it at the very end of your last video and beginning of this one, you tapped it out from the bottom (with a hammer.) I had this video "saved" for a while and the bookmark was after that point when i picked it up, so I didn't remember the beginning. Thanks for the information.

Hi Jeff, I have been following your instructional video. It's been very helpful. Have you found, or would you direct me to part 3?

Hi Robert, just been through the videos found they are numbered wrong the end of part 2 shows the fitting of the float bowl or the bottom of the carb which was the end of that section of the build the next video I started the top half of the carb which I had wrongly titled part 4 when it should have been part 3 which brings the series to a end. sadly I filmed this series to the end of the job then did the edit which I was disappointed to find the mistakes I made zoomed to far in etc by then the carbs where finished. the problems with trying to both film and work. hope you get something from the series if there is something your not sure about I may be able to help. regards Jeff

Thanks Jeff, this clears it all up. Your videos were very helpful!! One quick question, what "Silicon Grease" do you use to seal the bottom plug?

Hi Robert any really its mostly the same ive used many different makes there are some lubes out there made for rubber o rings net search probably the best way just keep the pack size small keeps waste down. regards Jeff

Hi very glad to here the video helped, it sounds to me like you have the skills to carry out this repair just needed a picture to look at ive watched many videos that gave me the drive to get the job done. regards Jeff

Well I am an aircraft mechanic, and has been for more than 40 years, But I have never done this before. We have all fancy tools in our workshop so that helps for sure. If it was a succsess is yet to be seen, but I think so. If not, I will let you know :-)

Hi Paul glad you enjoyed the series, sorry but I don't sell the parts I do this kind of thing for the love of it only. the manifold mod takes so long for me to make the best thing for that would be a cnc guy. I would be happy if someone did copy them the banjo works well and the damper bracket is easy to make. thanks for the comment Jeff. ps sorry for the slow reply my internet has been down for 2 weeks BT can be slow.

Hi Jeff Many thanks for your reply. I'll see if I can get one made. Cheers Paul

@@paulgledstone5931 if ya find anyone please share mine busted too :o( what are the size and thread perhaps there some out there that can be made to suit perhaps with slight modification ??

Hi thanks for the comment good luck with the build. I enjoyed that job clean bench work made a nice change. regards Jeff

Hi glad you find it usefull this youtube thing is all about sharing. regards Jeff

Hi fretman6 unable to remember the rubber gasket fit its been a year now since I completed the rebuild and the car is now well covered up for winter so unable to check for sure but I do remember the seal so think I did install it. will have to check. no I didn't paint the inside for the same reasons you mention mine was remarkably rust free canister so just cleaned and dried but think this unit had been overhauled before at some time and was coated inside with some thing this had not chipped or worn so left as it was. see you mentioned the service intervals I tend to go for fluid changes every 2 years regardless of mileage would leave a full overhaul longer checking other parts ie cylinder rubber seals for general condition if there is a problem there then I would look to service the whole system. thanks for the great comment its good to hear someone else is out there doing this kind of work keeps the shared information live for all. regards Jeff.

fretman6; Yes there is a rubber gasket under the air filter. And regarding painting the inside of the vacuum housing, its not a problem on the Mk2B but it is on the Mk2A. Beeing scandinavian I have had some Volvo's in the past :-) The Mk2B is a better design, if the piston gets stuck on the A model, and at some time it will, the brakes may lock on which is normally not convenient :-)

Hi Dave not sure where your based. I purchased this full overhaul kit from stromburg here in the uk for aprox £100 expensive I no, but its the full kit and now the car is running and on the road they perform really well. you can contact them via the net. Regards Jeff

I rebuilt the carb with the kit available here in the US. It mostly contained gaskets and a new needle and seat. After putting it back on the car, it started leaking fuel from a hole on the filter side of the carb once it reached operating temperature. Any idea what would cause this? It did the same thing prior to the rebuild.

Dave's Drone Hi Dave its common for the float needle valves to stick when new try to work them up and down not easy to do but its the best place to start. it happened to me think it was the front carb but once lubed its been ok this can also happen when the car has been stored for a longer period of time. good luck and merry Christmas

Thank you, I will try that, Merry Christmas and Happy New year to you!

thanks for the comment its good to hear young people like the old cars. Jeff

your welcome. I was just thinking about.What I'd I found a TR6 GT coupe. And I go through it. And I find that the motor is no good and the frame is cracked. And if I have the auto body,mechanic skills and machine shops. I would take the car apart like you did. then I measure the frame. then I'll be looking for a Honda Accord V6 two door. that's been hit on the side. That's totaled by the insurance company. take the Accord completely apart. All I have is the raw frame for TR6. and after careful measurements in Machining. I build the suspension frame. where the Accord parts would bolt on. Then again build the engine mounts radiator support and transmission mounts and "K-Frame". but here's my question is. did they eat TR6 have struts in the back or was it a solid axle?

***** Hi Sven sorry but I don't no the answer to your question never had much to do with the tr6 only the gt6 /spitfire think you are best to check the internet, tr6 club thanks Jeff

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Hi Darek I bought the wood at a local cabinet makers I think any cabinet makers shop will have some it was a plank about 1.2 m long x 300mm wide and I got them to run the wood through a thickneser to about 8mm then glued the pitch pine backing on overnight to dry then back in the thickneser again to 1mm thicker than the factory size. try and contact someone local to you to see if they could do the same, it makes a much better job and will last a lot longer than the factory one. regards Jeff

+Steve Hill Hi Steve how you doing made the top job yet?. yes it was past parts I got my kit from but there is another I saw on ebay your looking at £100 for the full kit there are other servo's out there for that price worth thinking about. Jeff

+David Plass hi yes 3 is always best just couldn't get a third one in so had to chance it a little. the dash is now finished photo on facebook page is Jeff Watson.

I think the fact that you're experienced with the router works in your favor, unlike me.

+Ulrik Kaul Hi Ulrik thankfully I don't pull that trick very often but routers do bite with out warning. sounds like its spending time on your project to did you get your parts in the UK? . btw the dash is finished photo on my facebook page Jeff Watson.

+greasemonkeygarage watson Found the parts just 40 km away from where i live. He has a bunch of parts. He has several Spitfires witch include his version of a Spit6. He's even build his own replica of the Spitfire LeMans type witch he's use for racing. He just bought one of the prototypes of Triumph TR2 that was used for promotion in the US Nice chap to know, that's for sure.