yep, sounds like warped discs and maybe a faulty booster

thanks Phil and Branko,
correct branko 14 x 1.5 (spoke to vin yesterday) unfortunatly standard metric pitch is 2mm so it is a metric fine pitch and i'm struggling to find a rod end replacment with this thread on it, i was going to try and sort out the bump steer before PI next weekend, may have to try to fix it another way
cheers guys

hi guys
just wondering if anyone knows what the thread on the steering tie rod ends is on the 105's
cheers

Hi Guys, had a crack at fixing up the trim on the centre console on my road car, total cost of fix up
$20 vinyl
$8 contact adhesive
$10 varnish
Pretty happy with the results, the vinyl stretched around the shape remarkable easily, got my mum to whip out the sewing machine for the gear shifter boot.  Was initially just going to cover the rear parcel shelf but thought I would give the console a go, pretty glad I did!

Unlikely to be the cap, caps will usually only give you problems if they are cracked, but worth changing as gary says, easy to get and cheap too, a little oxide will reduce spark size, but unlikely to make the cylinder miss alltogeather.   I would put a slab on it being the plugs, once wet sometimes they never recover, put a fresh set in and I reckon you will be in business
let us know how you go

Awesome, Awesome, Awesome.  Old bluey even managed to get me to work this morning after the thrashing I gave it yesterday

Phil have you got over the last garage incident yet

who ended up with all the results?

Yes can’t wait, the blue smoke machine will be back for round two, even waking on a new head gasket tomorrow for the occasion!,

Hey phil is the wrx going to make an appearance?

Hi gary
the 1750 Hubcaps are the ones that completly cover the center of the wheel yea? not the style that's held on by the wheel nuts?

Ah fun fun fun

No the tacho and speedo should run smoothly, it could be the inner cable sticking in the outer, so you can take the cable out of the car, pull the inner out and give it a good clean with degreaser and coat it in some light oil before you put it back in.  It could also be a damaged drive pin on either end of the cable, only thing to do there is get a new one

If you ground the sender wire to earth the gauge should go high


Not as far as I know

Hope that helps

Hey pep
If you turn the key but can’t hear a clunk, sounds like the starter solenoid has begun to fail. These are a resonable standard item and easy to replace once the starter is out of the car.  The only reason I can think of that the throttle would have anything to do with it is if you have a lose wire from the ignition to the starter solenoid and the throttle linkage is moving that wire, as the linkage is fairly close to the starter moter so its possible


No relay’s in that circuit from standard but can be a good idea to add one
good luck

That’s good advice from Chris,  to make it easier to find the marks on the crank pully you can also pull out no. 1 plug and carefully using a  screw driver find TDC by slowly rotating the engine, and like Chris said, if you do this with the cam cover off by checking that both cam lobes of no 1 are facing out you can be sure you are on the compression stroke.

White out pen works well also

Tim when you took the top off the carbies was there any fuel in the float bowls ?

Same regs as an AROCAvic sprint meet, so not required

gezz barry thats good value, i heard it was more like $350 just for the dash board

Hi tim, the reg on top of the glass filter unit is not a necessity but it is good to have it there, so just replace the filter (if you can’t get the correct replacement filter, in the past I’ve cut open a standard plastic housed filter and the paper element inside fits great!) and I’ve never had a problem with the regulating part either.  With a mechanical pump you should see a good steady flow of fuel, it won’t be very powerfully as those pumps only produce around 3-5psi.


When the float closes the needle valves it simple dead ends the pump, no return system at all.

looks like a carbon copy of last year!