The Triumph 2000/2500/2.5 Register Forum

The thought did occur to me I could use the facelift Mk2 hazard switch and two flasher relays and wire it in a similar manner to a Mk2. Unfortunately I don't have a spare Mk2 switch and both flasher relays and Mk2 hazard switches seem to be oddly expensive these days. Standard on/off and changeover ...

The simplest way i could think of doing it was with a modern flasher relay and a 2 pole switch to bypass the column switch and link both sides together. The problem is that you would need the key in the ignition to make the hazards work, or move the power to the relay across one fuse so the indicato...

I've been giving this some thought about hazard warning lights and the cheapest and easiest way to do this. I've not needed hazard warning lights often, but being sat at the side of the A30 in the fog at 1 O'clock in the morning many years ago with only my sidelights as illumination was a bit scary....

If John W doesn't have one readily to hand, I have a vague feeling I have a sill tread plate or two in the loft. I'll have a look later in the week when I put the Christmas decorations away.

Having dropped the sump off the other day on my car I dropped the steering cross member, undid the drag struts at the bushed end which meant I could get the steering cross member down just far enough to get the sump out. I didn't see turning it 90 degrees as a removal option, possibly because I had ...

Hi Bill, I'm actually surprised how clean the inside of the sump pan was - definitely shows she's had reasonably frequent oil changes. The outside unfortunately is a different matter!!! Will clean it all thoroughly then re-paint the outside to stop it rusting on the off chance I manage to seal the s...

And after much swearing and getting totally plastered in 54 years of oily goo I got the sump off and there in the middle is the blooming nut! (scratch to the left in the oily layer in the sump from the MIG torch liner).
Success!

I spent quite a long time trying to find the hole the nut had disappeared down. Firstly I was checked it had definitely gone down and definitely not sideways as the pushrods are in groups of 3 in the block with a gap between (like the cut-outs on the head gasket) so conceivably it could have been ou...

I've got an old 4m steel MIG torch liner in the garage somewhere - I'll try carefully poking that down.

One of those evenings where I thought I'd slip out to the garage and do a bit of of work on the car and now wish I hadn't. Fitting my new rocker shaft and rockers. Then went to adjust the tappets. The engine didn't want to turn over by hand which was odd. I didn't want to bend the fan so cranked her...