The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Jeroen (SOE8M) made my front loom for my sprint.

Relays for the light, horn and cooling fan.

Requires the main loom cutting below the battery / near the rad - a couple of connectors added and then plugged into a new harness for the lights etc.

The old one had been bodged, cut, connectors removed ...

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Just to back up what Steve (Carledo) has said.

When I bought my sprint it had spam adjustables and lowered and uprated springs on the car.

The car had a nose down, bum (being polite) up stance, and the ride and handling was terrible. I had some std shocks from years ago and comparing them with ...

Please if this breaches the rules of the forum please remove!! I have no association with AG Classic Car Tuning other than being a Happy Customer!!

I'd been having issues with my Sprint running (extremely) rich and starting problems for a number of years, and to honest was stopping me using the ...

Dizzy cap - there's a std Unipart NOS (GDC134) one on eBay at this morning. Bids start at £50........

Not mine, or anything to do with me!!!

On my usual afternoon foray through eBay came across this:-

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126451975802?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20240131095853%26meid%3D8a99131fab024b5ca44001701126881e%26pid%3D101949%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D126451975802%26pmt ...

if you still want to go down the electric water pump route. I recently bought a restrictor by-pass from Robsport, included new o-rings. About a fiver.

just a thought.

@B8WLY Lovely Sprint!! and nice to see the RS originally from Gods Own Country.......Newcastle upon Tyne. (or Gateshead to be more accurate)

Have always wanted a MK2 RS2000 - couldn't justify the spent now to get one in the condition I would want. Very Jealous!!

that was for sale at mathewsons (bangers and cash) during the summer.

Looks a bog-eyed!!

I have the the same rack mounts, engine mounts and a spin on filter conversion on mine. The solid mounts were a right sod to put on.

Your filter looks too long. I have a shorter filter (I’ll post the number when I get home). I bought the filters from RB in a 3 pack, and they are quite stumpy.
Also ...

I experience a similar problem when I was a slip of a lad, with what I thought was poor quality brakes, and warping after replacement at a local garage.

Stripped them back and the mating surfaces of the disc and hub on one side weren't clean, had some debris and detritus on them, cleaned them up ...

I had a noisy bearing under load on my old “std” sprint alternator.

Put an a127 70A one on as recommended by the guys on here as a replacement. Seems to work fine.
(A right hang one)
Voltage and on the volt meter never drops below 13 even with fan, lights and the ICE on.

When fitting Weber carbs and manifold, should you replace the std by-pass connecting tube with a blank, with a small diameter hole drilled in it? Similar to the ones used when fitting a electric water pump?

Thanks in advance for your replies!

Sprint alloys are 5.5J
Std size tyres are 175/70 13’s

185/60 13 fit also without out rubbing.

Quick question

I bought and fitted (fortunately when having the new engine fitted, the guys put the alternator bolt in from the water pump side, which made removal a doddle!!) the uprated alternator that was suggested. Think it is rated at 65 ACR.

Started up, spot on, volt gauge at 1500 rpm ...

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My ten pence worth...

I tried the luminition system and had mixed results with it using a std distributor, cap and SU carbs. Maybe the way it was set up.

I now have an Aldon (non vacuum) distributor using an ambassador cap, small rotor arm, the accuspark system and webers - its been in about 8 ...