The following articles are for guidance only and are written by members of Thames Valley Centre and not motor industry experts. The information provided gives an amateur's perspective and should be looked at in conjunction with expert opinion.

  1. BMC Paint Codes
  2. ICI Paint Codes
  3. Binding Brakes
  4. Broken Spokes
  5. Jump starting your vehicle
  6. Engine running on
  7. Fitting a Servo
  8. Changing a Distributor - choices
  9. Timing with a strobe light
  10. Fuel choices
  11. Introduction of E10 fuel
  12. 2021 E10 implementation
  13. Shock absorbers or Spax dampers?
  14. Shock absorber and front hub removal
  15. Radiator cap
  16. Positive earth to negative earth conversion
  17. Changing the fuel tank
  18. Rear Hub Seal Change
  19. Wheel Balancing
  20. Antifreeze - (Comma - Super Coldmaster seems good) 
  21. Adjusting the throttle switch
  22. Carburettors and Distributors (see 8 above)

 

General Engineering Tips

  1. Sharpening drill bits
  2. Sharpening drill bits 2
  3. Bolt sizes and threads

Please also see our Technical Videos page and the Norman Nock Technical articles on the right hand side of this page.