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« on: Today at 11:35:45 AM »
Seems pretty self explanatory to me Bryan, of course we’ll get the answer it’s not the same type of carbs etc. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.
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« on: Today at 02:47:18 AM »
There’s a picture on eBay showing a SELNEC southern British Leyland PD2 on a 192 bus service, which was run by both the Manchester and Stockport depots. I spotted it one day and was amazed to see the conductor standing at the side was actually me in around 1975. I bought the pic, even recognised who the driver was. There was another of the same type bus on the 316 service and it’s me driving with my normal conductor stood talking to me on the stand.
Your bus is a lot like the Leyland PD2 Tricky, very similar. Only ever drove one pre-select, we didn’t have any at our depot. Wicked things if you got the gear change wrong, used to jam your leg into the steering wheel when it kicked back.
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« on: Today at 02:36:03 AM »
Another odd thing. Chain guard is plastic on a k but chrome on an f.
Can I suggest filling the bottom 3 slots in the fuse box with spare fuses, they’ll come in handy if one blows. Say a 15 a 7 and a 5? Or maybe 2 orange and a blue as fitted. Always a good idea to carry spare fuses somewhere.
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« on: Today at 02:29:44 AM »
I’ll try and post a link up of those little wheels. I try and post links up where they still use the same colours as I started out with. There are 7 colours in total. Some sets use different colours for the same grade abrasive and it can be confusing if we ain’t all singing off the same hymn sheets. The grades are 80 grit, which is dark green, then 120 grit, dark blue, 220 grit, I say red others say brown, 400 grit, light blue, 600 grit, purple or lilac, 1000 grit, light green and finally 2500 grit, white.
The white is like a pumice stone, ok for very soft metals like gold but not great on alloy but you’ll find a use for them. Dark green is very aggressive and is great at getting rust of parts or cleaning up really scabby alloy.
Bristles go in direction of rotation, 2 on a mandrel works well. Don’t press hard, a light touch is best. I’ve used them to clean stainless steel pans for the wife, polished jewelry with them. The uses are limited to your imagination.
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« on: August 10, 2026, 10:29:04 PM »
I remember the Leyland National, odd thing to drive. Had power steering on but not off, so you’d have hands going slow around the corner but going like bees wings trying to get the lock off again.
I learnt in a Leyland PD2, crash box. Still double declutch in the car to this day. Can’t seem to shake the habit. My favourite bus was a Bristol VRT, low bridge double decker. Fantastic brakes. Powerful as hell. I had a friend who was on what we called the last bus. In the 70s you left the bus station snd went hell for leather to the destination, turned round and leathered it back, sod the timetable. On the way back on the A6 the police stopped him. It was raining a little so the road was wet, You’ve got something dangling under your bus the police said. Get out and have a look, so they made him kneel down on a wet road and look under the bus. Nothing there he says, oh sorry they say, must have been your foot coming through the floor, now slow down.
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« on: August 10, 2026, 09:20:00 PM »
Yeah, I knew it was different lug shape but thought it was both sides. I bow to your knowledge on this as I don't have an F2 to compare it too.
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« on: August 10, 2026, 07:02:33 PM »
I used a Dremel and some small grinding stones, went through a few. After that those little wheels I keep mentioning, used those to remove the grinding marks and slowly smooth it flat. Finally a modified buffing wheel to get the shine. The chromers did nothing, they were satisfied it was as good as it would ever get. They charged me around £5 each to chrome them. So what I lost in time I made up for in money.
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« on: August 10, 2026, 06:17:28 PM »
Did I? I can't remember TBH. But I'll PM you my address, rats pissed all over my old foam, it still stinks 10 years later.
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« on: August 10, 2026, 06:16:31 PM »
I was a bus driver twice in my working life. The second time they retired a load of old buses for emissions etc. Then they brought a load back as all the new buses went down to London for the Olympics or the Ryder cup, so much for emissions. They came back but the drivers had to suffer with unsuitable equipment along with the passengers. I admit I would try and break the old buses whenever I got one. The bus companies say one thing and do another.
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« on: August 10, 2026, 06:12:10 PM »
Something odd here. The first pic is confusing. The tank looks like a 550K3 but the side panel badges are off a 550K0-2 not a K3. Totally different. Plus IIRC the 550F has one upper mounting lug going vertical and yours are both horizontal The brake pedal is off a 550F, the 550K has a round tubular type. The clocks are blue faced, so either a 550F2 or a 550K3. The shape of the footrest brackets may clear it up as they are different IIRC between the 550K and the 550F. If the headlight was blowing the fuse why not the 7a fuse? try removing the headlight itself and run without it, see if it blows when the lights are on. If it doesn't suspect the lamp itself, if it does it's a wiring problem on the lighting circuit.
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« on: August 10, 2026, 06:01:03 PM »
I'm after some seat foam John. I was going to get new but I prefer to keep standard. Going for a full leather cover exactly the same pattern as new. Not as dear as you'd think.
Let me know P&P and I'll compensate you OR maybe I have something you want.
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« on: August 10, 2026, 05:57:16 PM »
Very difficult to get the finned clamps looking good. I did a whole thread on just those alone, I think I spent around 20 hours on each one. I still have around 8 still to do. I had some rechromed after doing some smoothing work and some chrome ceramic coated, just to see which lasted longest. I started with something like these  After a LOT of work, the castings are extremely rough, if you chrome them you leave loads of holes where water gets in, it's this which causes the rust problem. You need to remove all these casting marks, you can see how smooth this is.  One done in chrome ceramic, not polished yet. It's extremely hard and very resistant to road salt etc. I had the collets done in the same stuff so they matched.  And one chromed, you need to get right down the valleys as the chromer can't get in there to polish it, I can but it takes a good while to do. 
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« on: August 10, 2026, 05:43:09 PM »
Forgot to mention, the inner 2 are sort of handed. The originals have a small tab which sticks out of the part that goes into the plenum chamber. These fit between 2 bumps on the chamber, it's to ensure you get the correct orientation. They face inwards towards each other. Plus you can remove the boots in situ. Just unbolt the airbox and slide in backwards. You can then refit them with a little difficulty but it is doable.
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« on: August 09, 2026, 11:56:29 PM »
Go back to the beginning on that small area Ted, go back to the little discs. Using the polishing mop can highlight the faults not disguise them. Sometimes backwards is forwards.
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