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Dear All,

In a non similar but related note, I passed the French Bis-annual legal control of my AK1317 recently.
The guy was having a go at me in the sense that our AK do not have a cold mark on the frame of the car of the entire VIN registration number but only the 4 numbers of the AK number i.e. 1317  for my AK1317.

The entire VIN is cold marked on a small plate, but this plate is riveted (and thus not considered as unchangeable), in my case , in the car just behind the windscreen.

The guy was arguing that this was not normal as Jaguars and other antic cars from the same period do have the VIN  cold-marked on the frame.

Does anyone know why AC/Autokraft did not cold-mark the VIN on the Frame .

Many thanks for your feedback
Laurent

Many Thanks to both of you Andy & Graham for your help.

Interesting that your car has the 207, mine like Wescott has the 210.
The 207 seems more "standard" and used on more recent cars.
The 210 was a real pain to find not considering that the first supplier I found would not accept to ship to France !

I just finally got them from  ABC Autosport Bearings & components  Unit 3 Shepperton Business Park, Govett Avenue, Shepperton, Middlesex TW17 8BA
Price is £75.63
Interestingly, they are not on their catalog of parts buts they seemed to have some "spare" left.

These bearings are just being put back on the car today  and I will be ... back on the road  ;D

Many Thanks again
Laurent

Dear All,

I need your help again.
I need to change the bearing from the link between the lower wishbone to the rear frame.
In a previous post, Wescott was mentionning the bearing to be a RBJ-210 ML he bought in UK but did not refer to a vendor.

I can find on the Web a RBJ-210 M  as well as a RBJ-210 L but not an "ML"
Does anyone know what the difference is between these 3 "M" ; "L" and "ML"  if any ?
Also does anyone know where to buy them from in UK or US ?

Many thanks again and as usual , for your help.
Very Best Regards
Laurent

Dear all,
A friend of mine who just bought an MKIV is looking for the retractable original systems  for the bumpers.
we have found the bumpers (Europaspares UK)  but they don't sell the retractable part that connects the car chassi to the bumper itself.
Does anyone have an idea where to buy them.
Many thanks in advance for your help
Laurent

Hi All, Flyinghorse

It is an MGB modified. Shortened.
I contacted Gerry and we had several mail exchanges. Gerry could have done it.
Finally I bought an MGB one and got is shortened by a local specialist. Will be installed tomorrow  :)  I'll let you know how it goes

Many thanks to all of you for your comments; suggestions and references to part.
I got it sorted now and replaced.

Does not mean I out of problems.  The replacement led to aggravation of the noise of the steering rack inner ball joint on the left side (lefthandrive). So I am now looking for the complete steering rack for an MKIV 1989. Does anyone know what make /type/it is ??
Many thanks for your help again

Thanks Peter.

I think the upper Rose joint is a 5/8"  3/4 UNF thread.  I'd noticed McGillMotorsport was selling them but had no idea if they were good. Really nice you can confirm they are.
The lower rose joint, I thought it was an Austin 1800/2200 part - but I might be wrong. I'll ask Barry to send me pictures of his parts.

Many thanks again for your help .
Best Regards
Laurent

Thanks Flyinghorse. I'd be interested in the word document if you still have /  can find it.
you can mail it to me.
Many Thanks in advance.
BR
L

Dear All,

I need you help.
I have an MKIV (AK1317)

I have noticed an increase noise on the front left of the car especially when driving on poor quality road.
looking at it carefully, I have noticed that the suspension ball joint of the upper whisbone  left is dead (see picture) .  I want to change the 4 of them (2 left and 2 right). Does anyone know what is the part reference and where to fond them ?

Also I have noticed a sudden degradation of my right tyre (degradation on the outside of the tyre). again looking into it carefully, I noticed 2 things:
- some spare movement of the lower suspension ball joint (see picture)
- noisy wheel bearing when spinning the left wheel manually

Again, Could anyone help me with the bearing and ball joint references and where to find them.

Many Many Thanks in advance for you time and help
Best Regards

LaurentCobra06

Dear COB4, JMOHARA, COB302, PAHO, dkp_Cobra

Many Many thanks to all of you. I am sure I'll find the part now with the info you provided me with.
I am really thankfull to all of you for your time and investment to help me sort that out.
Best Regards
LaurentCobra06

Dear all,
I have an MKIV 1989 (AK1317).
I just realised that there is a brake liquid leakage between the airvac and the master cylinder of my Brake mastervac.

There are quite few references on the system body : ABCDEGHJKLMN  8  and   74660862   as well as a reference that looks like Q1370?

I have attached some pictures of the system.
Does anyone know what brand and reference it is ?

I would think it is a Ford part but not absolutely certain and maybe an ATE model but I cannot find these references.

Many thanks in advance for you help.
Best Regards

Laurent

Many thanks to both of you Emmanuel and JMohara for your help. I thought it was an MGB - which you confirmed but I was not aware of the modifications.
Very usefull.
Many thanks again
L

Dear All,

I start to have significant noise on the right handside of my Left hand drive steering rack on my AC MKIV 1989 (AK1317).  Steering rack probably needs changing.
I  wonder if anyone could tell me what steering rack was mounted originally on MKIV in 1989 and where to find a new one for replacement.
Many thanks in advance for your help.
With my very best regards
Laurent

Dear All,

I struggle to find where to buy a distributor cap and rotor distributor for a Motorcraft 12127 ignition distributor for my 302 CI Ford V8 that equip my MKIV.
Does anyone know where to find these parts ?

Many thanks for your help
Best Regards
Laurent

Many thanks to all of you John, Ac Ventura and M.
Very usefull infos. I have the pads now.

All the best
L