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Ignacio Vivancos
Austin, TX
ivivancos@austin.rr.com

Looking for a complete or partial set of tie rods for my ace. Any good used or any clue where I can buy them much appreciated. Thanks
Ignacio Vivancos
Austin, TX
ivivancos@austin.rr.com

Hi,
I would also be interested in a copy for my aceca AEX534. Please send it to 356type@gmail.com
Thanks!
Ignacio

No, not looking for British air for the tires, just something fast for replacement, the ones on the car are worn out, they are 16mm thick but having trouble finding rubber mounts that thick for the 3/8" studs.

Does anyone where to buy those or other vehicle part compatibility? Mines are hard as a rock, looks like they where neoprene thick washers? Probably not the originals anyway.
thanks for any info
Ignacio VIvancos
Austin, TX

Hi,
Was the Smiths fuel sender used in other british cars of the same era? Does someone have a rebuildable one for sale?
Thanks
Ignacio Vivancos
Austin, TX
ivivancos@austin.rr.com

So, I spent some time checking out this topic:
I took the Bristol 32 BI carb, a Porsche 356 32 PBIC and a Porsche 356 40 PII-4 from my stock,
As well as tool P-78. This is what I found:

threads: interestingly enough both German 32 PBIC and British have metric 8x1.00 starters so the attachment for checking the bowls would be the same. 40s have a different M11x1.00 that matches P-78 tool.

So in theory you could machine an extension M8 to M11 to use the tool. There is an M7x1.00 extension available, that is for the zeniths also used on porsches 356. At this point I also had a look at the factory preA and A model workshop manuals as those are the models that used the 32 solexes.
The method for adjusting the fuel high in the bowl is the traditional which involves taking out the top cover.
I also checked the potential attachement to P-78 to the 32's....the lowest level indicated by the tool will still be too high compared to the maximum that the 32 will need. So the tool is not usable.
32s have way smaller bowls compared to the big, deep bowls of the 40's needed for the S-90/SC/912 series and P-78 was design for those clearly. Also there is a good reason for this tool as 40s do have an outside bolt to regulate the float high without taking apart the top cover.
So, long story short, P78 won't work and in fact won't make much difference as you need to remove
the cover anyway.
Ignacio

Hi,
P78 is the float setting tool for Solex carburetors, but not for 32PBIC, rather for 40 PIIs. I do have P78 and I'll check this afternoon if it works on my spare set of 32PBI-6. For sure the level will be different but could be marked beforehand. P78 is available at several Porsche spare sources.
Ignacio

Thanks for your help. However wrong one. The correct one I believe is Lucas 25026. I did ask the seller if they might have one though......

Got it! They are the same price and both versions need to the special ordered as there is no stock at all. 6 weeks delivery time. Now that we are on this topic, are Spax the best option? Or are other alternatives like konis, bilsteins?
   Again I do not intend to race....
   Ignacio

Spax says those "short" absorbers are for special cars lowered by Brian Eacott.
   So I guess I need to go with the regular ones.
   Ignacio

Peter,
   Spax has two different versions for the rear ones G623 and G623EA, last one being the "short" version. Do you know the difference? Which one should be used for non racing applications?
   Thanks
   Ignacio

I have the same amount of play on my 55 aceca and I'm tired of hearing that klunk. So,
   I have decided to get the thing out and have it rebuild. Now, does someone have experience removing the diff that can give some advice?
   Thanks
   Ignacio

Just in case someone might need this info in the future, the xk120 cap is the same one, needs to be 4 lbs. those can be obtained from several sources.

Thanks Robin. I do have a set of those but apparently there seems to be two kind of those. The cast bronze reproduced ones are for later Acecas. Mine being a 55 has a different type. I did not know there were two types. I do not know when the change happened, maybe with the Bristol engine introduction.