Allegro Club International

EEKS !!!
Looks like SWK could be in REAL trouble then....

David - have you been running the car on unleaded without additive? This will cause burning of the exhaust valves / seats resulting in the loss of valve clearance and eventually loss of compression / ...

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Watched Top Gear last night - check this out at 45min 30 secs - Alex James, the bass player from Blur telling Clarkson that the Allegro is a brilliant car:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod ...

Thanks for that Merv, I presumed it to be Radweld or similar as there are no traces of gunk anywhere else in the system, I have the defective pump off and no traces there or in the coolant ports in th ...

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I just got a new car and need to know what colour it is. It`s a Series 3 HL and Andy R told me it was Denim but is it really or could it be a different blue?
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Here we go again - a new member of the family, Levi. A 1980 1.3HL.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10387810/DSC00060.JPG

Saved by Andy Robinson, the car was purchased new and owned by the same fam ...

Thanks for that Lawrence, I already scoured the Mini forums for info - it would appear that the Corsa system is quite popular with them but I decided to go with the MG setup (closer to home and all th ...

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As some of you will know, I was rather poorly a couple of years ago and one of the side effects of my illnes has turned out to be some arthitic symptoms in my arms. Now I will understand those ...

n fact it has only just had a full service

Hi Joe
I have had a similar issue many years ago when I was running a 1750 Sport TC. I had the car fully serviced at the Halfords garage where I worked a ...

These are the lamps I fitted to SWK;
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-3-4-Halogen-Headlamps-Inner-Outer-Stag-Vitesse-NEW-/220804780703?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3368fd929f
They fi ...

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I`m bringing a good stock of bits in case anyone shaould have running problems, also tools etc as space allows. I`ve got points, condensors,coils,cap and rotor, leads,fanbelts,even a fuel pump ...

Other side now welded:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10387810/DSC00084.JPG
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10387810/DSC00085.JPG
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10387810/DSC00086.JPG
Matt`s over next weekend , time to ...

Try this if you can`t get a new seal via the club:
http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/c-37-side-seals.aspx?pagenum=1
One of the first two should be right, the 16mm one looks good to me - I`m in a similar ...

Just finished the new door cards for SWK - if anyone else is suffering the tops of the standard doorcards distorting etc. this may be of interest:
Mine looked AWFUL after the two years since they wer ...

Mine has 1991 Metro seats in, I had to make subframes for them and then realised they interfered with the seatbelts, I now have 3 point statics fitted. I`m replacing them with either MGF or Vauhall As ...