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I have just read this post On my Lomax I have only one rear spring which has a rubber caravan spring assistor fitted for the last 25 years And never had a problem with weight issues or handling including when towing a trailer. ARB fitted to the front only. I do wonder whether a ARB fitted to a three...

Sorry but no more breathers being made at the moment
Keep on revving
Steve Parrish

Hi Peter I still have some of the sets of longer threaded banjo bolts ,M7 fine (good old Citroen size )which should be used for flexible oil feed pipes,gives you more thread in the head as the standard banjo bolts are a bit short when used with aftermarket fittings . you would have to get some flexi...

Found this clock at Popham today ,I’ve never seen one in 30 years of Lomax ownership !
It’s going in tomorrow well happy
Keep on revving Steve

David
Sorry no pics as its been replaced with flexibles now.
The pipe just had two coils about 50 mm dia in between the cylinder and caliper with no support or clip.
My mistake, just concerned others may have the same
Cheers
Steve
Keep on revving

Well that stirred up a hornets nest
Still from the comments it seems we were very lucky ,thanks for all the feed back.
hopefully this thread will make many more People aware of possible problems .
That’s what this forum is all about.
Drive safely and keep on revving Steve

This a heads up to all special owners The pictures below show the brake pipe that broke on the way back from the Cotswolds a week ago.it went with no warning at all . It was very scary luckily we managed to stop on a grass verge with no injures or damage to the car or us just very shaken up. This is...

Hi all went the Beaulieu auto jumble yesterday,not as many stalls as prelock up ! Only 2 fields not 3 as before Still a good walk around looking at expensive rust ,in the sun with a good number of people about. nothing for the trike only polish . Oh I did buy a Bentley 1930 supercharged 4 1/2 litre👍...

Hi 750 Breva dimensions Crank centre to bottom of sump 170 mm approx Sump pan drops straight down away from main engine ,oil capacity 1.8 L You can get a oil sump extension that nearly doubles the oil capacity which is good for our use, the long distance racers Use them That adds 50mm under the engi...

Hi Steve In answer to how does the bracket connect to the chassis. Assuming it is a standard 2cv type with tha 2 rear wings ?, cutback to allow the now inward facing axle and wheel to clear For a trike The 2 bolts each side are used thro the cut off wings ?the step down in the bracket is to accommod...