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New leader owner

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2019 8:44 pm
by Carl55
Hi my names Carl I live in Cheltenham and I have become the proud owner of a very yellow Sylva Leader looking forward to getting her on the road but first I have to work out the crazy wiring and other bodges

Re: New leader owner

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 12:31 pm
by RedStar
Hi Carl,
Good luck on the work! Pictures of your car always welcome....at least by me.

Re: New leader owner

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 9:47 pm
by Carl55
Hi thanks I will try and post some pics how do I get the pictures to load just reads error file to large

Re: New leader owner

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:29 pm
by RedStar

Re: New leader owner

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 9:18 pm
by Carl55
Pictures

Re: New leader owner

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 6:50 pm
by RedStar
Looks good! What's the spec?

Re: New leader owner

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 8:12 pm
by Carl55
Hi yes it’s running a Fiat 1800 twin cam on twin Dellortos it a Chevette based SS leader I’ve had it running but the cabs need balancing and the electrics are horrible

Re: New leader owner

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 8:10 am
by RedStar
Might be better to strip, clean and change all the gaskets on the carbs. I did my twin Webers and it wasn't that hard. You can also check all the internal jets.

I'm also (if/when I get time) replacing the whole wiring system in mine! Easier to start again sometimes than try to fix. :lol:

Re: New leader owner

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 8:58 pm
by Carl55
I think I might go that way as whoever did the wiring had good ideas but lacked the ability to carry them out properly and made it over complicated so I’m going to simplify it .

Re: New leader owner

Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2019 6:32 pm
by Carl55
Hi could someone give me some idea of the hood frame dimensions for the Sylvia leader.