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Hi
All Membership details have been actioned, with the last Membership Cards etc posted last Monday.
However I do not recognise the name "faceofdoh". Perhaps he would mail me directly on jon.evans@talktalk.net with his Membership problem. Jon Evans Membership Secretary Midas Owners Club.

Hi Rich
When are you going?

Jonevansmidas

Hi everybody
I am still the Membership Secretary of the Midas Owners Club. I have been away for a few days, but have now mailed Rich direct with the latest forms.
If prospective members wish to join the Club and mail the forum here I will contact them directly.

Jon Evans
Membership Secretary
Midas ...

I am in the process of fitting a Minisport (I think) 5-speed box to my Gold Convertible. Gear selection is stiff, not helped by a dragging clutch!! Does anybody know if a mod to the gear selector baseplate is required, and if so, what the mod is.
I suspect a mod is needed to allow 5th gear to be ...

Many thanks Adrian - that would explain a lot!

Cheers
Jon

On looking through the various workshop manuals, there appears there may be some variation between the torque required to instal say, a cylinder head stud in the block and the torque to tighten the nut on the cylinder head. Looking at the thread sizes, it appears that the stud torque may be about 75 ...

Many thanks Rich - looks a most useful website.
Now all I've got to do is find a couple of 1/4 UNF coutersunk scews for the front plate!
Regards Jon

I recently found in my garage a brandnew SW5 camshaft and cam followers which I had bought some years ago. The parts are sealed in the original packaging, but are in a Kent Cams box marked SW5. I can't remember whether this is a Kent cam to the original manufacturers ( whose name I forget - Swiftune ...