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- Fri Nov 10, 2023 12:27 pm
- Forum: Daimler SP250/251, 2.5 V8 & V8-250 Saloon Forum
- Topic: dart brake master reservoir
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3019
Re: dart brake master reservoir
From what a remember it's just a tin container that was held on with a nut and washers plus a seal, therefore any reservoir that fits will do, it is not peculiar to the SP many vehicles used the reservoir, it's the master cylinder that's no so common. there may even be a plastic version, I think £94...
- Tue Nov 07, 2023 8:32 am
- Forum: Daimler SP250/251, 2.5 V8 & V8-250 Saloon Forum
- Topic: dart heater blower switch
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1608
Re: dart heater blower switch
On the SP Black is ground, i.e the black wires are connected to the chassis and engine block, therefore +ve battery terminal is connected to the chassis, which seems to be your case and possible confusion unless you've gone -ve earth, then you must treat all black wires as -ve and the coloured wires...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:13 pm
- Forum: Daimler SP250/251, 2.5 V8 & V8-250 Saloon Forum
- Topic: dart tire size
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2132
Re: dart tire size
In light of that chart which I found over the weekend chasing information for tyre and wheel rim width for a friend buying some new wheels, yes 175 x15 are not suitable any more, whether they've never been or whether the EU bureaucrats are over pedantic who knows. The chart is a guide not a regulati...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 4:09 pm
- Forum: Daimler SP250/251, 2.5 V8 & V8-250 Saloon Forum
- Topic: dart tire size
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2132
Re: dart tire size
With due respect to Longstone Tyres one has to dive deeper into their website to pick the right size tyre, rather than your post's applicable tyres for the SP, the 180 R15 is not suitable for steel wheels. Please see this chart on wheel rim widths to tyre widths which are part of the European Tyre r...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 2:18 pm
- Forum: Daimler SP250/251, 2.5 V8 & V8-250 Saloon Forum
- Topic: dart tire size
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2132
Re: dart tire size
Tyre chart-3.pdf I found this some years ago which may help some, hopefully it has no restrictions as regards copyright. As you can see it's quite old as many modern wheel and tyre sizes are missing, however wider rims may be a problem on classics due to the clearance in the wheel arches, the main ...
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 11:17 pm
- Forum: Daimler SP250/251, 2.5 V8 & V8-250 Saloon Forum
- Topic: dart tire size
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2132
Re: dart tire size
165 is small the best match for the original is 175 R15 if you can find them
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 9:22 am
- Forum: Daimler SP250/251, 2.5 V8 & V8-250 Saloon Forum
- Topic: New Owner - 1968 Daimler 250 Saloon - Suffolk
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11222
Re: New Owner - 1968 Daimler 250 Saloon - Suffolk
I noticed some years ago when pump failed on my SP, the replacement never heated the car, I checked the gap between the casing and the impeller and it was different, can't remember which way, but it didn't send a full flow to the heater matrix, my guess is that the impeller blades should be directly...
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:09 am
- Forum: Daimler SP250/251, 2.5 V8 & V8-250 Saloon Forum
- Topic: New Owner - 1968 Daimler 250 Saloon - Suffolk
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11222
Re: New Owner - 1968 Daimler 250 Saloon - Suffolk
You should be getting hot air through the windscreen vents, though not so much when set to both on high speed, the amount of hot water going through the heater matrix depends on the water pump impeller position, this can be checked by the temperature of the pipes at the heater matrix, with the valve...
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 2:20 pm
- Forum: Daimler SP250/251, 2.5 V8 & V8-250 Saloon Forum
- Topic: SP250 Retrofit lap seatbelt
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1874
Re: SP250 Retrofit lap seatbelt
Try this one
Alley bars Cambridge if they still exist, the hard top still fits- Thu Oct 05, 2023 7:35 pm
- Forum: Daimler SP250/251, 2.5 V8 & V8-250 Saloon Forum
- Topic: SP250 cooling
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4070
Re: SP250 cooling
I just made my own, one from brass plate and tube brazed together, the other from aluminium, both lasted 40 years