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You'll be right Neil. Actually a relatively easy bit to play with. I don't know if it's Thompsons, but someone makes/made repair patches that cover that whole area. Unfortunately the one that is the right size that I have left over is a drivers side. Your side one went into the yute.

Unfortunately the full patch I have is for drivers side. I do have a passenger side as per photo but from the looks of your photo you would have to add a bit to it.

Pretty sure I have a new patch panel. Just need to check if its right or left.

Anyone chasing door bits? Free to a good home if you stump up postage.

Fantastic advice there. Thanks Craig.

These?
Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately the Redline site, which is rather confusing and not too user friendly, shows them out of stock. In fact they show around half their air filter assemblies out of stock. I found them on eBay but marked up by 50%.


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie ...

Maybe you do things differently in WA, but here we usually ask to visit, not tell.

These?

Errol62 wrote: Thu May 21, 2026 5:18 pm Great result. Three times everything gets dear. Been looking for filters for SUs with little joy.


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I have a set of round paper element ones same height for my cd175s. They should fit your SUs.

Blacky wrote: Thu May 21, 2026 4:57 pm Coolio looking forward to seeing it in action in Stanthorpe in a couple of weeks time

You had your chance to see it last year and you piked.

Well. Took it for a run. I always thought people were exagerating when it comes to the difference tripple Webers make on a red six. Was I wrong!!
Finally my little worked 186 is alive. Scary fast and responsive. What a joy.

A couple of experiences to recount:
The Lynx manifold was unworkable for me ...

Not much left and both bits LHS.

FireKraka wrote: Tue May 19, 2026 3:03 pm Have started work on the repairs on the guards, usual place
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trying to make headway

I may have a patch panel for that Neil if you are interested. I had one for each guard, but used one on Wilma. Will have a look if you are keen.

First run tonight and the innevitable exhaust leak on the 7th port. These manifolds are hard work with fastener clearances, I hope it's worth the time and money that it has gobbled up. It actually ran pretty well straight out of the box, but a bit of time to spend coming up to get it at its best ...

A bit more setting up. Waiting on a set of manifold washers to arrive in the post. Very difficult manifolds to bolt on because of the need to go from narrow port to wide carburetor shape. Hopefully alive later this week.