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Thank you all for your helpful comments in this matter.
I'm feeling a bit more confident that the car will be ready for Sunday.
I certainly learned a lot in the past couple of weeks so I guess that's a bonus. At least I now know what to do in case it happens again!

Thank you again,

So the new valve is on, no leakage. Charles, I only just saw your post so didn't have the chance to take your advice. I got the car running in the garage without signs of major leaks, only a little sipage from the gasket but nothing major. I took the car for a test around the estate. I had to park ...

Hi Mike, The car has a Weber 45 carburetor which was fitted by the previous owner so from what you are saying it sounds like they wanted to get more power out of the car. I don't know much about mechanic, I understand what you are talking about, I watch a lot of videos on social medias, but not conf...

So the new valve is on, no leakage. Charles, I only just saw your post so didn't have the chance to take your advice. I got the car running in the garage without signs of major leaks, only a little sipage from the gasket but nothing major. I took the car for a test around the estate. I had to park t...

On closer inspection, the leak seems to come from the inside of the valve. turning the knob doesn't move the cable but doing by hand increase the or decrease the leak. I have got a new valve on order, I'm hoping that it'll arrive by Saturday otherwise I can forget about the Spring run on Sunday! I a...

Good afternoon, I found a leak from the part circled on the picture, is that the heater valve? I recently had the dash semi out, by that I mean that the oil pressure/ temp valve was still attached to it while the dash was disconnected from the car. I presume that I must have put some tension on the ...

There are a number of online suppliers of all types of UK reg plates. I have used these people before and was pleased with the plates they made. http://www.chestnut-registrations.co.uk/ EDIT: I have just seen your photo. That is not an original style of plate for a J reg car. It would have had pres...

No it goes back the right way round when you click on it!
No idea why it went upside down!

Not entirely sure, i can try to find a picture.