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    some one please help-its drivin me mad

    recently i aquired a 7.5 1980 ac lightening,upon testing it i found the tell tale to be spouting very hot water, upon advice (from here) i have changed the gaskets on the water jacket (tell tale exit block).and checked the thermometer ,now its not pumping at all, i have checked for blockages and...
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    water flow on my 7.5

    having problems with my 7.5, the water pump and immpellor are fine, however water does not make it to the thermostat, is their a way(some sort of piping) that i can clean the water ways without taking the whole head apart and re gasketing the thing, i have re-gasketed the exhaust/water outlet...
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    gaskets online??

    im in need of a new gasket for my 7.5 1980 ac lightening, do any of you chaps know a good website (for over the in the uk-longshot i know) where i may be able to order one,ive googled it many times and cant find anywhere, its not the head gasket but from the cooled water exit (could someone also...
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    symptoms of....

    my friend seems to think that the head gasket is begining to go on my lovely little 7.5 1980, so if hes right , could you lovely people tell me what the symptoms of a troublesome head gasket are? and also is it a difficult job to fix many thanks in advance
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    feel it hot hot hot!!!

    hello again beautiful people i now have my engine almost running to perfection, my earlier problems of not getting revs were solved when i realised i was using gas/petrol that was last used 6 months ago and with the wrong mix of oil !!! now my 7.5 1980 ac lightening purrs like a happy kitten...
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    it dont wanna rev???

    hi guys, just found your website- awesome guys, good work , totally lost 4 hours reading various threads, anyhow back to my question, ive just brought-what i hope is a bargain,a lovely 7.5 1980 ac lightening for 200 english pounds, ive been running it in my bucket (a very large one!!) all is...
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