"The Blue Max" wrote in message
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As well as persistent overheating, the brakes regularly failed, as did the
electricals and the windscreen wipers; the engine went off tune every 100
miles or so and as a result it did about 12 to the gallon; it used
batteries
every 1000 miles or so, the tyres constantly deflated, it rattled, it
grounded its exhaust on speedbumps....the list goes on. I cannot think of
a
single good point about it except its rarity, but that's really a
consequence of its undesirability.

I would seriously recommend to the OP that he acquire a cheap second car,
a
£200 Escort maybe, as a spare for all the times the Reliant will let him
down.


All of which tells us a lot more about your or the person who maintained the
car mechanical knowledge (or rather lack off ) than the car. The
mechanicals on the Scimitar aren't rocket science just typical mid-late
60s standard parts, reliable and easy to fix provided you treat the fault
not the symptoms. Simple skills like knowing that the charging volage must
be fully checked when ever a battery problem is suspected or how to
properly gap the contact points in a Fomoco distributer.
Like I said before I'wouldn't want to own one myself but years of working on
a a rather well used customers car left me impressed with the soundness of
the design.

"undercover elephant" wrote in message


Hi

A freind of mine has recently acquired a 1967 Reliant Scimitar coupe fitted
with the 3 litre V6 engine.

Flush out the cooling system, change rad cap and thermostate. and always
allow it to tickover for a few minutes after a hard run to stop boilover
after engine is switched off. the temp gauge should read 90 if it gets
hotter than this the coolant will discharge out the cap.
It worked on mine anyhow..




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