I am indeed a member - rejoined recently and got my old number 189 back.
I'm logged into the Forums but only seem to have access to the Public one. The options i see at the top are: A40 Farina Club/Forums/Public Forum.
How do I get access to the Member forum?

I'm new to this Forum and realise I've wrongly posted a couple of car related technical queries in the wrong section: "Forum Problems Support", which I realise now is for questions about the workings of the Forum. However, I can't see a section appropriate for car related technical queries - what am...

Ahh thanks, but the problem I have is not with the pilot light bulbs themselves - these work fine when supplied with power independently. The problem is that the wiring loom connections from the flasher unit do not supply power to these bulbs consistently when the flashers are operating. I've worked...

A bit more research has turned up a schematic of the innards of the FL5 flasher unit. It appears that this has two sets on contacts on bimetal strips, arranged around a steel core - one to flash the outside direction indicators, the second to flash the dashboard warning lights. So it might be that t...

Thanks for your response and yes, that thought had occurred to me also. I've checked and cleaned the flasher unit earth and the earthing of the dashboard warning lights. I can't think that the earthing of the 4 outside flasher lights is at fault otherwise they wouldn't work. I'm not sure where else ...

Can anyone tell me what sort of screws - threaded or self tapping - are used to secure the under dash shelf to each side of the car? My shelf has been off for a while and I can't find the screws that I removed. I can't see by looking (even with the trim panels off) whether the side body panels have ...

I'm in the process of getting my 1964 Mk 2 A40 back on the road after a very long period of disuse at the back of my garage. This A40 is the earlier Mk2 with separate LH and RH flashing indicator warning lights in the speedo. The flashing indicators outside work fine, but the LH warning light flashe...