I think you're right about the green book being mainly for colder climates, though the English is remarkably good, and there is no mention of salted herrings anywhere. In fact we're in the warmest part of Scotland over here, with the Gulf Stream swinging past close by (a nearby village is famous for the palm trees along the main road. As well as being where Hamish MacBeth was made). But it does get proper cold in the middle bits and up high in this country.
The fuelling system chapter in the manual only covers twin carb, not a mention of injection, so probably they just plonked an updated cover on the earlier version of the manual.
Will follow your advice on ATF in the carbs, on the 164 and Morrie, and in fact the green book recommends it for the 164.
Thanks for the instructions on the trannie flush, and reminding me to do the diff too.
I took my old Murk 280S to the "best" BW specialist in Perth Western Australia many years ago. He tried to sell me a full rebuild (for the same price as the car had cost me). I had just wanted to know whether the sometimes lumpy change up to top was a feature of the gearbox or a sign of things falling apart. I drove it for another 15 years with no problems instead of listening to his sales pitch. I somehow think he was one of the manure men you mention.
When I later briefly had a beautiful 65 S-type Jag I was told from the outset that the auto gearbox was known in Jag circles as a clunkomatic (manuals were very rare in Oz). The only proper cure, apparently, was to put an XJ6 box in. I didn't let the sometimes clunky changes bother me, since that was apparently "normal".
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