Hi folks,
the fun has begun again. I foolishly filled the Duchess with fuel and she immediately went into a sulk.
She'll crank all day but no start. The first crank came with a bit of a cough and 3-4 cylinders fired, nothing ever since.
In the past she was getting temperamental and would do this, then start perfectly after an hour or so. To try and fix that she had new plugs, wires, and coils and the problem seemed to be solved.
However, it was only ever a problem in the damp and the weather has been rubbish recently.
On Richard's suggestion I slapped the EKA in, no change.
I'm wondering - could it be the chip in the (only) fob? or is that ridiculous? The remote functions work OK (pretty much). Is there a way to know if the transponder in the fob is goosed?
Otherwise, I guess I need to get a plug out and check for spark when I have a minute.
Nanocom showed "adaptation out of range Bank1" 5 times when I first checked it. I've cleared that and it hasn't come back, which I guess isn't surprising as she hasn't run since!
Clues if you have them please, I'm all out!
Morat
Welcome!
Welcome! It's your round by the way ;)
How are you calculating 14mpg vs 20mpg? that's a hell of a drop.
OTOH 45ppl is a great price for LPG!
I held my radius arms while Marty pressed the bushes in on his hydraulic press. I'd say that two people are definitely required although the second person requires very little skill (luckily!)
KCR - what green is that? I really like it :)
The bumper is really offputting isn't it! Well, that and the exposed wiring to the foglights make it look really rough.
The accumulator is a quick and easy fix, certainly less of a Big Deal than an ABS pump...
Yes (and Clive is right).
They're cheap, easy to access and easy to sort. You may as well. Also, it seems that your system may have been open to the atmosphere for a few years while your P38 was running on springs.
There's no need to replace the whole thing unless it has cracked or is leaking in some way. Just remove it, clean it out, and replace the desiccant with a new load.
The worst-case scenario will only cost you £30 for a whole new unit.
You filthy filthy Shed Draggers!! :)
Gordon, letsencrypt renewals just needs a cron job set to run every month. I can't remember it all off the top of my head but there were really good instructions!
What OS does this server run?
It's self quarantine. A proportion of people get follow up calls and checks, but it's mainly self policed. Which is a bit bonkers IMO but there you go!
Looks good to me! :)
I see you managed to keep grubby mitts off the sunroof surround, unlike me.
I'm looking forward to knowing everything so I can be a complete twat to people who dare ask the same question I learned from 10 years ago.
Did you screw the grab handles in? I found that once they're in place they smooth/cover most errors.
On our part or theirs?
The dickheads are a constant :(
And people still freak out at the slightest snow fall. It's embarassing.
Martyuk wrote:
I thought that Dunlop came back with me so I could look at rebuilding it? Or do you have another one?
I know I took a Dunlop one apart and it had brass dust all through it because I think the motor shaft had been spinning in the piston crank (I presume grub screw was loose or never done up tight enough) and it had basically ground out the inside of the crank.
Oh, btw.. I believe I have your 17 and 18mm socket here... Found them last time I was at the workshop and put them in my tool case to remember to bring them home
They're now sitting on the window sill and if you let me know where you want them sent, I'll get them in the post this week...
hmm, so I must have another one. ISTR a rapid failure at some point but hey. I'll investigate tomorrow.
Thanks for the sockets! Sorry I left them.
If you could send them to my home address that would be ideal - the post at work hasn't recovered from lockdown yet. I'll send you the postage ofc.
Thanks!