Hey guess what? They've only got red!
I'll wait....
Hah :)
luckily the whole thing fits in the back of a decent sized van, so it might be coming back to England for a final rewire. Honestly, there can only be about 70 cables in the whole thing - they didn't even have a loom from new because the wires were run in individually.
The other problem is the guy who "looks after it" for my old man last worked for the Dutch Airforce on F16 airframes. I can't think of any mechanical experience less relevant to an Austin 7.
It's beyond comprehension. We even ran a wire direct from the battery to the coil negative (it's a positive earth) but still no spark.
I tried suggesting running another one back to the positive incase the earth was bad but I was over ruled. It was too hot to argue.
Just for fun, the car has been rewired maybe 2.5 times and every cable is now red.
Gilbertd wrote:
Mine hasn't yet........
But I'll let you know how well it holds up by the end of the week. However, as the cars I import come down here I've worked on cars in 35 degree heat and can tell you it isn't a lot of fun. The worst bit is when the sweat runs down your forehead and drips off your eyebrows into your eyes. No cars to work on this time though it's even worse. My mate is away for the week so we're house, chicken, cat and alpaca sitting.....
I concur! Last week I swapped the coil on an Austin 7 in 36 degrees. Sweaty!
It still didn't run but it wasn't my diagnosis anyway. You wouldn't think there were enough wires in an Austin 7 for someone to cock it up.
Hmm, an hour and five minutes each way.
Not sure I'm as obsessed as you are!
What postcode is it in?
Orangebean wrote:
Smiler's burns A LOT of oil
but only some of it is lubricant?
Mine seems to have a clean exhaust too... no idea where it's all going. Yet.
The Duchess drinks Halfords 10/40 semi :)
It's perfectly good oil, for the length of time it's actually in the engine!
at the rate BPSM is going it'll have a one way ceiling mirror with a video feed to his Android head unit :)
I gotta say, I'm impressed with your motivation BPSM - this will be one sorted P38 by the time you're through!
Chris, you're a great man to know!! thanks :)
It's a bit disappointing after 106k (from memory) but I guess there's no guarantee on mileage so it's just a lottery really.
400 miles in a day on the motorways, plus maybe 150 pratting around in the previous 10 days.
She doesn't leave much on the ground really, hmmm.
That doesn't sound great!
I'll measure it more closely and report back.
Or how much you're prepared to spend on tow trucks and garage "Diagnostics" which eventually turn out to be generic Snap-On OBDII readers.
Made it :)
Just the one random EAS fault which was quickly cancelled. Valve not closing regularly or something similar. I didn't bother taking a note as we were in Belgium at the time.
Interesting that she uses about a litre of oil a day.... I think it's time to add leak hunting to the list. Perhaps in conjunction with the steam cleaning.
Hope you all had a good couple of weeks :)
Cheers,
Morat
I'm not as much of a detailing freak as you'd like to think but I do appreciate the effort here!
Stockton, you say? Hmmm 😀
Thanks!
Gilbert, you should email the toad and warn him of the spammer linking to other, potentially harmful, websites. All in the spirit of the Range Rover brotherhood, of course 😀
Blagging is a harsh term 😀
Mine seems to overshoot a bit if you release the brake after a decent stop. It takes a couple of attempts to find an acceptable setting. It doesn't bother me, just makes me chuckle as It does a little jig.