A headache??

That is unfukkingbelievable!!!!

Hey, let see some pics of that H&H of yours now. Have you finished the restoration??

Oh, and welcome by the way .............. good job you've a sense of humour, you'll need it here lol

Good to hear!

Very amusing, George!! A few minutes well spent.

Marty, how is the beastie running now?

Yeehaa!!! I managed at last .................. just got to remember how to do it now lolol
When I preview it, it has 'enter image description' at either end? Whats that about?

Loads straight away for me, no problem.

When mine misbehaved, I didn't have the EKA code. I simply rang my local dealer with the VIN number and they gave me the EKA code.

So I meandered out there this morning, put the key in the ignition and BOOM .. away she went after sitting there since Thursday evening in the cold.
P38s rool lolol they'll never cease to amaze us.

Been to Versailles a good few times. Beautiful little town.

Glad to see you made it here, Victor. Told you you would get some answers here. You'll find riddlemethis is based in Dijon, don't know if that's far from you.

Gordon, am I on commission for the number I bring over from the other side? I make that 4 now lol

Has Marty slit his wrists after getting a water leak?? What's happening?

I haven't felt well enough to go out to try and start it today so will see how it is tomorrow.

Yea, I understand that, Gordon but if it was running out then why did it behave for the rest of the evening? I know I need to change my alternator as the bearings have started to sing but if it had gone kaput then I would have no elecktrickery? There is absolutely no indication that the alternator has or is failing yet.
Surely if it wasn't charging then I would know about it?

I had the misfortune to catch this bug that has been going about on NYE. Since then, I have felt like shit and narrowly avoided hospital again.
Hence the Beast has sat outside the house since NYE.........I think it has been driven three times since then. I used it last Sunday and on the way home, took it for a twenty mile run just to air its lungs. I got home, parked and locked as usual and went indoors.
I went out today for the first time since Sunday (this illness kills me at times) and went to the car to go to the quacks. As I approached, I hit the fob and noted nothing happened except the drivers door unlocked. Strange, thought I. I opened the door and wondered what was wrong. Is it a flat battery? I put the key in the ignition and there was absolutely nothing. It was as if the car didn't have a battery connected. I checked all the switches wondering if I had left any interior lights or the sidelights on. Nope.
Luckily I carry a set of leads and knocked on my neighbours door. We hooked the Beast up and boom .... all the dash lights came on and she started straight away. Hmmmmm, so off I trot to the quacks and backed into a parking spot in case I needed to jump it again. I came out and she fired straight away but I got a dash message I hadn't seen before, "Traction Failure". I drove down to my sisters, parked again and as I turned it off, the message came up again.
I spent two hours in my sisters and came out wondering if she would start. She did without the bat of an eye and there was no message. I stopped another twice before finally coming home and she has been perfectly behaved ever since leaving my sisters. On one of my stops on the way home, I did the "is my becm going to sleep" test. I sat there and after approx two or three minutes the little red light on the gearshift went out so it's going to sleep.
Now I know this is a damned good battery and less than a year old. So what the hell could have caused it to go flat? It has been parked in its usual spot so it can't be that. I shall go out tomorrow (Friday) and see if she starts but tis a mystery to me.

Mine has never worked since the day Gilbert changed my blade lolol but I'm not complaining as I rarely used it. Who wants to look out the back window??

Great viewing!!! Would have been a tad better with sound for two reasons. 1) to hear any screams of pain as fingers were rapped teehee 2) to hear it start up for the first time. Could see the exhaust smoke when it went for the first time but I do love the sound of a V8

AERO ............ they moved his post to general chatter. My post offering to help him was deleted!!! Luckily he saw it before they deleted it so I've been able to help him.

GeorgeB wrote:

Welcome gel11, another Philippine '38 owner.

Told you these guys would know!

Have sent you details of another owner out there, George, who is having problems.

George, I am helping a bloke out on the other site that lives near you. Perhaps you can contact him and drag him over? I don't want to take the chance of PMing him atm. I have PM'd his address to you.