Re: [doc] Place your bets...

[Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx>]

Hi Dan

Basically Jason, our mechanic, took holiday at precisely the wrong time - in the two weeks leading up to SCS. He left it in
the state of running fine but needing the HT leads changing. We replaced them and the car would only fire on crank and not
run. We had to drill our the fuel adjustment screw (Rob Grady was amazed it had not been done, given it's a twin turbo), and
with that richened to a daft level she finally ran, with 12v across the coil. It was after removing the dizzy cap and finding
a misplaced vaccum hose that she ran on the ballast resustors. Only THEN did we discover (thanks to the shrill whistling) that
one of the turbo pipes wasn't mounted correctly and we had an enormous vaccum leak. I wrestled it back on and made sure it was
secure then twiddled the mixture back down. She pops and bangs a little bit but I think she's still a bit rich - and the bangs
are a lot more pronounced with those tin-pot exhausts! Idle acts a little funny but no worse than the BTTF car in Memphis, and
we're all agreed that a "good run" will do that engine the power of good. Now its just brakes (hopefully it's just bleeding
them!). Handbrake was done some time ago (thanks James!)

Roboteering costs me a lot in the holiday department! I *may* be able to scam a couple of un-paid days to make up enough for a
week - and believe me I really want to!

Martin

funkymcfly wrote:

> If it helps, I really can relate.
>
> Normally in the past I would pay someone else to do the dirty work
> but in ONE day I had the car in for MOT twice and then back home and
> a complete brake bleed - handbrake adjustment etc etc... you suddenly
> just get on with it.
>
> I still need to sort my electrics, disassemble and reassemble the
> speedo/angle drive, paint facias/window trim... blah blah blah.. and
> I ain't trusting ANYONE with my car (well, I'd trust you club guys
> but that's different) so I'm doing it myself.
>
> Don't rush #2727 if she's not gonna make it... take heed of Project
> Vixen!
>
> I should have free time coming up if I can help at all... maybe time
> for another "D" day for work?
>
> Shame about the Europe thing - I have 5 weeks holiday to take yet!
>
> Dan
> Vin#5284 - Hana