Re: [doc] Place your bets...

["funkymcfly" <danielpwillis@xxxx>]

Hi Martin,

I think after the first six months of this year.. we all need a holiday. Back in January when I bought my car I remember thinking "Can I get this done for July.. it's closer than it looks".. and how right I was. When you're busy time has a tendancy to run away.

My car will be running rich for the show - I don't want to mess with it while it's running well. After that (and she has plates) I can play with the mixture and drive a bit.. play and drive etc...

Let me know if you can get some holiday or not.. and I shall try too.

Dan


--- In doc-uk@xxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> wrote:
> 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