Huge thank you to Tris for getting me that copy of BTTF 1to my office for this morning. Fantastic film, and of course, I've found some of my favourite Delorean scenes already. When it reverses out of DOCs truck, when it's sliding around the car park on remote control, etc. Great stuff. So tempted to watch it during my work hours, but best not. Thanks again Tris. There will be a Delorean Seminar pack sent through to you. Indeed,see if you can get those IT friends of yours interested, I need people very desperately right now. Even to the point of paying them :) God that sounded terrible, but my job is on the line with this one.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Parnham [mailto:chrisparnham@xxxx]
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 1:35 PM
To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [doc] Place your bets...
Dan, Did you say she has plates?
Dave and I are inveterate "non-twiddlers" when it comes to mixture, timing
etc. Usually, as Martin found out the other day, if its misfiring, its
probably something packed up, not something that's suddenly "adjusted
itself" ! You can soon end up with two faults instead on one!
Chris P
-----Original Message-----
From: funkymcfly [mailto:danielpwillis@xxxx]
Sent: 11 July 2002 11:39
To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [doc] Place your bets...
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 ballastresustors. Only THEN
did we discover (thanks to the shrill whistling) that
> one of the turbo pipes wasn't mounted correctly andwe 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, disassembleand reassemble the
> > speedo/angle drive, paint facias/window trim... blah blah blah.. and
> > I ain't trusting ANYONE with my car (well, I'dtrust 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
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