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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 6:27 am Post subject:
spike wrote:
WR, that was a remarkably clear and concise description given that you survived a rattling in MG's blender. After such a trip, one normally would write thus: ig wur kwit a rid im gut en der kray vikle blongink tu kuvn...
...personally, sitting in the passenger seat surrounded by all that plaid, I always get the haunting feeling of being rather like a Scotsman's left-side family jewel...
a week of hard alco was the only means of recuperation mate.
took me that long to recover adequately enough.
and i had no idea the Scots were so evolved, that their nigh side testes were navigation aids. _________________ PROUD MEMBER OF D WAGON BOYZ @ DEX
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Joined: 03 Sep 2005 Posts: 941 Location: this much in front of you.
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:58 am Post subject:
spike wrote:
You dinnae ken wha a kilt is, laddie?
yes i do, but I was a navigating for the directionally challenged jiva, who was still picking his own lines before time. erego....................... _________________ PROUD MEMBER OF D WAGON BOYZ @ DEX
I Refuse To Have A Battle Of Wits With Unarmed Persons
Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:45 pm Post subject:
and now the aftermath.................
clutch pretty much fried....Vic, I think I fried it when we spun and I trued to flick it in 1st at 7k
so now it's VERY gently to work and back while I wait on a new clutch release bearing _________________
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 9:58 am Post subject:
still no luck getting the clutch release bearing, so I've adjusted the clutch as much as it will go, and it's working well enough for now _________________
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:23 am Post subject:
so................back to ever present 4k rpm flat spot
advice form my UK compadre is to do a 4k hard kill
ie launch the car and as it hits 4,000rpm and starts to sputter, kill the engine and stop the car...........then check the plugs for colour to see if at that point she's lean (white) or rich (black) Might indicate a timing or jetting issue
I'll also play with the points gap, on the offchance the dizzy shaft is worn (unlikely) _________________
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Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 2683 Location: usually on the back page
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 9:26 am Post subject:
so..........never got around to the hard-kill, mainly because it sounds iffy to me
I'm gonna try a better fuel pump with higher volume first....well actually I borrowed a fuel pressure regulator so I can see what pressure the Mitsuba pump is pushing...I need 4-5 psi
In other news, the car has been parked for over a month now due to a noisy timing belt tensioner. The original tensioner / pulley is known for failure, and I ahve been pushing my luck, mainly because the upratedreplacement is very expensive..around 300 quid
Seems I have to send th eold one back to the UK and they will use it to make the uprated Works pulley...........I asked them to find a way to get one to me and I'll send the old one as part-exchange, rather than risk losing mine in the post before getting a new one
So.......new one on the way, along with a pair of new track rods and tailgate struts
I discovered the struts for the Peugeot 206 station wagon's opening rear glass window are virtually identical, just a tad bit longer. But they will work, so no more piece 'o wood to keep the tailgate aloft anymore
That's the second part I've found common with a new model. The other is the interior light, which is identical to the cargo area light on the MINI Coper
I'm still amazed that a 30+ year old part is still being used in a modern production car.........it works for me Especially since the club was always saying it was an out-of-production part that was no longer available
My only problem is when my old light crumbled, the wires worked themselves back into the headliner.....I have no clue how to fish them back out, since I can't see up in there, even with a mirror _________________
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Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 2683 Location: usually on the back page
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:08 pm Post subject:
parts shipped over a month now...............waiting..........waiting...........
someone told me the SoE has slowed things down since they are examining EVERY package entering the country.........I really hope that's the case _________________
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:59 pm Post subject:
glad you have product in hand. VIVA La TELSTAR _________________ PROUD MEMBER OF D WAGON BOYZ @ DEX
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Especially since the club was always saying it was an out-of-production part that was no longer available
