What have you done in your garage...?
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neutral 3 said:
Hello Colin, my one is now running rough again, feels like it's stumbling / holding back / running on 6 or 7 cylinders. It's done it before, then cleared itself, so annoying though !!
It's frustrating. I don't know if what I did helped or if it just sorted itself out. I put Rovergauge on it Thursday night and it wasn't reading too good on one of the lambdas but when I drove it to work on Friday it felt as good as ever.I'm going to to get it out this weekend and reset the ECU and take it for a good blast then see if the lambda readings have sorted themselves out
I'm going to have to get this rovergauge cable - watch me total the ecu with one key stroke
Today in t'garage mot preparations are afoot. Brake lights found to be u/s. Application of hammer (small) to bracket holding brake switch has effected a complete repair.
With new found confidence I will attempt a cam swap and Decat before tea. Maybe...
Today in t'garage mot preparations are afoot. Brake lights found to be u/s. Application of hammer (small) to bracket holding brake switch has effected a complete repair.
With new found confidence I will attempt a cam swap and Decat before tea. Maybe...
Passed. Flying colours, apart from replacing a swollen headlight bulb that was making the beam all blurred (no I hadn't heard of that either...)
If you didn't already know, be careful with the MOT - TVRs have a limited slip diff, so the MOT brake test needs doing out on the road, not on the brake test rollers as it can damage the diff.
Any excuse... but tester (also races hot rods) did say it's well balanced and drives lovely
Also done BTR diff oil - Morris Lodexol as recommended on here. Rear wheel off, adjustable wrench on filler, 13mm and a breaker bar on the drain plug and into a measuring jug - almost dead on 1.6 litres came out. I used 2 foot of 15mm speedfit plumbing pipe into the filler from the wheelarch with a funnel on the end and it made the pouring dead easy.
I have a sparkly Clive F Y piece sitting here winking at me now too...
Didn't get a chance at the weekend to look at the lambdas but had some time this evening and wanted to get it running as good as I could ready for driving at Millbrook on Sunday.
Had a fiddle and poke around this evening, checking connections but couldn't get the lambda to read correctly. Luckily I put in new ones when I swapped to the ACT manifolds a few years back and I still had the old ones; so swapped out the misbehaving one for an old one and now getting a better reading for short term trim on both banks. Reset the ECU and it seems to be running OK.
Shuttleworth/Millbrook here we come!
Had a fiddle and poke around this evening, checking connections but couldn't get the lambda to read correctly. Luckily I put in new ones when I swapped to the ACT manifolds a few years back and I still had the old ones; so swapped out the misbehaving one for an old one and now getting a better reading for short term trim on both banks. Reset the ECU and it seems to be running OK.
Shuttleworth/Millbrook here we come!
cavebloke said:
Alan461 said:
Interesting... Looks like it's been missing for quite a while.might just spin one out to compare with new and put a single new one in for now.
Expecting 10.9 or higher, anyone know spec and torque?
Alan461 said:
True,
might just spin one out to compare with new and put a single new one in for now.
Expecting 10.9 or higher, anyone know spec and torque?
I wouldn't get to excited just yet that could also mean it's been sheared just above the threaded portion of the bolt, chances are it was never tightened correctly though and just fell out and you'll be O K might just spin one out to compare with new and put a single new one in for now.
Expecting 10.9 or higher, anyone know spec and torque?
There is a lesson learnt here for me trying to be too clever.....!
I bought the Griff with an an annoying oil leak, which I was determined to cure last year. I couldn't believe that the sump was sealed with only a silicone bead so I decided to be 'clever' and fit a gasket from fleabay. So I thought I had cured the problem but very soon the oil leak was worse than ever.
I had the sump off again and found the gasket to have more or less disintegrated. There were lumps of gasket everywhere, and the filter on the oil pick-up pipe was (worryingly) full of bits of gasket.
This time I just used sealant (Permatex 82180 RTV Silicone Ultra Black Gasket Maker) , cleaned up and degreased the block and while I was at it I grit blasted and powder coated the sump, changed the oil and new oil filter. Torqued those sump bolts - no oil leaks, dry as a bone...
Lesson learnt is don't be clever and use a gasket on the sump, just use sealant and torque those sump bolts to the right setting.
I bought the Griff with an an annoying oil leak, which I was determined to cure last year. I couldn't believe that the sump was sealed with only a silicone bead so I decided to be 'clever' and fit a gasket from fleabay. So I thought I had cured the problem but very soon the oil leak was worse than ever.
I had the sump off again and found the gasket to have more or less disintegrated. There were lumps of gasket everywhere, and the filter on the oil pick-up pipe was (worryingly) full of bits of gasket.
This time I just used sealant (Permatex 82180 RTV Silicone Ultra Black Gasket Maker) , cleaned up and degreased the block and while I was at it I grit blasted and powder coated the sump, changed the oil and new oil filter. Torqued those sump bolts - no oil leaks, dry as a bone...
Lesson learnt is don't be clever and use a gasket on the sump, just use sealant and torque those sump bolts to the right setting.
...and today was sorting the heater/fan/controls/those 4 knobs - dead after hitting a bump in the road. I've found an overrated 20A fuse with a bit of meltage and corrosion so I'm wondering whether the fan motor is in need of lubrication. 20A hadn't blown, but not in the best of health.
I've had the fusebox out and all looks ok on the back, no signs of water ingress or loose wires. Correct 15A fuse now fitted, all ok. Fan sounds ok, gets up to speed, and crucially, compared to a precat it actually moves air about Will have to see how long the new fuse lasts.
Question - four ally heater knobs, top right one is twist for fan speed (not 3 speed, it's infinitely adjustable speed if that makes sense), and push-push for fan on/off. When I push the knob, fan either starts or stops BUT I also get the 3 minute heated mirror red led come on. Is this right? Every time you switch the fan on or off do the mirrors heat up?
I've had the fusebox out and all looks ok on the back, no signs of water ingress or loose wires. Correct 15A fuse now fitted, all ok. Fan sounds ok, gets up to speed, and crucially, compared to a precat it actually moves air about Will have to see how long the new fuse lasts.
Question - four ally heater knobs, top right one is twist for fan speed (not 3 speed, it's infinitely adjustable speed if that makes sense), and push-push for fan on/off. When I push the knob, fan either starts or stops BUT I also get the 3 minute heated mirror red led come on. Is this right? Every time you switch the fan on or off do the mirrors heat up?
andy43 said:
I've read the pickup can clog with silicone so I'd have thought a gasket would be better - do you reckon the gasket breaking up was due to it just being poor quality?
Could be, however I wouldn't use a gasket again. I followed these instructions to the letter and it worked. I have no particular reason to think there was much excess silicone squeezed out and I did leave it overnight before filling with oil and starting the engine. Peteandy43 said:
Question - four ally heater knobs, top right one is twist for fan speed (not 3 speed, it's infinitely adjustable speed if that makes sense), and push-push for fan on/off. When I push the knob, fan either starts or stops BUT I also get the 3 minute heated mirror red led come on. Is this right? Every time you switch the fan on or off do the mirrors heat up?
@ Andy : Yes thats right according to he Griff manual. Only when you switch the fan on.Ronald
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