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Thanks lads.
Have/had 2 issues.
1 - It brokedown on me after about 90miles, luckily it was on the way home and abot 250metres from my house. Turned out the alternator failed, had my trusty jump pack with me so strapped the bonnet to the top of the rollcage and left the jump pack connected to the battery to get me home. (The previous owner gave me the old alternator, the new one sounded like a bag of bolts when i shook it, had only been on 2 months.
2 - Quite a bad flatspot from 2500 - 2750, I dropped the car off on Saturday to Ricky Gauld to get a set up,tune and dyno run.
Can't wait to get it back, should be this weekend, was hoping to have it for doing the Golspie Sprint but doesn't look like i will have time to pick it up.
Love how easy it is to work on and how accesible things are.
My plans, change to a digital dash, get some nicer switches, maybe put a new engine in it over winter, might go down the bike engined route oh and have it painted (best mate is a painter)
Have/had 2 issues.
1 - It brokedown on me after about 90miles, luckily it was on the way home and abot 250metres from my house. Turned out the alternator failed, had my trusty jump pack with me so strapped the bonnet to the top of the rollcage and left the jump pack connected to the battery to get me home. (The previous owner gave me the old alternator, the new one sounded like a bag of bolts when i shook it, had only been on 2 months.
2 - Quite a bad flatspot from 2500 - 2750, I dropped the car off on Saturday to Ricky Gauld to get a set up,tune and dyno run.
Can't wait to get it back, should be this weekend, was hoping to have it for doing the Golspie Sprint but doesn't look like i will have time to pick it up.
Love how easy it is to work on and how accesible things are.
My plans, change to a digital dash, get some nicer switches, maybe put a new engine in it over winter, might go down the bike engined route oh and have it painted (best mate is a painter)
Well a few needed updates.
Car went to Ricky Gauld to get the above issues sorted, just needed the jets messing with and a good tune. Job done.
Bottom end started to knock during the tune so he has kept it to fit big end bearings, caught it before it got serious.
Hopefully have it back in a couple of weeks.
Car went to Ricky Gauld to get the above issues sorted, just needed the jets messing with and a good tune. Job done.
Bottom end started to knock during the tune so he has kept it to fit big end bearings, caught it before it got serious.
Hopefully have it back in a couple of weeks.
Clucking Bell....my first trip in the sylva was from manby to tayport!!
Got to the forth bridge tolls [remember them, they used to pay for the upkeep] only to be enshrouded in smoke.
Says I jokingly to the toll-keeper "whose on fire?"
You he replied!! aggh sump had gone "porous" and was slowly dripping oil onto exhaust... that was a lesson in gasket fitting post sump repair..
Got to the forth bridge tolls [remember them, they used to pay for the upkeep] only to be enshrouded in smoke.
Says I jokingly to the toll-keeper "whose on fire?"
You he replied!! aggh sump had gone "porous" and was slowly dripping oil onto exhaust... that was a lesson in gasket fitting post sump repair..
Edited by Sylvaforever on Sunday 1st May 01:27
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