Category Archives: Maintenance

Diagnosis Part 2

Posted on 10/04/2008 by Patrick

On inspecting the sump it turns out the ring terminal for the earth strap has broken, it was in place so that you could not see it had broken. There was a bit of contact but not much. This is … Continue reading →

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Diagnosis Part 1

Posted on 09/04/2008 by Patrick

Testing Round 1 (not much time): I can hand crank it fairly easily now, it does seem to get a little notchy in places. Also the starter can turn the engine over however I have to hand crank it a … Continue reading →

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Damn!

Posted on 08/04/2008 by Patrick

Was out for a drive today again as it was still sunny, unfortunately the engine over heated after 30 miles – only for a very short period of time maybe 30 second before I noticed. Let it cool but it … Continue reading →

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Small update

Posted on 15/09/2007 by Patrick

Been trying to bleed the coolant in the engine but nothing has been coming out the hole! So took the thermostat housing cover off. There was a big build up of deposits in there. The engine block itself the other … Continue reading →

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Mixture Adjust and a bit of fun!

Posted on 11/03/2007 by Patrick

A final round of engine tuning! Decided to set the idle mixture today as the engine was very obviously running rich. Got the gunson gastester out and it verified the rich running by showing 3.5% CO. After a bit of … Continue reading →

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All the small things

Posted on 24/02/2007 by Patrick

Did loads of little things today which have been bugging me for months! Brakes are now bled – took the car for a shortish run along the drive way, the brakes work really well Fixed small fuel leak around the … Continue reading →

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