P38A Limousin and back - no problems for the first time ever

Grrrrrr said:

That's a hell of a drive to change your brake pads.

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Mukiwa said:

Firstly big thanks to Mark for letting me abuse him again. It was fun. That's all I'm saying
Oh and helping me bleed the brakes, swap the pads, rotate the wheels and fit my new Terrafirma shocks. No complaints from SWMBO on the ride quality being worse, she says it feels much better now.

This was the first trip that Rommel has made out of 5 that has had NO issues at all. Hooray! I did buy a brand new NOS fusebox and uprated the alternator output before the trip.

Went on a work trip to Coventry and the old hot start issue is now starting so time to fit the hot start kit.
Filled up at Caen both ways and it worked out at £1.26 per litre thanks to the exchange rate

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Mukiwa said:

Firstly big thanks to Mark for letting me abuse him again. It was fun. That's all I'm saying
Oh and helping me bleed the brakes, swap the pads, rotate the wheels and fit my new Terrafirma shocks. No complaints from SWMBO on the ride quality being worse, she says it feels much better now.

This was the first trip that Rommel has made out of 5 that has had NO issues at all. Hooray! I did buy a brand new NOS fusebox and uprated the alternator output before the trip.

Went on a work trip to Coventry and the old hot start issue is now starting so time to fit the hot start kit.
Filled up at Caen both ways and it worked out at £1.26 per litre thanks to the exchange rate

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Datatek said:

Hot start kit is a bodge, re-time the FIP, that sorts it.

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Grrrrrr said:

That's a hell of a drive to change your brake pads.

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Mukiwa said:

It is indeed. But I have learned the hard way, only one VOR on the drive at any one time or my life isn't worth living Re-timing is in the queue Keith - weather dependant for us driveway mechanics

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RangeRoller dt said:

Early one will want a hotstart.
Later ones don’t need it - waste of time and a liability.

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RangeRoller dt said:

To run the pump.

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RangeRoller dt said:

Yes. With hotstart I can cycle pump & glows as much as I want. In 2019 we decided best to disconnect the hotstart and it didn’t work. Had to put it back on.

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RangeRoller dt said:

Yes. With hotstart I can cycle pump & glows as much as I want. In 2019 we decided best to disconnect the hotstart and it didn’t work. Had to put it back on.

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Datatek said:

All the hot start does is insert a resistance in the EDC coolant temperature sensor circuit to fool the EDC into thinking the engine is cold. This enriches the mixture and more importantly reduces the modulation bringing it back from a stretched chain 80% to about 40/50%. The glows on causes the pump to run which might help a bit but basically doesn't have a lot to do with it.

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Grrrrrr said:

The glows also help it start hit if the chains are stretched. Part of the problem is the relatively high engine speed expected for a running engine when hot. All the little factors add up to hard to start.

Chain stretch will affect later cars just not as much.

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