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Nige
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Picked it up tonight, what a laugh! Me next door neighbour drove the Scooby & off we went to Worksop from
Bradford ( don't ask, it was supposed to be delivered to my door, but the blokes Disco popped a pot!!!!)
It was dark when we got there we illuminated it with the Scooby numerous front lights & it does in fact
look straight bodywise. Fired her up, she takes a bit to bite, but it does bite & when it does the noise
made me nearly crap me pants! I reckon there's a tweet from one or more manifold areas. But, it got
underway & the 'miss' became evident within a few hundred meters (more about this later)
The next bit will go down in folklore with my next door neighbour (who is the manager at the Leeds Jaguar
dealership!!!!) I stopped to get some juice at Blyth services & turned her off, got back in & fired her
up, tried to turn on the headlights & the switch snapped in half & all the spring & guts dropped on the
floor, I thought f&ck, how am I gonna get it home & nipped back to tell my mate, he looked a tad
concerned. I said we'll sort it & took the back off the switch & there were 3 wires, I didn't have
anything to joint them together apart from a nail (yes, a nail) that I cut down with my hacksaw in the
services carpark!, I could only joint 2 of them with it & could only get front lights. I had no choice
but to drive home with a nail as the light switch for the front lights only! I had no rears so I stuck
the fog lights on (yeah, I know!!)
Anyway we got home & despite the fact couldn't see anything in the cabin due to no dash lights etc , the
journey was ok after this!
The 'miss' he reported does not feel like an ignition fault to me, every 10 seconds under medium load it
just 'lurches' foot of the pedal or light load is ok. In fact I got know when it was going to happen so I
lifted off. My own thoughts are fuel over ignition, but why so regular? Round town you hardly notice it
due to constant throttle changes.
Anyhow, I'll have a gander in the light tomorrow & tell you more!
Ta
Nige
Bradford ( don't ask, it was supposed to be delivered to my door, but the blokes Disco popped a pot!!!!)
It was dark when we got there we illuminated it with the Scooby numerous front lights & it does in fact
look straight bodywise. Fired her up, she takes a bit to bite, but it does bite & when it does the noise
made me nearly crap me pants! I reckon there's a tweet from one or more manifold areas. But, it got
underway & the 'miss' became evident within a few hundred meters (more about this later)
The next bit will go down in folklore with my next door neighbour (who is the manager at the Leeds Jaguar
dealership!!!!) I stopped to get some juice at Blyth services & turned her off, got back in & fired her
up, tried to turn on the headlights & the switch snapped in half & all the spring & guts dropped on the
floor, I thought f&ck, how am I gonna get it home & nipped back to tell my mate, he looked a tad
concerned. I said we'll sort it & took the back off the switch & there were 3 wires, I didn't have
anything to joint them together apart from a nail (yes, a nail) that I cut down with my hacksaw in the
services carpark!, I could only joint 2 of them with it & could only get front lights. I had no choice
but to drive home with a nail as the light switch for the front lights only! I had no rears so I stuck
the fog lights on (yeah, I know!!)
Anyway we got home & despite the fact couldn't see anything in the cabin due to no dash lights etc , the
journey was ok after this!
The 'miss' he reported does not feel like an ignition fault to me, every 10 seconds under medium load it
just 'lurches' foot of the pedal or light load is ok. In fact I got know when it was going to happen so I
lifted off. My own thoughts are fuel over ignition, but why so regular? Round town you hardly notice it
due to constant throttle changes.
Anyhow, I'll have a gander in the light tomorrow & tell you more!
Ta
Nige
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