V8's n stuff

On or around Mon, 05 Sep 2005 21:37:56 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:

>On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 20:53:07 +0100, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>Have just got off the phone from Martyn, and have now had iot
>>>confirmed that my passenger side carb is dead.
>>
>>wassup with it?
>
>It's dead (doesn't make the engine rev)
>
>My guess is float chamber. We took the top off and it's fine - so
>three stage plan:
>
>Hit it with a hammer*
>Short blasts of air into the fuel inlet
>Carb cleaner
>
>Failing that, remove all the linkages then remove the carb and clean.
>
>Tis common for a vehicle that hasn't been used a great deal - and a
>good 'learner' for the new owner ;-)

oh yes indeedy. nothing like it.

and then you can have fun checking that they're synchronised
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat" Euripedes, quoted in
Boswell's "Johnson".

On or around Mon, 05 Sep 2005 20:09:26 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:

>On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 18:43:35 +0100, "Graham G" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>This is my conclusion, esp as you could see 4 plugs that were definately
>>lighter than the others, but I thought lets get the elecs out the way first.
>>T & C LR said much the same about stromborgs, there guess was a damaged
>>diaphram, a common problem apparently. Well I'd got a set of Sus on the
>>shelf so I'm handing them and truck to T & C and hope the result will be a
>>running truck!
>
>Checking the rubber diaphram is easy - simply remove the 4 screws
>holding the top of the carb and remove the entire top case. The
>piston is attached to the diaphram, remove it and inspect for a split.
>Simons are both fine, but you may like to ask T & C if they have
>another pair of HIF44s on the shelf - ideally on a V8 manifold! ;-)

I much prefer SUs to Strombergs, meself, having had both kinds although not
on a V8.

Mind, on bikes I like the kind of slide carb where the cable pulls the slide
directly.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat" Euripedes, quoted in
Boswell's "Johnson".

Mother wrote:

> The neighbours have a very worried look on their faces at present.
> I'm thinking of it as a softener for when the Vampire arrives...
>

Ah, ready for the V8 and gearbox then Martyn ?

Steve

Steve Taylor wrote:
> Mother wrote:
>
>> The neighbours have a very worried look on their faces at present.
>> I'm thinking of it as a softener for when the Vampire arrives...
>>
>
> Ah, ready for the V8 and gearbox then Martyn ?

If you can lift them off, we can bring them at the weekend.

Steve

In news:[email protected],
Austin Shackles <[email protected]> blithered:
> On or around Mon, 05 Sep 2005 20:09:26 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
> @"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 18:43:35 +0100, "Graham G" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This is my conclusion, esp as you could see 4 plugs that were
>>> definately lighter than the others, but I thought lets get the
>>> elecs out the way first. T & C LR said much the same about
>>> stromborgs, there guess was a damaged diaphram, a common problem
>>> apparently. Well I'd got a set of Sus on the shelf so I'm handing
>>> them and truck to T & C and hope the result will be a running truck!
>>
>> Checking the rubber diaphram is easy - simply remove the 4 screws
>> holding the top of the carb and remove the entire top case. The
>> piston is attached to the diaphram, remove it and inspect for a
>> split. Simons are both fine, but you may like to ask T & C if they
>> have another pair of HIF44s on the shelf - ideally on a V8 manifold!
>> ;-)
>
> I much prefer SUs to Strombergs, meself, having had both kinds
> although not on a V8.
>
> Mind, on bikes I like the kind of slide carb where the cable pulls
> the slide directly.

Amal?

--
"He who says it cannot be done should not interrupt her doing it."

If at first you don't succeed,
maybe skydiving's not for you!

On or around Tue, 6 Sep 2005 15:42:08 +0100, "GbH"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>> Mind, on bikes I like the kind of slide carb where the cable pulls
>> the slide directly.
>
>Amal?

well, on the current bike, they're Bing. but similar, aye.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose"
Alphonse Karr (1808 - 1890) Les Guêpes, Jan 1849

On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 21:37:56 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
scribbled the following nonsense:

>On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 20:53:07 +0100, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>Have just got off the phone from Martyn, and have now had iot
>>>confirmed that my passenger side carb is dead.
>>
>>wassup with it?
>
>It's dead (doesn't make the engine rev)
>
>My guess is float chamber. We took the top off and it's fine - so
>three stage plan:
>
>Hit it with a hammer*
>Short blasts of air into the fuel inlet
>Carb cleaner
>
>Failing that, remove all the linkages then remove the carb and clean.
>
>Tis common for a vehicle that hasn't been used a great deal - and a
>good 'learner' for the new owner ;-)
>
>
>* honestly - purcussive maintenance works well on a 101

well hopefully in 24 hours time I will be on my home with the vehicle!
--

Simon Isaacs

Peterborough 4x4 Club Newsletter Editor and Webmaster
Green Lane Association (GLASS) Commercial Officer
101 Ambi, undsergoing camper conversion
Part owner of 1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer!
Suzuki SJ410 (Wife's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT
Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next
1993 200 TDi Discovery
1994 200 TDi Discovery body sheel, being bobbed and modded.....
1979 Range Ruster body shell and chassis

so GbH was, like...
>>> Mind, on bikes I like the kind of slide carb where the cable pulls
>> the slide directly.
>
> Amal?

Monobloc.

Poetry.


--
Rich
==============================
Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)

On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 19:12:03 +0000 (UTC), Simon Isaacs <[email protected]>
wrote:

>>* honestly - purcussive maintenance works well on a 101
>
>well hopefully in 24 hours time I will be on my home with the vehicle!

RAC Recovery is a joy to behold

On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 21:20:30 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 19:12:03 +0000 (UTC), Simon Isaacs <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>>* honestly - purcussive maintenance works well on a 101
>>
>>well hopefully in 24 hours time I will be on my home with the vehicle!
>
>RAC Recovery is a joy to behold

They'll probably remember it...
--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'03 Volvo V70

On or around Tue, 06 Sep 2005 22:08:58 +0100, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 21:20:30 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
>wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 19:12:03 +0000 (UTC), Simon Isaacs <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>>* honestly - purcussive maintenance works well on a 101
>>>
>>>well hopefully in 24 hours time I will be on my home with the vehicle!
>>
>>RAC Recovery is a joy to behold
>
>They'll probably remember it...

wonder if they have a blacklist of vehicles?
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Would to God that we might spend a single day really well!"
Thomas À Kempis (1380 - 1471) Imitation of Christ, I.xxiii.

On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 13:17:33 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On or around Tue, 06 Sep 2005 22:08:58 +0100, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]>
>enlightened us thusly:
>
>>On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 21:20:30 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 19:12:03 +0000 (UTC), Simon Isaacs <[email protected]>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>>* honestly - purcussive maintenance works well on a 101
>>>>
>>>>well hopefully in 24 hours time I will be on my home with the vehicle!
>>>
>>>RAC Recovery is a joy to behold
>>
>>They'll probably remember it...
>
>wonder if they have a blacklist of vehicles?

"You are the member, not the car"

Actually only called them out 3 times (I think) over a 2 year period,
so not too bad.


--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'03 Volvo V70

On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 13:49:06 +0100, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:

>Actually only called them out 3 times (I think) over a 2 year period,
>so not too bad.

Simon is sat next to me here - such comments are not filling him with
confidence...

On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 18:12:05 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 13:49:06 +0100, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Actually only called them out 3 times (I think) over a 2 year period,
>>so not too bad.
>
>Simon is sat next to me here - such comments are not filling him with
>confidence...

All three occasions were for the dodgy fuelling / cutting out problem,
so I think it's past the worst....

Then again...


--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'03 Volvo V70

Well, Its pretty much there now, touch wood, you will all be smug to know
that you were all right, I hate bloody petrols...

It seems its already got SUs on, infact the chap at T&C LR seemed to think
that the engine was a later one out of a rangie. Not sure on that front, he
argument for it was that the engine isn't green. I thought that the engines
were only green if the army had reconned them??

Anyway, the carbs were low on oil (but not out) and needed re-tuning.
However, since getting it back, I have discovered an inline filter that I
didn't know about (or had forgotten??) that was full of crud. Getting a new
one tomorrow, but am now worrying that it will end up running rich. Anyway
befor I discovered that it was running well.

In conclusion, it appears to have been all of the above as each thing I have
changed has caused it to run progressively better. Hopefully once I've done
this filter she should be sorted (for a bit atleast) and I can have a look
at the other one. Rad bod will get my spare set of SUs once I've had them
reconned.

So looking good for weekend anyway. Then I've got til October to get one or
other a bit more sorted. Hoping Rad bod might get its first outing. Of
course thats unless I decide to go to the 4x4 fest at the end of this
month...

Graham

On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:16:25 +0100, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:

>>Simon is sat next to me here - such comments are not filling him with
>>confidence...
>
>All three occasions were for the dodgy fuelling / cutting out problem,


All four occasions were for the dodgy fuelling / cutting out problem


Simon currently on the way home - with very economical consumption!


>so I think it's past the worst....


Only in so much as my neighbours have started talking to me again...

On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 22:33:37 +0100, "Graham G" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I hate bloody petrols...


You'll soon be an expert...


>It seems its already got SUs on,


Well, maybe not 'soon', but 'sometime'...



BTW,

Tell Emma Sillybigtent will be at Peterborough...

Simon will need help putting the 'kin thing up

On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:54:21 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
scribbled the following nonsense:

>On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:16:25 +0100, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>Simon is sat next to me here - such comments are not filling him with
>>>confidence...
>>
>>All three occasions were for the dodgy fuelling / cutting out problem,
>
>
>All four occasions were for the dodgy fuelling / cutting out problem
>
>
>Simon currently on the way home - with very economical consumption!
>
>
>>so I think it's past the worst....
>
>
>Only in so much as my neighbours have started talking to me again...
>

At home! Quite nice getting a v8 to 100 miles on one gallon of
petrol......

The recovery truck turned up, flatbed straight away, no silly bod to
come inspect and the decide it needs recovery! All the paperwork from
the recovery company had Tim's name, address, phone number even though
this truck is now covered under its own policy in *my* name....

The really curious thing is it performed excellently during the test
drive, approx 3 miles. Drove 7 miles down the M1 to Martyn's, cuts
out. Yesterday blasted the dodgy carb through, no blockage. Engine
ran sweet as a nut. Set off from Martyn's, got 7 miles down the road,
starts cutting out. Switch off for 5 minutes, runs for 1-2 miles,
then back to cutting out..... Dsiconnetc the throttle linkage, both
carbs revving the the engine....

I'm now off to take her for a test run of 10 miles, typing out that
paragraph has given me a theory.
--

Simon Isaacs

Peterborough 4x4 Club Newsletter Editor and Webmaster
Green Lane Association (GLASS) Commercial Officer
101 Ambi, undsergoing camper conversion
Part owner of 1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer!
Suzuki SJ410 (Wife's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT
Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next
1993 200 TDi Discovery
1994 200 TDi Discovery body sheel, being bobbed and modded.....
1979 Range Ruster body shell and chassis

On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 08:05:07 +0000 (UTC), Simon Isaacs <[email protected]>
scribbled the following nonsense:

>On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:54:21 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
>scribbled the following nonsense:
>
>>On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:16:25 +0100, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>
>The really curious thing is it performed excellently during the test
>drive, approx 3 miles. Drove 7 miles down the M1 to Martyn's, cuts
>out. Yesterday blasted the dodgy carb through, no blockage. Engine
>ran sweet as a nut. Set off from Martyn's, got 7 miles down the road,
>starts cutting out. Switch off for 5 minutes, runs for 1-2 miles,
>then back to cutting out..... Dsiconnetc the throttle linkage, both
>carbs revving the the engine....
>
>I'm now off to take her for a test run of 10 miles, typing out that
>paragraph has given me a theory.

just got back, made it 2 miles this time before she started playing
up. Blows my theory out as I was beginning to suspect an ignition
fault given that it would run for while and then start to play up, I
have seen condensors that will show this fault once the engine has
been run and the condensor is warm, but will run fine once cool, until
dying again.

Going to have the carb completely apart now, and if that doesn't work
I'm going to threaten it with a 4.0 Perkins Phaser....
--

Simon Isaacs

Peterborough 4x4 Club Newsletter Editor and Webmaster
Green Lane Association (GLASS) Commercial Officer
101 Ambi, undsergoing camper conversion
Part owner of 1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer!
Suzuki SJ410 (Wife's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT
Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next
1993 200 TDi Discovery
1994 200 TDi Discovery body sheel, being bobbed and modded.....
1979 Range Ruster body shell and chassis

On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 08:50:50 +0000 (UTC), Simon Isaacs <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Going to have the carb completely apart now, and if that doesn't work
>I'm going to threaten it with a 4.0 Perkins Phaser....

Shall I bring a chainsaw to Peterborough?