Recent content by rustyrangie

Thanks Kev. You have been a mine of information and help as always and i’ll Keep you informed of what happens here. I’ll hopefully start work on the engine at the weekend. If nothing else then this problem has been an education for my 10yr old daughter who now has an unhealthy knowledge of how...

Hey Kev, I thought you were a dyed in the wool classic man but I do hope you enjoy the disco3! I think the are the last of the line before they went all too plastic. I bet it’s a lovely drive. That made me chuckle as the more I get fed up with this engine issue the more I hover over bidding...

Thanks Kev. I’m not sure if I’ll have time on the June trip as it’s just a weekend run up to scatter my uncle atop snowdon with some of my family and it’s looking lile the rangie wont be ready by then. I’ll definitely be up a few more times in the year though so it would be great to pop round...

Thanks Kev. I haven’t given up yet but i am pretty much out of ideas too. I cleaned up the braided earth strap by the coil last week while pulling apart and checking the lt wiring. By main earth you mean the one to starter bolt? Ages ago when putting the engine back in the car turned over...

Thanks guys, ideas much appreciated. I have tried running it without the maf and it ran just a touch more off at idle, I didn’t have roverguage plugged in at the time so I don’t know what it would see, will add it to the list of things to try. It’s only been running a non cat map for a few...

Thanks Kermit, got that about rings. After the build I did the cam bedding in for 20 mins then took the old girl out for a good ring bedding in with plenty of positive/ neg pressure on them over a few blasts counting a couple of hundred miles. At that point the misfire and errant hc emissions...

Thanks guys! I’ve treble checked the inlet manifold for leaks as that was one of my early thoughts and it all seems fine but just as a temporary bodge I also whipped a smear of hylomar around all the ports. I’ve smoke tested it as best I can and run 15psi down each trumpet base runner with...

Two months later.. Still no good news. Adjustable pushrods fitted, no difference. All ecu multi meter checks done again and all fine. Went through ignition system again and except for it having 12v between coil -ve and battery + (has always been like that..) all good. Plugged in rover guage and...

That was my thinking too Kev. There are no external leaks anywhere as I replaced the fuel lines a few years ago so as long as it holds correct pressure while running it won’t bother me. It’s going to be a while before I try to fire the car up again yet as I want to whip inlet off to have a...

Further minor update with no fixed it news as yet. I decided my year old fuel pressure tester might be giving erroneous readings so ordered another. Seems to have been a good call. Having left the old guage attached for a few weeks while doing these tests it seems to have killed it so a word of...

Further minor update with no fixed it news as yet. I decided my year old fuel pressure tester might be giving erroneous readings so ordered another. Seems to have been a good call. Having left the old guage attached for a few weeks while doing these tests it seems to have killed it so a word of...

I’m all up for an Italian tune up! I kind of already did that a couple of weeks ago and it goes pretty dam well (right round to 5.5k without hesitation and plenty of noise) and well enough to worry me if I would get the thing to stop again! a group of objecting walkers rambling up my deserted...

Ok, results of today’s freeze fest- Somehow and luckily the swollen pump seal seemed to dry out and shrink back to its usual size after a couple of hours in the boot so I got that back together. Started car for one minute and it was still missing and a few of the plugs looked wet when I pulled...

I haven’t got as far as I’d like yet today, bloody freezing and snowing here again today.. I whipped out the fuel pump and par for course with this bloody car the big rubber seal has died! It’s expanded by at least an inch and there is absolutely no way I can make it fit back in in the new pump...

My mind as you can imagine has been doing all too much pondering on this fault while I’ve not been able to get the tools out and fiddle with the car. I wondered if the cam lobes on the iffy pots had either been damaged/ prematurely worn or were ground badly or out of time and those pots weren’t...