V8's n stuff

In news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com, Austin Shackles blithered:

Amal?

On or around Tue, 6 Sep 2005 15:42:08 +0100, "GbH" enlightened us thusly:

well, on the current bike, they're Bing. but similar, aye.

On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 21:37:56 +0100, Mother scribbled the following nonsense:

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

so GbH was, like...

Monobloc.

Poetry.

RAC Recovery is a joy to behold :-)

They'll probably remember it...

On or around Tue, 06 Sep 2005 22:08:58 +0100, Tim Hobbs enlightened us thusly:

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

You'll soon be an expert...

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 scribbled the following nonsense:

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.

On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 08:05:07 +0000 (UTC), Simon Isaacs scribbled the following nonsense:

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....

Shall I bring a chainsaw to Peterborough?

Had a Triumph Herald which exhibited similar symptoms for a while, would start and run ok for a few miles, then would start to splutter and die. Leave for a while, it would then start and run fine again for a few miles.

Turned out to be a restriction in the fuel line, not allowing enough juice through at full throttle, but would let fuel trickle through with engine off to fill up fuel lines etc.

Just food for thought.

David

On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:56:20 +0100, Mother scribbled the following nonsense:

finally got the left hand carb off, which seemed to be the one causing most problems. Stripped all apart and checked it over, no problems found, float appeared to be set at around 18mm (16-17mm), which means that it could cut off the fuel with a level inthe chamber that was insufficient to run the vehicle satisfactorily.

Now off to go for a spin again!

Not the case here - plenty fuel ended up over the engine when testing

- and all over Simon at one point...