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- Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:28 am
- Forum: Engine
- Topic: 2500S engine reluctant to start and barely runs.
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3408
Re: 2500S engine reluctant to start and barely runs.
Update: I re-checked all the suggestions people had made but the engine still would barely run, and would splutter and then die. I left it for a day, thinking I'm tired of bothering and I might as well just be rid of the car, but then tried one more time and after a moment's hesitation it suddenly s...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:19 am
- Forum: Steering, Suspension, Braking, Wheels & Tyres
- Topic: Front wheel camber
- Replies: 7
- Views: 416
Re: Front wheel camber
I get the "Jacked up look changes after you move the car" bit. Surely when you jack the car up the wheels move closer together. So when you lower it again the tyres have to scrub sideways, so if the ground/floor is not slippery they stay in position until you move the car a bit. But that's only the ...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 5:31 pm
- Forum: Engine
- Topic: 2500S engine reluctant to start and barely runs.
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3408
Re: 2500S engine reluctant to start and barely runs.
Many thanks. That reinforces the thoughts I have been having after I posted my question, and also tried starting again. I'll check the carburettor items you suggest. This time it didn't bang and crackle like before, and it now does actually idle reasonably smoothly, but cuts out or misfires really b...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:13 pm
- Forum: Engine
- Topic: 2500S engine reluctant to start and barely runs.
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3408
2500S engine reluctant to start and barely runs.
This a Mark 1 which had a 2500S engine when I got it 2011. I seem to have been plagued with engine problems ever since, or at least since Covid anyway. It's always been temperamental, but was running quite well until 2019. Then came Covid, and also I was ill for some years, so the car was unused but...
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 8:39 am
- Forum: Electrical Systems
- Topic: Very hot alternator
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5641
Re: Very hot alternator
I've replaced the alternator, and it works perfectly. At first the engine would hardly run, with no power, would barely idle, and cut out if I touched the accelerator. But then I realised the high voltage had probably damaged the condenser, which I've also now replaced and it runs beautifully. So th...
- Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:42 pm
- Forum: Electrical Systems
- Topic: Very hot alternator
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5641
Re: Very hot alternator
Thanks very much; I'll try your suggestions. I've taken the end cover off and immediately noticed what I think is the rectifier looks burnt and sooty. If the voltage has been getting higher steadily then I've just read this could explain the way the contacts and capacitor don't seem to last long. On...
- Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:00 pm
- Forum: Electrical Systems
- Topic: Very hot alternator
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5641
Re: Very hot alternator
" When running somewhere between 13 and 14.5 is about normal, but much more than that is not!" So 18 and rising when revved would indicate something wrong with the regulator? !! I take it the regulator is somewhere inside the alternator - is it fixable, replaceable, or would this mean a new alternat...
- Wed Sep 27, 2023 5:05 pm
- Forum: Electrical Systems
- Topic: Very hot alternator
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5641
Very hot alternator
The car has been out of action since the start of covid, but I have been starting it every few months and getting it up to temperature. Quite recently it has become very difficult to start, splutters and misfires, but usually finally settles down and runs smoothly. Today it did the same, but then st...
- Sun Jul 09, 2023 4:25 pm
- Forum: Body and Trim
- Topic: MkI Heater Label
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7125
Re: MkI Heater Label
I have a 1967 Mk1 - not sure whether that means pre- or post- facelift - I've never known what that meant. The heater label of the original is unreadable, but the replacement is identical, from an early 1964 model. It has the 3 holes like yours, and the plate, in excellent condition, reads: CODE FHF...
- Tue May 02, 2023 7:47 am
- Forum: Steering, Suspension, Braking, Wheels & Tyres
- Topic: Strut shims
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5682
Re: Strut shims
"speak well of the Trackrite for getting tracking, wheel alignment or whatever you want to call it"
That is precisely my point - wheel alignment is not tracking, which I seem at last to have got through!
Anyway, nuff said. My apologies to anyone I have irritated.
That is precisely my point - wheel alignment is not tracking, which I seem at last to have got through!
Anyway, nuff said. My apologies to anyone I have irritated.