Why is it that just one week ago I can walk away from a car that starts only to return to a car that doesn't? To top it all, I have just watched Top Gear and it would appear that for the same amount of dough that I paid for this sack of steaming crap, I could have bought a Porsche 944 or a Nissan Z twin turbo something or other. Dungpie. Where did I put that white flag?
Sunday, 19 July 2009
Friday, 17 July 2009
Don't speak too loudly
Somebody has! I have just been into the garage and the useless, hateful, dungy, badly made, hopelessly maintained sack of crap didn't start. If I win the lottery tonight (substantial obviously!), I am going to beat the hell out of it with a lumphammer and then cremate what is left.
Bloody Tesco
I have just spent 100 big ones to feed my lot for a week. I have no doubt that I have more than enough to last a week without any grub. Unfortunately though, the other Lammas' are of a normal size and thus the following "opportunity cost" is not available to me:
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Don't speak too loudly ... the Beast started again last night. That's twice in a row. Don't speak too loudly as she might hear. Seats will be in on Saturday. I might then be able to get it out of the garage for the first time snce October!
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Another Step Forward
Another few hours during the weekend past was spent fannying in the garage. Where we left off the week before was a potentially dead wire/distributor/engine. Out came the Haynes manual straight to the "how to get the timing right" page. This involved fiddling with the pulley thing by the radiator to get it to 6 deg BTDC and then getting the rotor in the distributor pointing at #1 plug/cylinder.
Cock! I was determined to get this going. Equipped with a Simon and various sized spanners, out came the electronic distributor that may/may not be brown bread and in went Paul's points version. More fannying and fiddling and off she goes! I now know how to install a distributor! There also seems to be no sign of the paddling in unleaded "safety" feature either!
One concern is that something is sticking somewhere on cranking. It's almost as if the battery hasn't enough power to turn the engine over. It can't be the starter motor though as that's been done?
Mid week I intend to have another go at starting. What's the betting it be buggered again?!
Monday, 6 July 2009
One step forward ...
This weekend was going to be it. The Beast had started last week albeit with the points distributor. All I had to do was get the fuel pump fixed properly and the seats in. Then it was going to Phil's for an MOT. Groovy.
Or perhaps not so groovy. The fuel pump is in. It is not leaking and is pumping away. It's damned noisy though as I haven't fixed it on to a rubber mounting. It will need doing but not an important thing at the moment. There we are then - a "new" distributor, a new coil, a new fuel pump, lots of new wires, clamps and leads, a reconditioned starter motor - feck all happened! There was not a v8 burble anywhere - just the metallic noise of the fuel pump rattling at the rear bulkhead and a dying battery straining under the constant pressure of this dungheap never ever starting.
Then Stewart/Stuart arrived. Huzzah, I am saved! Or not as the case was as he had to run off. He has put the original electrical distributor in and has tested the wires. But still nout happened. Although it could now be the interior gubbins of the distributor. How do I know if these ones that were replaced last week actually work? Can I have my old gubbins back please?!
To top it all, there is now another problem. Whilst cranking and trying to start it, it obviously flooded. It was at this point that I could hear a trickling and smell fuel. It wasn't coming out of the bit that we (thanks to Simon for his fuel pump assistance and trips to B&Q) had changed. It was coming from the engine. It was coming from the carbs. It was pouring from a pipe from the carbs straight on to the block! This site suggests it is a safety measure. I would love to meet the bellend who designed that "safety" measure. Although in my case, it is perfectly safe as the engine never runs thus the block will never be hot enough to ignite the leaky fuel. The MG site has suggested that the needle is blocked with some dung (possible as I drained the fuel into a (cleanish) plastic bowl) or that one of the floats is buggered, which could be due to the fact that an engine has not been started for a while (no shit!).
Previously I had a car that wouldn't get up a very small hill as the fuel pump was no good. Now I am paddling in a lake of unleaded as the fuel pump is too good. Cock! In conclusion therefore, today and probably for the rest of the week, Rover v8's are dung, Harris Mann is a tosser, BL/Rover deserved to go bust and TR7s are the worst cars ever made. The white flag is raised once more.
Or perhaps not so groovy. The fuel pump is in. It is not leaking and is pumping away. It's damned noisy though as I haven't fixed it on to a rubber mounting. It will need doing but not an important thing at the moment. There we are then - a "new" distributor, a new coil, a new fuel pump, lots of new wires, clamps and leads, a reconditioned starter motor - feck all happened! There was not a v8 burble anywhere - just the metallic noise of the fuel pump rattling at the rear bulkhead and a dying battery straining under the constant pressure of this dungheap never ever starting.
Then Stewart/Stuart arrived. Huzzah, I am saved! Or not as the case was as he had to run off. He has put the original electrical distributor in and has tested the wires. But still nout happened. Although it could now be the interior gubbins of the distributor. How do I know if these ones that were replaced last week actually work? Can I have my old gubbins back please?!
To top it all, there is now another problem. Whilst cranking and trying to start it, it obviously flooded. It was at this point that I could hear a trickling and smell fuel. It wasn't coming out of the bit that we (thanks to Simon for his fuel pump assistance and trips to B&Q) had changed. It was coming from the engine. It was coming from the carbs. It was pouring from a pipe from the carbs straight on to the block! This site suggests it is a safety measure. I would love to meet the bellend who designed that "safety" measure. Although in my case, it is perfectly safe as the engine never runs thus the block will never be hot enough to ignite the leaky fuel. The MG site has suggested that the needle is blocked with some dung (possible as I drained the fuel into a (cleanish) plastic bowl) or that one of the floats is buggered, which could be due to the fact that an engine has not been started for a while (no shit!).
Previously I had a car that wouldn't get up a very small hill as the fuel pump was no good. Now I am paddling in a lake of unleaded as the fuel pump is too good. Cock! In conclusion therefore, today and probably for the rest of the week, Rover v8's are dung, Harris Mann is a tosser, BL/Rover deserved to go bust and TR7s are the worst cars ever made. The white flag is raised once more.
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