Infamy day: 18/07/2008. My 20 year wait for a TR8 is over. This is the continuing story of HDW300W.
Sunday, 7 July 2013
Friday, 7 June 2013
Bugger
A bloody tear! And some of the hood studs have fallen off again!
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| How do I fix this then? Black tape? Sewing kit? |
Monday, 8 April 2013
Misfiring
It is. Again. I haven't done anything to it. Will this car ever work properly?
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Roof Down in -3
That was cold! Villa hat on and gloves on. I looked like a bellend, but a nice crisp drive to work.
Usual problem of the temp gauge suggesting the engine was about to blow up. I'll have to get another sender and thermostat, failing that, another gauge.
Oh and the speedo has decided to stop working. It must have been knocked when we were trying to fix the taco over the winter. That doesn't work either!
Usual problem of the temp gauge suggesting the engine was about to blow up. I'll have to get another sender and thermostat, failing that, another gauge.
Oh and the speedo has decided to stop working. It must have been knocked when we were trying to fix the taco over the winter. That doesn't work either!
More Carb Action iii & Tachometer
So I left this particular saga with a very badly running engine. This time, the old team was back together, that is, the mechanic, the tamed electrician and the tea boy. Here they are.
One looks like he is as high as a kite and the other is having an Ascent of Man moment in the cab with something red and shiny.
However, without them I am lost and thank you for their help and ridicule over the last four, mainly fruitless years
One looks like he is as high as a kite and the other is having an Ascent of Man moment in the cab with something red and shiny.
However, without them I am lost and thank you for their help and ridicule over the last four, mainly fruitless years
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
MOT 2012 part ii
It only failed on 7 things! I was quite pleased with that, especially as the usual TR7 failure notice would include the phrase "weakened by corrosion". The list then:
The first three have been done by my tamed electrician, in about an hour! Here he is re-crimping the rear light. The other four problems I leave to Jade Motors
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| (Another) MOT failure sheet |
- R rear light
- L internal indicator dashboard lamp
- Dead hazards / dashboard switch
- A lost wheel nut
- R wheel rubs against brake pipe on full lock
- Emissions are dung - 3834 instead of 1200
- R track rod ball joint
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| Tamed electrician |
The first three have been done by my tamed electrician, in about an hour! Here he is re-crimping the rear light. The other four problems I leave to Jade Motors
Saturday, 29 September 2012
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