flak monkey
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 06:28 PM |
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Had to give in and call the AA today...
... went out for a nice blat to do some more tweaking with the megasquirt.
Got about 40miles down the road and smell burning rubber, think 'hope thats not me!' 3 secs later, cloud of blue smoke from under bonnet,
think 'oh feck, it is me!' look down at dash and see batt warning light is on, think 'i bet I know whats happened!'.
Pull over pretty sharpish and whip the bonnet off. Shards of rubber drive belt everywhere and one alternator siezed solid!
Give in and call the AA, wait 90mins for a recovery truck to arrive and get a lift home!
Oh well, easy fix and nothing major, thankfully!
On a brighter note I did get the exhaust changed on my Mini this morning and it now sounds much better!
[Edited on 15/3/09 by flak monkey]
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 06:32 PM |
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Whoops.... First engine mount and now alternator... whats gonna be the third one  
Ben
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DIY Si
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 07:14 PM |
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Could be worse, I lunched 4th gear on the way to a meet that was 60 miles away and then limped home, only to lose all drive 2-3 miles from home.
Balls.  Not a cheap, but hopefully simple, fix.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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omega0684
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 07:26 PM |
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i drove all the way from cov to coleville whilst datalogging and the car was running quite rough, got to coalville and analysed the data and then went
out for another blat, i swear i might as well have been driving a new car!, throttle response was much better, AFR was much better, it was amazing
what an hour of datalogging could do. bombed around leicestershire a little bit with claretoo and then drove back, quality day. oh and my car
didn't break down once!
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DIY Si
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 07:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by omega0684
i drove all the way from cov to coleville whilst datalogging and the car was running quite rough, got to coalville and analysed the data and then went
out for another blat, i swear i might as well have been driving a new car!, throttle response was much better, AFR was much better, it was amazing
what an hour of datalogging could do. bombed around leicestershire a little bit with claretoo and then drove back, quality day. oh and my car
didn't break down once!
Bah, damn you and your tells of having a useful day! 
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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omega0684
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 07:39 PM |
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even had my  on, wind blowin in my hair, stones and bees hitting me too. was awesome
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DIY Si
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 07:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by omega0684
even had my on, wind blowin in my hair, stones and bees hitting me too. was awesome
In all fairness, 4th did go when I was out on a run to a TVR meet with a Tuscan, an M3 CSL and an Exige S, so my day wasn't all wasted. Oh,
on here too, although under my lid.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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matt.c
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 08:26 PM |
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Time to loose that pinto mate. 
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flak monkey
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 08:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by matt.c
Time to loose that pinto mate.
Yeah, only trouble is all the shows are really close now and sooner or later my bank manager is going to have a heart attack!
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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