john_p_b
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| posted on 29/11/07 at 07:28 PM |
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i'm friends with my indy again
after spending most the year cursing the car for one thing or another i now feel i have overcome all the annoying little problems i've had with
it and i'm actually proud once again to show off and say it's mine!
had some running issues with it which were really getting me down, spent hours and a fair bit of money trying to sort out the carb before finally
giving up and letting a carb specialist sort it out....... hour an a half later they had it sorted, drove it out the place back to where i work and
had the biggest grin on my face. was seriously considering selling up as i'd lost the love this year but really got the bug for it again now.
spent the last couple of weeks with it at work doing bits and bobs in lunch times etc and it's really starting to look good now.
anyway thats my bit of pointless babble for you all 
[Edited on 29/11/07 by john_p_b]
built a car, built a home, had a family. lost the family, lost the home, still got the car.
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snoopy
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| posted on 29/11/07 at 07:37 PM |
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glad you love it again as it looks nice personaly needs more yellow on it to me
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john_p_b
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| posted on 29/11/07 at 08:37 PM |
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really funny you should say that, i'm picking the wings up tomorrow, just had em sprayed zinc yellow to match the roll bar not 100% convinced
it was the right move but one of the wings was damaged anyway so figure if i don't like it then i'll just buy a new pair like i was going
to have to anyway. was a choice between doing the wings to add some colour or put a yellow stripe down it and this was the cheaper easier option to go
for first 
built a car, built a home, had a family. lost the family, lost the home, still got the car.
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RK
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| posted on 1/12/07 at 02:33 PM |
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I think the lesson is that, unless you are a mechanic, you cannot do everything yourself. It is just the reality, no matter how insulting that is to
many people on here. You have to hire people to do certain things. It is the difference between the car ending up on ESkip and driving a beautiful
piece of machinery.
You have to remember that the "Locost" is no longer Escort-based, with a simple little carb and no electronic FI etc etc.
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john_p_b
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| posted on 1/12/07 at 06:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RK
I think the lesson is that, unless you are a mechanic, you cannot do everything yourself.
the ironic and annoying this is i am a mechanic, been brought up most my carrer on commercial diesel though so only so much i can do with a carb. i
tend to lose patience with my own toys as well, probably if it was someone elses i'd have sorted it.
built a car, built a home, had a family. lost the family, lost the home, still got the car.
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RK
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| posted on 2/12/07 at 12:22 AM |
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Well, you know what they say about doctors:
"he who treats himself has a fool for a patient". You can't care TOO much or you lose it. I guess it applies to a lot of fields!
My brother-in-law is a diesel mechanic too, and a very successful one too. His own projects hardly ever get off the ground, nevermind get finished!
But I wish he was around to help me; he'd be great.
[Edited on 2/12/07 by RK]
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 2/12/07 at 11:13 AM |
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It does show something about the seven-style car - when it's set up reasonably well it'll feel better than most production cars. When
there's something not quite right it can feel MUCH worse than any production car!
Last year my wheel weights weren't properly set up and the car had an off-balance feel about it - once they were set properly the car felt so
much more secure.
Glad to hear you're happy again!
David
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