chrsgrain
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| posted on 26/5/08 at 07:06 PM |
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XE now running (on bike carbs)
Hi all,
Well - as some of you know, have been having dramas with the car after the engine died 50 miles after SVA back at the beginning of the year.... No
matter what, despite masses of very helpful advice on here - thank you, the damn thing wouldn't start... so decided to swap it out.
"New" engine in today, and started first go!!! FANTASTIC!!
Because I thought at the start it might have been an electrical problem, its now running with a set of R1 carbs (all leakage problems fixed now, after
a second clean - I think some gunge got in the fuel pipe when it was disconnected, then into the carbs when first plumbed in) and an H+H ignition
systems 'dizzy' (those guys are great by the way!)
 
new engine1
 
new engine2
 
new engine3
Many thanks for all the help - especially NSDev and TriumphDave....
Right, now to rebuild the old engine 
Chris
Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...
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gregf27
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| posted on 26/5/08 at 07:11 PM |
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Nice one Chris,
bet you are really chuffed!!
they're a helpful bunch on here aint they?
Time now to give it some!!!!
keep us all posted on the re-build
all the best
Greg
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chrsgrain
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| posted on 26/5/08 at 07:26 PM |
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Doesn't look quite as smart as your Greg - but it goes!!
Chris
Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...
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NS Dev
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| posted on 26/5/08 at 09:22 PM |
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Hey that's brilliant to hear Chris!!
Make sure you let us know what was wrong with the old one, as you'd certainly exhausted EVERY obvious and all the less obvious problems as far
as I could see!!
cheers
Nat
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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