John Bonnett
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| posted on 27/5/08 at 05:17 PM |
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Last minute trials and tribulations
Why is it, that a car can be working perfectly and then at the 11th hour, problems come thick and fast.
Tomorrow, we set off for Laon in France to take part in a fantastic event that takes place in this beautiful and historic
town.http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x248fy_circuit-historique-27052007-laon-tr_auto
The last few days have been manic trying to solve a host of problems that seemingly have just happened.
I know I have mentioned under-bonnet temperature before but I thought that had been solved. However, after a spirited drive, I found that foam strip
on which the back edge of the bonnet sits had melted and fused itself to the bonnet jamming it fast. I fabricated another heat deflector and that I
hope has done the trick.
Next, the battery appeared to be flat and in fact it was. I couldn't understand this having been running the car fairly regularly and to my mind
it should have been fully charged. On checking, I found the voltage was well down on the optimum 14 volts. Apparently, the battery had been
progressively dropping down and the alternator, although working perfectly, had not been recharging it. It needed a boost charge to stir things up and
this brought it up to full charge. With the load of the headlights, management system and fuel pump this was on the limit of my old style Lucas
alternator. I now have a fully charged battery and a 70 Amp alternator. I hope the problem has been solved but I'm packing jump leads just in
case.
Just this afternoon, on the way to fill up with petrol I noticed a clicking sound from the front n/s. I think the noise is from the brake pad rattling
in its housing but I still have to check it.
All these things seemed perfectly alright until just a few days ago. Why is it that they wait until the last minute before surfacing? Better now than
on the way to Laon I suppose.
Anybody else had the same experience with last minute panics?
John
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eccsmk
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| posted on 27/5/08 at 05:19 PM |
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link for you
my whole life is a last minute panic i never plan to do anything as when ever i have its always gone wrong 
best of luck with your trick
cant wait to get mine sva'd so i can at least drive it
[Edited on 27/5/08 by eccsmk]
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 27/5/08 at 05:21 PM |
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quote:
Anybody else had the same experience with last minute panics?
Thats next week for us when we set off to ROME in ten bangers......... you are still dealing with modern iron......we deal in rust buckets.....have
fun lad.....
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 27/5/08 at 05:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by John Bonnett
Anybody else had the same experience with last minute panics?
Always!
My dad went to Laon a couple of years ago and brought back hundreds of pictures he'd taken. Looks like a really interesting event with some
very rare cars (lots of Bugatti's etc).
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 27/5/08 at 06:46 PM |
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Look on the bright side - at least the issues are right before you go rather than when you are actually on your way!! That would be more the sort of
luck i would get
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