It never rains.........
Jon Ison - 27/3/03 at 08:43 PM
well thats my 3 now........
4000 trouble free miles then
1) CDi box blew up
2) Fuel pump n brake lights
then.......3)!!!!!!!! nice day today ??? so off we trot to post office to tax car, nice new tax disc, back thru town 5pm, rush hour, "Twang"
bloody throttle cable snaps.......Doh!!! anyhow, in end took laces out me trainers, tied em togethor thread em round steering column, tie em to
carbs n drive thru town in rush hour pulling a bit o string to make her go, great fun with lots a 
from other traffic, anyhow, thats my 3 over (i
hope)
at least i can 
bout it now.......
mdc124 - 27/3/03 at 09:15 PM
Shoelaces. Hmmm hope that doesn't happen to me, I wear slip - ons most of the time.
I'm sooo fashionable!
Do you think the smileys will ever come back?
mdc124 - 27/3/03 at 09:20 PM
Had to do that with my first car though!
Had to drive my 'shite' brown mini clubman 1100cc 10 miles on the choke - same principle.
Ran just as well like that as it did on the throttle - how about the isonblade? any performance loss? laptimes reduced at all?
Jon Ison - 27/3/03 at 09:26 PM
a warm bike engine won't run on a choke, i dint have me laces fastend, so i'm sorta up wi the times.......
stephen_gusterson - 27/3/03 at 11:26 PM
i think he means he used the choke cable and knob re-routed to the throttle...
atb
steve
I did hear of a bodge once of using a window washer motor to take place of a busted mechancal fuel pump. sounds risky tho...
mdc124 - 28/3/03 at 09:20 PM
quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
i think he means he used the choke cable and knob re-routed to the throttle...
No. I mean i pulled the choke as hard as I could to increase the revs and off we went -
Every traffic light was on Red all the way home too
stephen_gusterson - 28/3/03 at 11:28 PM
yeah, but wouldnt my idea be better! 
atb
steve
jollygreengiant - 30/3/03 at 06:53 AM
3.5SD1 Auto rover & throttle cable broke sunday evening on the way out to a do. 20miles from anywhere. Open bonnet up wind throttle idle screw
fully on get back in start & lob into drive quick. Fast as f**k going along level & down hill. Slower than any snail by the time you got to
any rise (open door got out walk round & get back in slow), got to do, trouble is I had 40 miles coming back.
Just think of the fun that you could have with modern fly-by-wire throttles?.
mdc124 - 30/3/03 at 04:49 PM
quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
yeah, but wouldnt my idea be better!
atb
steve
Where were you 13 Years ago ya b'd !!!
mdc124 - 30/3/03 at 04:53 PM
Where have all the smilies gone? sniff
)o;