The Black Beastie, SHE LIVES!!!!

[graham John]

Hi all,
Angharad (daughter) here hijacking the old mans account. Yes after not seeing my father for many years, he finally emerged today to say
"get the camera". I followed out into the freezing cold to film frankenstiens monster....


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yx8Fk0ULdLA
(http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yx8Fk0ULdLA)

I'm off to my boyfriends now (he's my safe house to stop dad from killing me when he sees this... :rolleyes:)

[stu37025]

You've fitted the exhaust pipe the wrong way round Graham! :eek:

[Dave1800BDA]

You've fitted the exhaust pipe the wrong way round Graham! :eek:

lol:D

good it goes, well done, so what was the problem g

[oldskooljoe]

Feck me about time:D

now get it sideways:wav:

[GAZ W]

yours starts:cool: ...mine wont:mad:

[ModenaRS2]

:cool:

[wiggyrs]

yours starts:cool: ...mine wont:mad:

It will just get all that s**t out the carbs first ;):)

[graham John]

lol:D

good it goes, well done, so what was the problem g



re charged the battery overnight, checked all the plugs were clean / Correctly gapped and that i had a spark to each one, pushed all connections on securely, made sure the tank had plenty of (fresh) petrol and turned her over....................and over..................and over............and over, still nothing doing, took out plugs 3 & 4 and sure enough the plugs were fouled to high heaven, checked the plug leads and sure had a good spark there. I continued to turn her over and over and connected a spare batttery. No way would it fire up, but it almost did a number of times.
By this time i was getting fed up, reached over the engine bay and felt some heat from exhaust manifold pipe 3 and 4, :confused: 1&2 were cold to the touch however:scratch:

Car runs 45' DCOEs, plenty of fuel, plenty of fuel pressure (Twin facett pumps) therefore it had to be the 45 feeding cylinder 1 & 2 ???

yep, the float had stuck closed and therefore cylinders 1 & 2 were "dry" but cylinders 3 & 4 were getting plenty, sods law when i kept taking the plugs out to see if they were wet it was only the plugs on 3 & 4 as they were the nearest to the drivers door and thus easier to check.

it was something this simple all along:o



cheeRS

[richy c]

:knob:

[paul spence]

i heard andy c fixed it!

[lee bishop]

glad its all sorted GJ, the last time i had issues with my engine it was something quite similar, the carb feeding cyls 3 & 4 had closed off at the balance bar between carbs thus throwing them out of sync:o

[oldskooljoe]

i heard andy c fixed it!

And polished it with mr sheen !

[fast eddie]

congrats mate!:)

[Andyc]

he did over the phone a GJ

[Dave1800BDA]

:knob:

grum you still round richys :D

[Andyc]

hes living there Dave misses as kicked him out:D

[Dave1800BDA]

hes living there Dave misses as kicked him out:D

whoops put my foot in it:o:D

[emily]

nice one graham , always a sweet moment :D

[graham John]

i heard andy c fixed it!


Andy rang me and made a suggestion, take each spark plug out and spray in a little Mr sheen into each cylinder bore (said it would clean everything up and make it nice and shiny)

:eek:

it worked!



have the cleanest pistons in the country now


cheeRS

[GAZ W]

Exactly the same probs as mine gj , took my carbs back off given them a thorough clean fitted all the new bits from a service kit , going to give it another go tomorrow ...fingers crossed it will fire into life

[RStu]

well done G, nice one :)
I read the wont start thread before this and noticed Andy suggesting stuck float on the carbs, so well done Andy ;)

[Banishit]

whats this G you bought a new car that works instead of theat LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGG term project ???

[graham John]

lol

Finally got it running Bri,:o AJ (the daughter) got the occasion on a mobile and put it up here
:D

cheeRS

[hotrs2000]

think you need to change that N/S/F wheel its smoking a bit:)


roll on the lakes, can't what to see the black beast:)

[graham John]

havent done much to it since , however hopefully get a day on it tomorrow with the lumenition and start her up


cheeRS

[Andyc]

;):Dabout ****ing time

[SHIFTY]

Congratulations mate :)
Lol @ music in vid - quality :cool:

[LOUIE]

loving the, get the camera quote,

nice to see she moves back and forward as well!!

just get it finished now

[Lord Lucan]

GJ Good to see it starts mate well done

[grum]

GJ Good to see it starts mate well done

aye, but would be better to see it go :)