Nightmare before the lakes 2013 !!

[Fiona]

Well we thought we were sorted ! Bought a new car for the tour 3 weeks or so ago , got it home and next day it wouldn't start , so previous owner came up and got her going , but then happened again , so he was back again , and they couldn't find what was up , so car was delivered back to him for a week while he tore his his hair trying to fix it , couldn't find anything wrong , then we collected the car it started and run halfway home to Oban then died so rac took it home , David's been working away at it all week thought it was fixed yesterday but last night wouldn't start again

So Sharkey is on his way via jem engines this morning ( he lives 2 hours away ) with parts and hopefully get us on the tour !

Poor man he's been amazing trying to get us there and David too !!

We really really want to get there as its our 5th wedding anniversary and we are coming kid free for first time since our wedding !!

Can you all cross your fingers and toes and make us get there !!!

[ATR477V]

Hope you get it sorted.

[Fiona]

Cheers if not I will be the one drowning my sorrows at the bar all weekend ! We may yet need a passenger seat for us lol !

[grum]

you'll do anything to get the "spirit of the tour" prize !!!!!

good luck

[andyg]

fingers crossed im sure they will get it fixed

[Fiona]

you'll do anything to get the "spirit of the tour" prize !!!!!

good luck

Lol ! Yeh I will drink all the spirits in the hotel !! Does that help ?? Lol

[Fiona]

It's alive ! Massive massive thanks to Sharkey and David for all their hard work and jem for the bits David will fill in what the problem was I'm sure !

Thank F@@k !!!

[ATR477V]

Good news that.

[ATR477V]

Look forward to seeing the Sunbeam, I rallied one in 1980 on road and stage events.

[ATR477V]

[pockets]

the timing turned out to be irractic.
id set it here then at craigs it would be massivly out. i found the electronic distributor had a broken tack weld which held the 4 outer prongs in place had broken meaning the points where it sparked kept moving and after fixing that i noticed while lining up the timings marks that at a certain point the engine turned and the rotor arm didnt.
i pulled the dizzy out and found the auxillery shaft wasnt turning for just over 1/4 a turn of the auxillery pully. the woodruft key had chewed the pully letting it turn while not turning the shaft.
Craig brought 2 pinto pullys but we found out the one on the engine is a cosworth one and is different but We managed to fix the original one for now but it will need replaced when I find one..

Time to relax a bit now

[RS mech]

well done that man. Glad to hear you've got it sorted!!!

[Fiona]

Nice

[ATR477V]

Thanks. It got written off 6 months after building it, got back scuttled by a milk tanker on the way home from the Illuminations road rally.

[builtonabudget]

mines still on sill stands in the yard and its ****ing down just got home from work time to get my hands dirty