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should have gone to specsavers!!! .8mm wire, high setting ,look at what you are doing ,make sure you have a good earth(clean)

thanks a lot Willie i`ll give that try asap
regards, Rod

cheers for that i`ll give that a go in the morning
thanks a lot
Regards , Rod

hi-ya just a problem i`m sure you`ll be able to sort out in a trice, the fuel guage on my recently acquired pickup(1963)only moves once a day, when i first turn on the ignition the guage goes to approx. half full returns to empty and does`nt move until the next morning ....only a problem once? (runn...

Thanks Dennis, Hope you had a good journey back from Knebworth. Meant to speak to you before but you know what it's like .

Thanks for that H, Cam, i'll keep you posted
regards Rod

Thanks Cam, on they go and we'll try them out on the Bandon
Experience
Thanks again,
Rod

Thanks for that Cam. can I expect any improvement without the machining ?
Rod.

Hello All While we were at Knebwoth the other weekend we picked up a set of twin carbs (strombergs) complete with manifold which the seller assured us would fit straight onto our moggy ,talking to a mechanic the other day he insisted that we should have a grade 1 upgrade to the cylinder head ? I wou...

Thanks for that Brit...I will enquire at my local college.

hi all, i've cured the green wire problem i 've traced it through to A4a on the fuse box along with two black wires+quite a bit of corrosion, i've cleaned it up, stripped the wires back a bit removed green wire ...... :evil: SORTED. Everything is operating as it should so i'll just wait and see, reg...

good evening Cam, it's terminal A4 the terminal set aside from the fuse i also noticed some corrosion but it looks as if it has been lacquered or varnished to seal or insulate it i'll have to wait until the weekend to strip it out and clean it up and start over again i'll keep you all informed thank...

hi everyone ref. green wire i've put a volt meter across the four terminals(ignition on ) they all registered 12.9v ...with the footbrake on the voltage on A4dropped to 9v any suggestions short of ripping it out and starting again?
regards rod

hi Cam hi Willy thanks for the info i'll be following it up tomorrow after work (i have to keep my day job to finance lizzies habit "Morris Minors ")and i'll get back to you many thanks Rod :x

hi all, after further investigation the grrrrr een wire appears to come from the ....wait for it ..... the fuse box ???which only becomes live when you press the brake pedal????can,t be right surely??? HELP rod :(

hi both (and of course phyllis)you,re right its a bullet connector i,ve eliminated all bar the heater which ceased to work a few weeks ago it was a few days later liz noticed the heater came on when she put her foot on the brake ? so i took the wire out of the heater thinking when they installed the...

cheers for that Chris it looks to me that it went to or came from behind the dash it has a pin type connector the type that push into the ferrules which to me says it should be an earth return and not a live feed or doesn,t it work like that on cars???advice /ideas greatly appreciated Thanks again C...

Rod has found a green wire hanging into the drivers footwell and can't find where it goes to but he says it becomes live when the brake pedal is pressed . As I haven't lost any light heater wipers etc does anyone have any idea what it could be ?? :oops: :roll: Rod says he's decided its to become a l...

hello all
Well it turned out it was the new dynamo only giving out 6 volts so it's back to the shop with that at the weekend. took the dynamo from the 56' traveller and the problem solved Thankyou very much for all the excellent advice liz xx

hi chris thanks for info just spent all day checking all the wiring changing regulator etc.and still the light stays on :x i,ve just had another look at the hayes manual which i followed to the letter :oops: and there it is quote----note.. replace the negative lead before the earth[positive] lead be...