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- Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:30 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: funny noise from engine
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1698
funny noise from engine
I have a mysterious new noise! It is connected to the engine but strangely doesn't rise in pitch as the engine runs faster, only slightly louder, but is most audible around 40mph (higher speeds the engine noise itself drowns it out) and disappears at tickover. Very hard noise to describe - not bangi...
- Sat Jun 01, 2013 1:00 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Exhaust Flange Damage
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2687
Re: Exhaust Flange Damage
And don't tighten the nuts so hard they strip off their threads! I did that once when I couldn't get a seal - turned out it was a distorted pipe flange when I looked closely and all was OK again after I reformed it with a pair of pliers (and got a new nut). There's a right way and a wrong way to do ...
- Sat Jun 01, 2013 12:35 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Front Dampers.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8457
Re: Front Dampers.
Well, I have gone through the procedure a couple of times now and the oil flushing through looks a lot cleaner now and all seems very good on the road
Should do the rear ones, I guess. But not while this great weather lasts - off to the beach for me! thanks for all your help.
Should do the rear ones, I guess. But not while this great weather lasts - off to the beach for me! thanks for all your help.
- Thu May 23, 2013 6:57 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Front Dampers.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8457
Re: Front Dampers.
No, that wasn't all that was in it....as I said, I could see the oil level in the damper and it wasn't going down, bounce as I might. You would think there was some sort of blockage. I did try blowing through the top with a piece of heater hose but no joy. I will try the syringe idea though. At wors...
- Wed May 22, 2013 11:22 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Front Dampers.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8457
Re: Front Dampers.
Well, this didn't seem to work for me. I removed both plugs and the valve assembly from the bottom and bounced - and all that came out was a dessert spoon's worth of oil. So I bounced and bounced and bounced - Tigger himself could not have bounced more - but nothing. I could see the level of oil in ...
- Fri May 17, 2013 11:45 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Front Dampers.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8457
Re: Front Dampers.
Coolio! Thanks Declan. That's just what I needed to see.
- Fri May 17, 2013 10:44 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Front Dampers.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8457
Re: Front Dampers.
Earlier in this post someone said "When you do the Dampers,Front or rear, be aware of a spring inside the Damper,where the valve assembly comes out,it needs to come out" Is all this stuff (spring, valve assembly) likely to come out in pieces so you don't know how to put it back together ag...
- Wed May 15, 2013 3:07 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Not Running Quite Right
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4465
Re: Not Running Quite Right
A Katy - well, it must have been the manifold leak then!
Thanks,
Pete
Thanks,
Pete
- Sun May 12, 2013 1:42 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Not Running Quite Right
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4465
Re: Not Running Quite Right
Well I did all that and still not quite right...............until I noticed two things: 1. distributer slightly loose in the engine - so I tightened up the two bolts 2. exhaust manifold missing one stud, washer and bolt causing slight exhaust leak - so I whipped the missing parts off an old 803cc en...
- Tue Apr 16, 2013 6:07 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: morris minor burble
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4845
Re: morris minor burble
Twice I have put on a new exhaust and both times it lost its burble - for a while, then unaccountably came back. No, I can't explain.
- Tue Apr 16, 2013 6:03 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: 803cc Gearbox
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1171
Re: 803cc Gearbox
But there is a way to 'mate' the 803 and 948 gearboxes to have a 948 gearbox without cutting up the floor. There must be a thread on here that says how. Mine was done that way but a friend of a friend did it for me so I can't advise further.
- Tue Apr 16, 2013 6:00 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Not Running Quite Right
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4465
Re: Not Running Quite Right
12 thou? I thought it was 15 thou? It is a 948 engine.............
- Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:21 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Not Running Quite Right
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4465
Re: Not Running Quite Right
OK thanks, but I wonder if you can specifically address my original question about whether if timing is adjusted when the points are not set quite right and the points subsequently set properly, will the timing needs re-adjustment? I understand altering the points gap does alter the timing.
Pete
Pete
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 5:43 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Not Running Quite Right
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4465
Re: Not Running Quite Right
Many thanks for your reply. Just a couple of questions: 1. What sort of oil would you use in the carb damper? Some people say engine oil, others three-in-one. 2. When advancing/retarding the ignition timing would you use the micrometer adjustment or loosen and turn the distributer? Thank you for you...
- Wed Apr 10, 2013 10:28 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Not Running Quite Right
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4465
Not Running Quite Right
Hello. Advice needed please. My car runs OK but spits and pops a bit when going downhill at certain speeds with the foot off the accelerator. It has also become a bit thirsty on petrol and - unless I am imagining this - the familiar Morris burble is a little harsh sounding. Not quite so much pull go...