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its southend seafront on a saturday night,
it WILLL get attention from the law,
though providing we are doing nothing wrong (which i think its safe to say we wont),
they will turn a blind eye to everything, may even come and say a polite hello!
Parked down a side road in westcliff,
the one way road with loads of humps that spits out near the palace theatre!!
i chuckled to myself when i saw the cliosport.net sticker!
ok today the engine has been starting first time every time!!
wtf is going on??
ill give the connections a jiggle tomorrow when im working on it, and see if it makes any difference.
well i took it off,
but it had a very distinctive mark from where the screw had sat against it for all those years,
so i put it back exactly on that. and it runs perfectly!
thanks for the explaination though mick ;)
idle control valve?
TPS?
just general carb set up not injecting enough fuel?
not sure if any of those are on a carb engine
and it will only be the clutch if it is failing to disengage the engine from the box. and therefore when parked the engine cannot turn over as its still connected to the...
i would like it sooner rather than later,
but my local factors want £87 for a new one (though thats before adding my trader discount)
if you could have a look, that would be great!
noo F7R, thankfully no immobiliser to worry about,
i dont think its the solenoid, i thought if you heard it click in and out then the solennoid is working,
its just the motor isnt spinning.
ON THE OTHER HAND!
i got in this morning and tried to start it normally just to humor it.
and it...
points stay on your licence for 3 years
but on your insurance record for 5 years
so you do have to declare them, unless you find and insurance company that only asks for 3 years!
im actually tempted to drive from southend to the halfway house, just so that i can for a bit of a drive :D
otherwise ill have got to southend before my cars warmed up! wheres the fun in that!!
AND Rob!
i asked before buy you ignored me (rude!)
i found that leather gator and window switch i...
ok so i charged the battery for 48 hours,
put it in the car, and still, the starter motor will not run!
bumped it and it started first time,
took it for a good hour long drive and it didnt miss a beat.
however, everytime i turned it off and attempted to run the starter motor,
it just...