The All New, New "What have you done to your Bay today" thread.

Yes, now to keep tapping with a a ball peen hammer in increasing circles outwards until you get to the bit where it stops collapsing under a light tapping..the real hole will be a lot bigger when you reach weldable thickness metal.

 

Fired up the EDIS ignition controller with the coil pack and a VR sensor simulator...

 

How many years has that cambelt been on it - this is the question I ask myself also as its just the 13 years now.......

 

You haven't been playing with 'weather balloons' over Montana have you ?

 

Or plazma tweeters? (Yes they are a thing!)


Mike, could you smell the ozone?

 

Checked the oil, pumped the tyres up, fired him up (first time), jumped in and took him for a blast to blow the cobwebs out.

 

had to Google that.

Damn clever the Japanese - as a wise old electrician used to tell me.

 

Yes, it got annoying, now I am coughing a bit.. And it was actually very loud, the phone really didnt do it justice.

The panel it is all sitting on is intended to be bolted onto the ignition coil clamp fixing points.
That part of the setup implements a limp-home fixed 10 degree timing advance, so that would run the engine without any other help.

You might notice, the ignition coils actually put the spark plugs in series, theres no ground connection on the HT side, except for the cylinder heads being grounded. Seems to work in a Ford Ka.

I suppose that has the advantage that whichever spark plug gap of the two needs the higher voltage because its under compression, it gets a higher voltage.

 

I don't think you should be inhaling it

 

In the voice of ‘Montgomery Scott’ “she’ll not take that many revs captain”

I don’t pretend to comprehend it - but I like it Mike

Stirlingmoz

 

Lubed up all my door locks with that proper graphite stuff. Works a treat and now I have shiny silver fingers like some second rate Bond villain


Also ordered some of those tri-jet washer nozzles. My mot man complains every year that my washers don’t get enough water on the screen. I’ve been politely pointing out each time to him that they were probably like this from new and even when pumped up they’re still rubbish. Hopefully the new jets will be dumping enough water to finally shut him up. Might also actually be quite useful as I’ve been using the bus much more this winter and being able to see out could be a bonus.

 

You will loose pressure 3x faster as the water rushes out. Also if they are like mine, they needed a little sealant under them as the clips on the nozzles do not pull them down hard onto the front panel.

 

The solution is actually to fit an electric pump

The pump-up system is an amusing novelty, but is basically crap.

 

I would nip round there Sarah and see if Clem still exists Sounds like his wiring guy is a figment of his imagination...

Worst case, get the wiring bodged back up and sort it when you're at home.

 

Example: my pump-up washer system was in pretty good shape, and washed the screen (sort of). Converted to a rather modest Lucas electric pump, washer nozzles in the same position, and it shot the jets right over the roof, landing behind the back of the van. That's the difference.

Also as @mikedjames says, the triple washer nozzles don't actually fit well enough in the front panel unless you glue them in somehow. They'll wobble and point in all directions.