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LIONS AND TIGERS AND STARTERS OH MY!
Created on 2008-06-07 12:12:54
Last night my mechanic Terry came over and we put the new Nippondenso Starter in Rose. The old starter's ratchet gears were going so why not do it now I thought. Rose has a Rover 3.5 transplanted back in the UK by a company called "Peak Performance" located out at Heathrow, the sticker is still on the windscreen. With a transplant things are always dicey. The steering box with the power assist hard lines etc prevented us from getting the Lucas M45G starter out....by 1/2 inch clearance. Terry had to undo the steering box, drop that down, unbolt the front right engine mount and jack the engine up an inch just to get the starter out. The new Nippondenso starter (smaller, faster better....must be japanese) went in a treat.
After that we played the "What do you do with this extra wire game".
The current to the coil was weak and we figured it has something to do with that. After extrapolating between a Haynes (STAG) and a Haynes (Rover 3500) and still not being able to trace this errant wire, bundled with the postive leads for the coil.....we decided to snip it. Coooey...full current to the coil and Rose fired up.
How BL...I know just do the same thing the the temperature warning light.....
Engine sounds great!
No smoking except for the crap silver paint baking off that a pervious owner had sprayed on the Headers.
I have wrapped the exhaust headers with fibreglass wrap to keep the heat down in the engine compartment.
This saturday morning I drove Rose 10 feet out of the garage and turned her off. And even tho' I had re-done the brakes I put a big rock under the rear tire.
Daisy, my midget is watching all this work with smirk. Her efficient 4-banger will give me 40 MPG and you know who will get driven daily.......
Just because. More to come.
After that we played the "What do you do with this extra wire game".
The current to the coil was weak and we figured it has something to do with that. After extrapolating between a Haynes (STAG) and a Haynes (Rover 3500) and still not being able to trace this errant wire, bundled with the postive leads for the coil.....we decided to snip it. Coooey...full current to the coil and Rose fired up.
How BL...I know just do the same thing the the temperature warning light.....
Engine sounds great!
No smoking except for the crap silver paint baking off that a pervious owner had sprayed on the Headers.
I have wrapped the exhaust headers with fibreglass wrap to keep the heat down in the engine compartment.
This saturday morning I drove Rose 10 feet out of the garage and turned her off. And even tho' I had re-done the brakes I put a big rock under the rear tire.
Daisy, my midget is watching all this work with smirk. Her efficient 4-banger will give me 40 MPG and you know who will get driven daily.......
Just because. More to come.
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Emergency rock brake engaged.....
Emergency rock brake engaged.....
Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 7 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 STAG "Rose" | 2008-05-30 | 2 | 1 | Rose got her disk brakes overhauled, wheel bearings repacked with grease today (30 May 08). Tomorrow, she's going to get her drums redone and then new tires. The... |
| Rear Fog Lamp | 2008-05-23 | 1 | We do get awful fog in Coastal CA so I decided to get a rear fog lamp for Daisy, like you see on cars in the UK. Got the lamp thru Ebay UK and looked up the MOT guidelines and on... | |
| Boom Boom Boom | 2008-05-13 | 1 | 1 | Killer Radio and speakers installed this week. I envision Lisa and I riding around the hills of California, white silk scarves fluttering in the wind to the sounds of Mahler! Or ... |
| Back From The Paint Shop | 2008-05-13 | 1 | 1 | New paint (gracias a Pepe de Advanced Auto Body de City Heights San Diego- gracias mi amigo). New carpet, trim, new seat rebuild, gauges cleaned, dash reworked, soun... |
| Back From The Paint Shop | 2008-05-13 | 1 | Daisy has a mix of black and Autumn Leaf interior- I'm working on Black Walnut door cappings. So the next big thing is to pass the smog test....here's hoping. | |
| Daisy Come Back! | 2008-05-13 | 1 | New brake MC, complete line flush, brakes cleaned and assorted worn bits replaced, entire interior removed, 2 surface rust areas ground and treated (Tinworm does not like the Calif... | |
| Daisy, Rose And Hyacinth: | 2008-05-13 | 1 | Hyacinth is my Jag XJ8 Vanden Plas (that's Daimler 8 in the UK) Rose is my 75 Stag- she's fast and she's a mess Daisy is my 76 Midget. I got Daisy on 2... |
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