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Rose Around The Block...
Created on 2008-06-07 22:39:14
I drove Rose around the neighborhood, no insurance, no plates, but I did have the UK title in the glove box(no California Title yet). Many tweeks are in store for the future, but after 2 and half years in my garage can you blame me for driving her around the block at least once?
Make note to self: get stronger throttle return spring at Pep Boys Auto tomorrow. Runaway acceleration in a car with no clutch (Auto Trans) is a frightening....
Now back to working on the Midget (Daisy): replaced the Water Choke with a manual choke, and took the free flowing AIRSPEED filter off and replaced with OEM filter housing (restrictive). Starting up issues are now gone, she doesn't like to start warm but starts on the first try when she's cold and even better on a cold and foggy San Diego morning> GO figure, she must miss the UK. I guess I need to pass smog test and get a richer needle for the carb and install freer flowing air filter later. This little Midget has great heart!
Make note to self: get stronger throttle return spring at Pep Boys Auto tomorrow. Runaway acceleration in a car with no clutch (Auto Trans) is a frightening....
Now back to working on the Midget (Daisy): replaced the Water Choke with a manual choke, and took the free flowing AIRSPEED filter off and replaced with OEM filter housing (restrictive). Starting up issues are now gone, she doesn't like to start warm but starts on the first try when she's cold and even better on a cold and foggy San Diego morning> GO figure, she must miss the UK. I guess I need to pass smog test and get a richer needle for the carb and install freer flowing air filter later. This little Midget has great heart!
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
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| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
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| LIONS AND TIGERS AND STARTERS OH MY! | 2008-06-07 | 1 | 1 | 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... |
| 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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