Squire's voitures

[DodgeRover]

You might not be able to if you inhale too much of the asbestos dust.

It's good for you, opens up the lungs!

[fried onions]

You might not be able to if you inhale too much of the asbestos dust.

Why do you always have to spoil everything?

[SiC]

Because I am not a nice person

[Hooli]

Which is why I have to moderate his posts...

[ghosty]

I thought we didn't do that here.

[SiC]

I appear to have found the limits to that

[Hooli]

I thought we didn't do that here.

Only happened the once. I'll tell you the story in the pub...

[fried onions]

Today, whilst using the MG in the heavy rain, I ran through a very long stretch of standing water on the road and it conked out shortly afterwards. To make matters worse, it was uphill and I'd just pulled in front of a big HGV. Cue hazard warning lights (thank goodness I'd repaired them) and using the starter motor with 1st gear to get me off the road. I could tell the water had flooded something electrical due to the sudden failure. A quick look under the bonnet confirmed the distributor cap received a bath, the leads are side-entry so are held in by grub screws inside the cap, and thus have no waterproof rubber boots. They were waterlogged and obviously shorting out. A lot of cranking over later it started up after many attempts and I kept the revs high to restore normal service - I got it started before but foolishly let it drop to idle and it cut out again, refusing to re-start. At least I know it's got an excellent battery, as there is no starting handle.

The big Humber is in for a tune-up and new clutch. It had been running poorly of late and had started cutting out instead of ticking over idle. Blipping the throttle resulted in a pause instead of instant response, and if the throttle was suddenly opened a slight spit back through the carburretor. Some attention was overdue.

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Whilst some of the valve clearances were to specification, some of the exhaust valves had closed up so much I was unable to get a .004" feeler gauge in. I cannot recall if I checked the valve clearances shortly after I got the car. I usually make a note of such things but there is no mention of it in my records.

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At least all the essential reference values are printed on this handy plate in the engine bay. Presumably a 'proper' car doesn't need such an information plate.

[Eddie Honda]

the leads are side-entry so are held in by grub screws inside the cap, and thus have no waterproof rubber boots.

Thus one should be using:



or a 8G726.

[fried onions]

I deliberately ploughed through the big puddle and was all smug, thinking I'd got away with it, when disaster struck.