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Re: Squire's voitures
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 8:50 pm
by DodgeRover
Good job you have a couple of spares now
Re: Squire's voitures
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 9:58 pm
by Gilbert T Codwhacker
Bumasquat.. After all that work
It's crying to have the overdrive engine plonked in..Say I know a chap who could make it very fast
Re: Squire's voitures
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 6:39 pm
by richardthestag
darn it all! or words to that effect
Re: Squire's voitures
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 6:43 pm
by Hooli
Blast and darn it that's rather infuriating?
Re: Squire's voitures
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 7:02 pm
by mercrocker
I've lost the thread a bit here.....Is this the Humber?
Re: Squire's voitures
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 8:53 am
by fried onions
mercrocker wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2019 7:02 pm
I've lost the thread a bit here.....Is this the Humber?
Yes mate. It didn't help trying to start it with the firing order mixed up either, after I fitted the Bakelite H.T. lead ends.
Re: Squire's voitures
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:07 am
by DodgeRover
I doubt that would really have done any damage unless you managed a monumental backfire at just the wrong point to bend a valve?
Re: Squire's voitures
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 3:23 pm
by fried onions
No, nothing like that. The reason I checked the valve clearances in the first place was because it wasn't running right.
Re: Squire's voitures
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 3:56 pm
by mercrocker
fried onions wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2019 8:53 am
mercrocker wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2019 7:02 pm
I've lost the thread a bit here.....Is this the Humber?
Yes mate. It didn't help trying to start it with the firing order mixed up either, after I fitted the Bakelite H.T. lead ends.
That's the trouble with six-pots! You must be a bit of an expert at chesting a gearbox, now though.....
Re: Squire's voitures
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 9:55 pm
by fried onions
Compression test results are in.
1&2: zero
3,4,5&6: 150 psi.
With the compression tester screwed into 1 or 2, there is a chuffing sound coming from the other plug hole. I think the cylinder head needs to come off.