The Dark Wob

Good job you have a couple of spares now

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

darn it all! or words to that effect

Blast and darn it that's rather infuriating?

I've lost the thread a bit here.....Is this the Humber?

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.

I doubt that would really have done any damage unless you managed a monumental backfire at just the wrong point to bend a valve?

No, nothing like that. The reason I checked the valve clearances in the first place was because it wasn't running right.

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.....

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.