Rusty Triumphs in Scotland

[Broccoli]

That’s a lovely car.
Good on ya for keeping her alive.

[LynehamHerc]

You can also get chrome pens.
I bought one a few years ago to touch up bits on the MG but haven't used it yet as it refuses to come home.

[fried onions]

Changing the screen insert will be easy to do, it seems basically similar to the ones on my Allegro. It's the thick metal trims from much earlier cars which are so awkward.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Cars look better with mudflaps though, fit them.

Yeah, if you’re in your 70’s or wear slip on Hush Puppies.

[paulplom]

Fit an anti static strip to the rear vallance while you're on.

[captain_70s]

Changing the screen insert will be easy to do, it seems basically similar to the ones on my Allegro. It's the thick metal trims from much earlier cars which are so awkward.

It's more the fact I suspect the rear screen rubber will fall to bits rather than concerns over fitting a new insert being a faff. I dare say there will be some seal somewhere that can be made to fit, but that's a mission for another time...

I was toying with the idea of shoving an anti-static strap on the Dolly, for maximum giffer chic, but not sure if it'll clutter up the arse end 'cause that's getting rear flaps too.

Went to take the Acclaim to work today as it was dry, fired it up and heard the sound of a twin cylinder strumming away. This is fine in a Fiat 500, less so in a Triumph Acclaim. I took the Saab to work.

The remaining two cylinders make an appearance over 3,000rpm and then it runs perfectly, I reckon a pilot jet in one carb is clogged. It did the same thing when I drove it home from the workshop but it'd cleared itself the next time I started it.

[captain_70s]

First sunny day for a while so went to try and diagnose the Acclaim's running issue.

Naturally the battery had gone flat again so I had to bump start the car down a hill to drive it round to the flat while it ran like arse. Once it was parked it stalled and the battery wouldn't restart it, so I swapped it's battery for a spare I had upstairs. Annoyingly this had Japanese standard terminals and one of the adaptor rings was missing, so ingenuity was applied.

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I replaced the ignition control module, which did nothing.

I tried revving the car up and covering the intakes to try and suck any shite out, this also did nothing.

When trying to restart after stalling it kept backfiring through the carb and kicking and then immediately stopping dead like it was out of time. Checked the dizzy and that was tight and hadn't spun loose, so unscrewed the cap to have a look inside and found the issue.

The rotor arm had a good centimetre plus of slop on the shaft. The shaft itself was tight and the advance mech all seemed alright but the arm was loose as buggery. So I whipped out the spare from the boot that was known working when removed and... That was exactly the same. Somehow my dizzy shaft has worn in such a way the rotor arms won't hold true. I wedged a bit of thin carboard between the flat of the shaft and the rotor arm to test the theory and was rewarded with a car that would rev smoothly but not idle and was taching down far too slow.

It's hard to say if the lack of idle and slow return after revving is connected to the dizzy issue, I suspect I've just disturbed something in the throttle linkage while fucking about.

Gonna' try TIGing the dizzy shaft and file it down, 'cause I can only find one place that lists the dizzy as in stock and it's £150.

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[Hooli]

You get all the luck.

[LynehamHerc]

I was thinking that.

At this rate a meteor, the extraterrestrial sort not the plane, will hit it just as it's finally sorted.

[paulplom]

Will you have to cut a hole in the bonnet to accomodate the vice grips and feeler guages.