Rusty Dizzy

[webmaster]

Here's a good one for you. I've been helping out a mechanic mate, doing a bit of saturday work (makes me feel 18 again !).

I've been rebuilding a TR7 mostly, it arrived as a resprayed shell and a box of bits..... :roll:

Got to the stage of getting it running, fitted new points, condensor etc.. Eventually got it running after draining the fuel and refilling with fresh. It ran for about 5 minutes steadily getting rougher and rougher until it stopped.

Thinking it was fuel problems we cleaned out the carbs etc etc... but still no joy.

Then I checked the points again, just in case, and found that they weren't opening, very strange, I figured it was one of my cock-ups, but upon inspection I found that the dizzy lobes had a fair but of surface rust (something I just wouldn't expect), and had eaten the rubbing strip on the new points causing them to close up.

I gave the lobes a clean up with some fine wet and dry, the applied a smear of grease and refitted the points, luckily there was enough left on the strip to obtain the correct gap, and strangely enough the car ran perfectly ! (well good enough for a TR7)

I put the problem down to the dizzy cap having been left off for several years.

 

[DaveHerns]

Is that the next project for an engine transplant ?
How's the twin engined Rover 25 and your 216 convertible coming along ?

 

[webmaster]

I have seen them with T16 (820) engines fitted.

I've just been trying to get an update on the 25 project, haven't spoken to that mate for a few weeks, suspect it won't have moved on much

The 216 is running well (touch wood) fitted a new back-box the other day as it was beginning to sound very "chav", which you don't need when it's already covered in big star-stickers !

Tomorrow I'm doing some P6 work, not on my car, but down at the garage, he's got a fully restored imported base unit that needs reassembly, should be fun.