Manky's Pop.

[spanners]

postal monkey,s didnt do bad 

[terry t]

Yes, I know. 
At least I had a nice pressie waiting for me when I got home -a shiney distributor, courtesy of Mr Spanners. Very much appreciated Mike. Thank you. Just need to buy a rotor arm for it. Any idea what model it came from Mike?

Mike. do you know how many wires coming from that distributor and has it got a condenser fitted

[spanners]

points and condensor fitted ,, single wire ==simple and reliable,,

[terry t]

points and condensor fitted ,, single wire ==simple and reliable,,

thats how we like it  simple (not you Mike)

[spanners]

points and condensor fitted ,, single wire ==simple and reliable,,

thats how we like it  simple (not you Mike)

simple == almost  monkey proof..... note i say allmost 

[poprodder]

nothings monkey proof!!!!!

[panthershaun]

 

[Manky Monkey]

Windscreens certainly aren't.
No workshopping today.
I collected the next, new, windscreen from the glass cutter this afternoon & promised I'd be very, very careful with this one. He's cut it 2mm smaller than the last one -so it'll probably fall straight through the opening now.
Having been given a new distributor by Mr Spanners, I called at the Basingstoke branch of EAS, also known as Camberley Auto Factors, (so what does EAS stand for?), for a new rotor arm. After much peering at computer screens & cross referencing in parts books, they decided they've been discontinued.
Bugger.
We can get one in for you from one of our other branches, but the nearest one's in Guildford.
Perfect! I'll pick it up on my way home.
Cost a tenner & now I'm told there might be more than one type. We'll find out tomorrow if it's the right one. 

[tbone]

Lucas DRB195 ?

[Manky Monkey]

It's not a Lucas one, but they did look it up in the Lucas parts book, so I don't know Tim. Today's my day off, so I'm heading to the workshop to meet Mr Kapri. Seeya later.

[kapri]

Another mixed day but all going in the right direction. Had a call from Terry T to confirm he tracked down what we both thought, that the fuel pump needed lowering to the bottom of the fuel tank as it wasn't pumping enough.

I set the timing up again from scratch , built a decent working dizzy and got it to fire and run fine. Then it misfired and that was traced to the choke flaps and recitified .

All running ? Yup, great!.. time to set up emmissions ,meter set, engine turned over...no spark.

The spring cassette was sticky so Andy went off to get a replacement set...''Not available'' , '' out of production'' , ''not listed''. About an hour later he returned empty handed , we messed with the points again, it started ..it stopped .

Rang my local factor who knew the number from the top of his head and had a set in stock. I picked them up on my way home and Saturday will see them fitted and hopefully , all mixture sorted and db looked at.

[terry t]

that sounds promising Kev. when it was ticking over did it sound ok. and did you check the charging side
      Kev whats a cassette. is it were the balance advance and retard weights go

[kapri]

Sounded fine Terry , ticked over nicely and revved cleanly .Nope didn't get chance to check it charging but pretty sure it was knackered. On Saturday I'll be able to check with it ticking over regularly.

Cartridge is when the points come as a complete unit , rivetted together rather than as 2 piece with the spring being able to come off seperately.

[terry t]

Sounded fine Terry , ticked over nicely and revved cleanly .Nope didn't get chance to check it charging but pretty sure it was knackered. On Saturday I'll be able to check with it ticking over regularly.

Cartridge is when the points come as a complete unit , rivetted together rather than as 2 piece with the spring being able to come off seperately.

ok thanks. so it could be like you said about running it  without the alternator connected has buggered it
did you lower the fuel pump

[Manky Monkey]

I made the tea. 
Sounded great when it was running Terry -suprisingly civilised.
The new rotor arm proved to be correct, but the points were partly seized, meaning they kept sticking open. Had a lovely big fat spark at the coil lead though. Kev's mate Bill noticed the alternator belt appears to be running out of true. I knackered the bearings in a Reliant alternator by doing that. The Rover unit's mounted on a bracket supplied by Pop Browns, which moves it from the right side of the engine to the left.
Later this afternoon, I knocked up a new fuel pump bracket, which Loony will weld to the chassis tomorrow. Then I'll need to sort out new fuel pipes.
Thanks again Kev, & your sidekick Bill. The dynamic duo to the rescue once more.