Manky's Pop.

[Manky Monkey]

Lots of things conspiring to stop progress in the last week or so.
How long does the DVLA take to process log books? I had to return my much prized Pop registration document after they wrongly listed it as a saloon instead of a pick-up. Worried it's got lost in the system now!

[spanners]

i sent 3 v5,s off to dvla on the 20th of march, 1 came back on the 29th, march ,,another came back on 2nd of april,,, and i,m waiting for the 3rd ==the most important one 

[Manky Monkey]

Sent mine on the 19th I think.

[Archie]

Takes up to 6 weeks

[Manky Monkey]

Fingers crossed then. Can't face any more paperwork!
Met Mr Phunkie this morning & we drove over to Camberley in Surrey, where we collected an electronic ignition kit from Pertronix, (Chris got it at trade price for me). Almost idiot proof installatiion, but I'll probably wait till Mr Kapri visits again to make sure! (bring a timing light if you have one Kev  ). If it doesn't improve the performance, at least it'll eliminate the dizzy, points etc as the problem.
On the way back we were discussing the Pop's apparent lack of oomph -I mentioned it goes through all 3 gears on the incline that runs past Loony's workshop. Chris suggested maybe the auto box kick down cable needs adjusting as it may be changing up too early. In my daily driver I'd do that hill in 2nd or 3rd gear. In 4th it'd seem equally gutless. Worth a look at.

[terry t]

Was there a kick down cable fitted Andy. cant remember one when doing the floor and looking at the gear selectors.

[Manky Monkey]

Yup, there is Terry.

[BikerGran]

But the kick-down cable just adjust the actual kick-down, ie when you floor the gas pedal to make it change down - what you want to adjust is the automatic changing surely? 

What year is your gearbox?  Is it a Rover one?  Just wondering if it might be the same as my Maestro cos I've still got the manual for that.

[Al]

andy another problem could be the oil in the box it could need a filter and change of oil as if it hasnt had one it gets clogged and stops the gear changing and makes it sluggish as hell
may be worth doing

[kapri]

But the kick-down cable just adjust the actual kick-down, ie when you floor the gas pedal to make it change down - what you want to adjust is the automatic changing surely?  

What year is your gearbox?  Is it a Rover one?  Just wondering if it might be the same as my Maestro cos I've still got the manual for that.

On a Borg Warner the kickdown cable also controls shift as it moves a shuttle inside the box, at the last part of it's travel it becomes the kickdown cable  With it disconnected the gearbox will have a very short lifespan

It will shift quickly on LIGHT throttle, even more so with the low gearing of the Sherpa axle meaning prop revs as seen by governor will be higher than normal diff ratio / roadspeeds.

[steven brock]

What's the diff ratio?

[Dslam]

What's the diff ratio?

It's the ratio in the diff innit

[spanners]

What's the diff ratio?

It's the ratio in the diff innit

or it could be the different ratio 

[steven brock]

Thanks for clearing that up 

[phunkie hiboy]

But the kick-down cable just adjust the actual kick-down, ie when you floor the gas pedal to make it change down - what you want to adjust is the automatic changing surely?  

What year is your gearbox?  Is it a Rover one?  Just wondering if it might be the same as my Maestro cos I've still got the manual for that.

The kick down cable on a Borg Warner  box controls the pressure in the box. The more pressure the later the box will change.  The lower the pressure, the sooner the box will change.
The type of box that has just a cable, or even an electrical switch, solely for the kick down normally has a vacuum modulator to control the pressure in the box and therefore the shift points.