Puffing Billy

Post by **Cam** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 3:25 pm

Oh yes, that's really not a good idea!

Post by **Kevin** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:49 pm

I've always had the greatest difficulty in defining what is smoke, what is water vapour, and what colour they all are.

simmitc I know its difficult sometimes just by looking but if you put your hand by the exhaust smoke will leave a mark on your hand and water just vapour.

Post by **rayofleamington** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:48 pm

Don't, whatever you do, tie a rope to one of the tie bars - they bend....

You have to make sure the rope is right at the tie bar rubbers - then it is fine. You'll only bend the tie bars if you put the rope part way down them. Same goes with attaching a rope to the suspension - if you put the rope round it right next to the body / eyebolt then you aren't going to damage anything.

Post by **bigginger** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:07 pm

rayofleamington wrote: You have to make sure the rope is right at the tie bar rubbers - then it is fine.

Point taken, but I was including the tie bar mounting bracket where the rubber is in with "tie bar", 'cos they can (and do, even under normal conditions) bend and break, and they're a swine to weld up.

Post by **bmcecosse** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:38 pm

2mm = 80 thou is about right - your compression ratio will be ~ 9:1 - it should go nicely.

Post by **iddy** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:43 pm

I asked the guy who skimmed the head, and he did tell me 2mm originally - but this was to see the expression on my face (which of course remained blank!). In my ignorance it didn't mean anything, so he just dropped the subject. He actually took off 0.45mm which is about 20 thou.
Apparantly one corner of the head gave a bit of a problem.
Idris.

Post by **bmcecosse** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:46 pm

Pity -because 2mm was the optimum figure to remove !
It's easy to check - ALL heads start off at 2.750" thick - so any less than this is what has been removed.

Post by **iddy** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:26 pm

Just got back from a 6 mile drive and everything seems ok. I'll take it 10 miles tomorrow

Held my hand under the tailpipe for a minute (as suggested by Kevin) and no sign of moisture

Also, the heater is much better than I thought it would be.

Owning a Moggie is a bit of an emotional roller coaster ride - anger, euphoria, grief, joy, misery, elation (and that's in one day!!).
Had my ignition service kit today, so something lined up for the weekend.

Idris.

Post by **Willie** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:45 pm

Make sure you carry the old rotor arm with you as a spare!!!!

Post by **bmcecosse** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:58 pm

Carry everything with you as spare ! I even carry a complete dizzy, a fuel pump, a head gasket, set of hoses and a spare carb ! As well as the normal stuff like fan belt, points, condenser, plugs, rotor arm and dizzy cap with leads!!

Post by **aupickup** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:17 pm

maybe the odd engine and gearbox as well.

Post by **iddy** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 5:34 pm

bmecosse - now that's what I called tooled up

Thinking about it - I'll probaby carry all the old spares after fitting the ignition kit.

Oh yeah, and I must get rope!

Idris.

Post by **rayofleamington** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 5:40 pm

Carry everything with you as spare ! I even carry a complete dizzy, a fuel pump, a head gasket, set of hoses and a spare carb ! As well as the normal stuff like fan belt, points, condenser, plugs, rotor arm and dizzy cap with leads!!

I thought you carried a spare head too...

Post by **Willie** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:51 pm

IDDY, I meant that,because you are going to fit a complete ignition
kit you could quite possibly introduce a new type of fault! The tendency
is to change all the items and throw the old ones away, but, since
the item giving the most problems at the moment seem to be pattern
rotor arms it is advisable to save the old one and carry it with you.

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