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Mad.ideas

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  1. Hi Clive thanks for the advice, I would not have thought about that! It sadly seems to be a common theme with MV spares, that NOS isn't always the superior option, can be a bit of a mine field weighing up the pros cons. I have a couple of m151 Mutt projects (an A1, A2 & m825) and seen several debates about on the facebook group about NOS and modern reproduction parts. Great gen and always appreciated! Thanks Sam
  2. Hi all, sorry for the lack of replies, been attempting to slog through with what i've got, but no real progress to report until today. Thanks for all the suggestions! mtskull, thanks for the pointer! I had tried Marcus glenn, but alas out of stock so ill try banister's I've reassembled and re-installed the carb, pulled and cleaned the plugs (they looks to be ok but never hurts to clean) once I cleaned the plugs I checked them only to find 1,2,3 and 5 only sparking intermittently!!! (I swapped the plugs just to check them out) Re-did the gaps on the point (19-21 thou from what I could find on the internet), still no real improvement so I thoroughly cleaned the old ones which I had saved luckily put those back in and reset the gap, all plugs seem to spark as they should. reassemble everything gave it a go and it fired!! not for long, didnt seem to want to sustain and with a couple of spectacular backfires from the disconnected air inlet, but progress none the less! pretty sure I've ran out of fuel, so ill get some more tomorrow when I do the weekly shop and see what happens. I'll still change the diaphragms, and condenser but hopefully I can coax it into life in the mean time! Will keep you all updated Thanks again! Sam
  3. Hi Andy, Great bunch of very knowledgeable and helpful people here! picked up a lot of useful and interesting bits lurking. Ill definitely have another look at the plugs, had them all out a couple of years back but another clean an test cant hurt Any recommendations of a source for diaphragms and condensers? Re the points I have to admit being of the younger generation and also more familiar with gas turbine engines (as well as being away for work at that time) my old man did the points, so I suspect not. Thanks Sam
  4. Excellent! hadn't spotted that even with my head and half my body stuck through the kidney hatch! 🤦‍♂️Will give that go 🤞🤞
  5. Hi All, Hope everyone is staying safe and well. I was hoping someone could help. For my sins I'm trying to get a Mk1 432 running which suffers from all four horseman of mechanical apocalypse (being old, british, petrol, and neglected), last running about 2 years ago after replacement contactors, would start (with a bit of difficulty) idle ok, but point blank refused to accelerate. Fast forward to the last few days, points, rotor arm and contactors cleaned, old fuel drained (complete system as best I could), new fuel chucked in, fuel system bleed (again as best I could), couple of plugs pulled and checked for spark (plugs seem ok, as does the spark), pump ticks away and seems to provide pressure, lines from the carb to the dizzy connected, disconnected, crossed and generally played about with, and today I pulled the carb off and stripped it down to check for blocked jets, varnished up floats/chambers or anything obvious but all seems normal, it seems to try and start and will occasionally catch but wont sustain and dies off again, occasional backfire and seems to try a bit harder while the throttle is being pumped but still wont run, i'm suspecting timing or ignition in some way shape or form, dizzy hasn't been removed (only split to clean everything up) it ran reasonably about 7 years ago and hasn't been messed with by anyone but me in the mean time. For those who know the B81 (I don't, but i'm picking up bits slowly!) it appears to my slight untrained eye to have a fixed dizzy cap so unless i'm mistaken no adjustment there... Anyone any ideas? Thanks
  6. I'm looking for a A34 comet instrument panel and the instument/gauges, dont mind to much about the condition of the panel so long as its restorable or complete enough to use as a pattern instrument need to be usable or usable with minimal restoration Cheers Mad.ideas
  7. Sorry I didn't get a chance to reply last night, babysitting duties! Thanks for all the responses, really useful info on the paint! I've attached a couple of photos of her as she stands, i haven't actually had a chance to look around her in person yet! No documents sadly, is their a data plate of any kind anywhere or any other way of tracing the history? Is it worth paint stripping any areas to look for insignia or markings?
  8. Hi Guys, I'm after a bit of help, I recently purchased a Series 2a ex military soft top land rover as a project, Firstly I would like to find out whatever I can about the history of the vehicle while it was in service but have no idea where to start really, so anything one this would be a great help (an idiots guide would be ideal!) I've been playing around with landys for years so I'm pretty confident with the mechanical side however this one i would like to restore to as close to original as possible so can anyone help with the correct paint colours for chassis, body work, light blue for engine/ancillaries (preferably high temp), ect and a decent supplier would be a again a great help. Thanks in advance! Mad.ideas
  9. Thanks! nope definitely mad. I'm not rich otherwise i could at least call myself eccentric :-D
  10. Hi Guys, been lurking for several years so its probably time to introduce myself! Got a several MV's in varying states of disrepair (Mk1 fv432, 110 defender wolf, Series 2a soft top), helped out on a couple of tank restos but still pretty much a novice compared with most of you! Ww2 Tanks my primary interest my new years resolution is to get hold of one as a long term project but we will see how that works out! Regards Mad.ideas
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