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    Bl**dy V8's

    in Other Chatter

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    Hi Artists..., as far as balancing goes, cheers for the advice, but I also need to get the mixture right, as it is a bit rich (I found a friendly, sympathetic MOT tester), but I do not want to lean it off myself as I do not really know how to tell if I have gone too far, until it pinks and burns a hole in a piston :-o.

     

    Choke cable and route are not the problem, as once I have got the mechanism to move over the initial "fulcrum" it operates freely. Its just the first quater or so of the movement that is a problem, I have managed to pull the end off of two cables so far and at £12 - £15 a go I do not want to break any more, hence I am after someone with greater knowledge than I to point me in the right direction.

    Bl**dy V8's

    in Other Chatter

    Posted

    I am in East Grinstead, 15 mins from Jct 6 M25, 20 mins from Gatwick airport. I will come to you if you are close and it is easier!!!! This thing is starting to get irritating, I can see why people upgrade to EFI!! :-o

    Whats the "Nickname" of your MV

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    The Pinkie is called "little Mule", I got the name from Romancing the Stone (Pinkie is in 1st Gulf war guisze and I wanted a period name from a period film).....but it has come to stick as the thing is quite often as stubborn as one, poxy thing, and was also the SAS's pack horse in the gulf!!

    Bl**dy V8's

    in Other Chatter

    Posted

    Well here is the problem, I know nothing about this old technology stuff and my Pinkie had to be bodged through the MOT as it was running as rich as. Everytime I attach a choke cable I end up pulling the end off as it seems to be stuck, though I can operate the choke mechanism by hand easy enough.

     

    So what I need is some one with the knowledge and tools to balance and set up my twin SU carbs, and help sort my choke cable, as I am finding this all a bit frustrating. What can I offer in return......... a bacon butty and as much tea as you can swallow, plus at least 5 mins of gratitued!!! Bargain surley :-D

     

    So pretty please...... :angel: :whistle:

    Balancing

    in I may be stupid, but......

    Posted

    I had a hell of a job trying to get the wheels of the pinkie balanced. They wouldn't fit in the balancing machine of most places. I eventually went to a place that does lorries, and knows what they are doing. Look in the yellow pages and choose some one from the commercial tyres section.!

    Want to take your category H license...?

    in Other Chatter

    Posted

    LIST OF NAMES AS AT 31 Jan 2007

     

    Jack (Dorset) }

    Hardyferret (Dorset) }= 3

    Mrs Hardyferret (Dorset) }

     

    richardrosser (Kent) .........

    Mark (Kent) .

    Mark's mate (Kent) .

    Neil (Essex) > =9

    John (Essex) .

    Lee (Essex) .

    Ian (Essex ........

    Rob (nearly essex)

    Paul Connor (east sussex)

     

    You forgot me!!! :-(

     

    Karl (kent or Sussex or Dorset!!!)

    Want to take your category H license...?

    in Other Chatter

    Posted

    I am also up for this........ I live in West Sussex........ BUT My bro lives in Dorset....... wait for it cause it gets better............

     

     

    He is a Challenger 2 driver at Bovi (he has an H license already)!!!

     

    I might be able to bolster you boys in Dorset AND bring him along to offer advice. It all depends on when.... I work shift work and he tends to be a busy boy!

    SAS/SRS Series 1 Land Rover pics

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    There ARE only three of these left in existance, the guy who owns the one you pictured (with the guy driving it ) is owned by a very good freind of mine. He also knows of the where abouts of the other two. if you are talking about the one I think you are, it was not built like that by land rover, but is a very good replica. I can pass your details on to my mate and he can tell you all about it as he knows a hell of a lot about these.

     

    He has a map in his workshop showing the where abouts of all the scrapped series 11a pinkies in the world and has a whole host of rare pics, including a pinkie painted white as a marker for the end of a make shift runway in oman...

    Hello from Him!!!

    in Introductions & Welcomes

    Posted

    Cheers...... wasn't an easy job to get the thing back in one piece. here are a couple of pics that will show what state it was in when I got it!

     

    width=640 height=480http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/SAS1dinkie/DSCF0084.jpg[/img]

     

    width=640 height=480http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/SAS1dinkie/DSCF0086.jpg[/img]

     

    width=640 height=480http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/SAS1dinkie/DSCF0087.jpg[/img]

     

    width=640 height=480http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/SAS1dinkie/DSCF0077.jpg[/img]

     

    width=568 height=426http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/SAS1dinkie/axle.jpg[/img]

     

    width=425 height=426http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/SAS1dinkie/springs.jpg[/img]

     

    Been just under a year of spending EVERY spare moment and EVERY spare penny to get it to this stage...

     

    width=640 height=480http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/SAS1dinkie/DSCF0339.jpg[/img]

    Hello from Him!!!

    in Introductions & Welcomes

    Posted

    Yeah, was thinking about that.... will have to see if I am working or not (shift work). I quite fancy it tho so should be there with a bit of luck (wonder what they are gonna make of the pinkie at the Dartford tunnel booths.....what is that gonna cost me???).

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