Do you remember a while back when I opted to fit all new, modern electronics and parts to give me some extra reliability and confidence in the car....
We had a rare ish child free morning so decided to do some "house" bits. Namely get some paint to do some touch-ups around the place. Decided as it was nice, we would pop out for some breakfast and then on to Gloucester to browse B&Q.
Started fine and I got a full English in and then off we headed until karma got me. At a set of traffic lights, joining a dual carriage way the chap in front of us stalled, we had a little chuckle as we waited patiently then a more laughter as the car seemingly kangarooed and just as the lights were turning red, it went. Not in a huff more slightly amused we blatted past in the outside lane. About 400meters down the road the car bogged every time I touched the throttle. Urgh, no biggy, coast into the local farm shop. Quick look over the car and I cant see anything major wrong. Using the AA app I request recovery. It was going to be a few hours, but luckily we are friends the people who own the farm, so off for a quick coffee and the farm house.
AA quickly pushed the time out so I opted to go home, get some kit and the laptop, and give it a proper going over. Now I could get the car to idle but only just, the carb seemingly squirting fuel when asked of it, so in my head a sensor had gone down. Laptop plugged in showed no issues, all the sensors were showing acceptable readings and it was syncing up fine. I started to wonder if the trigger wheel had slipped so went into checking that. plug out, at tdc and eyeball it on the pickup, again all fine.
It was then I noticed the pump wasn't as loud as normal when priming. Annoyingly I currently have some sort of ear issue, so hearing wasn't the best anyway. I used the laptop to put it into test mode, it was making some noise, but on removal of the carbs fuel feed, nowt was coming out....
This coincided with the AA arriving. We had a little chat, he looked at and said id know it better than he would and discussed towing it home. He pulled out a little hand pump device so we could see if the tank pickup was blocked or the pump was buggered and we were able to check draw through the pipe work all the way through to the carb so that was good but we were now talking about if it would be fine freewheeling with the engine and box being in the rear. As I was putting it all back together I jokingly said have you got a hammer, we can give it a clout. Set the ecu to run it continually, held the main feed over the carb inlet and "whack" all of a sudden the noise changed, and it filled the carb to the brim..... not ideal but it was working!!!!!
So out with all the plugs and cranked to empty out the excess fuel (didn't want to hydro it on petrol) back in and fired up. Ran lumpy whilst chugging black smoke for about 30 seconds, but a few blips of the throttle and she ran sweet again. Mr AA man followed me about 6 miles home and it ran sweet as you like. Ill be ordering another pump as a back up. Looking at the first bit of fuel we pulled through I think the pump has had some crap get into it, its the lowest point in the system and I think some sediment had made it through to there.
So, replacing everything for modern parts and electronics, so far, hasn't helped me
will probably actually work well when the turbo engine goes in.
ill find the link for you
main problem i have had is with the rears , Bilstein did say at the retro rides gathering that they would make me some .
