So the spark plugs made little difference. I picked up a rebuild kit for the lift pump last week and so the moment it turned up here, i didn’t do it, but i left it in until later on and then did it. Not wildly easy to get the valves out. I have yet to start the engine having done this. So i might have failed to do something or made no change to the issue. We’ll see when i run it, if it even runs now.
The fan belt had started squeeling, so i tightened it but found that it was at maximum adjustment once tight. So bought another and fitted it the other day. A fifteen minute job.
I change the spark plugs as it developed a misfire at high rpm and underload. The plugs turned up yesterday and i got them in today. I put a little WD40 on each connection for added water resistance.
The Ford has made some intermitant squeeking metal on metal type of noises ever since we’ve had it. I took it into a garage for a check over shortly after buying it to find out what issues it might have. But they didn’t pick up anything untoward. Hannah noted that the squeeling had gotten worse the other day, so i checked the pads on the frontl, outside, where i could see. They were low, but not disastrous, so i felt that couldn’t be it. So i checked the back, same story, however the noise was still there. So i took the caliper right off to see if there was a stone in behind or something. But i found the inner pad was all gone. So i treated it to some new pads. The pads came with instructions which mention not breaking hard if you can avoid it for the first […]
I came tenth! Not that the result really counts for anything I care about. It was great fun and I’ll go again as soon as I can find time. Read all about it: https://woolbridge.co.uk/2019/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/WMC_webarticle_interactive_autotest_ClayPigeon_20230630.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1xPe0bsOWyMOHRiW697VHMBFmq93RmnfIQHUbZxObn7wvTiWV1VkVE2mg
I went out in the Land Rover on Saturday and discovered it had something of a misfire when underload. I imagine it’s something to do with the ignition system; ..so pulled the distributor cap off, leads and plugs out; Now I am not sure, but two of the plugs where broken when I got them out, now whether they were damaged before I tried to remove them, or whether I simply broke them taking them out, I can not be certain either way. I have cleaned up all of the other components and will get a new set of plugs, which wouldn’t have done any harm either way, and we’ll see if that resolves the issue.
Since I have joined Woolbridge Motor Club, I thought I would take the Volvo along to an Autotest. “In autotests, the object is to drive around a number of set courses against the clock, with penalties for going the wrong way, hitting marker cones or over-shooting lines.”https://woolbridge.co.uk/car-trials-autotests/ I had a great time, I need some better tires, mine far from aggressive enough, I need some Rain Expert tyres now…
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