On the Way to the CCC rallye...

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:56 pm

Not as exciting as 100000 miles but there u are, which now means its done 140000 miles as I replaced the broken speedo at just over 90000 miles in 1999.

DavidRutherford · Post by **DavidRutherford** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:17 pm

Just as a question.... given that the speedo shows you were travelling at nearly 50mph, did someone else take the photograph?

Post by **docchevron** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:26 pm

More worryingly, where's teh oil pressure gone!?!

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:30 pm

It dont work Doc, hasnt ever since I had it, and no I did take the pic myself but had my eyes on the road whilst doing so!

Post by **docchevron** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:34 pm

Ah, that explains it then! If it did work that could explain the tappets you say rattle, although TBH I've heard alot worse..

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:37 pm

To be honest asides the tappets the engine pulls like a train and showed a clean pair of heels to a Escort on the way home when he tried it on, ive changed the gauge but I think its the switch, but until I take the inlet manifold off to replace with the polished one i cant get at it.

Post by **docchevron** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:40 pm

They are a bit of an ar$e to get at.
Although the unit itself is actually quite reliable.
more likely the wire from it is corroded to hell, they usually are.
By far the best thing to do is run a continuous wire from the sender to the dash direct, with the lowest resistance wire you can get.

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:48 pm

Cool, well I want to get the tappets done at some point so will whip the inlet and the exhaust off at the same time and get them changed and sort the wiring, wil change the sender as a matter of course.

DavidRutherford · Post by **DavidRutherford** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:57 pm

tim leech wrote:I did take the pic myself but had my eyes on the road whilst doing so!

Am I the only person who thinks that was a rather silly and dangerous thing to do?

Post by **docchevron** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:09 pm

Well yeah, but then I cant talk really, I've done some, er, slightly silly things whilst driving, like sleeping, improving the carnal score, refitting the heater vent etc.....

stuart_hedges · Post by **stuart_hedges** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:41 am

Maybe that's what the guy in the Subaru was doing?

Post by **docchevron** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:23 pm

Being in a scooby it's more likely he was trying to find the remote control for his MP3 player since using the controls on the front of the stereo is just sooo last year, and Scooby drivers are, on the whole, cheesemongers.

adamskibx · Post by **adamskibx** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:36 pm

Well said Chris, they are indeed Cheesemongers lol!

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:19 pm

Agreed there, nearly as bad as BMW drivers but thats a whole different topic

Post by **docchevron** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:16 am

Oh god, dont start on the Beemer drivers, we'll start another world war. Even though we won the last two......