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by MarekH
Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:53 pm
Forum: Series 2
Topic: Turn signals won’t work
Replies: 2
Views: 282
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Re: Turn signals won’t work

You need to get hold of a circuit diagram for the car. Then you need to progressively test with a meter the indicator paths/parts which are not common to both indicator and hazard, to see where you do and don't have voltage along the path according to the circuit diagram. Finally, if you isolate whe...
by MarekH
Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:37 pm
Forum: Series 3
Topic: timing chain guides adjustment
Replies: 1
Views: 332
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Re: timing chain guides adjustment

On the basis that the ones you have at the moment are original and in the right place, replace like with like by putting a shim in against the chain between the ungouged part of the guide and the chain and score the front of the block with a scribe. Other than that, the special tool would be the onl...
by MarekH
Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:10 am
Forum: Series 1
Topic: SU Fuel Pump Electrical Issues
Replies: 16
Views: 725
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Re: SU Fuel Pump Electrical Issues

Now getting 11.36 volts to the pump wires but still not running unless directly connected to the battery. I'd expect a drop of 0.25v from the front to the back of the car with a brand new harness and all of the parts in between. I'd expect a 0.75v voltage drop on a 50 year old car, so you have elim...
by MarekH
Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:59 am
Forum: Series 3
Topic: engine sealants
Replies: 2
Views: 485
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Re: engine sealants

My experience is that a good pcv system, i.e. one that keeps the crankcase pressure below atmospheric pressure, is the best way to avoid leaks. Other than that, Kirby Palm recommends Loctite 518 between the head and the cam tower.

kind regards
Marek
by MarekH
Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:55 pm
Forum: Series 1
Topic: SU Fuel Pump Electrical Issues
Replies: 16
Views: 725
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Re: SU Fuel Pump Electrical Issues

You can say "fuse 6", but remember you are coming off of the unfused side of fuse 6. It's the green side which is fused, not the white side. The white side is just another connection link in the chain.

kind regards
Marek
by MarekH
Fri Feb 16, 2024 1:47 am
Forum: Series 3
Topic: Sandblasting bonnet
Replies: 10
Views: 4688
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Re: Sandblasting bonnet

Doh! :banghead:
by MarekH
Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:33 pm
Forum: Series 3
Topic: Engine Tuning issues Early UK Series 3
Replies: 19
Views: 1279
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Re: Engine Tuning issues Early UK Series 3

There is nothing wrong with advance per se, just how much advance. With retard fitted, it only gives retard at very low rpm, so providing you have blanked off the bottom left hand carburettor vacuum port correctly, your only new factor is additional advance at mild throttle openings. Since you haven...
by MarekH
Thu Dec 21, 2023 10:42 am
Forum: Series 2
Topic: Stromberg Tuning - Fuel Bowl Plug
Replies: 4
Views: 2358
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Re: Stromberg Tuning - Fuel Bowl Plug

Why do you think this was spam? Stromberg carburettors came in two varieties. The first had adjustment from the top using a special tool in place of the the dashpot damper and with a fixed jet pressed in above the fuel bowl plug. The second type had a fixed needle but with adjustment from below, by ...
by MarekH
Mon Dec 18, 2023 10:38 am
Forum: General
Topic: JDC JEC or E-type club
Replies: 24
Views: 2798
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Re: JDC JEC or E-type club

.... or whether my fears are well founded Your fears are well founded and the observations are mostly well made. Club magazines have always had trouble attracting decent copy and will thus be full of filler material to pad out the content. Success for a printed magazine (as opposed to an online spa...
by MarekH
Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:07 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Registration in Italy rejected - EEC-homologation - help wanted
Replies: 10
Views: 1169
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Re: Registration in Italy rejected - EEC-homologation - help wanted

Front lenses for a s1 never had e11 markings, neither then, nor now. (I was referring to s2 front lenses.) Some of the newer service items (e.g. from David Manners) do not even have "LUCAS" stamped onto them. On the back of a s1, the round reflectors, presumably service items, have e11 and SAE 69 st...
by MarekH
Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:48 pm
Forum: Series 3
Topic: S3 Fuel Expansion Tank
Replies: 55
Views: 16109
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Re: S3 Fuel Expansion Tank

...can I remove the tank up the pipe stubs on the tank and vent the filler neck or filler cap? Yes. Plug the three stubs on the main tank. Seal the vent pipe to the charcoal canister. Drill a hole in the filler cap after checking whether there is already a vent stub above the main fuel tank filler ...
by MarekH
Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:40 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Registration in Italy rejected - EEC-homologation - help wanted
Replies: 10
Views: 1169
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Re: Registration in Italy rejected - EEC-homologation - help wanted

1/ I'd guess the Swiss and Germans will also join you and howl in complaint as I have seen new replacement Lucas s2/s3 front lenses supplied in Lucas boxes without the E11 markings. Any time I get enquiries from German or Swiss drivers, I always make sure they are supplied e11 marked lenses. kind re...
by MarekH
Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:28 pm
Forum: Series 1
Topic: New clutch and thrust bearing
Replies: 22
Views: 2760
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Re: New clutch and thrust bearing

It's Rory who's doing the drawings, not me. The top and bottom drawings are completely separate from each other. The distance represented by the first " * " has nothing to do with the second " * ". He's just saying "measure this". In the first case, we are simply trying to ascertain what the height ...
by MarekH
Sun Nov 19, 2023 11:05 am
Forum: Series 1
Topic: New clutch and thrust bearing
Replies: 22
Views: 2760
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Re: New clutch and thrust bearing

If there are that many variations, then it makes sense that people start taking measurements. I'd suggest a standard way to do this:- turn a brand yet to be fitted example upside down and with the carbon face down, measure the height to the centre line of the pivot. Clearly a new example of the one ...
by MarekH
Tue Nov 14, 2023 12:08 pm
Forum: Technical
Topic: Smart chargers
Replies: 19
Views: 2143
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Re: Smart chargers

I have a Halfords charger. I hooked it up to a voltmeter and ammeter to see what it was doing. Essentially it starts by "hunting" for a charge voltage where it can put full charge (a lowly ~4amps or maybe less iirc) and then slowly zig-zags up and down a bit but this is superimposed over a staircase...
by MarekH
Sun Nov 12, 2023 8:14 pm
Forum: Series 3
Topic: Altenator and Ignition light
Replies: 2
Views: 770
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Re: Altenator and Ignition light

Dear Anon, Bulbs blow because too much current passes through them. It's happened twice, so you need to work out how you can draw such a large current. Current drawn is inversely proportional to the resistance in a circuit. Logic says you will find a short circuit to earth somewhere. The bulb lights...
by MarekH
Fri Nov 10, 2023 2:27 pm
Forum: General
Topic: What can be done about the low exhaust....
Replies: 8
Views: 1356
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Re: What can be done about the low exhaust....

You can bend the ears/loops of the hangers to more closely go where you need them to.... so long as there is enough "give" to let the rubber rings still loop over the ends. This is how you fit the rubbers:- https://www.jag-lovers.org/snaps/snap_view.php3?id=1428865711 Other useful odds and sods in s...
by MarekH
Fri Nov 10, 2023 7:16 am
Forum: General
Topic: What can be done about the low exhaust....
Replies: 8
Views: 1356
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Re: What can be done about the low exhaust....

There are a number of strategies and none of them are great. Firstly, you can fit spacers under the rear springs to increase the distances between the perches. This will set your rear ride height slightly higher. Secondly, if you undo all of the clamps between the various exhaust components, you can...
by MarekH
Wed Nov 08, 2023 12:25 pm
Forum: Series 3
Topic: Ignition issue on my serie 3 1972
Replies: 4
Views: 879
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Re: Ignition issue on my serie 3 1972

Firstly you should download the wiring diagram for your car and use it as a reference. The blue Repair and Operations manual has the relevant tests listed. 86.35.29/2 states 4-6volts for the coil positive, so it suggests your wiring can still improve, as you have gone from 3.7 to 4.5v. The ignition ...
by MarekH
Mon Nov 06, 2023 9:34 am
Forum: Series 3
Topic: Ignition issue on my serie 3 1972
Replies: 4
Views: 879
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Re: Ignition issue on my serie 3 1972

With such a low voltage on the coil, what you seem to be telling us is that you are not charging the coil. That means there is too high a resistance in the path to/from the coil. The manual tells you what the resistances ought to be across the ballast connections and you can check these. I would che...