No, I just discovered that the ashtray that I was intending to get rid of is a perfect holder for my generic satnav!!

A solution for mounting a Harley coil

Thanks SP, I'm undecided between the gearbox & the aircleaner stay at the moment. I was thinking about how to keep the leads clear of the heat exchangers but I've found some suitable corrugated tubular metal tube which should do the trick. It's MOT time next week so I'll get that out of the way then see about the coil.

Hi BW,

Routing of leads.
I havent got heat exchanges now, previously this worked OK, the cable tie keep the lead in place.
Leads are not those that came with the coil as I damaged one pulling it off the coil!
The replacements are copper, can find the supplier "link" at the moment

Leads are Silicone!

http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/V ... minals.php

A quiet time at work today so have taken the time to read your post from start to finish.. good effort! I really quite like her!

Harley coil gets my vote too.

Just for thought.. how about Luminition instead of 123? Another option to replacing the points..

By the way.. my engine suffered similar owner retardedness.. I forgot the spacer and bent the pin for the fuel pump too.. popped up to halfrauds though, got an electric fuel pump & whopped this into the spare wheel well, re-routing the hoses. Worked great for the last 40,000 miles.

Good luck for the MOT,

fritz

Thanks Fritz!! After quite a bit of thought (and advice from others), points assisted ignition does seem to be the best option but it is on the back burner at the moment because as a lot of people say - E.I. can only help really, not cure!!


I'm glad I'm not the only one who's done it then

nothing there to make you think its anything other than a 60k engine

the score on the case where the piston goes is not a problem as the lower part of the barrel fits there

the scores to the lower part of the bores arent really of any concern, i would have a look at the amount of wear in the first 20mm below the topmost travel of the rings if its much more than you can feel with a fingernail then it wll probably easier to get a new set, other than that a quick hone will sort it all out.

the scoring on the petrol pump cam is a worry, clearly the oil film is breaking down causing the dammage to the pushrod most of which seems to be heat as seen by the blueing. Is there a possibility of getting it polished , even a whetstone or some fine wet and dry may help

Sean

I can't feel any wear with my fingers or even nails Sean and I've since roughened up the inside of the bore with some wet & dry on Uncle Ken's advice.


That scoring was caused by the fuel rod & lack of fuel pump spacer. I have managed to smooth it out somewhat as you've described

I decided to have a go at fitting my Harley coil last night and decided to mount it directly under the air cleaner in order to make it central to both spark plugs. I can't seee any reason why it shouldn't be OK there but I have simply made up a short loom (in the yellow shrink tubing) that attaches to the original LT circuit in case I need to revert back to a standard coil in the original position. The car seems to run OK now having given it a good run locally.



Also, I picked up a pair of black targa seats last Friday from Peter Sweeney (builder of the "Alahari"). The passenger seat is in good condition & is nice & firm but the driver's seat is inevitably a bit softer with a couple of tears to the seams.







Luckily our Safety Equipment fitters have heavy duty sewing machines in order to mend parachutes/pilots clothing so I'll toddle off this afternoon to see if they can work some magic. Depending on what they say, I'll either see about replacing the rubbers with new or salvaged items from the original passenger seat that I still have. Whilst the seats were out, I took the opportunity to fit some rubber matting as I really wasn't happy with the carpet that I have been using.