Waldi

Happy belated birthday Bob. All the best, Waldi

Thank you all! first, apologies for the late response, I was in Germany for work so was kept on my toes. I invited my colleagues for dinner the night before so we had a nice evening. Then my colleagues surprised me with a Schwarzwalderkirsch torte and a home-made sauer dough bread on my birthday! Then on birthday-evening Andreas (“TriumpV8”) and Harald, who both live near where I worked and post on here occasionally joined me for dinner, Andreas was the generous “sponsor” that night (thank you again Andreas). Interesting detail: This Dutch guy and the two fellow German TR-ers

I gave up battling the moss each spring. It is green too. During summer the grass appears again. And I certainly no longer use moss-killers and other poisons I used before, they do not only kill the moss but also little insects that birds and other animals live on. Waldi

Hi David, maybe you can install by-pass wiring with an additional fuse to temporarily replace the defective wiring) after you have (hopefully) found the cause while waiting on the new loom. This will give assurance it will not re-occur with the new loom, and you can drive over the next couple of months, maybe even up to next winter? Installing a loom nicely will take some time too. Just a thought. Waldi

Hi Andy, that looks promessing. My PRV was stuck after one winter; it had been reconditioned and adjusted during rebuilt by Neil Ferguson a couple of years earlier. When I opened it, there were no particles (I have a large Sytec pre-filter), but I think the brass jet in which the shuttle moves was slightly corroded by the fuel in the winter months; since then, I use Stabil in the winter per Mike’s (“Mike C”) recommendations and the issue did not re-occur. Waldi

The “before” was after engine overhaul, so while doing the pre-start up testing I noticed this and corrected it. So it never gave me trouble. Waldi

And this is after correction.

Here was my dizzy before correction, I had to move it one or 2 teeth I think. The blue dot is #1 position.

Hi Marco, your comment made me think. There is indeed a difference between turning the entire body and turning the knurled nut! The latter changes the relative position between the finger and the dizzy cap pick-ups! So it is worth checking that the pick-ups are in line with the brass plate on the finger, not only at idle (static), but also when advanced. Would the below method be a sensible approach?: 1) Mark the exact position of one pick-up on the body (it does not matter much which one, but I suggest #1). 2)) Remove the dizzy cap and slowly rotate the engine (in r

Now that is a smart idea Mike. Waldi

Indeed, not necessarily good news for us, customers. Waldi

I used the numbers in the brown bible, and added “some” weight in the booth. My car runs /steers good. Waldi

Hi Andy, to me it sounds as the pump is cavitating. This can be from either a restriction in the inlet line to the pump (most likely), or very high flow when the PRV is stuck open (less likely). Above possibilities are possible causes, maybe also check for a collapsed or kinked inlet hose. My next step would then be: The pump will draw around 10A (depending on which Bosch type) so most multimeters can only measure that for a very short time, but it would be nice to measure the current at least when running normal to see if the current reading matches the Bosch graph of yo

That is why I fitted the standard double valve springs from Chris Witor. These were recommended by other members when I ordered them. Before installing I checked their spring rate and height and they complied with the values in the WSM. Waldi

In the past it was reported kn the German TR forum the Limora items had cheap bearings which failed. I do not know is that issue is now corrected. Waldi