BOO hoooo

meadowhog · Post by **meadowhog** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:46 pm

AA man agreed with my diagnosis. SO

Mal · Post by **Mal** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 6:36 am

Which was

meadowhog · Post by **meadowhog** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 1:00 pm

It's a warm day so turned off the heater going down the motorway. Unbeknown to me the heater valve leaked so slowly dumped water. I think it got too hot and I presume cooked the coil or the condensor. I started to get a cylinder missingintermittently and then more until it sounded like only one was firing. Managed to just get off motorway. Fuel was still there and points looked good but spark very weak. I used carry them as a spare. But not this time.
Can't believe the AA didn't have a spare.
Luckily the friend with me had gold AA membership so didn't have to wait long

maxtwee · Post by **maxtwee** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 6:18 pm

Oh no!, Was this after Cranleigh? If so, it claimed 2 tigers, mine did the clutch master cyl on the way home.
I think that when they all get together they plot and scheme on how to embarrass us poor owners.

meadowhog · Post by **meadowhog** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 6:50 pm

Yes nearly got back from Cranleigh. They're like women and just as expensive to run.lol
Might not make the national now as MOT due this week.

Post by **gvickery** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 7:23 pm

Now Simon. You can fix all that blindfolded!!

The National is still 3 weeks away!!

Graham

meadowhog · Post by **meadowhog** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 7:35 pm

Sure but not the teeth missing out of the fly wheel ring gear. I wonder if that can be done with engine left in?

Mal · Post by **Mal** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 7:58 pm

meadowhog wrote:Sure but not the teeth missing out of the fly wheel ring gear. I wonder if that can be done with engine left in?

That's why they left that crank handle hole there in the front valance

pushrod · Post by **pushrod** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:04 pm

I know the feeling. On the recent run out to Schloss Dyck we were buzzing along the Autobahn when suddenly the engine died. After a 2 hour wait in 100°F heat with no shade we got rescued onwards to the hotel. It turned out to be a broken roll pin in the distributor drive.

Thanks again to Dave H and Big Bob for the diagnosis and getting the car going the following morning.

I now carry several spare pins in the tool box.

Lou.

meadowhog · Post by **meadowhog** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 10:23 pm

Yep, Condensor (cap) proved faulty. Annoyingly found two in the garage. Now have a spare.

Great picture of car being towed away but I guess we are the only two that have that kind of experience documented. Nothing embarrasing about that is there.

Thats an invite for further pics and stories!

Tomaselli · Post by **Tomaselli** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 11:37 am

First time I broke down was some time in 1999/2000 with a broken accelerator cable. Of course, I now carry a spare. At the time was suitably impressed by the RAC that he managed to fabricate another from spares in his van, thankfully it failed on a petrol forecourt so plenty of safe space to work.

Major first breakdown was in Belgium with a broken SU fuel pump in Sep 2005. Thankfully, my paranoia paid off as I had a spare pump with me

Only once so far, I had to be put on a flat bed recovery truck, due to a failed clutch master cylinder.