Recent content by Landlover99

Plus the hydraulic tappets on the V8 can lock if the engine's not run for extended periods.

Fan belt on my recent acquisition (1989 V8 110) was squealing like a stuck pig so I got a replacement from our local motor factors this afternoon. They asked me if the belt I wanted was the 10mm or the 13mm one. I measured the existing one and it was five - and all the teeth were gone! No wonder...

Hi guys, The ignition system on my 1989 V8 3.5 looks original - apart from a new dizzy cap someone put on quite recently. But the amplifier and coil both appear to be 36 years old. I'm getting a very weak spark and am tempted to fit a new electronic ignition and have done with it. A bit of...

Thanks. This engine is a sweet little lump if it's set up correctly, so that's worth doing. I don't suppose there's any easy way of measuring camshaft wear, though. Probably have to whip one out in order to to mic it up?

Thank you, Hef; I'll check it out. I need to order some spares for it and want to make sure I get the right parts. Like the two belts off the crankshaft. They are squealing like pigs and so loud you would not believe it. People 300 yds up the road turn round to see what the racket is. They look...

Yes, but another self-inflicted wound I'm afraid. I got to learn to keep my fingers out there like it said on the warning sign! Now whereabouts, I wonder, is the engine number on this little V8 lump?

Okay, many thanks for the tips, guys; duly noted. Well after about 6 hours of troubleshooting today, I finally found out what the problem was. Immediately prior to the problem becoming apparent, I'd done some checks on the engine and carbs, including inspecting the points for corrosion. Upon...

£200 for a new amplifier? Outrageous! No CPU in this one, so I'm guessing the heavily-potted and sealed contents comprise: JFET front-end high impedance OP-AMP, schmitt trigger and a single power MOSFET. Total component cost of about £1.50. Jeez. If only had the time, I'd build one. I've already...

Good suggestions, Rangieman. I've had conflicting reports on the location of this amplifier (some elsewhere have told me my year (1989) should have the amp separately mounted near the coil, well away from the heat of the engine). I will find out when it eventually stops raining! Then i'll hook...

Thank you so much for your contributions....

What? So it's just some fancy name for an ignition amplifier? Takes the weak signal from the reluctor sensor in the dizzy and boosts it up to 12V pulses for the HT coil's input terminals? I was given to understand that the ignition amplifier (if that's what it is and it sure sounds like it) was...

Modulator? Never heard of that! Bloody modern technology. Okay, thanks, I'll look into it. Any idea what its function is?

Hi all, The V8 I bought recently was becoming more reluctant to start and this morning I couldn't get it running at all. I pulled off the petrol pipe and spun 'er over and fuel positively gushed out. So I grabbed the HT coil output lead, disconnected it from the centre of the dizzy and coiled...

Ah, well. I'm of an age where we didn't wear seatbelts. I'm also into classic cars where if your pride and joy is over a certain age, it need not have seat belts fitted. So I'm still riding around (perfectly legally) with no seat belt. Think about it: people on scooters and motorbikes don't have...

"come through the skin"? So there's basically nothing I can do to arrest this, then? I really want to keep those skins above all else, but you're saying it's coming through from underneath?