..... to the person who solves this..
I thought I would start a new thread will a full sorry of what happed to Carla as it’s a real mystery….
Carla has been running perfectly back in the UK.. She was professional recommisioned and has been serviced by a professional mechanic with a great knowledge of X 1/9’s.
I then had a radio fitted, it was from the USA! Might be important??
It was fitted by a car radio company, however I did have to go back after the radio only worked when the lights were on …….warning bells!!!
I then had a problem with the radio as the speakers were shorting out a bit and crackling so just unplugged the radio for the trip…
When I got to Tenerife with no problems at all, except a bit of sea sickness, not me J
I then refitted the speakers, this time with plenty if insulating tape..
The car was running 100%...
The radio did work, however it used to cut out quite a bit, as if it was loosing power, for the first 10 mins of a journey, its as if it was waiting for something to charge up…
Then every now and then when I tried to start the car it would just fail, as if there was no power from the battery for a split second, then she bursts into life and is fine….
The problem with the radio having to “Warm up” went away…
Then out of the blue, after funning really well it just stopped, it was as if the coil lead had just popped off, I know this as this happened a few weeks before in the same spot, I was fitting new leads one at a time, starting with the coil, it didn’t fit as well as the old one so I put the old one back on…
So, that’s chapter 1….
I will add the second very soon, I thought it would be good to get some comments just on this section…
There will be a bottle of something very nice to the person who solves this little mystery….
I thought I would start a new thread will a full sorry of what happed to Carla as it’s a real mystery….
Carla has been running perfectly back in the UK.. She was professional recommisioned and has been serviced by a professional mechanic with a great knowledge of X 1/9’s.
I then had a radio fitted, it was from the USA! Might be important??
It was fitted by a car radio company, however I did have to go back after the radio only worked when the lights were on …….warning bells!!!
I then had a problem with the radio as the speakers were shorting out a bit and crackling so just unplugged the radio for the trip…
When I got to Tenerife with no problems at all, except a bit of sea sickness, not me J
I then refitted the speakers, this time with plenty if insulating tape..
The car was running 100%...
The radio did work, however it used to cut out quite a bit, as if it was loosing power, for the first 10 mins of a journey, its as if it was waiting for something to charge up…
Then every now and then when I tried to start the car it would just fail, as if there was no power from the battery for a split second, then she bursts into life and is fine….
The problem with the radio having to “Warm up” went away…
Then out of the blue, after funning really well it just stopped, it was as if the coil lead had just popped off, I know this as this happened a few weeks before in the same spot, I was fitting new leads one at a time, starting with the coil, it didn’t fit as well as the old one so I put the old one back on…
So, that’s chapter 1….
I will add the second very soon, I thought it would be good to get some comments just on this section…
There will be a bottle of something very nice to the person who solves this little mystery….