General Henry the Orange 4x4

[panda panda]

Oh no!

Glad you got home though John, was it top end loss or all the way through the revs?

All way through revs, struggled to get above thirtyish on the back roads. I'd shortened the choke cable so was revving high, was terrified it was going to stall and not restart.

In discussions with Freddy for an engine swap.

I test drove the black panda 3up to leeds and back and there is so much more power with fuel injection!

Wish I'd been recovered to home! For some reason the heating just steamed the windscreen up and it wouldn't clear properly no matter what I did, whether that's because the screen is de laminating at the edges (will be changed too) or not I don't know. First time I've being driving a panda and wishing I wasn't!

I just keep thinking back to the italy trip and all the problems carbs caused, whereas fuel injection just looks after itself and for me has always been 100% reliable in my vehicles.

A bit of extra power will put a camping trailer back on the agenda too!

 

[panda1408]

This accident damaged, but othewise quite tidy Brava turned up at my workshop today:

Hmmm, I wonder what that could be for......

 

[AndyPanda4x4]

This accident damaged, but othewise quite tidy Brava turned up at my workshop today:

Hmmm, I wonder what that could be for......

Is it to put into that nice looking burgundy Sisley that's in front of it?

 

[panda1408]

Is it to put into that nice looking burgundy Sisley that's in front of it?

If I just fit the 16v engine cover to Henry John might not notice you have stolen his engine. What do you think?

 

[AndyPanda4x4]

If I just fit the 16v engine cover to Henry John might not notice you have stolen his engine. What do you think?

Hmm I think he may realise when he puts his foot down and is still running carb power

Edit: Has that even been in an accident I thought they all looked like that..

 

[kolza]

Bravoooo!

 

[panda1408]

Hmm I think he may realise when he puts his foot down and is still running carb power

Edit: Has that even been in an accident I thought they all looked like that..

Worth a try I reckon

It's been rear ended and pushed into the car in front I think, rear panel is stoved in so the tailgate wont shut, bonnet bent and won't shut either, still it has 6 months MOT and was driven to me on trade plates, low miles and very cheap compared to everything else suitable.

 

[panda panda]

I'm warming up to this, did it have aircon panda1408 fitted?

I was tempted to buy a cheap Fiorino van for the diesel engine but don't know if it would have fitted into a panda engine bay!

 

[andyholli]

Fantastic choice!

I assume this is to donate into a Panda, the standard fit head unit that says "Fiat" when you switch it on..?

Can it be done in time for the Rust Accelerator, ..when radio reception will likely be patchy?

 

[andyholli]

Is it to put into that nice looking burgundy Sisley that's in front of it?

No one told me panda1408 was offering storage for all our spare cars.:bang:

 

[panda panda]

No, Henry will have his last carbed outing to the RAC2CA.

The photo bombing sisley is in the queue in front of me somehow, there was a time when Freddy was my private mechanic - now he does anyone's old jalopy!

 

[panda1408]

No air con sorry John
andyholli If you ever come to my workshop you will see there are already more than enough spare cars lying round in the yard! The majority of them being nothing to do with me!

The fitting of a head unit is not a job that can be done in a tea break and as several other cars have been patiently waiting for my attention for sometime, they must come first!

 

[andyholli]

You could stack a couple more on top of the Brava for an authentic scrap yard look..

What's your plan for an exhaust once the engine's in something?

 

[panda1408]

I think a custom stainless system is the way to go, Henry is a keeper so it makes sense to me, and realistically the cost of cobbling something up using the original Panda system is not going to be that much cheaper compared to having a new system made.

It turns out the Brava is fly by wire (I thought it would be cable) so there is a little more work to do there compared to a Mk1 Punto swap, but hopefully nothing too tricky, the same conversion has been done in some Cinquecentos so it is certainly possible.

 

[northernchap]

I think a custom stainless system is the way to go, Henry is a keeper so it makes sense to me, and realistically the cost of cobbling something up using the original Panda system is not going to be that much cheaper compared to having a new system made.

It turns out the Brava is fly by wire (I thought it would be cable) so there is a little more work to do there compared to a Mk1 Punto swap, but hopefully nothing too tricky, the same conversion has been done in some Cinquecentos so it is certainly possible.

According to DragonMan John (who I think talked me out of buying this very car for that reason!) a Brava would need to be pre-2000 to avoid the fly-by-wire stuff.

 

[AndyPanda4x4]

No, Henry will have his last carbed outing to the RAC2CA.

The photo bombing sisley is in the queue in front of me because it was there first, there was a time when Freddy was my private mechanic - now he does everyone's old jalopies!

Fixed that for you

 

[VmanC]

The alloys on that Brava look like they might suit Gertie? Just sayin.

 

[moyanos]

Nice Panda, sorry for the Brava

 

[panda panda]

Nice Panda, sorry for the Brava

How British of us - even our cars queue for service!

I'm unsure of the alloys on Gertie, They might look good on that blue ex-selecta

Brava has been written off, if I hadn't bought it the seller was going to break it and weigh it in.

The seats will be saved for another project, it will live on in bits and pieces.

 

[panda panda]

Urgh!

Henry has thrown an electrical strop and stubbornly refuses to light up main or high beams (unless the stalk is pulled to flash them, then the drivers side one just glows).

I've swapped the bulbs for good ones, stripped and then tightened the connectors onto the rear of the switch, changed the dim/dip resistor coil, changed both relays on the fuse board, checked all the fuses, checked I didn't disconnect anything off the old switches I shouldn't have, (which were fused and relayed separately directly from the battery).

I've stripped down two switches, one is certainly duff with a missing contact, the other looks good.

I still get side lights but no main beam/high.

The only improvement is to the starting, seems to catch much better now I've changed both relays on the fuse board, what's the large round capacitor looking thing, anything to do with lights?

All I can think is that the switch has burned something out elsewhere? Could the column selector itself have gone faulty? Bloody typical if it has as I was looking at half a dozen of them at Andy's the other week.

Hacked off of Halifax.