All day I was dying to get home from work to start at splutter but of course come 5.15 it started to tip down with rain and I've no garage at my house (and Juppy is taking up my dads)
But I'd such a welcome site when I got into the drive that i pulled on some old clothes an went out and did my Gene Kelly impersonation (without the singing and dancing but more sort of 'Spanners in the rain')
I put on 4 new wheels and tires (well, new to Splutter!) and took the headrests off (for that real economy look
) and fitted blanking plugs. Stuck some redex in and struggled over to the garage to double his value by filling the tank!
Then as it was getting dark went to my dad's as it's got loads of security lights and a bit of shelter from the open garage door. Splutter was dying the whole way and causing traffic mayhem... Every time I'd accelerate he'd die and then cut out. Was a bit nerve wracking
I'd got to my dads and turned up the idle to max so that Splutter would keep going when I took the vacuum advance off, when I realized that I'd left the porter manual behind and I knew the 750's had different timing to the the 999/1108 but couldn't remember what. Grabbed the phone and called back home to Alan and we had one of those 'Doctor Who' moments where the Doctor has to get Rose to do something but she has no clue to what its all about... I think Alan told me the tire pressures at least twice before he found that the timing is at 5 degrees over the top of the now screaming 750 engine running on full throttle while I'm trying to hold the phone, adjust the timing and stop the cables to the timing gun get caught up in the exposed timing belt
You sorta had to be there, but my dad's neighbours must love pandas
Anyway after fiddling with the mix and adjusting the clutch Splutter is now FIXED!:worship:
(thats the second time in a number of weeks that I've got to say that )
Anyway I'm booking an MOT tomorrow so I'll keep you all posted but remember this is Northern Ireland so it might be a few weeks before I get a date
Jim
But I'd such a welcome site when I got into the drive that i pulled on some old clothes an went out and did my Gene Kelly impersonation (without the singing and dancing but more sort of 'Spanners in the rain')
I put on 4 new wheels and tires (well, new to Splutter!) and took the headrests off (for that real economy look
) and fitted blanking plugs. Stuck some redex in and struggled over to the garage to double his value by filling the tank!
Then as it was getting dark went to my dad's as it's got loads of security lights and a bit of shelter from the open garage door. Splutter was dying the whole way and causing traffic mayhem... Every time I'd accelerate he'd die and then cut out. Was a bit nerve wracking
I'd got to my dads and turned up the idle to max so that Splutter would keep going when I took the vacuum advance off, when I realized that I'd left the porter manual behind and I knew the 750's had different timing to the the 999/1108 but couldn't remember what. Grabbed the phone and called back home to Alan and we had one of those 'Doctor Who' moments where the Doctor has to get Rose to do something but she has no clue to what its all about... I think Alan told me the tire pressures at least twice before he found that the timing is at 5 degrees over the top of the now screaming 750 engine running on full throttle while I'm trying to hold the phone, adjust the timing and stop the cables to the timing gun get caught up in the exposed timing belt
You sorta had to be there, but my dad's neighbours must love pandas
Anyway after fiddling with the mix and adjusting the clutch Splutter is now FIXED!:worship:
(thats the second time in a number of weeks that I've got to say that
)Anyway I'm booking an MOT tomorrow so I'll keep you all posted but remember this is Northern Ireland so it might be a few weeks before I get a date
Jim
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