John Hobson wrote:
> The garage dropped her back on Saturday and I took her for a quick spin
> on Sunday. All seems to be well and the new engine appears to be working
> well and smoothly (touch wood!). It was great to get behind the wheel
> again and smell that unique old car smell. One thing I did notice was
> quite how bad the lights are compared to modern headlamps.
Great to hear that it's working again.
Have you converted to halogens? Mine aren't too bad - they don't come up to
scratch compared to modern lights - but still much better than my old college
tutors spit without them.
>
>
> I bought Saskia a nice mountney leather steering from the Classic Car
> show auto jumble at Alexandra Palace this weekend too as a present to try
> and coax her into being good for me in the coming months! That's worked
> with women before so thought I'd try the same philosophy with my car
> (buying presents in general, not specifically steering wheels)!
>
> It was good to meet up with James, Colin and Philip from this list at
> Alexandra Palace and have a chat to them all. Philip's Mk3 spitfire that
> was on display looks like it will be great fun to drive when finished!
> It certainly looks fantastic at the show.
>
> Back to the new engine thing again, one oddity that I did notice was that
> when the engines speed hits 3000rpm in any gear or stationary, the
> exhaust note suddenly turns in to a very 'raspy' and louder note. It
> never did this before. My question is, what could be making this noise?
> My first thought would be that it is nothing to do with the engine, but
> something to do with the exhaust.
Mine does this. Its a right pain when you're crusing at exactly 3000rpm. My
bonnet vibrates like crazy - although Ive just this very minute finished an
order from the fabulous TRGB (they really are great) for the seal that should
stop this.
It goes away after about 3200 rpm however...
James
1977 Pimento Red Spit
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