The grumpy thread

[trigger]

All town driving, To Tescos, Sainsburys, Comet, Halfords etc, I know that's not the best driving for charging a battery up but it should have had more power then that.

[whitevanman]

Personally I'd save up and fork out for an alternator thats built into a Dynamo body, been featured a lot in the classic press recently, cheaper than a load of new batteries every year and would allow you to upgrade other electrical areas as well

[Richard]

Is there a reason not to just get an alternator? I'm surprised a car as new as that has a dynamo anyway.

[seth]

A dynamo should have no problems at all even if its town work during the summer months when you haven't got lights/heater/wipers on all the time. True, they don't charge at idle but normally are cut in at about 1000 rpm by which time charging will be sufficient. Anyhow I'm presuming it started OK at your other various shopping related stops? If the battery's not being charged while you drive then the ign light ought to glow.

[dollywobbler]

Aye. I would have been tempted to save my money and buy a multimeter. You want something approaching 14v across the terminals when the engine is running (albeit with a few revs if it's on a dynamo).

 

Multimeters are bloomin' great tools. I'm no spanner expert, but they save a lot of agro when it comes to electrics.

[trigger]

An alternator will be something that I'll be upgrading to, The car already has electronic ignition fitted which is one upgrade.

 

When it's just idling the red light does glow but as soon as i blimp the throttle it goes out like it should, Trouble is the car hasn't really done any driving for year and just sits around in a garage which doesn't do batteries any good.

 

It was strange though that it as working fine but in the 5 minutes it took me to going into back garden and open the garage and back into the car it was stone dead, Just a very slow turning over for a few seconds then nothing.

 

I put the new battery on and brum off it went, Is it a easy job to cover them?, I haven't a clue although I'll get my dad on the job as he know what to do even if i don't!.

 

  dollywobbler said:

Aye. I would have been tempted to save my money and buy a multimeter. You want something approaching 14v across the terminals when the engine is running (albeit with a few revs if it's on a dynamo).

If i had more time i would have, but I'm booked into taking it to the Norfolk Gala day tomorrow morning so i had to get a battery quick as it was 5.30pm and everwher was closing and i won't have time in the morning to sort it.

[Alexg]

I found this web page earlier - it annoyed me

 

http://www.car-brochures.eu/britishbangercars.htm

 

Caution - Banger Racing content

[155V6]

I think that Bentley was raced on a Range Rover chassis

[Cavcraft]

Each to their own and all that jazz, and don't mind watching banger racing but you'd have to be a weapons grade bellend to race that Bentley.

Cringing at some of the other stuff that's been raced (shown on the link), there's some bloody nice looking cars wasted there.

 

 

'The bangered Bentley of 1949 was a design of James Young. Only five were made of this model. One of the five left is in a Bentley museum and is insured for 1.300.000 Euros'

[CIH]

Presumebaly it was fucked anyway. I doubt a banger would pay >1mill to buy a decent one and smash it up.

[seth]

  trigger said:

An alternator will be something that I'll be upgrading to, The car already has electronic ignition fitted which is one upgrade.

Is the leccy ignition one of the types that fits inside the dizzy? Make sure you carry points/condenser etc in case it goes wrong

 

I really wouldn't bother going to an alternator unless the dynamo is buggered or you are going to frequently drive the car short distances throughout winter. Or unless you are going to fit some mega amp ICE.

[Timewaster]

  seth said:

unless you are going to fit some mega amp ICE.

Please don't

[Alexg]

  CIH said:

Presumebaly it was fucked anyway. I doubt a banger would pay >1mill to buy a decent one and smash it up.

Nope, but if a minter is worth 1 million even the most fooked example has still got to be worth a shite-site more more than your average frag-worthy Mondeo.

[autofive]

 

i have some pics of this one - ended its days on a farm

 

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I'd like one of those old humber tanks, i'd have a VM turbodiesel out of a Scorpio in mine i reckon and do 20k a year in it.

[Alexg]

Im suprised this one wasnt mentioned on that web page. And before you ask, yes... yes it is what you think it is...

 

[Negative Creep]

Massive thread on PH about that XK120 including the racer himself

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topi ... &mid=46688

[chaseracer]

  Alexg said:

Im suprised this one wasnt mentioned on that web page. And before you ask, yes... yes it is what you think it is...

 

OMFG, it's an XK150...

 

[autofive]

just read the PH thread on the xk150

 

that racer seems typical of the banger racers i come into contact with

 

they will race anything, the older and more unusual the better - and sod the people who look on open-mouthed as another rare old motor gets trashed

[warren t claim]

Is there any real diference between banger racers and those Scumball Rally twats who take a rare car and dump it in the Sahara desert?

[autofive]

  warren t claim said:

Is there any real diference between banger racers and those Scumball Rally twats who take a rare car and dump it in the Sahara desert?

only the public school attitude

[greengartside]

Grrr...thought I had fixed the Astrashite by fitting a new ICV - the same problem has returned and now it's only starting when it feels like it too!

 

I have found that when the key is turned to II then there's no sound from the fuel pump on the occasions when it won't fire up. So I tracked down the fuel pump relay in the kick-panel and wiggled it when it wasn't starting...and it fires up. Assuming the relay is knackered now?

[eddyramrod]

  greengartside said:

Grrr...thought I had fixed the Astrashite by fitting a new ICV - the same problem has returned and now it's only starting when it feels like it too!

 

I have found that when the key is turned to II then there's no sound from the fuel pump on the occasions when it won't fire up. So I tracked down the fuel pump relay in the kick-panel and wiggled it when it wasn't starting...and it fires up. Assuming the relay is knackered now?

It could be the terminals, either the males on the relay or the females they plug into. Loose contact = intermittent fault. Worth a look.

[scaryoldcortina]

  eddyramrod said:

  greengartside said:

Grrr...thought I had fixed the Astrashite by fitting a new ICV - the same problem has returned and now it's only starting when it feels like it too!

 

I have found that when the key is turned to II then there's no sound from the fuel pump on the occasions when it won't fire up. So I tracked down the fuel pump relay in the kick-panel and wiggled it when it wasn't starting...and it fires up. Assuming the relay is knackered now?

It could be the terminals, either the males on the relay or the females they plug into. Loose contact = intermittent fault. Worth a look.

More likely to be the soldering inside the relay itself.. it is getting to be a really common fault on all sorts of 10-15 year old shite. Pop the top off the relay, resolder the joints (usually one of the power side pins cracks away from the board)

[greengartside]

Cheers guys, I'll pop the relay out and have a look at it. I can get by wiggling it for now!

[Cavcraft]

Ollie (the wife's dog, see the 'grin' thread) hasn't been a well chap. Vets Thursday, injection and pills £35.00, few days before another £35.00 and tonight another three jabs and a call out £65.00.

Don't get me wrong we don't begrudge a single penny of it, if the little fella gets better it's worth that and more.

Seemingly he's been eating bark in our back yard, so fingers crossed that's all it is and nothing major.

Missus is gutted.

[Station]

What relay is it, what part number. These Bosch thingies are designed to break after a while I reckon. FPR's fair enough, the coil gets a bit burnt out, but ABS sensors, etc. It's just an iron core with a coil around it.

I've got a few FPR's, don't know where I got them from but if you need one.

[greengartside]

 

This is the offending article - Part number is 90378651. If you do have any like that Station then that would be much appreciated mate

[Guest]

Work. Not my new job, I love my new job, but it's at risk. My old employers (same organisation) just can't stop trying to ruin my career/life and it genuinely looks like I'm going to have to employ a bloody solicitor to conclude it all. I really can not be arsed with this, I just want to turn up to work in my big car, do a load of boring and unrewarding work and get a cheque every month. Is that too much to ask? Why the hell do I need to spend hours of my weekend reading through a load of legal blurb to figure out where I stand, whilst drinking to dull the feel from my head - it's like the pain you'd get if someone wrapped string around your head from above your ears and around your eyes, then gradually pulled it tighter. And who the hell sends a letter out on a Friday afternoon so it lands on a Saturday morning when they're closed and ruins your whole weekend thinking about it? I genuinely think I might be losing my marbles, but I need to figure out how to fix all this nonsense before I'm not in a position to do so. Mental!

[warren t claim]

Jack it in and become Hirst Cabs for real. Seriously!