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jlaird

jlaird

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LOL, now you did not expect that did you. Fun fun, was in front of the house.

Got the timeing spot dead on and feels good. But got to testing, even took my sister for a ride, hehe. Neighbors waveing and kids running. Good time that.

Now to get the carbs adjusted properly. The front one in particular wants to run with the piston up a bit, oh well, I'll get it tomorrow maybe depending on the weather. Supose to rain.

Wife asked whats next to purchase, I said seats, sounds promising.
 
Keep yer head down, Jack! We're about to see some ~weather~!
 
Jack, be there done that, earlier this week in fact!
Congrats on progress, next on my list - finish wiring - carpet, seats, repaint ( not neccessarily in that order!)
Neil
 
Glad it ran long enough to run out of gas, Jack.

I've done that as well, but I was about 3 miles from home. Nice fellow in an Alfa stopped and gave me a lift home and back.

Really need to fix the fuel gauge sender...
 
For some reason that I have not figured out yet the gage always reads an eigth of a tank. Sender is new etc etc. That's on my list of things.

First on my agenda after the carb adjustment is the generator, seems to be doing its thing but does not charge nor does the light ever go off.
 
Mine was always reading 1/4 full. Then when I ran it empty, it started moving a bit -- still just 1/4 full but it will go down when empty.

I just step around to the back of the car and give it a shake -- if there is no sloshing, then I'm empty. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif

My next project, actually, is to clean out the tank (and radiator) and put in a new sender.
 
jlaird said:
For some reason that I have not figured out yet the gage always reads an eigth of a tank. Sender is new etc etc. That's on my list of things.
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Mine used to do that Jack before I tore it apart for the restoration. First, make sure that the voltage regulator thing is putting out 10V and not 12V. I actually adjusted mine while the tank was off. put in 1/4 and adjusted for 1/4, etc. I wanted to make sure that even on E I had a little in the tank.
 
drooartz said:
I just step around to the back of the car and give it a shake -- if there is no sloshing, then I'm empty. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
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Or try the Lotus 7 gas gauge - a piece of dowel that fits into the filler pipe, and is marked to show how much is in there. Yes, on the original in UK Colin Chapman Lotus 7's this was the gas gauge! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/square.gif
 
Can't wait until it is possible for me to run out of gas!! Someday I guess......

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healeyboz said:
Can't wait until it is possible for me to run out of gas!! Someday I guess......

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/bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/lol.gif luckily the first time I ran out the gauge was reading 1/8 tank and I had just been thinking and looking at the mile meter and thought 225 miles and still an 1/8th of a tank left and jus then it cut out. I was moving and had just enough momentum to coast into an exxon station and fill up. The good thing about the electric fuel pump is that you don't have to grind the engine to get fuel to the carb. The bad thing about electric fule pumps is that you sometimes have to open and slam the drivers door to make it start running /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/lol.gif I had to do this on a 20 mile trip home once and the cops pulled me over.
 
I have only put a total of 4 gal of gas in Miss Agatha and I supose I leaked most of it till I got that all sorted out, nice to not have a leaker.

I was just running around the neighborhood this afternoon, tis a gated community and we own the roads so no prob at all.
 
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