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Depends how it fails.

If it goes short then ign light will still work but car will not turn off. If it goes open it will not light and alternator will not charge.

I tried relays to try and get round it but in the end the simple diode fixed it for me.

whats causing it?
dodgy alternator?

No, Alternator is fine. I tried another one and it made no difference.

Go Tony, Go Tony !!!!

I know just how you feel right mow mate...Good innit???

Your'e just about to put the hammer down, and I'm pulling mine apart again
No tyres, engine bogging like mad and me fed up.. So, could you bring yours to the Pod on 1st Nov so I can have go please mate

mate if she was run in you would be more than welcome to use her at the pod,
no nitrous setup yet as We are running a new software version, but not the one for the nitrous ignition retard, (thats next after the cars been running for a few hundred miles).

Its booked in with caprisport for this saturday to run the cam in and give it its final once over and say its ready, (vids once bedded in)

then on the 31st Oct its in for its MOT,
then taxed as of Nov 1st woop woop

thev8kid wrote: Its booked in with caprisport for this saturday to run the cam in.........

I assume you allready did this at the first startup.........otherwise your cam is nothing more than a broomstick now.

First startup, 2500rpm for 20 minuts, don't shut it off. I have seen more than one cam going crap by not doing this. It needs to be hardened in the first run.
That why you use special cam lube but that all washed away now ill guess.

she was only run briefly but it was over 2k

It runs,
have some gremlins like,
the throttle sticks open,
the rev counter dont work,
the speedo also dont work,
the brakes well yup dont work,
and its running rich,
and takes a couple attempts to start,

but it runs at last,

vid just after cam bed in, them rhoads are noisey aint they
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ngEnXgt4O0

Reving with sticking throttle,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-G2Z5lc3uY

It's so good to see the motor running at last.

jeff

Way to go Tony
You'll get used to the sound of those Rhoads mate allthough I'll have to admit that after the winterstop at its first ride during the spring I'll always get scared by the sound............untill I'll remember its just them Rhoads making me aware that they are there....
Hopefully you'll have it all sorted soon.

have some gremlins like,
the throttle sticks open,
the rev counter dont work,
the speedo also dont work,
the brakes well yup dont work,
and its running rich,
and takes a couple attempts to start,

Throttle now works thank fook,
need a resisitor to convert the ecu signal for the rev counter, (or i will get dnb to make me one of his magic convertor boxes)
No speedo, need sd1 cable (look in wanted section)
brakes getting better. put that down to the rusty discs etc,
fuel wise getting better,
still a bitch to start though,

how she sounded after a bit of mapping on the idle fueling,
them rhoads lifters are nice aint they, noisey fookers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zISCRNcPosE

and to add insult to injury the sump had to be removed today
when building the bottom end i knew the tolerences were close crank/sump after some calcs i thought we had enough clearance,
but after doing a tighten up sequence on the sump bolts to stop an oil leak one of the front crank weights touched the ferkin sump on start up and clatered like a bitch
so it was strip the bottom end out and remove the sump and do some more panel beating


all good now and dont clatter on the sump

looking good for the mot saturday now.

Keep up the good work Coop's!!
If you make it to the Pod next Sunday. The coffee and burger will be on me mate

Or!
We might get Tricky to buy the nosh

if i can get a speedo cable before friday dinner time mate i'll be there,
as got no rev counter either i need to get speedo working

Stop being a wimp Coops!!
Just go slow, or keep up with traffic mate

need to keep an eye on what speed im doing dude,