five long years

[Peter-C]

Missed the roadsters 5th birthday yesterday. Haven't done too much for the last 18 months. A few things to sort still, putting in for IVA this week. Phoned Chadderton who said that its about a 3 week waiting list.

[twinturbo]

good luck, not touched anything regarding mine since before christmas when I was preping the loom.

Garage is a total tip :rolleyes:

TT

[rpjg1975]

good luck, not touched anything regarding mine since before christmas when I was preping the loom.

Garage is a total tip :rolleyes:

TT

Sounds familiar!

Russ

[Peter-C]

Iva date arrived today, 25th June 8:00 Chadderton.

[tkpm]

good luck, wish I was at that stage.


Terry

[Peter-C]

IVA tomorrow at 8:00. One good thing today though, with checking the car over, I'll miss the England match !!

[flyerncle]

Spent two days in the custody of one of the Chadderton testers/trainers last week,dont know if he does the IVA but a really nice down to earth guy and knows his stuff.

Good luck.

[Peter-C]

I spoke to a couple of testers from Chadderton about a month ago, very helpful. Even told me a list of to take with me.

[K4KEV]

Best of luck for tomorrow bud.;)

[dubzter]

IVA tomorrow at 8:00. One good thing today though, with checking the car over, I'll miss the England match !!

All the best for tomorrow

[TheArf]

good luck with your test, the best thing you did was miss England playing.
I have heard that they are playing a friendly on Saturday against Iceland to compensate their fans, and if the win they will be playing Aldi on Tuesday and Tesco friday

Arfon

[Enoch]

Ill have a tenner on Aldi and 15 on Tesco:D
Best of luck with the IVA.

[Stot]

Good Luck!

Cheers
Stot

[vmax1974]

IVA tomorrow at 8:00. One good thing today though, with checking the car over, I'll miss the England match !!

didn't miss much lol good luck for tomorrow

[CTWV50]

Good luck.:)

[Davidbolam]

Good luck!

[MikeB]

Hope it goes through!

[Peter-C]

No supprise, it failed, mainly locknuts and trim. But the big one which I hadn't considered, was the emissions. They measured 2291 against a maximum of 1200. Good apparently is 200. The car had a slight misfire and the tester suggested that that may be problem. At least no major problems with the chassis.

[K4KEV]

Hard lines bud, gerem sorted and straight back in:D

[TheArf]

sorry to hear that mate, chin up at least you will get another chance England won't

meooow

Arfon

and at least we saved the cost of the flights and hotels by not qualifying

[Stot]

Not too bad really. I'm looking at mine as a final to-do list as the worst outcome.

Cheers
Stot

[Peter-C]

Only got the emissions to sort now. Overall I think its been a good day, even the self centering worked !! I can definitely see light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks to the many on this forum who have helped me along the way.

[Peter-C]

Having problems with the engine dying on me. I can run it for half an hour - slight misfire now and again. But when I tried to take it to a garage to test the emissions after about 1/2 a mile it started to badly misfire and finally stopped, as if you'd switched the engine off. I checked for loose connections and swapped the carb ( Pierburg ). Gave it rest for a few days, tried it again today, ok idling for 15 mins. As soon as I got to about 1/2 a mile, stopped again. Help !!!.

[Stot]

Sounds like something is getting too hot, fuel pump or something electronic too close to a header or rad hose?

Cheers
Stot

[Peter-C]

I don't know why I didn't check the fuel filter, it was full of Sh***. Couldn't adjust the mixture, screw was rounded. Swapped carb and adjust mixture until the car ran ok and made the trip to a local garage. Set up mixture now HC reading is approx 439 instead of the previous 2291. Now time to book the retest.

[Peter-C]

I phoned Swansea last week to enquire about which forms I needed. The chap said V627 and V55/4. Is form V55/4 for a Q plate and V55/5 for age related ?

[SeriesLandy]

V627/1 from tinterweb. Your car not donor goes in the top right.
V55/5 for age related. Order online only and takes 2 weeks.

[Peter-C]

retest today - passed !!!!!!!
Going on holiday tomorrow, hopefully the registration pack will have arrived by then.:) :)

[K4KEV]

hey HEY ....well done matey.... were sprouting up all over.....on the road back end of the summer for you too.

[Stot]

Well done, at least one of us passed today. :D

Cheers
Stot

[Peter-C]

What did it fail on ? My retest only took 20 mins and that included warming the engine up for the emissions test.

[Stot]

Few radius bits and my seat headrests. Hes given me an hour including writing it up so ill be re-testing in 2 weeks.

Cheers
Stot

[Peter-C]

Soon be another to add to the list.:)

[Stot]

We'll if you get yourself added to the list (http://www.haynes.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=2684&page=15) as #36 Ill hopefully be #37 which is great as thats my age. Its almost as if I planed it this way.... ;)

Cheers
Stot

[SeriesLandy]

Well done on the pass, just the dvla to deal with now.

[voucht]

Congratulations! Well done mate :)
Perfect timing for having it on the road!

Can we see pictures of the car? where? how?

[twinturbo]

We'll if you get yourself added to the list (http://www.haynes.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=2684&page=15) as #36 Ill hopefully be #37 which is great as thats my age. Its almost as if I planed it this way.... ;)

Cheers
Stot

If it works to plan I will be #55.... I am only 40 at present :D

TT

[Peter-C]

I am on holiday at the moment and can't work out how to post pictures on my phone. I'll post some when I get home.

[Peter-C]

Waiting to go on the trailer
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ld3bhjolpl008g1/roadsterivaready1.jpg
ready for the off
https://www.dropbox.com/s/va9x7kcncgmhw23/2014-06-24%2017.13.36.jpg
ready for the off again
https://www.dropbox.com/s/oegwbfdjd2scdyj/2014-06-24%2017.13.54.jpg
outside the IVA bay
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3urfolpz4apcsmo/2014-06-25%2007.44.37.jpg
Video on the rollers at 70 mph
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6i2bwo0whncny1w/2014-06-25%2009.42.30.avi

[Stot]

Video on the rollers at 70 mph
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6i2bwo0whncny1w/2014-06-25%2009.42.30.avi

That bit was scary as crap at my IVA as I was stood right next to the rear wheel, and the barrier was only 3ft from the rollers. :eek:

Also during the 70mph test there was a thick burning smell. Turned out the headers heated up to a proper temperature and there was a clip from a zip tie fallen down the header branches and had been turned to soot. :o

Cheers
Stot

[Peter-C]

I know they'd chocked the car but I thought if it came off the rollers, it was straight out the doorway !

[CTWV50]

Whats this test for? To see if your fibreglass melts??