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Old 29th January 2010, 08:49 PM
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Default Big boo boo!

As some of you have probably read in my other post i have been trying to get my rev counter working. Aswell as this, a fuel pressure gauge i bought has been giving me some chew It turned out that the sender was faulty and had random resistance whenever it felt like it

So late last night, i removed the sender and guage and put them back into the packaging to return today.

Then after finishing work today i was fiddling with the rev counter again and wired it up and turned on the engine........................... with no oil pressure switch in

At least i know its making good pressure anyway

Only ran it for about 10secs before i realised that about 2 litres of oil had pumped out!!!!!!!

Luckily no harm done just a mess for me to clean up

Its the 3rd "interesting" moment ive had in my garage since starting my roadster build

The 2nd was when i finished welding a wishbone and lifted up my welding screen to find the bin on fire!

The 1st was when i got it running on edis and turned it off and it kept running, even after i disconnected the battery!

And now this one!

Hope it cheers someone up laughing at my expense

Last edited by mark : 30th January 2010 at 01:31 PM. Reason: typo!
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