Big day

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by spud69

THE CALL OF THE TRACK CANNOT BE RESISTED

Well Done...AndyH

Arrrggghhh ....I must resist,

tell you what Spud, I,ll get stuck in on the final few things left to do to my car & see how things are by tuesday, if the car is track worthy I,ll go for it....gulp.

Brings back memories of itching to get back onto a Race bike after suffering broken bones in a previous crash, ended up riding again with still broken fingers such is the call of the track.

cheers
andy

[flyerncle]

Do it you big girls blouse !!!!! you know you want too.

I can understand the feeling with getting the car moving under its own power ,I was high for a week after my first solo flight and still remember it as though it was yesterday.

See you at Teeside .

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by flyerncle

I can understand the feeling with getting the car moving under its own power ,I was high for a week after my first solo flight and still remember it as though it was yesterday.

I,m sure all the other builders that have got their car to a driveable state would agree......it is a weird feeling being able to drive something that you have created from the book instructions, remembering the times when we,ve cursed at it or been confused by something....this all gets forgotten the very moment you push the clutch pedal down & engage first gear.....the feeling cannot be explained,

All I,d like to say at this point is

Thankyou Mr Chris Gibbs

cheers
andy

[tex]

you would be good getting the wheels aligned first tho. :-) and defo put some covers over the prop before running it at any speed andy. Ps have you done with the engine hoist mate? Gotta need for it for a friend.

[HandyAndy]

This Roadster of mine is now starting to test my patience

It will be going for the IVA test next month , tho I,m not telling the date .....my BIG secret

So, I,m doing the last few odd jobs at the mo...today for instance I was working on making the final connections to a new gauge in my dash & had to disconnect the speedo cable to gain better access....no worries there, any way, did the gauge wiring, then ran the car upto to temp to make sure said gauge was working ok......it was, so , I thought "ah, whilst its running I,ll give it a quick spin " .....then noticed the speedo wasn,t working ...aarggh, ( yes I had reconnected it ), so sets to investigating the cause....turns out the circlip holding the cable into the gearbox had snapped, how I have no idea, now this is not the most easily reached area of the tunnel....had to take the tunnel side panel off to sort it ,

Now its left me with something thats baffling me, the oil temp gauge is now reading 120???? it had only been running a few mins aarrghhh

Any thoughts on the reason why please guys?


It will NOT beat me ....still felt great to drive it.

cheers
andy

[Bonzo]

Sounds like you have had a frustrating day today Andy.

I know how bad it feels to take one step forward & take two back

The only thing that springs to my mind is, are you sure you have the right sender unit for the gauge ? ( I suspect that you bought them as a set, complete with senders )

Perhaps the sender is Air locked, causing a false reading !!

I do know that the CVH engine does run quite hot but don't know that the oil temp shoud be

Hope you get it sorted soon mate

[HandyAndy]

Cheers Ronnie ,

Being truthful, I did quite enjoy the day working on the car, sun was out , car was looking good & the little odd jobs are quite satisfying as they don,t take too long to finish ( if that makes sense, gives a sense of achievement completing the task etc)

Yes, all the senders are correct for the gauges as bought as a set etc, the oil temp gauge has worked before & seemed happy at 80, but now showing 120 after only a few mins running, when i first start the engine it takes ages to register any oil temp, then all of a sudden today it jumped to 120

I,m starting to think maybe I have a poor earth somewhere, tho it shouldn,t have as all my earth connections are new & secure etc...

Ahh, maybe its just the car "trying it on" with me ,

Just got 3 things left to do to the car,
bootlid
bit more trim
& the one I,m dreading.....fitting the bonnet catches, now normally this is fairly straight forward but I,m using Dzus fasteners & its critical that the holes I drill in the bonnet line up with the catch plate in the engine bay....gulp ....don,t want to spoil my shiney bonnet

cheers
andy

[tex]

maybe it is telling the truth! Could put the sender in a tin of oil while you heat the oil see what happens. Dont fry it tho!