- 1. Idle (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 00:01:24 +0000
- Dear All, I have been having trouble getting the idle setting right on Carly (stock UK-spec '77 1500). Having fixed the blowing exhaust manifold gasket, and refilled the car with four star leaded pet
- /html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00031.html (8,120 bytes)
- 2. Re: Idle (score: 1)
- Author: Alan Lemen <ralemen@cableone.net>
- Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 17:41:00 -0700
- Michael, I set my idle high at around 1000 rpm for that exact reason. Over the winter it stalled at junctions etc. when I have the lights on. So up the idle. Should not cause a problem except at emis
- /html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00033.html (9,155 bytes)
- 3. Re: Idle (score: 1)
- Author: "William Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 01:15:04 -0000
- Is your battery earth clamp tight? Cheers, Bill. -- Rarebits4classics .......just what you've been looking for PO Box 1232 Calne Wiltshire SN11 8WA United Kingdom http://www.rarebits4classics.co.uk /
- /html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00034.html (8,008 bytes)
- 4. Re: Idle (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 09:24:24 +0000
- Dear Alan, Sounds familiar... Yes, this should be identical. Yes, points. I'm not entirely convinced that Triumph could have got away with producing a car that did this when it was new. Short term, I
- /html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00035.html (9,347 bytes)
- 5. Re: Idle (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 09:25:12 +0000
- Dear Bill, Dunno - haven't checked it for ages. First job this morning, then. :-) Thanks for the tip. ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV Connie - 1968 Conifer Herald 1
- /html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00036.html (8,095 bytes)
- 6. Re: Idle (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 09:14:26 -0500
- You might want to check if the ignition timing changes a lot over the 800-1000 RPM range. Some model Spits used a distributor advance curve that had a high rate of advance over the 800-1200 RPM range
- /html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00037.html (8,052 bytes)
- 7. Re: Idle (score: 1)
- Author: "James Carruthers" <j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 15:23:56 -0000 (GMT)
- This may well make the situation worse, and Im not sure how it falls in to your originality ethic, but when I added a Lucas sports coil to my car it seemed to idle much more reliably - that with the
- /html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00039.html (7,610 bytes)
- 8. Re: Idle (score: 1)
- Author: "jonmac" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 23:35:37 -0000
- Michael - for the record, it was common to see a drop in idle speed on cars when new - as all lights were operated, especially when fitted with dynamos. I've had a similar problem on both the PI and
- /html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00043.html (7,787 bytes)
- 9. Idle (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 11:20:49 +0000
- Dear All, Many thanks for all the helpful advice. I have now traced the twin causes of the problem, and solved them. The causes were (a) loose battery terminal connections and (b) inaccurate rev coun
- /html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00046.html (8,326 bytes)
- 10. Re: Idle (score: 1)
- Author: "James Carruthers" <j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 16:23:19 +0000
- Mike, my comment on the sports coil was more of an aside to your question - it certainly helped my car idle better. Before at low revs it would turn over irratically - the sports coil helped smooth i
- /html/spitfires/2003-03/msg00048.html (8,065 bytes)
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