...And to quote another Andy (Andy Summers of the Police, 1979, On Any Other
Day, side 2, Regatta de Blanc)
...and - it - would - be - o - k - on - an - y - o - ther - day !!!
....wow, talk about your day at the mechanic. A follow up to the sotry begs
the question (and I know the answer, dammit): "if he "easily and quickly"
identified the problem, how come for to did it still run shitty?!? (for the
un-initiated, it is a converse correlary to the shipwright's treatise)
Dave
(the obscure music fan and LBC'er)
PS: your car isn't a 79 by coincidence?
D
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Lindeman <drfaustus@london.crosswinds.net>
To: spitfires@Autox.Team.Net <spitfires@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: September 30, 1998 4:48 PM
Subject: Timing is the key...
>My Spitfire has taken her revenge for spending so lond onmy freinds clutch
job.
>
>I found out why she wasn't running, sludge in the carb, and fixed it. Then
I
>attempt to set the timimg, and couldn't get it to settle down. I made an
>appointment with the local LBC mechanic to sort the rest of it out (I had a
club
>event the next day and didn't have time to fool with it.). He easily found
and
>corrected the problem, but it still wouldn't run right. That's when we
noticed
>my car was leaking oil, in a stream. Upon further investigation we found
that
>the timing chain tensioner had broken, and shot straight through the timing
>chain cover! The chain had then skipped a cog, causing it to run poorly.
>This must have happen either when starting it to take to the mechanic, or
on the
>way. Luckily, he isn't far. And I of course towed it home. Just had to
relay
>my story, and pain to those who can understand what it's like.
>
>Andy L.
>
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