SO what did you you do with your Stag today?

[Guest]

Had a great day...train to Clive's to pick the car up with my shine new clean 4 speed gearbox...will have to run a few people over so they get to admire it at the next club meeting!!!!! Just wants to go and go now.

Learn to drive on two wheels rather than running people over, much less paperwork!

[alan_thomas]

Well yesterday actually, round trip up to Norfolk 320 miles. Flew up there but six hours to get back, massive jams on M25 and A1M stop/start all the time but no problems with overheating. Finally got back home unloaded the car then went to put it back into the garage.
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Tried again when cool but nothing, this morning clicking well, not the gearbox inhibitor sw as I can hear click when in 'P' or 'N' but not in 'D', never had problem before so will try putting 12v directly to the solenoid and if that works fit a relay, if it doesn't then starter is coming out
- Alan

[Tdm]

Well yesterday actually, round trip up to Norfolk 320 miles. Flew up there but six hours to get back, massive jams on M25 and A1M stop/start all the time but no problems with overheating. Finally got back home unloaded the car then went to put it back into the garage.
Click
Click
Click

Tried again when cool but nothing, this morning clicking well, not the gearbox inhibitor sw as I can hear click when in 'P' or 'N' but not in 'D', never had problem before so will try putting 12v directly to the solenoid and if that works fit a relay, if it doesn't then starter is coming out
- Alan

Try giving the starter motor a sharp tap with something like a crow bar - that's what I do when I occassionally get the dreaded "click" or "nothing" at all, and it usually works because it then starts on the next turn of the key.

[alan_thomas]

Try giving the starter motor a sharp tap with something like a crow bar - that's what I do when I occassionally get the dreaded "click" or "nothing" at all, and it usually works because it then starts on the next turn of the key.

Thanks for the suggestion Terry as an ex IT man is this the method you used to reboot servers or a Spanish trick you have learnt on the island
This morning I investigated, it already has the 'relay mod' fitted, I took the relay off to read the contact numbers, replaced it and its now working. However I much prefer a fault to do the honorable thing and remain there until you fix it as I know this problem will return, probably at the most inconvenient time. So I will pull the starter and clean up all the solenoid mech and hopefully it will not return.
- Alan

[Rubce]

Ah ha the well known "hit the starter motor trick. It often works

Bruce

[SteveD]

Went to the launch of this year's Poppy Appeal in Camberley.

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I have noted in recent issues of the SoC magazine 2 white Stags like mine, one with the first part of my registration and one with the second part, how strange.

[Tdm]

Thanks for the suggestion Terry as an ex IT man is this the method you used to reboot servers or a Spanish trick you have learnt on the island
This morning I investigated, it already has the 'relay mod' fitted, I took the relay off to read the contact numbers, replaced it and its now working. However I much prefer a fault to do the honorable thing and remain there until you fix it as I know this problem will return, probably at the most inconvenient time. So I will pull the starter and clean up all the solenoid mech and hopefully it will not return.- Alan

I changed my starter motor for a "high torque" one some years ago, thinking that would cure the "click" problem, but it didn't.
So I now carry a crow bar in my boot to use whenever the problem re-occurs, which is usually about once every 100 starts.
It has worked every time so far.

The only Spanish motoring "trick" I have learn't is to never assume the other driver is going to do the expected.

[mike@thenook]

Drove to B&Q for some stuff - tested out the car with my newly fitted K&N filter..

It certainly makes a difference and that considering the paper standard filter is only a year old (1,500 mikes or so)

Ive had K&n in a number of cars and always been impressed with the better breathing - not cheap but worth it and you never need to buy another..

Cheers

[MandM]

Replaced my bonnet insulation pad, seem to be on offer on flea bay (Rob sport) free del.

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[Guerpillon]

Back from a 2 weeks trip in Morocco with the Triumph Club de France, 18 cars, 2 Stags and a 1972 Jeep Wagoneer as assistance. Superb landscapes, some minor breakdowns, including 2 Sparks misfiring on my Stag due to poor fuel.

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We boarded in Sete to Tanger, went down the atlantic coast till Essaouira, then went east and south toward Marrakech, Ouarzazate and Tinghir, then north to return to Tanger via Fes and Chefchaouen. About 2500 kms in Morocco, Nice weather, hood always down.

[mole42]

Back from a 2 weeks trip in Morocco with the Triumph Club de France, 18 cars, 2 Stags and a 1972 Jeep Wagoneer as assistance. Superb landscapes, some minor breakdowns, including 2 Sparks misfiring on my Stag due to poor fuel.

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We boarded in Sete to Tanger, went down the atlantic coast till Essaouira, then went east and south toward Marrakech, Ouarzazate and Tinghir, then north to return to Tanger via Fes and Chefchaouen. About 2500 kms in Morocco, Nice weather, hood always down.

Green with envy!

[LAMBRETTLAD]

BRG with envy

[dickr]

just finished the timing chains, adjusting valve clearances and re-gasketing the inlet manifold. My first time for all these jobs, but seems to have gone ok as the car now runs nicely and smiles a lot (or is that me?). The chains were not rattling but they were a little slack on the sprockets and there was a slight muffled clonking in time with camshaft speed at low revs after the engine was warm. Sounded like a plastic hammer tapping gently on the timing cover, sort of a hollow alloy clonk. Could not pin it down with stethoscope, but decided I should go ahead - it was worn chains plus the LH chain tensioner not doing its job properly. Valve clearances were a faff, but finally got them within the book figures. No4 and No6 valve buckets a bit sloppy, noise diminishes considerably when warm, but something for future attention.

Inlet manifold came off easily, cleaned up well, fitted back pretty exactly after a bit of Helicoiling and was reset with Wellseal on the head and Permatex The Right Stuff on the manifold side. Excellent product in my experience, it was the only thing that worked on the BW35 sump joint - now it only leaks an eggcupful every 2 or 3 weeks so I'm leaving well alone.

Newly fitted oil pressure gauge shows (when hot) about 48psi at 2000+ rpm and 10psi at tickover, so I'll be looking at the bearings sometime soon. Probably a mistake to fit the gauge, it was fine before... and anyway, good flow is better than high pressure, isn't it? No nasty bearing noises, anyway; I remember a 1964 Mini I had, talk about a death rattle! But it ran nicely for several years with new shells.

Finally, something that worked for me:

when refitting the timing cover I was concerned about the rather sorry-looking sump gasket and I could not drop the sump significantly without shifting the steering rack, cross-member, etc. So I relieved the inner corners of the timing cover slightly as they wanted to dig in to the gasket. Then the exposed sump gasket was thinly smeared with The Right Stuff sealant, then a strip of Bake-o-glide applied covering the jutting out part of the sump, a bead of the sealant was run along the top of the Bake-o-glide behind where the timing cover would end up and, as the cover was gently pushed back, the Bake-o-glide was eased out to deposit the sealant bead into the back of the joint. In case you have not encountered Bake-o-glide, it is a very thin, incredibly strong, almost untearable non-stick synthetic plastic usually used as a non-stick liner for cooking trays.

And Happy Halloween, if that's not a contradiction in terms!

[DavidW]

In the words of 'Game of Thrones' "Winter is comming"........ so I thought I'd better drain the cooling system (including ebgine block) and fix the valve in my heater and put new cooland/antifreeze in the system. Took 2 days as I found that the previous owner had a love for bathroom mastik on the engine block plugs, and I'm sure some of the jubilee clips and hoses dated back to 1972!

All fixed now and looking great with blue silicone hoses :-)......... just got to get some matching HT leads now. Why do the 'jobs to do' never end? LOL

[DavidW]

In the words of 'Game of Thrones' "Winter is comming"........ so I thought I'd better drain the cooling system (including ebgine block) and fix the valve in my heater and put new cooland/antifreeze in the system. Took 2 days as I found that the previous owner had a love for bathroom mastik on the engine block plugs, and I'm sure some of the jubilee clips and hoses dated back to 1972!

All fixed now and looking great with blue silicone hoses :-)......... just got to get some matching HT leads now. Why do the 'jobs to do' never end? LOL