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01-10-2006, 05:18 PM
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John,
Glad to hear (as all are above) that the news is better than it could have been.
Does Colin have an opinion as to the cause? Are the timing chain sprockets warn? could cause the sprocket to jump a couple of teeth maybe?
When will you get the car back? we need another run, and I hope you werent downloading content from our friend Alois' web site, if so I shall be forced to come around and steal your refurbed motor!
Cheers,
Kevin.
Glad to hear (as all are above) that the news is better than it could have been.
Does Colin have an opinion as to the cause? Are the timing chain sprockets warn? could cause the sprocket to jump a couple of teeth maybe?
When will you get the car back? we need another run, and I hope you werent downloading content from our friend Alois' web site, if so I shall be forced to come around and steal your refurbed motor!
Cheers,
Kevin.
01-10-2006, 05:21 PM
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When will you get the car back? we need another run, and I hope you werent downloading content from our friend Alois' web site, if so I shall be forced to come around and steal your refurbed motor!
01-10-2006, 05:22 PM
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No idea as to the cuase, as yet. The sprocket hadn't jumped a tooth. Colin did say there was a remnant of debris (plastic) of some sort in there - maybe a fragment of something got chucked up into the sprocket for a moment?
I have to confess - the German bit is not actually to do with my car. Well, only very indirectly...
I have to confess - the German bit is not actually to do with my car. Well, only very indirectly...
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01-12-2006, 12:23 PM
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If the plastic bit got between the chain and the crank sprocket , it could cause the cam to be advanced . The crank sprockets pulls the chain that pulls the cam . The plastic bit gets inbetween the chain and the sprocket , the chain goes around the plastic bit and doesn't sit on the sprocket , the cam gets pulled forward / advanced ?
What was the plastic bit from ?
If the plastic bit got between the chain and the crank sprocket , it could cause the cam to be advanced . The crank sprockets pulls the chain that pulls the cam . The plastic bit gets inbetween the chain and the sprocket , the chain goes around the plastic bit and doesn't sit on the sprocket , the cam gets pulled forward / advanced ?
What was the plastic bit from ?
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01-12-2006, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by John Boggiano
No idea as to the cuase, as yet. The sprocket hadn't jumped a tooth. Colin did say there was a remnant of debris (plastic) of some sort in there - maybe a fragment of something got chucked up into the sprocket for a moment?
I have to confess - the German bit is not actually to do with my car. Well, only very indirectly...
I have to confess - the German bit is not actually to do with my car. Well, only very indirectly...
01-12-2006, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by jimq
ring off the top of a plastic oil bottle maybe?
When I'd finished, I found that the end of the plastic tube had disappeared into the gearbox...
No updates as yet, I'm afraid. Colin Belton has been at the AutoSport show, so I don't think anything further has been done. Plus, I seem to have been too busy to check it out.
Ridiculous, isn't it?
01-16-2006, 04:11 PM
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JB, just finished reading your comparative article 3.2 versus 964. Very well balanced and refined, in fact I'm going to show it to a colleague and friend who's a die hard pre-964 fan (two 3.2's and a 2.4). Keep up the good work. BTW,I also used to have an 86 MR2, lovely little machines weren't they?
01-16-2006, 04:41 PM
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Thanks, Kris.
Even the 3.2 owner said he enjoyed it and it was very unbiased (which is genuinely how I wrote it), which was nice.
No news yet, BTW - once again, too busy to check! I must get to it tomorrow!
Oh, Re: the MR2, the Cayman very much replicates (but more so, of course) it's verve and brilliant handling.
Even the 3.2 owner said he enjoyed it and it was very unbiased (which is genuinely how I wrote it), which was nice.
No news yet, BTW - once again, too busy to check! I must get to it tomorrow!
Oh, Re: the MR2, the Cayman very much replicates (but more so, of course) it's verve and brilliant handling.
01-16-2006, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by McJohn
Wandering OT a mite, but congrats on the piece, your first "proper" published work, and very good it was too. I await the next one eagerly.
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01-16-2006, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by John Boggiano
That reminds me of the time I was topping up the gearbox oil many years ago, on a Fiat X1/9.
When I'd finished, I found that the end of the plastic tube had disappeared into the gearbox...
No updates as yet, I'm afraid. Colin Belton has been at the AutoSport show, so I don't think anything further has been done. Plus, I seem to have been too busy to check it out.
Ridiculous, isn't it?
When I'd finished, I found that the end of the plastic tube had disappeared into the gearbox...
No updates as yet, I'm afraid. Colin Belton has been at the AutoSport show, so I don't think anything further has been done. Plus, I seem to have been too busy to check it out.
Ridiculous, isn't it?
...just kidding JB....
01-16-2006, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Kahdmus
Is this a T911 article? Great new... I will eagerly await reading it! Congrats JB!
Much as i enjoy the writing, I don't think you'll be seeing me at too many award ceremonies just yet...