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by jrh
Sat Jan 29, 2022 2:56 pm
Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
Topic: Car has shut down.
Replies: 24
Views: 15606

Re: Car has shut down.

While I remember.
EVERYONE needs to carry a working spare distibutor in the car.
by jrh
Sat Jan 29, 2022 2:53 pm
Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
Topic: Car has shut down.
Replies: 24
Views: 15606

Re: Car has shut down.

Well done Trevor , easier to fit a new distributor than a fuel pump.
by jrh
Fri Jan 28, 2022 5:14 pm
Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
Topic: Car has shut down.
Replies: 24
Views: 15606

Re: Car has shut down.

Got to be worth checking if that fuel pump is working first , before moving on.
IF it is working , then it will , almost certainly , be the distributor since you have checked the CPS plug and cambelt.
by jrh
Fri Jan 28, 2022 10:45 am
Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
Topic: Car has shut down.
Replies: 24
Views: 15606

Re: Car has shut down.

Presumably this has not happened to the car before while you have owned it ?
As others , it is classic distributor failure or cambelt broken ?
How long have you owned the car ?
by jrh
Mon Jan 24, 2022 2:02 pm
Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
Topic: no start but crank / no fuel pump. ECM failure or not?
Replies: 15
Views: 10628

Re: no start but crank / no fuel pump. ECM failure or not?

You've summed it up there Kit.
It's why Gates and Bezos are rich , they licensed their secret knowledge.
by jrh
Mon Jan 24, 2022 8:52 am
Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
Topic: no start but crank / no fuel pump. ECM failure or not?
Replies: 15
Views: 10628

Re: no start but crank / no fuel pump. ECM failure or not?

Very well done for fixing the problem.
Question.
Was it the ECU or the CPS connection that cured the fault ?
I have a complete wiring loom for sale with all the sockets you would ever need. See under parts for sale.
by jrh
Thu Jan 06, 2022 9:20 am
Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
Topic: The infamous Connector
Replies: 15
Views: 12278

Re: The infamous Connector

Though I loved the life , dear old Blue Funnel were mostly DC powered and I thought my only other job prospects would be as a curator in a DC museum. So, a big relief to get to Hinkley Point B. Which is how I got to 'play' on the reactor simulator at Berkeley , irradiating most of the West Country w...
by jrh
Sun Jan 02, 2022 8:57 am
Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
Topic: The infamous Connector
Replies: 15
Views: 12278

Re: The infamous Connector

Oh Bob , " Them were the good ol' days "!
I still have a Laurence Scott publication 119 written by Dr Schwarz in 1949 on Schrage motor drives.
Part of our HNC curriculum in 1964 when true variable speed was like the Holy Grail.
by jrh
Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:03 pm
Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
Topic: Soaked head lining….help!
Replies: 11
Views: 11564

Re: Soaked head lining….help!

Another way, search for the drain pipes as they appear out under the wheel arch, you will have to remove wheel arch covers.
BLOW air back up the pipes to check they are clear,
by jrh
Fri Dec 31, 2021 11:47 pm
Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
Topic: The infamous Connector
Replies: 15
Views: 12278

Re: The infamous Connector

Hi Bob, and Happy New Year to all. Yes , those big old battery chargers we used to have back in the 60's , with the square fins and round discs in the middle. Copper oxide , used as semi-conducting diodes , we called them rectifiers. I even remember the editor of Practical Wireless writing , in 1965...