What did you do with/to your Triumph today?

[kevinw]

I was in Munich (Germany) some years ago during a golf ball hail storm. Every car that was outside was damaged quite extensively, most looking like they had been hit by ball-pein hammers. Thank goodness the rental company were understanding when the rental car went back.

What have I done with my Triumph today? I've fitted the new water punp to the 2000. Comparing the new with the old, I am **really** pleased I swapped it before heading off to France next weekend.

And also removed a couple of dozen (or more) rivets holding stress panels in place on the side of the 1947 Leyland PD1 bus I'm restoring. A really good thing for venting frustrations. Grind off the head of the rivets, dril out with a 5m drill and beat for all you are worth with a club hammer and drift.

Kevin

[CAR]

And also removed a couple of dozen (or more) rivets holding stress panels in place on the side of the 1947 Leyland PD1 bus I'm restoring. A really good thing for venting frustrations. Grind off the head of the rivets, dril out with a 5m drill and beat for all you are worth with a club hammer and drift.

Kevin

Form an orderly queue here, all those people who would quite happily travel many miles for that sort of stress relief. Knocking out walls and chimneys works for me Kevin, but I'm sure your route is just as satisfying!

Nice work with the water pump by the way.

Colin.

[martin k]

changed the points............... what a difference

[CAR]

Noticed the pi has an annoying jerkiness at speed after you have been travelling sometime.
It first happened on the way home from Stoneleigh and I put it down to a gallon of very old leaded fuel from Libby's tank that Alan C had put in the car. After all it was perfect on the run down before the fuel was put in!
Hasn't been happening since I refuelled, was perfect last weekend etc, but started again when on the M180 home.
Also realised that it only seems to happen once the tank is below half level and at reasonable speed, never in traffic, stop starting as you would expect if the Lucas pump was getting a bit warm.
By the time we had got home. I had decided that a fuel filter inspection was required.
I haven't changed this yet, but I had bought one in preparation.
Clamped the fuel feed pipe, opened the tap at the bottom to drain off......nothing came out.
Undid the top bolt and petrol everywhere, all the best plans etc.
The filter came off in two parts, the outer casing and this paper mess with a hard broken up stuff at the bottom. The tap at the bottom was a little silted too.
Replaced the seals and filter element, bled the filter and car started fine. Just haven't had a chance to test yet, but the theory is, with the filter being gravity fed by the tank, as the tank level gets lower so does the pressure from the tank, add a filter that is breaking up to the equation, and the fact that the slow speed running was unaffected as the fuel demand is less, I'm hoping I have solved the problem!

I also had Amanda helping, so she can now change the fuel filter herself if needed and I have disovered how good she looks in overalls

Colin.

[Mike Stevens]

Hi Colin,

Thanks the Crosland 522? The one I changed the other week was all metal encased, but I guess has cardboard inside that. In fact the filter itself forms part of the whole filter assembly.

I hope you've got that all sorted now.

I took the my PI out for a blast yesterday. Much better since I changed (another) injector. I had replaced all 6 with ones that I'd put new 'O' ring in. I even checked them all on an air line around 50-60 PSI, but No 4 didn't want to give a good spray pattern, sometimes no spray pattern at all, (so I guess No 1 wasn't spraying either). Anyway, a replaced injector and it pulls much better now.

Cheers,
Mike.

[Jonathan Lewis]

Noticed the pi has an annoying jerkiness at speed after you have been travelling sometime...

Also realised that it only seems to happen once the tank is below half level and at reasonable speed, never in traffic, stop starting as you would expect if the Lucas pump was getting a bit warm...

Hello Colin,

If the filter element was collapsing as you describe, hopefully you've found and solved your problem. Worth bearing in mind, however, that a blocked or restricted tank breather can have a similar effect for much the same reasons, i.e. partial vacuum in the tank putting an artificial brake on the outflow of fuel to the pump. As engine speed and fuel demand varies, so will the tank vacuum, resulting in minor fuel starvation that comes and goes as you drive...

Regards,

[Mike]

Went for a nice drive over to Dunedin and back. Car ran flawlessly like usual, but noticed how much petrol has gone up lately. Was a bit naughty here and there and may've gone over the speed limit sometimes!

[Allen Walker]

Well it's in for an MoT today, and I've not heard anything soooooooo......

[Allen Walker]

Well it's in for an MoT today, and I've not heard anything soooooooo......

Bu**er.

[kevinw]

what did it fail on?

Kevin