Yesterday afternoon I very carefully cut the new split pin down to size, bevelled the end and shaped it a little with the pliers. With plenty of WD-40, trial alignment and I’ll admit holding of breath (!) I gently tapped it into it’s new home with success! Such a relief! The actuating cam seems to …
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Oops…
Things were going so well with the carb refurb and then I made a series of really silly and compounding mistakes. One carb is fully assembled and when working on the second, without realising it, I put the spindle in 180 degrees out from how it should have been installed. Then when attaching the fuel …
Carb re-assembly
Most of the parts have now arrived and the carburettor reassemble is underway! I’ve updated the carb page with the progress. I was planning on buying some shot blasting gear but unfortunately my daily drivers was vandalised at some point between the 30th December and early afternoon on New Year’s day. I suspect this was …
Brooklands Autosolo…
So I had the SuperSix out at the FDMC Brooklands autosolo at the weekend. Mixed fortunes. The weather was rubbish but I seem to drive faster the wetter it is! Here’s a link to the first three runs: Quite pleased how hard I pushed on the third and final run. I was placed 3rd in …
MOT Pass!
Last week was the first MOT pass! A bit close on the emissions and the hazards developed a fault on the way to the test centre but really pleased. Next weekend is the last autosolo (at Brooklands) and today I did 300 miles to the south coast and back. After this is time to put …
Abingdon Autosolo…
So I managed to get the car to another autosolo a few weekends ago. The solo was held at Abingdon Airfield and organised by Farnborough District Motorclub (FDMC). The section of the runway we were using clearly hadn’t been used by anything for quite a while as between the tarmac slabs that make up the …
Autosolo…
So yesterday was my first foray in to ‘competitive’ motorsport (not that I was very competitive!). In case people are not aware of it, Autosolo is a relatively new discipline and takes place on a 200m x 200m tarmac area and you race against the clock through a slalom set up with cones. The cones …
A few firsts…
So, I’ve been out and about a bit in the car which has involved a few firsts. I attended my first kit car club meet. I’m a member of the North West Kit Car Owners Group (NWKCOG), the Tiger’s Owners Club and now Farnborough District Motor Club (FDMC). This kit car meet was a little …
Tiger tunnel…
I was out this weekend stretching mine and the Tiger’s legs (in a socially distancing compliant way). I found a tunnel… couldn’t resist taking this video 🙂 I noticed as well that the race tracks are starting to open back up again. Hopefully not too long before I can post my first track day video!
First (USB) Port of Call…
Spent some time today installing a new USB port to replace the 12v cigarette lighter. This will let me charge my phone to keep googlemaps charged up when we can finally get out and about. Did quite a bit of wiring which wasn’t needed because I could reuse the connectors from the existing 12v socket. …
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