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[1976 clubamn]

fair enough mate.

[Alburglar]

Had the car on the road yesterday with the sc gears and rally clutch with orange diaphram. It went like a rocket but started to cut out on idle and now wont start at all. Bugger!

I'm gonna upgrade to high amp battery wire (as car is fibreglass and has to earth on the engine. Also gonna get rid of elctronic ignition as it is awfull.

Need to change clutch master to because clutch disengages when foot is almost on the floor. Bit dangerous, don't wont to blow my gearbox up.

[Miniman]

So How U going to Start It

[Pavel]

The problem with the clutch is quite a common one with pre-verto clutches... I believe the plunger rod in the slave cylinder is the problem, so if I were you i'd change your slave cylinder for a new one (it's like 15 quid isn't it?) since they are quite cheap. Unless of course yours was recently purchased. Then you might want to try to adjust the clutch before replacing something so expensive as a master cylinder!

Good luck :]

[Alburglar]

So How U going to Start It

With my magic wand...


...Or a new ignition system. I haven't quite decided yet.

[Alburglar]

Cheers Pavel, But I changed the slave first as the last one imediately popped due to the orange diaphram.

CLutch is brand new rally spec one and is adjusted correctly, so it has to be the master. I have got one that I removed from Smurfy so won't cost anything.

[Alburglar]

Minty now has a new starter motor and I laid some thick 4Gauge battery wire.

Edited by Alburglar, 16 March 2009 - 06:06 PM.

[Alburglar]

Then I fit the carbon fibre wing mirrors

Edited by Alburglar, 16 March 2009 - 06:06 PM.

[Alburglar]

Cool aren't they

Edited by Alburglar, 16 March 2009 - 06:10 PM.

[Alburglar]

And whilst i was at it I put the battery cut off switch where it can be easily reached.

Edited by Alburglar, 16 March 2009 - 06:10 PM.

[Alburglar]

and here is my Eaton M45 supercharger

Edited by Alburglar, 16 March 2009 - 06:11 PM.

[Dom]

cool, making good progress.

[bankxi]

koollllll man ur car looks ace it will go like s**t 2 cant w8 2 see it when uv done

[Alburglar]

I'm having such bad luck recently.
After my garage being burgled whilst at MITP 45, my girlfriend reversed into Minty and destroyed the wheel arch. Then that very same day I come back to him after work to find a dead flat Yoko and all the others have got loads of stones in.

[Pickup76]

unlucky mate! I bet those blended archs are tricky to fix too. Minty still looks wicked though, i had a good look over him at MITP and hes a class act. :wink: