The misadventures of a fatbloke and 13/60 Herald named Poppy

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Fatbloke
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Re: The misadventures of a fatbloke and 13/60 Herald named P

#131 Post by Fatbloke »

I'd like to say it was the new terminal assembly, but she didn't start after I'd fitted it...I not going to tell you what the final solution was! :oops:
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#132 Post by rich. »

the AA?




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#133 Post by Fatbloke »

No. I haven't got home start!

It's even more embarrassing than that anyway!
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#134 Post by JPB »

Fatbloke wrote:more embarrassing
:lol: Hmm, the only thing I could think of would be forgetting to refit the rotor arm and in spite of many glances at the underside of the cap, not realising that the arm wasn't fitted. Not realising that is, right up to the point at which you spotted the cap sitting on top of the heater. Come on people, we've all done it! Haven't we? :oops: :oops: :oops:


Almost, but not quite as embarrassing would be running out of petrol but you would have established that this wasn't a fuel-related thing long before asking for help in a widely read, public forum. Wouldn't you? We've all done it, etc.


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#135 Post by Luxobarge »

HT leads on the wrong plugs?
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#136 Post by rich. »

admit it, you forgot to put the plugs in & connect the battery :lol:
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#137 Post by tractorman »

JPB wrote:
Fatbloke wrote:more embarrassing
:lol: Hmm, the only thing I could think of would be forgetting to refit the rotor arm and in spite of many glances at the underside of the cap, not realising that the arm wasn't fitted. Not realising that is, right up to the point at which you spotted the cap sitting on top of the heater. Come on people, we've all done it! Haven't we? :oops: :oops: :oops: )
I have done it on more than one occasion, the last was when I was taking off the electronic ignition (and other "custom" bits when I sold the Maxi. I cursed at the cheap points that I had bought - after all, it was fine with the electronic ignition...

My other favourite was disconnecting the feed to the coil (or from coil to points) to avoid getting a shock when "tweaking" the points - or HT leads.

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#138 Post by Fatbloke »

Luxobarge wins the prize for realizing how stupid I am! :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

My bet was it was the points that were the original problem. Someone must have moved the plugs while I wasn't looking... :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:
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#139 Post by TerryG »

As long as it is fixed it's all good :)
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#140 Post by Luxobarge »

No problem - all you need to do is to re-assemble the crankshaft so each individual piston is in a different position, re-profile the camshaft and it would've run!
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