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DaveMitchell

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  1. I should really give an update. So it seems that in the distant past (before I owned the car) the pump must have been replaced with the modern type, but the spacer left in place. I suppose this is a simple mistake to make for the uninitiated. Anyway, Bought 10l of new premium fuel, I still had difficulty in starting the car. Detached the line from the pump to the tank, blew air back down the tank in case there was a blockage, fuel didn't pour back though. So got a bucket, lightly pressurised the tank and fuel flowed through. Reattached the hose and the car fired second time. It's never, ever sounded better! Next job is to sort the brakes out now. Thank you all so much for the advice!
  2. Hi Colin, I have the pump on the left, so I think I need the correct part! Incredible it’s sort of worked. Hi YS, I’ll double check that whilst I’m looking, but I think it looks like I need the correct pump. I have uncovered a couple of short cuts with the car, but nothing quite this dramatic. Dave.
  3. hello! The current pump is the straight lever type, but I have a spacer fitted, which I think is incorrect for the pump. CHASSIS FH13038xx ENGINE FM1150xxx I’ve had the car for 15 years. I’ve not used it much since 2015, but always had issues starting it after a lay up over the winter. I’ve found it needed turning over for ages before it would then start and it would be fine for the summer, until the following year. anyway this year it didn’t start, I Left it and only this weekend did I get a friend involved who’s more automotively minded. He helped isolate the starting problem to fuel, we tested the pump and it seems to work off the car. But acted poorly when fitted or held in place. i wonder if the pump is incorrect, And a vacuum effect helped draw fuel through? Is this possible? or is the pump correct and the spacer not required?
  4. Thanks for the advice both. Much appreciated.
  5. Hello, last summer after a very slow hot drive on the M25 my radiator over boiled as I arrived at my destination. On further investigation I found the fuse housing had melted on my kenlow fan, and it was no longer working. following morning I topped up the radiator and i noticed steam escaping the radiator core once warm, and the fan did not respond despite new fuse, and housing. I decided to flush the system with a rad weld cleaner before using rad weld to try and resolve the leak a couple of months later and refit my old mechanical fan. The car has been stranded at my parents, so I'm tinkering with it once ever 3 months at the moment. Anyhow, I ran the car yesterday, and after 10 minutes or so, just before I was about to switch it off to drain the cleaner, I noticed coolant escaping from the weephole under the water pump. i'm certain the car was not over heating at this point, anyway I switched it off immediately. I didn't see any steam from the core this time. And it wasn't steam, but water from the weep hole. What do people suggest I do next? Dave.
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