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Jeffds1360

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  1. Good. You do not say what car you have but you must ensure that pulling the choke on causes the throttle to open too. There is a screw adjuster on to a cam beside the cable. Revs go up massively with more than 1/4 CHOKE and you certainly know when to push it back in !!. Hope you are not on this Coke you keep mentioning, unless it is cola :) !!??

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  2. I have not watched that whole video. But my experience is that full choke is only needed on a stone cold engine with Air temperature well below 10C. NO choke if engine is warm. Temps just now are circa 12-15 and my cold engine stars with 1/2 choke and straight in to 1/4.

    Remember if car stood for a day or two and you have a mechanical fuel pump, it can toke a dozen or two cranks to get fuel to the carb/s.

    If this is the situation, leave choke off until fuel through.  If electric pump, listen and wait 'till pressurised.

    What is/was your problem with plugs?

  3. Just as an aside, I had fun fitting some illuminated switches to my relay controlled accessories!

    Yes, they tell you the relay is powered up, but NOT if the accessory is on !!! ....you need a 2nd in line lamp to check power is flowing to the item. (Fog lamp, reversing light etc). Nightmare to do and a spiders web of wires :)

     

  4. I bought a spare 12v battery as varta had a great deal on 3 months ago.

    It has been sat in the garage since.

    I thought it was time to check/recharge as necessary so put it on the bench and connected my charger...... It took 30 seconds for the charger to show a green light.

    Ahaa I said..... best give it something to do.... so , looked for some 12v accessories to run off it..... found my new windscreen washer set up with an electric pump (unfitted due to loss of dexterity in my fingers etc etc)

    It ran fine but after a minute I thought, hang on, I'll burn this out!!

    So..... found a spare 21w bulb and wired this up to do a bit discharge of the spare battery..... boy, did it get HOT just after a few seconds!! ? ... is this normal?. Anyway, decided it was too risky to leave it like that.

    Have you gurus any suggestions as to how I can keep this spare battery in tip top condition please?

  5. Still not getting notifications of new posts when I have 'ticked the box'

    Maybe I have accidentally removed or unticked something in my profile??

    Brain is not 100% just now due to meds. but happy for a moderator to have a look. Nothing to hide, nothing to find :)

    Unread  posts search can be daunting!....... well, after a long weekend it can be!

    ATB all.

  6. Sue, that last comment upsets me a bit! "Blokes moaning'.

    How many ladies post on here other than you?

    I may have missed them but ....?

    Actually,  I see no 'moaning' just a bit of confusion re Google.

    The red star should be spaced a few lines down.

    Simples.  :) enjoy 

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  7. OK guys and thanks.

    I'm a bit up and down just now but if I see a post that looks like it may get interesting, or provide useful information, I open the 'follow' box and ask for a daily email with a list of new replies.

    I used to get them

    Not had any for a few weeks so I have taken to all 'unread posts' but tend to run out of steam before the end on a busy day :)

    Hey ho. Seeing oncologist on 13th so maybe get treatment to help me concentrate more :)

    ATB. Jeff

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