cliff.b Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 45 minutes ago, avivalasvegas said: Yes. I do have an auxiliary fan that kicks in when the temperature gauge needles crosses into the dangerous half. It did kick in and stayed on earlier when I was stuck in traffic fearing a breakdown. It did not the second time when I fueled up the car as the drive was too short. Just wondered as I had an incident last year where after stopping in some stationary traffic, the car was very hesitant pulling away, had no power and the temp gauge shot up. I think mine was probably an airlock in the cooling system but I can imagine that similar could be caused by maybe a failed water pump or thermostat stuck closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliff.b Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 22 minutes ago, dougbgt6 said: Because we are OLD ? Doug Well that is certainly true, but I remember calling them capacitors when I was young. Condensers in electronic circuits date back to the days of valves 🤔 But I suppose cars have valves so maybe that explains it 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 1 minute ago, cliff.b said: Condensers in electronic circuits date back to the days of valves 🤔 Ha! I just bought a valve amp! EL84s, mostly come from Russia now, or not! Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliff.b Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, dougbgt6 said: Ha! I just bought a valve amp! EL84s, mostly come from Russia now, or not! Doug I have a VOX amp with one real pre amp tube that contains 2 actual valve elements that can be configured to emulate most of the classic valve amps. Power stage is solid state but doesn't sound at all bad, especially considering the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 agree we are lucky .........its an age thing same as a dash pot will not become a hydraulic load dissipating fuel enrichment contrivance thats filled by a non gender workperson we had the best years Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliff.b Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 13 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said: agree we are lucky .........its an age thing same as a dash pot will not become a hydraulic load dissipating fuel enrichment contrivance thats filled by a non gender workperson we had the best years Pete Indeed. And as someone once pointed out to me, my Spit may have been made in the 70s but it's a 60s car, built using 50s technology in a factory that was probably using 1940s equipment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 talking old machines when they closed the manufacturing down we had a 1916 vertical mill converted from overhead belt to electric just used for tapping diff rear cover oil filler holes didnt owe us a bean and a few yards away was some pretty new CNC lathes and mills which probably owed us a lot from their purchase price Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Foster Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 29 minutes ago, cliff.b said: I have a VOX amp with one real pre amp tube that contains 2 actual valve elements Cliff I also have a VOX (VT30) amp. Clever bit of kit. (epic thread drift BTW) Do we know if the patient is running on points or EI. Heater valve could easily drop water on the exhaust manifold. Hot coolant has a definite smell, but not sure I have ever smelt it burnt off an exhaust. Picture shows water to normal level in the rad, but has it been lost from the system, ie has the level in the overflow bottle changed? Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avivalasvegas Posted April 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Ian Foster said: Cliff I also have a VOX (VT30) amp. Clever bit of kit. (epic thread drift BTW) Do we know if the patient is running on points or EI. Heater valve could easily drop water on the exhaust manifold. Hot coolant has a definite smell, but not sure I have ever smelt it burnt off an exhaust. Picture shows water to normal level in the rad, but has it been lost from the system, ie has the level in the overflow bottle changed? Ian Patient is definite running Lumenition Magnetronic. The thermostat was just replaced last month. Overflow bottle appears normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliff.b Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 40 minutes ago, dougbgt6 said: Ha! I just bought a valve amp! EL84s, mostly come from Russia now, or not! Doug Some say that most of the Russian military technology still uses valves. Not sure if it's because they will still work after a nuclear explosion or if that's the extent of their technology. Either way, assuming your amp is for a guitar, it will be some comfort that you will still be able to blast it out if nuclear armergeddon should occur 👍. Assuming you can find somewhere to plug it in, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 Just now, avivalasvegas said: Patient is definite running Lumenition Magnetronic. The thermostat was just replaced last month. Overflow bottle appears normal. I had the dreaded slivers issue and took several carb strip downs to cure then the fake R9 started to melt internally and the resulting sludge blocked the carbs . Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Paul H said: I had the dreaded slivers issue and took several carb strip downs to cure then the fake R9 started to melt internally and the resulting sludge blocked the carbs . Paul Once again the phrase 'fake R9' comes up when talking about THE SLIVERS . . I get that when someone changes the petrol pipe there is an initial risk of a bit of pipe being cut and ending up in the system, but after that surely the system would stay clean for quite some time. I bought my replacement pipe from the high street motor spares place that every mechanic in the area uses, they have no interest is selling dodgey stuff. Now id someone has some fake 98 Ron at half price . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 without knowing where some members get their fuel hose and what spec its supposed to be there is a lot of hose thats degraded on the inside , and was supposed to be R something or other but in a short time the Other raises its failings it has nothing to do with the E's its just rubbish with any petrol Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Foster Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 4 hours ago, avivalasvegas said: The thermostat was just replaced last month. Overflow bottle appears normal. Clearly not a condenser issue then. When you replaced the stat, did you top up and run the system with the heater on. I'm just thinking that when you opened the heater valve (your initial trigger to the problem) water was drawn into the heater creating a deficit (airlock) elsewhere. I have been very particular about how I refill my cooling system, creating a good head and bleed path above the radiator and the thermostat housing using clear pipe and funnels, so as to get all of the air out. It does show definite benefits. Does your radiator cap seal properly ? If not the system won't pull water back in properly as it cools. Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daverclasper Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 On 10/04/2022 at 17:44, thescrapman said: I thought The Shamen said they weren't. Also New Order "E for England", the official, national football team song, for an international tournament that was in the charts, maybe got to no1? (don't think BBC radio bosses twigged) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daverclasper Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 Is it worth looking at the colour of plugs, to give a clue what may be happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 7 hours ago, cliff.b said: Some say that most of the Russian military technology still uses valves. Not sure if it's because they will still work after a nuclear explosion or if that's the extent of their technology. Allegedly the reason for their forty-mile-long convoy having trouble reaching Ukraine was cheap Chinese tyres not being up to the job... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 48 minutes ago, Colin Lindsay said: Allegedly the reason for their forty-mile-long convoy having trouble reaching Ukraine was cheap Chinese tyres not being up to the job... Or, they ran out of vodka . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliff.b Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 49 minutes ago, Colin Lindsay said: Allegedly the reason for their forty-mile-long convoy having trouble reaching Ukraine was cheap Chinese tyres not being up to the job... I'm sure their tyres use valves ☺️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 9 hours ago, Pete Lewis said: talking old machines I had reason to go into a small Production Workshop, about 5 or more years back. There, still in use, was a familiar Vertical Turning Mill. Which when I last operated it, in 1964, was even then better that 40+ years old. It having been converted from line shaft drive when it was moved from the Old Factory to the (then) New Factory!. By now it must be better than 100years old!. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliff.b Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 40 minutes ago, PeteH said: I had reason to go into a small Production Workshop, about 5 or more years back. There, still in use, was a familiar Vertical Turning Mill. Which when I last operated it, in 1964, was even then better that 40+ years old. It having been converted from line shaft drive when it was moved from the Old Factory to the (then) New Factory!. By now it must be better than 100years old!. Pete. I wonder if, due to severe thread drift, there is a classic machine tool forum whose members are currently discussing Triumph cars 🤔 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted April 13, 2022 Report Share Posted April 13, 2022 12 hours ago, cliff.b said: I wonder if, due to severe thread drift, there is a classic machine tool forum whose members are currently discussing Triumph cars 🤔 Probably. Thread drift, like love, cannot be created under artificial circumstances; it just happens. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted April 13, 2022 Report Share Posted April 13, 2022 49 minutes ago, Colin Lindsay said: Probably. Thread drift, like love, cannot be created under artificial circumstances; it just happens. That's a bit deep for this time in the morning, I'm come back to it after more coffee ☕ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliff.b Posted April 13, 2022 Report Share Posted April 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Colin Lindsay said: Probably. Thread drift, like love, cannot be created under artificial circumstances; it just happens. Thread drift must have a connection of some sort to the original subject, no matter how tenuous. It starts getting interesting when you then get tenuous links to the new subject, and so on lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted April 13, 2022 Report Share Posted April 13, 2022 drift is generally from awakening some historic actions from the past some of us old un's cant resist Ha Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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