13bt in a series 3

[HaywardRotary]

Hey Bish,
Small thing,
Put a fuse near the positive terminal just in case.:cheers
Regards
Carl

[shaunwil]

Plus don\'t short those battery too often. They have a disclaimer in the manual that says its very bad !

A spacer on the positive side would cure the shorting problem too ! Couldn\'t understand why the holder was like that. Ended up insulation taping the edge up on mine !

Shaun

[Prof]

For some reason - and I don\'t know why I thought that - I was expecting it to be a bit \'industrial\' inside - but actually it looks very civilised inside - nice job.
 
And +1 on the battery comments :Giggle  - having seen the results of a spanner across a battery at close quarters - not mine I hasten to add - I wouldn\'t recommend shorting them :spank
 
- seems you spotted my on the way to the diy store today :driving

[Nik da Greek]

"Civilised"? Bish!? :rollin

It looks top bloody notch inside, very understated and classy :yes Are the vents out so they can be replaced with mahogany veneers? Just kidding, looks ace

[Archbish]

Fair comment chaps - will do.  And Prof, yup, saw you at the lights...  If you\'re passing and the cars out, come and say hello...!!  Veneers, Nik???  Solid Walnut dear boy, nothing less!!

[Christopher]

Looking good, like it a lot.
Get it mapped man! I need an A3 cruising buddy

Pete.

[Archbish]

TIS BLUE!!!! Tis far from a concourse perfect finish, but I\'m well pleased given it\'s my first go...



see below - no site repeaters, no badges, not headlight wash...

...no rear wash, no spoiler, no lock, no aerial...

[Archbish]

So took it for an MOT and failed - the list is long, with a couple of bits I REALLY should have found beforehand, but these are not terrible by any stretch...

1 - front daylight runners not working. I didn\'t realise these were a requirement!
2 - rear fog lamp tell tale not working. Haven\'t checked, but probably not...
3 - windscreen washer provides insufficient fluid - probably just empty...  
4 - emissions. Not a big surprise there. Going to try and get it to somewhere to have a poke at it weekend after next.  It does stumble terribly on acceleration, but the few times it is smooth, there is some get up and go there...
5 - exhaust noise. He\'s said he\'ll pass if everything else does.
6 - fuel leak at fuel pump. Connection leak I hadn\'t noticed before - easy enough to sort.
7 - brake fluid leak at join of pipe and caliper. Just a tighten should sort it.
8 - clip holding the hose in place missing. didn\'t realise it was missing - my bad!
9 - inner track rod end lock pin missing. And I knew this one - how embarrassed am I!
10 - passenger seatbelt insecurely fixed to the vehicle structure. Again, I knew this - embarrassing!

The most difficult one, however, is the tyres fouling on full lock with the anti roll bar. Probably need thinner tyres at the front, which is a pain - might just borrow a couple of wheels for the MOT and sort the tyres out later...

nothing terrible, and he spotted a couple of oil leaks to sort out, and the nearside wheel bearing isn\'t in great shape.

better than my fear of being laughed out for bringing such a death trap to the garage, worse than my dream of receiving a medal for such a stirling vehicle. *grin*

[Prof]

It should only require to pass the less stringent 3.5% CO and 1200 ppm HC test.  So there is no need for him to rev it and check emissions at anything other than idle.  The test is based on age of engine or car, whichever is older - so it would be the date of the car the test is for (in any case the TII lump has the same test requirements.)
 
New plugs / good warm up before hand / clean fuel - should pass with some tweaking of your idle settings - rotaries do tend to be rich on tickover.
 
Apart from that - it doesn\'t sound like it\'s too far off :cool

[Archbish]

yeeeah, it\'s actually a bit smokey on idle... *grin*  Hopefully taking a bit of fuel out of the map should sort that...  But you\'re right tho, it is far from a complete disaster!!

[grinder]

Congrats matey - thats not a bad fail !!

[Nik da Greek]

Yes, indeed, awesome work effendi. Get those niggles sorted and get on with the job of scaring yourself silly in it

[Archbish]

Fanks chaps...  should be achievable with a little effort.  Wanna have it up for the Japshow in October.

[Nik da Greek]

I\'d better get a ticket sorted then...this I have to see

[Archbish]

*grin* it\'s not THAT amazing (other than I have learned how to use a spanner.  For hitting nuts into bolts, right?)

just a question - I have the basemap for the T04 on a 13bt, and I\'m assuming it\'s over fuelling.  This is because it stumbles big time on acceleration.  It has new coils, new plugs, new leads, so they should be OK.  Sound like a reasonable conclusion??  So how do I take fuel out of the map - I\'m going to try 10% to begine with.  Just need it to run well enough on next to no boost to get it to someone who knows what they\'re doing.