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Just great to see the line of Triumphs assembled ready for the start this morning

Thanks @Ben Hutchings! A bit of a damp run up through Skipton and beyond last night, but arrived safely in Lancaster as planned. Breakfast... Fuel... Then away!

Very interesting, thanks Nick, I guess if I don't see the issue on the Border Raiders then there is a fair probability it was the recon dizzy.

No rubber damper on the 1500 - the pulley is keyed directly to the crank. But keep the ideas coming, cos I'm completely stuck!

Thanks Danny, I'll do some voltage checks. The timing seems stable at tick over (if I get it set up for a clean not lumpy tick over) but just seems to move over time.

Interesting! A friend of mine is a "Naval Architect" and has to have a navy rank for when he's aboard ship. At one time he was on the bridge of a destroyer and asked one of the senior officers "Am I the ranking officer on the bridge?" to which he got the response "Sir, we'll agree that technically that is the case, just so long as you agree not to give any orders"

I'm a bit stumped and although the fault seems to have gone I'm nervous about it returning as I haven't found a root-cause. A month or so ago I got the Spitfire back on the road and started running in the new engine. But over time I found the ignition was too far advanced giving me pinging even under moderate load. I re-timed everything on the assumption that either I'd done the timing wrong in the first place OR that things were just "bedding in". After a week or so of running I checked it again and this time it's way to far retarded, so I re-timed again. Then the other night it was so far out that the mis-fire stopped me in my tracks, "twiddling" with the dizzy position got it running well enough to get me home. I've gone back to my old dizzy now just to be on the safe side. I pulled the water pump and took the timing cover off to check that the vernier gear on the cam hadn't moved - still where it should be and no signs of movement (all the bolts re-tightened and thread lock applied) I've inspected the recon dizzy I removed and I can't find anything wrong with it, because of the engine spec there's no vac advance and the base-plate is firmly locked in place. The bob-weights seem to move freely as expected. The recon company have (very kindly!) agreed to re-inspect the dizzy if I send it back to them - so at some point I'll do that. Dizzy cap is locking firmly in place with no slop/movement when clamped down. I'm out of ideas if the cam timing isn't moving and everything in the dizzy seems to be behaving I can't see how my timing is all over the place. Oh and I've see the same "jumps" and "moves" in the timing on both points AND electronic points replacements.

Nothing particularly out of the ordinary... "Software Development Manager" aka "Cat Herding" I feel pretty lucky, I enjoy about 80%+ of my work (which is a much better percentage than a lot of jobs) and my current role is 100% home based as I manage teams in different countries.

To be honest I'd just double double double check that it's not running very lean or too far advanced at tick-over but correct at full chat. That would give you a pretty good reason for the engine temp rising in traffic/low RPM.

@Ben Hutchings I'll see what I can do

Andie has "followed" @border_raiders on "Insta" and says she'll tag/post during the run. (No, I don't understand it either)

Lol!

Most Splendid, much appreciated!

I did mine a few years ago using Superflex, you just use the 2 bush halves and the centre sleeve, no seals or caps. https://www.superflex.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=SF375-1850KSS

Erm... I'm having this problem...

Thanks Tony, as the rest of the wing is solid I'm considering a full fibre-glass wing as a last resort.

Yeah, I thought that would probably be the case, but I just thought I'd take a punt and see if I could avoid a load of messing making one. Cheers, Sam

I know it's a million to one shot, but does anyone have a NS (left) front wing panel with the area marked in red intact/good condition? The muck/damp has gathered on top of the plastic "eyebrow" and rotted through from the back so I'll need to repair the one on Binny. Cheers, Sam

I went to pick a diff up I bought on eBay from a guy in the middle of nowhere (on a farm north of Harrogate) and spotted a Spitfire4 down the side of a barn. I didn't get chance to look at it, but he says it will be offered for sale shortly, so I said I'd ask around and see if anyone was interested so he could try and avoid the eBay fees. Any interest and I'll get more info or put you in touch with the seller. Cheers, Sam

Nice looking wheels. My Dolomite is still on the original steels, but they need de-rusting and smartening up.

Problems with fuel delivery - I've had 2 serious issues both caused by the same type of problem. Dried out/shrunk seals. I had it once in the "lid" of the mechanical fuel pump on the 1850 Dolomite and once with the inline filter on the Spitfire. The Spitfire simply wouldn't start as the shrinkage was so bad the pump just pulled air. With the Dolomite it manifested itself as fuel starvation at high load, clearly the pump was able to push some fuel, just not enough as it drew more and more air at higher RPM/Load.

Starting in a land down under? Not Flamborough after all?

Weather around Leeds/Whetherby was shocking earlier - hope it brightens up for the run!

Passed! 🙂 Both Triumphs all MOTd now for another year. A few bits n bobs to do. To celebrate we took the Dolomite up to Wetherby and back.

I actually looked at getting white letter decals made in the Smiths type face and then I could use a scrap gauge face, bare metal and repaint and then apply the decals. But I thought spending ££££ just to make the type-face match was getting silly!