Mark 1

[monkeyjim]

battery flat this morning

[Simon1275mpi]

How?

[monkeyjim]

Didnt like thrashing past you on A22 I suspect . ;D
Or more than likely its not used to having the lights on
That was the last time I used it , maybe i left the battery cut out switch on , jumped it ok and drove it round into lock up and i think I left the switch on again . No worry as will take battery to work to test and trickle charge.

[Simon1275mpi]

So what could be draining the battery? The battery should hold for at least three months..?

[monkeyjim]

Will charge it up and test.
Then worrry about it another day.
;D

[monkeyjim]

not had a battery problem since , must have left something on.

plumbed a voltage stabilizer in to sort the temp gauge and fuel tank. The new wiring loom is for a pre 64 car as mine is but the pre 64's did not have stabilizers .
Temp gauge reads a little bit low at just under The 'N' on the gauge for normal running temperature but is certainly usable, , before it was right on the hotter side of the hot section when running at normal temperature .
Fuel gauge still odd. Not bothered about that .

Also pleased it went well to Castle Combe , around the track and back home . Around 340 miles, no problems at all ;D
In fact the further it went the better it felt , Jim said it would loosen up more the further it went just like his did.

So very happy now .............. with the car .

[Rachel]

monkeyjim said:

Also pleased it went well to Castle Combe , around the track and back home

I noticed it going well on the track ;D.............still gutted you lapped me or was that just because I was going so slow

[monkeyjim]

it was not because you were going slow , you were doing a good 90 when I lapped you . ;D

[Rachel]

you must mean kph as it certainly wasn't mph ;D

my excuse is I was held up for the first two laps ;D ;D ;D

[MiniHaven]

yer it was us out on our shopping trip lol !!! sorry , chrst i must of been doing 210mph when i passed you on the 23 in that case rachel lol

[Rachel]

It wasn't you that held me up on the track Shawn ;D

But I think 210mph is an underestimation of what you were doing along the 23............barely had time to register it was you before you disappeared into the distance ;D ;D ;D ;D

[monkeyjim]

when I went past you on the track Shawn you were doing about 30mph backwards ;D

[MiniHaven]

and i believe you dave LOL glad it was dry on the 23 LOL

[monkeyjim]

had a bad couple of days with the mk1 .

someone kindly reversed into it on friday and dented the rear bumper enough for it to warrant a replacement .
noticed on saturday some little sod had nicked 3 of my Jim raffle prize tyre valve caps . Must be a Reliant with posh valve caps out there somewhere .
Serves me right for using it as a daily driver and parking it in the street . Should get my banger mid week and the mk1 can hibernate for the winter .
Finally on the way back from Lewes saturday the drivers side chrome trim finally came off , was doing about 60...ish on the A26 and it got run over instantly by the truck going the other way . No point stopping for it .


oh well

[Rachel]

They say bad luck comes in 3's.........and it looks like you have had yours Hopefully your luck will change now. ;D ;D

Sorry to hear of the mishaps..........there's no point owning anything nice as people have no respect for the property of others