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Post by Penguin45 on May 15, 2019 23:29:13 GMT
One thing not mentioned was that the car had been broken into. The ignition switch had been screwdrivered, then the whole thing pulled out of the dash, the wires ripped off in an attempt to hot wire the car. Had they but looked under the bonnet and noticed the complete absence of a battery they could have saved a lot of time and inconvenience. Anyway, trundled down to Moss and got a new lock. Wrong key.... I hate having multiple keys for a car. Two hours later and some serious fiddling with tumblers, I now have one key that fits all locks on both cars.  And, four keys. I can't possibly lose all of them. Chris. |
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Post by snoopy11 on May 17, 2019 9:10:51 GMT
Mr P trying to hotwire his own car. I can safely say that he will never get arrested for car theft after watching him trying to work out which wire did what.  Mr P by mark atkinson, on Flickr |
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Post by Penguin45 on May 17, 2019 10:45:31 GMT
Ha! Speed has nothing to do with accuracy. We did it, didn't we?
C.
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Post by wayne962 on Jun 8, 2023 19:08:36 GMT
There we go, now with added return spring.  That's a Triumph Spitfire throttle return spring and it's got just enough tension on it to bring the arm back to the stop. Now painted black for that "It came out of the factory, honest" look. Chris.
This a great solution to the problem. I can hear the throw-out bearing rattling around in there because there's a lack of tension pulling this back. Not sure what the original design was on this - did they expect the cylinder to retract itself automatically with the suction from the hydraulic fluid? I doubt that would have passed Engineering 101 - even in the late 1960s. Maybe they reused a part from another car, and didn't quite realize that there was no return spring inside of these cylinders? I.E. in other applications, there is a return spring.
Heading to the hardware store to recreate your "better mousetrap". Eight years later, hopefully I can do it justice!
-Wayne
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And, four keys. I can't possibly lose all of them.
