Taylor93

lol, perhaps cut n shut with false plates XD Perhaps it has a VIN plate super glued in place ehh Richard?

Bled the brakes this afternoon, alot better. However... This misfire. I posted on the Alfa Owners facebook page, about 90% said i have my cambelt timing out.... :/ But some suggested Coil packs as well Heres my thinknig, it misfires (Warning lamp to indicate a mis or a ECU fault) when reving above 3500 rpm, but lets say you accelerate to 5000rpm, it will misfire, but once the throttle/engine revs are held stationary at 5000rpm, the misfire goes.... So surely any inaccuracies in engine timing would be constant? Currently sitting on a Mk1 fabia seat base on axle stands, at the end of the garage taking the intake apart to get to the rear bank of coil packs... Long night ahead.

75 BHP was for the Automatic 1.4 16V's, sure its a manual? haha

Yep and then i get bored of not having anything else to fettle so i sell up. MoT optimistically booked for Wednesday. I have to rebleed the brakes. They can fit the new tyres for me before the test too. I found Saturday that the misfire is still there But from 5000 to 7000rpm. It also seemed to be running a bit flat, so could be a dirty MAF and a bad coil pack. But hopefully wont be an issue for the MoT. Fingers crossed!

I know what you mean, have countless jobs across 5 maybe 6 cars, never enough time in the day!

Yea id say thats a comfort spec

Caliper is on. Plan for tomorrow is to get a battery booster, jump start it, get it out of the garage so i can get around all 4 corners and bleed the brakes. In the mean time i Started to check a few bits over, noticed some more marks/dents on tbe body and some rust on the rear arches New tyres wont be going on till next week. So wont be taking it to the maidstone meet. MoT is due soon so ill need to book it in

Bigg Red seal kit turned up yesterday, the replacement caliper should be here this week. Then ill replace the seals then get it on the car and bleed the brakes. On the Alfa Owner's forum i was asked how much i had put into this in parts. I hadn't given it much thought till now, wow haha big numbers! But despite my generally tight nature. I dont care haha. despite the hassle of the breakages. Im actually quite happy with my purchases, achievements and the ownership Although this week i have been looking at the possibility of an Alfa powered kit car. Mid Engined, Rear wheel drive. but that's still being dreamt up haha

Milk in cupboard earlier Cup of fresh tea in the fridge....

So at Bedfords "how fast?" On Saturday i went to make a cup of tea, and while talking to Danny6189, i picked up a little packet of milk, opened it and just carefully poured it Straight into the bin, instead of my cup. Danny just looked at me and said "What the Hell are you doing?" Followed by me crying with laughter at what i had just done. So i ask you, whats your silliest moment/lapse of concentration today?

If you mean the 1.4 MPI (8V OHV rather than the 1.4 16V) they are never the fastest, but are designed to be cheap. Not knowing the mileage, id try giving it a service, checking spark plugs etc. Perhaps fitting a new timing chain, they are a small chain but do go slack over time, just replacing it is a massive improvement. Other than that, checking for faults such as Lambda/O2 sesnors, MAP and Cam position sensors etc. Currently my MPI, has a faulty lambda sensor, its floats along ok, but its gutless under acceleration because the lambda sensor is always causing a lean condition in the engine.

Fantasy Green Estate: Faulty lambda sensor wiring. Causing it to constantly read rich, thus leaning it out Worn console bushes Blowing exhaust flexi Grumbling release bearing Broken electric window switches Worn aux belt tensioner pulley Alfa GTV Thread stripped on nearside rear caliper bleed nipple Currently no nearside rear brake flexi pipe 4 new tyres waiting to be fitted

Haha after my first few laps i did swipe a cone on one of the back chicanes. After that i pulled in to cool off, went and asked for my times so far ans got chatting I admitted that i had just hit a cone. He said "yea a marshal just radio'd in, try not to swipe them out like last year" hahaha

I had a great day. Although I would have definitely been slower in the Alfa, i would have liked to have been in it. messy laps but im happy that i was about 1.5 seconds faster than last year again aith the Slower track i guess that makes me 3 seconds faster than last year. Shows how much of a difference the LSD makes. Even with my messy laps thats still 3 seconds faster. Shame they didn't do trophies or anything but i was surprised when one of the guys arranging the venue remembered me from last year haha

so if i drive with both hands on the wheel, could i shave two seconds a lap off of my time? Perhaps thats where you're going wrong Richard

You were driving with one hand at combe.... Just saying

Oh and working on the car yesterday my torque wrench slipped off and i banged my wrist against the subframe So i now have a bruised wrist which means i cannot steer properly Just to excuse any cone based acrobatics.

I can imagine it now "sorry i missed the corner, i wasnt wearing my glasses" Lol!

Cheers Mike. Problem is so far its been deadline after deadline. I had 5 days to do the belts and clutch and Richard didn't see how much i was flapping and rushinh around on the Friday evening. It killed alot of enjoyment. Then getting ready for combe, now bedford. Its a shame as i want to get out there and experience the car. Thats why i have it. but these deadlines were set when i had the Fabia. I booked trackdays planning on keeping the car. Obviously it went and i now have the alfa. Hopefully it should be ok and i should be able to enjoy it more. Next deadline could be the national meet but thats two months away. Quite right Richard. I dont think the last owner did anything unless he had to for the past two years. No maintenance only repairs. So it takes a mug like me to buy a lemon and fix it to make very expensive lemonade LOL

Wrong thread mike

As some of you know. The Alfa's brake caliper is FUBAR so its a no show on that part. but im still coming in alternative transport James you booked that pub yet

Thanks Jars. I guess i must count it as a success as i haven't had any off cuts rattling around inside the engine In terms of bedford it is game over. But in lighter news it does mean that i have alot longer before any further track days or events. That should give me plenty of time to sort new parts and fit them to ensure the car is tip top before i do anything mad on track.

Think what you are all missing its not becuase its an Alfa. You leave a steel bolt in ally for god kbows how many years and you dont expect it to be bonded? Its the corrosion due to screwing two different metals together. Not because its Italian. Come on guys get off the bandwagon already

Another day working with seized rubbish... Got the new wishbone clinch nut and bolt. Fitted them no problems. I was going to move the car out to the road then bleed all of the brakes. As the battery was flat i thought while waiting for it to charge. I would replace the rear nearside caliper bleed nipple i rounded off the other week. Started off tricky then i thought i had success. Half a turn and i saw brake fluid start to drip out. But then i wouldnt budge either way. It got smaller and smaller till i had got down to almost a 7mm socket. Then i tried getting heat into it with nothing more than an angle grinder or a Small camping stove. The latter idea then melted part of the rear brake flexi so a new one is needed. Eventually got fed up and as the brake flexi was on the brink of rounding off also i just cut the pipe and removed the caliper. With it off thr car, the rattle gun wound out the flexi coupling which it did struggle with initially. So was well and truely in. So with that done i set about drilling out the bleed nipple. Got a few remnants left over but in all there is too little thread left in the hole due to my work to allow a new nipple to go in. So either i drill it and helicoil. Or just buy a replacement caliper off ebay and a new seal kit. In lighter news, 4 new tyres are here. but in all there is no chance of this being at bedford either. Getting quite down heartened at the fact this car hasnt made it to a single meet or track day yet. :(

Cheers Mike, i completely agree, top little shop, cant fault them for their help Back to the Alfa. I have my new OBD2 leads, plug them in, got the drivers sorted, but still cant connect to the ABS module. I hear it click and the light comes on as if its communicating, but theres no response Seems like a baud rate/latency issue. rumour has it certain ABS modules need a different transfer rate compared to the other ECU's I suspect this as the Laptop has successfully conneccted to the Engine ECU, Airbag Controller and Climate Control Module also. So 3/4 but none are the ones i need! Battery has also died as i left the ignition on too long lol (typical)