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Regular thing with Moggy's, passengers got into the habit of kicking the bulkhead at the first sign of a misfire.
I had an accelerator cable snap so simply swopped it over for the choke cable and got home on a "hand throttle"
Mate did that on a classic BMW and it actually had electric windows, he found a bit of metal and attached it to the end of the cable so he could hang it on the open window, it began raining and he closed the window without thinking and did the fastest getaway ever, straight off the road, through a hedge, and into a farmers field.
Hello Gordon,
for some reason I can't find an XK150 in my S.U. reference book, but the XK140 and very many other Jaguars of that era used a AZX 1319 pump, assuming positive earth, the negative earth equivelant is an AZX 1308.
Unlike many other S.U. pumps they have a diode as spark suppression so are polarity conscious.
Alec
for some reason I can't find an XK150 in my S.U. reference book, but the XK140 and very many other Jaguars of that era used a AZX 1319 pump, assuming positive earth, the negative earth equivelant is an AZX 1308.
Unlike many other S.U. pumps they have a diode as spark suppression so are polarity conscious.
Alec
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Done that before in a Metro auto....went quite well.I had an accelerator cable snap so simply swopped it over for the choke cable and got home on a "hand throttle"
These broken accelerator cable tales remind me of my dad in his GPO telephones van. The story must have dated from the 50s I should think.... Pre Morris Minor anyway. Accelerator cable broken and with the throttle wide open... Controlling speed using the ignition switch... Don't think it did the exhaust much good BANG!
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The gearbox on my works Feista van was starting to go bad one day, no second gear, so I drove it around carefully all day and it was fine.
One the way home I saw a set of traffic lights were about to go red so without thinking whacked it into second gear to get through when it went BANG!
Result was no gears at all! And this was on a Friday too!
Anyway I got "medieval with its ass" and managed to get third gear so thought that will do and drove it home from Hounslow to Borehamwood near Watford up the M4 & round the M25 I only stalled it a couple of times and 50 mph was good enough for rush hour on the motorways........
Took about 5 weeks to get it fixed from Ford so I had a hire can with no tracker for that time, happy days!
One the way home I saw a set of traffic lights were about to go red so without thinking whacked it into second gear to get through when it went BANG!
Result was no gears at all! And this was on a Friday too!
Anyway I got "medieval with its ass" and managed to get third gear so thought that will do and drove it home from Hounslow to Borehamwood near Watford up the M4 & round the M25 I only stalled it a couple of times and 50 mph was good enough for rush hour on the motorways........
Took about 5 weeks to get it fixed from Ford so I had a hire can with no tracker for that time, happy days!
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One Sunday evening on the way back from Santa pod a friends Granada dies, no fuel coming through. The role pin through the operating arm on the fuel pump had worn through, one bent tent peg later we were on our way again.
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Volvo estate that I once had broke down, With no petrol getting through, Problem was, the little cross bar on the bottom diaphragm rod had not been turned 90* when originally fitted and had worked for years just with one side hooked under the operating arm and it had now worn off completely, I wrapped the diaphragm in a wet rag, Gas welded a "blob"where the missing piece had been and dressed to suit, Refitted correctly and it never gave any more trouble
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Someone I knew of was .... err up to no good in the back of his minivan up a rough farmtrack, got rather energetic & bounced the pump down on a stone & broke it. Needed more than new points after that. Dirty lucky sod.
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The clutch cable on my Hillman Avenger pulled through the bulkhead on my way back from Weymouth with my mates so I pulled over, had a rummage in my toolbox, pulled the cable back through and locked it in place with a pair of mole grips.
I sold the car many months later with the mole grips still on it.
I sold the car many months later with the mole grips still on it.
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that would double its valueThe clutch cable on my Hillman Avenger pulled through the bulkhead on my way back from Weymouth with my mates so I pulled over, had a rummage in my toolbox, pulled the cable back through and locked it in place with a pair of mole grips.
I sold the car many months later with the mole grips still on it.
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I sold the car many months later with the mole grips still on it.
I bought a Landrover from a dealer, didn't think the brakes were up to much and when I investigated I found a hose clamp on the rear brake hose. It came with a brand new MOT too.
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I bought an LR 90 with a new MOT, there was no bulb in the rear fog lamp and no horn fitted.
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I did a first mot on L/R defender and failed it on left hand drive headlights ! and the guy who owned it from new hadnt noticed !! either 
hard to believe, I spotted it before it went on the headlight tester, but it caused a lot of hassle in L/R and the dealers the factory saying it was impossible to get through all the checks it went through before delivery ------ HUM
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hard to believe, I spotted it before it went on the headlight tester, but it caused a lot of hassle in L/R and the dealers the factory saying it was impossible to get through all the checks it went through before delivery ------ HUM.
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Years ago was pillion on my brothers bike and it snapped its throttle cable, but rather than trying to repurpose the choke cable, we worked out the stub was long enough for me to pull the remains of the throttle cable inner from the pillion but it wouldnt stretch the bars, so he could operate clutch/brakes etc and I'd give it throttle.
Trouble with this was I was a fair bit less conservative with how much throttle I gave things than him, and we had a few accidental wheelies etc, he was the colour of boiled something by the time we got near home.
Trouble with this was I was a fair bit less conservative with how much throttle I gave things than him, and we had a few accidental wheelies etc, he was the colour of boiled something by the time we got near home.
