(03-09-2016, 05:52 AM)Piggy Wrote: Great news
Maybe the oem one had sat on a shelf for 10yrs?
(03-09-2016, 07:39 AM)Paul Baldwin Wrote: Well done :-)
As Piggy syas maybe the OE one is literally past its shelf life? I used to have problems with certain sort of perishable Cortina bits for my kit-car years ago, maybe what's happened here. I take it you're going to return that pipe for a refund as it's clearly not fit for purpose.
More like 20 years piggy, you maybe right about it been past its shelf life. Where it has gone though, is on the bleeder section of the pipe.
No point in hassling about with that paul, I may have binned the receipt some months ago now. Ordered another one anyway. The throttle cable I cannot get a replacement for the love of money! Its a later MPI one too, either that stuff was well sort after or there wasn't enough spares made up. So of the older stuff you can get hold of, Ie early carb and injection. But then again, those were more common that mpi.
Do you still have your Kit car paul? midas boys used to share our info on the owners club before the forum came on line. I sold the carb loom from this shell to one.
(03-09-2016, 12:17 PM)Danny Wideboy Wrote: Wahey! She's back.
Good news mate, worth the perseverance.
one massive balls ache though, The coil pack is a nightmare, with it been at the back of the engine. f*ck knows what the crac is there. Either the connectors were on the wrong way, or the leads at a problem.
Still not out of the woods yet, got to change a hose but all looks stable for now.
be another few weeks before it will hit the road I think.