Chris W Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 I have just taken delivery today of a factory-built new 1.8 140bhp SV. Christmas is here at last! Apologies if some of these questions have come up before, but I'm brand new to blatchat. It's also 3am!!! Do all blatchatters stay up so late? I'm going to talk to CC tomorrow of course on some of the issues below but your previous experience is really welcome. 1. Where can I get the aircraft style flip up ignition switch in the UK? (I have seen the Longacre product on the web with the switch and starter button combined on one panel but I would prefer to get the items and mount them separately. 2. I don't have a steering lock (or it's not working). Is this because I have a Q/R Momo s/wheel? 3. The hazard warning switch emits a loud buzz as I switch it on or off. Is that normal and, if so, why? It works perfectly otherwise. 4. The handbook says that an intermittent wipe is fitted. However, following the handbook instructions (switch on wipers to low then off) doesn't make it function? 5. The nose cone is fixed by two quick release clips with large screwdriver slots situated on the sides where the bonnet fits over it. The front is held in place by the fibre glass moulding resting on and slightly around a chassis member. Is this correct? The nosecone can be moved quite a bit by hand even once the bonnet is back on. 6. I know I'm being dumb, but where have they hidden the coil, distributor and spark plugs? Unless they're way down low somewhere, I really can't see them..... and I don't believe in perpetual motion!! many thanks Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miraz Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 1. Lots of options, Demon Tweeks and Vehicle Wiring Products are probably sensible places to start. 2. Yes 3. Yes 4. Don't believe the handbook 5. Complain about the fit of the bonnet and nosecone and have the factory rectify the problem asap - I let them convince me that it would be ok and now need some substantial work done to the car in order to repair the damage done by the nosecone moving around at speed. The nosecone has cut through the front of the ali sideskins, the powedercoat on the bottom chassis rail, and the corners of the bonnet have chafed through the paintwork on the scuttle and nosecone. 6. There is no distributor - you have two coils mounted under the plastic cover on top of the engine - if you are really curious then undoing the three visible bolts will reveal all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjwb Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Unless they have changed for the SV; there should be two more quarter turn fasteners under the nosecone with the wire clips being fitted teh fibreglass There are two flat plates welded to the front cross tube where the fasteners are located. As for the wipers - your guess is a good as anyone's Mine have a mind of their own, although I have to say, do operate on an intermittent cycle at some combination of switch flicking ❗ Steve B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miraz Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 None of the current cars have the extra fasteners under the nosecone. They stopped fitting the intermittent wiper controls a little while ago, but the manual never changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-B Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 there is no intermittent wiper on an SV, just slow and fast. never seen any coils under plastic cover, just spark plugs and sp leads btw.. Steve Metalic Black SV-VHPD click here to see our pictures.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miraz Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 That's cos your VHPD engine has an old fashioned distributor setup...the eu3 engines have the coils directly on top of the plugs under the plastic cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-B Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 fair enough i stand edumacated 😬 Steve Metalic Black SV-VHPD click here to see our pictures.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V7 SLR Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 You don't have intermittent wipers? Why not? Can I disable mine (bloody useless anyway)? Nosecone may be helped by fitting a thick foam self sticky strip on the chassis member. From memory, the "hook" part of the nose, where it unsuccessfully wraps round the chassis member, is not a tight fit. A chunk of foam strip will help this. I've seen it work quite successfully. Worcs L7 club joint AO.//Membership No. 4379//Azure Blue SLR No. 0077//Se7ens List Tours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceW Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Draught excluder strip worked well on mine here. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Grundy Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Welcome to Blatchat Chris, hope your delighted with your new aquisition. Check that there aren't any fastenings underneath the nosecone, mines a recent one and it has them fitted, getting them to fit properly however is another matter!! You'll have to come along to the area meeting at the folly near Towcester, third Tuesday of every month., good friendly bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W Posted January 29, 2003 Author Share Posted January 29, 2003 Thanks for all the helpful feedback. I spoke to CC this morning and their response was as follows: Steering Lock - not fitted with Q/R wheel Hazard Warning switch does have a buzzer in it which activates during the brief moment of switching - no use, just happens to be the switch they use Intermittent Wipe - stopped fitting it 4 years ago because it was "useless". They didn't realise it was still in the handbook. I was pleased as I had built a wiper delay circuit prior to delivery and now I get to use it! The nose cone question: more problematic this one. They claimed the 2 clips (called "Zeus" clips I discovered!) and the fitment over the lower chassis member are perfectly adequate. After I pointed out that the nosecone still moved even with the bonnet on and that other Blatchat members had had related problems, they said that they would fit a strip of rubber (as per your useful replies earlier) over the lower chassis member at the 500 mile service!! Re the aircraft flip up ignition switch - Demon Tweek only do the panel mounted Longacre product and Vehicle Wiring don't do one. Any other ideas please? Also I asked CC about tyre pressures as the handbook states 16psi front and rear for my 16" 205/45's but they were delivered with a pressure of 22psi all round. (excuse the pun) What do you think? CC said that 22psi is better if one is going to use it mainly on the road. thanks again for the help Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Carmichael Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 22psi sounds high. "Dzus clips", FWIW. I am reckoning on using industrial velcro to attach the flat rearward facings of the nosecone. Don't wait 500 miles as the damage will be done. Demon Tweeks do sell the flip up switches. Try asking for Dave Kimberly. He knows exactly which item you need. They do a neat three position switch which avoids the need for any starting button, which is my preferred setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W Posted January 29, 2003 Author Share Posted January 29, 2003 Thanks Peter - spoke to Dave Kimberley and ordered the switch you suggested (£30.93 inc VAT and postage). It will appear on their website soon rather than just the panel mounted versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-B Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 chris you may want to get some hoop velcro strips and apply then to the body work just by above/in front of the rear wheels where the SV "doors" meet. for some reason there's more than a bit of spray on SV's that comes in there. keeps them closed better ❗ Steve Metalic Black SV-VHPD click here to see our pictures.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I reply to every thread Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 I'm puzzled by the absence of the lower Dzus....... I don't dispute it but don't understand how the nosecone is held on now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miraz Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 That's the problem...it isn't really held on by anything, unless the bonnet fit to the nosecone is perfect it moves around a fair bit in the airflow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I reply to every thread Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 So what was wrong with the old system? Did you get my mail this morning re the voucher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W Posted January 29, 2003 Author Share Posted January 29, 2003 I've put two strips of dark coloured draught excluder side by side on the nosecone where it "fits" over the lower chassis member and a further strip where the nosecone sits under the bonnet and also where the bonnet sits on the body in front of the windscreen. The latter two are simply to augment the existing hard rubber that CC put on. It's made the whole thing somewhat more rigid or, more accurately, less loose ❗ but it's not engineering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miraz Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Did you get my reply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-B Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 that actually makes better sense than my putting on the self-adhesive rubber strip on the bottom of the cone where it rests on the supports to force it in a bit more. i'll have to get some more and give that a go. i've had my car up to 145 mph and the nosecone hasn't wobbled, or at least with my eyes jiggling at that speed it didn't appear to be. but have seen a cone come up and over on the *ky sports coverage last season.. BTW Chris, check the thread aircraft type protected cover ign. switch as anthony has found what you're looking for for about 1/2 price ❗ Steve Metalic Black SV-VHPD click here to see our pictures.... Edited by - w1scb on 29 Jan 2003 16:49:14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miraz Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Grab the end of the nosecone and lift up and push back a little, you might be surprised how much it can move.. If you look at this picture - here you can clearly see how much the front of the bonnet lifts at around 80-90mph. If the bonnet lifts like this then there is nothing to stop the nosecone rocking backwards.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-B Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 interesting geoff mine doesn't do that. perhaps the difference in when our chasis were made? Steve Metalic Black SV-VHPD click here to see our pictures.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miraz Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Some bonnets seem to fit better than others - the chassis should be the same, but the bonnets are much less precise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-B Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 i have thought about putting a dzus fastener on the bottom of the cone, but don't want to have to jack the car up in case of a quick removal needed Steve Metalic Black SV-VHPD click here to see our pictures.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I reply to every thread Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Nope! Try again or try matt.aves@tinyworld.co.uk (My spam account!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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