andytommo

thanks pinky- got mail

Thanks my beauties! you are all lovely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was starting to feel all alone in my nut quest! ill be off to halfrauds tommorow morning for somw M5 and M6 action. angus- ooh you cheeky monkey. The 190 Cosworth minicab is going to become my only car soon and 2 of the studs holding the cam cover have snapped!- it pisses oil onto the manifold creating a smoke screen and fire risk so ive grounded her for a few days (fix iminent -new studs from germany) listen, ive had to sell my caterham, ☹️ - new owner Tim Woolcott picks her up next week.(he runs the Mgs on track part of the mg owners club) Its to sponsor my new architecture business's purchase of a new office. I wish Tim all the best and no doubt you will accept him as one your own as you have me! am very gutted- but can i still be buddies with everyone and be on blatchat? i plan to get another caterham when I am more rich and famous than norman Foster!(could be while then i hear you say) andy

Ive got an MGF engined K series car. Ive lost the little nut which holds the alternator wires onto the Marelli alternator. (it has worked loose off the largest of the two terminals. tried caterham- they have to order one from italy- could take weeks tried rover dealer near me-"sorry mate etc" How do i specify this little nut-how do i describe it to nut experts! where do i get one? its like the quest for the holy grail andy

Ive just lowered the price for blatchatters. If you want to view it e-mail me. If its not gone by next week i'll get the estate agents in. Andy

Your are quite right Mo Original- I have edited the post to say which photos are specifically of the flat.

2 Bed flat in Putney, London. Excellent condition. The flat was recently refurbished by us for ourselves We didnt intend to sell it. 1 Private Garage in communal gardens (room for a 7 or tin top) New bathroom and kitchen designed by architect New gas boiler and central heating with modern finned radiators designed by architect 5 mins walk to Putney tube or station-The 2 rooms mean it would make an excellent buy to rent for your kids at University in London college or first buy for a person who wants a garage. Unrivalled views and access to Wimbledon Common,balcony, Just jump on your mountain bike and you dont have to ride on any roads to get to Richmond park across wimbledon common. private parking for a second car. Security gates £265K View on www.abode.org.uk (in the gallery section there are photos of the flat.) The 3rd photo is the finned radiator we designed for the flat.(of which there are 3 of differing designs in the flat) The 6th photo is the new bathroom The 7th photo looks to the living room from the new kitchen The 7th photo is the new kitchen The 10th photo is the radiator we Edited by - andytommo on 30 Dec 2004 17:34:05 Edited by - andytommo on 4 Jan 2005 13:50:39

Thanks fordy, if it turns out to be the MEMS unit i'm going to jump up and down on it repeatedly and them drive over it with my working car. Then i will save up and buy an emerald

John, Thanks One of my freinds who lives in Dulwich has offered use of his emerald- its set up for his 1800cc MGF. (a very rude looking MGF) This might save your kind daughter from ferrying your one about. I really feel like the small problems i'm having are nothing to worry about when you are lucky enough to have you guys offering help and advice. what a great club this is We will try his emerald on saturday. So the emerald doesn't need to be matched to the 5AS?

Ony my car security or locking is carried out by by a Shurlock immobiliser. The Japanese spec idea is something that Peter Carmicheal mentioned when he helped me do the engine conversion (Low Flying October 2003 edition) i thought all you needed to fire was a matched ECU and lucas 5AS immobiliser.

Thanks steve Thanks John, thats very generous of you, crikey, I might take you up on that if i may. I could give donation to NTL. The ECU from my car is from a 1600K anyway and it used to worked beautifully. so-If i did plug in your borrowed ECU and 5AS (with plippper?) and it fires up sweetly-Then my ECU has been lobotmised! - If i plugged in your borrowed ECU and 5AS there is no improvement then- i could discount the ecu as being the problem. Sorry inspector 71, yes I have the matched Lucas 5AS unit, but has never required a plipper. (something aout it being Japanese spec.) Im above my head here.

Sorry i havnt replied sooner- thank you very much this was a great help James, steve and Tom. If you have any knowledge of ECU could you help answer my latest query in the tech talk section?

Is it really you Elvis? 😬 I just knew it! Does your 7 sit in your garage next to your gold plated Cadilac and that de Tomaso Pantera that you shot with your pistol? Seriously-Thanks for replying.

it's a rover mems unit.

1) I had some problems with the alternator on my Rover K 1800cc.(the battery died and it turned out there was no resistor wired into the electric cut out circuit) The alternator + cut off switch were the culprits so i replaced them both succesfully. 2)When i tried to start up again it didnt work 3)I sought the advice of lots of generous chaps on here (including mike malloy etc) 4)Got an auto electrician in who diagnosed that the Japanese spec ECU (no plipper mechanism) had become "coded" when I was replacing the alternator and cut off. He took the ECU away and said he was going to "decode it." He said that he would also cut "circuit 13" which would mean it could never recode. 5) We refitted the ECU on friday and the car runs like a bag of nails I was scheptical, but It idles ok and the electrician said that I needed to take it for drive so the ECU could "relearn." he left I have since taken it for a few drives and the engine sounds like its running on three cylinders all the way up to 5000 revs, beyond which it revs freely and happily. So it idles ok but wont rev in the normal driving range. As you open the throttle the car feels like its being slowly strangled until the red line where it works fine (and leaves two smoking black marks on the road behind) This must be the ECU mustn't it? 🤔 Before this saga begain the car ran fine (obviously apart from the odd flat battery due to the dodgy alternator circuit.) has the ECU been accidentally damaged by the "decoding" process?

Dear Fellow 7 'ers I have got an automotive electrician coming round tommorow to resurect my 7.(hopefully) Have any of you guys got a wiring diagram for 1800 K-series that might help him ? If it was in digital format somewhere then i could pass it to him. Yours hopefully Andy