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Ray Pearce

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  1. Yes, it has got a rev limiter.

    It does work in neutral but won't help if you buzz the engine by changing down a gear rather than up.

    I think it will be fine - a quick blip in neutral with the limiter doing it's job will have no ill effects.

  2. These two conflicting statements caught my eye

    I also have not disconnected the car from the battery, everything is still connected.

     

    I had connected the CTEK via the little snap adaptor that comes with it so that I screwed the two cables into the battery permanently

    Are you sure that you didn't disturb the battery connections while adding the CTEK connector?

  3. If anyone doesn't know about the foam. This is what I found when I had oil pressure issues.

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     And this was what my oil pickup looked like.

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    Ditch the foam, drill a hole in the sump gasket shelf and fit a mechanical oil pressure gauge

  4. I had an awful knocking noise from the near side. It normally appeared at low speeds, on uneven roads or when cornering. I was pretty much convinced that I needed to replace the rear suspension bushes but couldn't detect any play despite pushing and pulling everywhere. This went on for a month or more before I managed to create the noise with a violent sideways shove on the roll bar. After a few more shakes I finally tracked the noise down. When I ordered the kit 20 years ago, I didn't specify 4 point harnesses, so it came with 3 point lap and diagonals. When I later installed harnesses I left the 3 pointers in place and the noise was the tongue of the belt swinging and knocking against the side skin behind the passenger seat. I still have no idea why it started clonking after 19 years but I was very relieved to find the source.

  5. Yep - the horn press button prises out (but has a wire connected to it) disconnect the wire, undo the nut and then use a ratchet strap between the wheel and the roll bar to prevent getting smacked in the mouth when the wheel suddenly releases from the splines as you are pulling it. (BTDTGTTS)

    My usual problem is the spring-loaded "pen" that touches the contact ring slipping back through it's mount (this stops the horn working) but yours sounds like there is a short somewhere - possibly the contact ring coming loose as described above.

  6. I'm sure that Out-Of-A-Box Designs Ltd could come up with a lightweight composite replacement for those heavy aluminium? stanchions.

    (T's &C's apply. Not suitable for use in rain. No liability accepted for any damage howsoever caused .)

     

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