tony isherwood

Bricks sound a little unkind ! I use a couple of 8 X 2 timber with a ramp and one end and and small lip (anti roll off) at the other. Lifts the car (2 inch) enough to get most jacks under.

Found this on another forum, (Mind you it was refering to stonking great diesel engines !) Wondered if it might be pertinate to K series with immobilisers ? " Upon return to the UK I contacted an auto electrician who said that he had come across this fault before. He said that the immobiliser was fitted in such a way as to deny the starter motor solenoid sufficient voltage to operate (signal from ignition switch followed a tortuous route through immobiliser, causing a voltage drop, then to solenoid). He said this would be worse in hot weather. He then wired in a relay (signal wire after the immobilser to pull in feed wire from battery) to give full battery voltage to the starter solenoid. This seemed a bit simple to me but the proof is in the eating, and I have had no problems since, and this includes a very hot 3 weeks (early June 2002) in France. "

In this flurry of cars for sale, are there any kits, or part finished cars for sale ? Asking on behalf of a wannabe Se7ener TonyIsh

Alex You have mail (if you havn't already found it !) Thanks for the link Jeff, Interesting (and expensive !). TonyIsh Edited by - tony isherwood on 3 Jul 2002 08:23:27

Must have !! cdrom, 14 inch screen, say 550 meg upwards CPU otherwise spec can be more or less anything wil do if the price is right Thanks Tony.isherwood@btinternet.com

Yes I know should be in the wanted list ! (It is ) but I ALSO know that sometimes YOU don't always look in there ! TonyIsh tony.isherwood@btinternet.com

Or similar Tony Isherwood

Car now sold but for those interested pics are at www.btinternet.com/~ishinfo/daisy.htm

SOLD this AM. I will be mailing those that have contacted me Tony Ish Information Model 1400 SuperSport Year 1995 Engine Rover K Series SuperSport 125 BHP @ 7000 RPM Exhaust 4 into 1 Gearbox 5 speed (modified by BGH with higher 1st and lower 5th ratios) Limited Slip Diff. Axle De-dion Harness Willans 6 point x2 Wheel Momo quick release Roll Cage FIA Colour Caterham Yellow with green strip, Yellow front mudguards /Green rear mudguards (Looks better than it reads!) Green leather seats, tunnel cover and dashboard. Wheels 6-1/2“J x 13” Tyres Yoko 021Rs 4 New (less than 100 miles) Front / rear adjustable spring mountings Full high vis soft-top plus tourneau cover & hood bag Brooklands aero screens (fitted now) History Full service history Mileage 20k MOT Taxed May 2003 Also 7 grill, footwell carpets , Full bills / service history etc. I am the 2nd owner, First owner was Doug Newman (Gold Arts) who raced it for a year and also used as a road car. During that time Paul Harvey (Weston Road Garage) maintained the car carrying out pre and post race servicing. Car was built / registered in 1995 and purchased by me in 1997 after not being in use for 6 months. The car has been a run and used as a Weekend road car by me and rev-limited by my good lady. Price £11,950 (or so) Reason for sale, Going soft, going SV ! Tony Isherwood Horsham West Sussex. 01403 260025 Pictures availiable as soon as I can get my ftp site working ! Edited by - tony isherwood on 2 Jun 2002 14:55:11 Edited by - tony isherwood on 8 Jun 2002 13:17:20

There was a well written and photographed (not by me I might add !) article in Low Flying some issues ago about installation and lessons learnt.

Ideas, types, recommendations, prices, etc ?

A lot of 1400SS were built for road / racing, might be worth checking if you have LSDiff. Jack rear up, turn rear wheel and the other wheel will turn in the same dirrection. (Took me a year to find out I had one !) PS do a search on "1400" in the archives for a LOTTA information. Edited by - tony isherwood on 10 May 2002 11:38:55

And go off when the headlights are on full beam. (Or is just my car ?)

Re our discussion about wheel clamps etc, I have a clamp (heavy and ugly, a bit like Nige really !) that I used with the caravan, if you are still interested. Can wait until the next meeting @ Dailpost.

I would suggest that you hitch up, with some weight taken by the tow hitch , some by the jockey wheel when loading. When loaded, unhitch, roll the car forward enough (say a 9 inches to a foot)check the nose weight of the hitch (Bathroom scales / length of wood trailer set level or to the height of the towball) to make sure that it is set to the recommended nose weight for the car tow bracket. This varies from car to car / bracket to bracket. This can vary from 50 KG to 150 KG depending upon the vehicle. Failure not do this can cause all sorts of legal problems if Mr Plodd investigates, Your own safety and others if an "OH Sh*t" occurance takes place when you are driving. ! Make sure that the load on the trailer is secure, as any movement will affect negate all the work that you have done above. (and the car may fall off the trailer, which is not a good thing)