FITZ4X4

I've used these in the past and no probs. http://www.onlinepallet.co.uk/

ditto another Frank Pickles fan,,, my fully modified 90 was £110.80 fully comp 3000 miles,,,,,amazing.

Looks like a good time was had by all, well done Steve 8th is a good result. more pics here http://hbro.co.uk/albums/?cmd=show_thumbs&...202007&tn=1

Steve AN Other is now COC for the RTV. Just as well as I will be indulging on Sat Evening at the Christmas party. I'll be there on the Saturday to help set out. Cheers Fitz

I've just got back from a sunny week in Cyprus and yes can confirm it's all happening next weekend 1st & 2nd Dec. Should be fun afer the HBRLO Xmas party on the Sat night. I will be breath teasting all entrants:) That's if I sober up in time from last weeks beer feast:) Steve I expect to see you you entering on the Sunday, we need at least one punter for the RTV. I promosise to make it easy. OK we know that's not true but I hope every one turns out becase we will be trying our best to give you all all good time at Brohead our local venue. Cheers Fitz BTW avoid Cyprus at all cost. It's just to nice all that sun, good food at cheap booze it could put you off playing in the cold and mud. Thev'e also got 100 miles off off road tracks, it's amazing where you can get a Ford Focus hire car when you try, so much for the 4x4 only signs:)

The world-famous Red Arrows have been banned from appearing at the 2012 London Olympics because they are deemed "too British". Organisers of the event say that the Arrows military background might be "offensive" to other countries taking part in the Games. The display team have performed at more than 4000 events worldwide, but the Department of Culture, Media and Sport have deemed the display team "too militaristically British". Red Arrows pilots were said to be "outraged", as they had hoped to put on a truly world class display for the Games, something which had never been seen before. Being axed from a British-based event for being "too British" is an insult - the Arrows are a symbol of Britain. The Red Arrows have been excellent ambassadors for British overseas trade, as they display their British-built Hawk aircraft all over the world. The Arrows performed a short flypast in 2005 when the winning bid was announced, but their flypast at the Games was to have been truly spectacular. It is to be hoped that common sense prevails If you disagree with this decision, sign the petition on the link below http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/RedArrows2012/?ref=redArrows2012

This must be worth pinning this at the top for a while.

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Thanks for the replys guys. I fitted a new potetiometer and it was still the same. fitted new coolant temp sensor and still the same. I then went round all the other components in turn and found that by almost removing the over run fuel relay the problem was temporaraly cured. So I reckon it's something to do with that or the vaccum switch that controls it. It's run OK since, I'm waiting for it to play up again. I will then replace the relay with a shorting wire if that cures it it will prove that the fault is in that circuit. As far as I'm concerend it is just another thing to go wrong so if it is that I will probably just leave it wired out.

1986 3.5 efi has been running 100% perfect until last week. I had been out for a drive on the way home it started to cut out at low revs. To get home I increased the tickover on the throttle cable. after about two miles the tick over revs went up high so I put the cable back to it's original position and it ran perfect with good tick over. I did notice when it was playing up that it was smoking. When I got home I started it a few times and the tick over was normal and no smoke. So I thought that was the end of it. I got in it to go to a RTV trial on Sunday and as soon as I started it was obvious the problem had returned cutting out at due to lower than normal tickover and excess smoke. I drove the 20 miles to the trial site hoping it would fix its self again but no joy. When I got there it was still cutting out and excess smoke. Decided I could not drive an RTV like that so adjusted the throttle cable to give me normal tic over and set of home. Half way home the tick over revs went up. I got out reset the throttle cable and drove home about 10 miles and it was driving perfectly with no smoke and normal tick over. Got home switched it off and started it half a dozen times and all was normal. Got in it yesterday to try it and guess what the problem is back. I'm convinced the problem is due to it over fueling. BTW I've had the ninth plenum injector disconnected and blanked of for years. So the question is.... what will cause a 3.5 efi to overfuel after different running times? I've just tried it with a borrowed ECU and Air Flow meter and it's still the same. These were known good units (thanks Nige T) so that rules them out. I also shorted out the temp sensor plug and that had no effect. The temp sensor also gave the correct readings, so for the moment I'll assume it's OK. I tested the throttle potentiometer and had 4.35 volts between green and yellow (ECU voltage) which is correct. But when I measured between green and red I GOT 4.35 volts, the reading should be 0.3 - 0.36 volts. It would only adjust down to about 4 volts. Very strange was that as I opened the throttle (reved up) the voltage (green to red) went down so that on full throttle it was down to 1.5 volts. This is the reverse of what should happen the voltage should rise as the throttle is opened. All very confusing. I then tested the voltage at the Potentiometer plug from the ECU (potentiometer unplugged) As expected I still got 4.35 volts green to yellow but I got 2.7 volts green to red. I'm not sure if this is correct. I'm going to buy a new throttle potentiometer tomorrow but I would be very interested to know what voltage I should have on the green to red from the ECU does anyone know or could you check what your reads for me please. I can't find this info in any of the efi test sheets I have.