28-08-2022, 04:11 PM
The other day, there was a post regarding an engine that wouldn't start - was it coil, wiring etc etc. I think I replied something like wire the coil direct to the battery.
Well, today whilst on a club outing 32 deg C !! phew.. engine stopped and we coasted onto the grass verge. Within a few minutes, 5 or 6 heads appeared .... questions, questions .... I had had a few murmurings from the ignition switch the other week causing the ammeter to swing about.
Thinking that the switch was the problem, I was able to quickly run a cable from battery + to the + side of the coil and we were back in business. Just shows how useful a length of wire and two crocodile clips can be !! Incidentally and of absolutely no need to know, the wire was taken from a scrapped Vickers Valiant bomber which was being broken up in 1965 at Weybridge - the wire is still flexible and insulation in good order!
Now I had better get down to the shed and fix that switch before we go on a longer jog with Bruce alias Reckers.
Bob
Well, today whilst on a club outing 32 deg C !! phew.. engine stopped and we coasted onto the grass verge. Within a few minutes, 5 or 6 heads appeared .... questions, questions .... I had had a few murmurings from the ignition switch the other week causing the ammeter to swing about.
Thinking that the switch was the problem, I was able to quickly run a cable from battery + to the + side of the coil and we were back in business. Just shows how useful a length of wire and two crocodile clips can be !! Incidentally and of absolutely no need to know, the wire was taken from a scrapped Vickers Valiant bomber which was being broken up in 1965 at Weybridge - the wire is still flexible and insulation in good order!
Now I had better get down to the shed and fix that switch before we go on a longer jog with Bruce alias Reckers.
Bob