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Feb 21st, 2020, 16:37 | #191 | |
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Seriously, those lamps are extremely bright, a mate of mine put one under the parcel shelf of his hatchback and when i opened the tailgate, i had to reach for my sunglasses! Go with the 12829 bulbs for now or better still, these : https://www.classiccarleds.co.uk/col...ction/12vba7bl The 12829 bulb is also known as the BA7s, that one has a blue LED to match the blue filter.
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Thank you for the info regarding the LED light, the incandescent ones are on their way and I dare say will last at least a decade each, so a box of 10 will see out the rest of my lifetime :-) Alan |
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A couple of useful(?) bits of info
Just dug out my original 240 manual (Haynes ISBN 085696591X): warm idle is 850rpm, and there's a note saying that a Tecalemit B181 air filter as used on F%rd Granada 2.8 from 1977 will fit the B21; it might be worth checking if this is the case for the Royal Barge.
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Remove the three (or is it two) bolts holding the air filter box onto the carb Alan and move it out of the way. Unscrew the damper from the dashpot, insert the middle finger of your other hand so you can lift the piston up with it and top up the hollow rod in the centre of the piston with ATF - NOT engine oil, 3-in-One or anything else - to about 1/4" below the top of the damper tube. Insert the damper back in and lower the piston gently so you can remove your finger. Push the damper gently back in (you should feel a fair bit of resistance) and when you can get to the point of screwing the top of the damper in, do it gently. I always used to turn it anticlockwise until it "dropped" into place in the thread, avoided cross threading this way! Tighten it up finger tight and refit the air cleaner box to the carb. Give it a test run.
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What a lovely drawing - my carburettor is a Pierburg DVG, but the design looks much the same as the Stromberg. I'll change the air filter and the diaphragm (because I have a couple of spares), clean out the jets and re-fill with ATF as you describe. I suspect that will have the engine purring nicely at 900RPM (the plugs are less that 1000 miles old and the ignition is electronic). I took the Royal Barge out on some needless errand yesterday eve - the headlamps are quite acceptable now. The instrument lights are a minor irritation - too much light in the middle, none at the edges - but that will go back to standard about Tuesday next week. I'll get the bits and pieces I need for the fog lamp relay ordered today, and get that fitted sometime next week. If the weather isn't too bd I might fit the driving lamps today. Bob seems to be completely recovered now. He is wondering why we haven't left for out 06:30 walk (I'm finishing my tea Bob). Alan |
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Holdens are the people for old classic bulbs, etc:
https://www.holden.co.uk/c/electrica...g_lamps/page/2 |
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How long should the engine take to warm up?
It may be that I’m just used to modern aluminium engines that warm up quickly, but it does seem to me that the Royal Barge warms up a bit slowly. I drive in to town to get some breakfast at the Wetherspoons this morn and took a longer route, so about 6 miles. The temperature gauge had only just stirred (about a quarter of its range). Is this normal or could the thermostat not be closing fully? Perhaps my expectations are just more than can be satisfied by a large lump of cast iron? I think I’ve just noticed this recently since reducing the tickover speed from 1500 to 900RPM, obviously I need a bit more of the fast idle now.
I’ll take a longer route home, along the Geddington bypass (about 10 miles I should think) and see if that gets it up to temperature. I’m planning to change the coolant in the next few weeks (because I don’t know when that was last done) and have a new thermostat in the spares box the PO gave me, I suppose it might make sense to change both at the same time and see if that makes any difference. Alan |
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