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Apr 3rd, 2017, 22:12 | #141 |
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Yes, I found an o ring that was a snug fit on the ball and super glued it to the arm, I bought some 8mm dia 1.5 mm wall thickness ally tube from eBay , cut the arm in half and " whittle " the two halves down so the slide up the tube , then I found a spring in my local handy man's that slipped over the tube and cut it and hooked the ends around the arm sockets
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Apr 30th, 2017, 01:14 | #142 | |
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Modified Swirl Flap Actuator Arm
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Any chance you could post a picture of your modified arm? That would be very useful indeed. Thanks in advance |
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May 25th, 2017, 07:36 | #143 |
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Dec 3rd, 2017, 12:37 | #144 |
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Hi.
This post will potentially help me a lot.... when I eventually logged in the pictures had disappeared. Any chance you still have them. Thanks Rob |
Dec 4th, 2017, 10:18 | #145 |
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Heres a couple of pics from the scrapbook, this was an alu angle bracket with a rubber block glued onto it, still going strong after 5+ years and 60k.. well worth fitting it to avoid the £700 bill and aggro ! |
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Dec 17th, 2017, 17:08 | #146 |
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Hi all,
It’s been really useful to read your posts, I have managed to refit the arm in the engine side with a thin bolt and nut, but the car is still lacking power. I’ve started and stopped the engine several times (more than 5) hoping the motor would recalibrate the lever’s position, but when I stop it I only hear it buzzing while in the rearward position (towards the engine), but it is not moving. On the other hand, when I start the engine I see it is in a different position, slightly forward, so it seems the motor is actually able to move, but I would expect when it calibrates it would move completely backwards and forwards a few times, but it hasn’t. Has anyone seen this too? Do I need to wait or do something more? Thanks in advance |
Dec 17th, 2017, 17:11 | #147 |
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You should be able to see the motor pulling the rod back and forwards fully. Are you sure the rod is free to move on the engine side? You haven't tightened the nut and bolt up too much? If not then it may be the stepper motor itself which has seized. You should be able to pick one up from a scrapyard.
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Dec 18th, 2017, 10:49 | #148 |
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It was free to move, I made sure before attaching back the actuator end of the arm. Anyone know any scrap yards in Dorking area? Thanks
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Jan 7th, 2018, 12:48 | #149 |
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Finally managed to get it fixed, the swirl arm servo motor needed resetting which a local mechanic did by plugging the machine to the car. But that wasn’t the main reason for the loss of power, it happened to be the throttle valve. Reading other posts about power loss I recognised the description of the metallic noise, and the mechanic checked and confirmed it. Thanks to my research in the forum I already knew the part numbers of the throttle valve, so I bought a used one in eBay for £90 and once arrived the mechanic took about 45 min. to replace it and recalibrate it with the computer, and now the car is great and no more messages appear.
I attach a couple of pictures of the removed throttle valve, we opened it to confirm the cause, I was pleased to find the smoking gun. |
Jan 19th, 2018, 07:31 | #150 |
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Hi All,
Having the ball joint issues now, would it be possible to fit a small rod end and threaded bar type assembly to replace the original plastic arm? Seems a bit more of a robust solution?
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