Capri
Over Easter weekend, we took another look at the Capri. We found one stupid mistake in particular – the book I had been copying my timing positions off, there was a dark photo in it of the crank pulley which I thought was facing the other direction, so I had marked on the final timing of 36(ish) degrees btdc as around 22 atdc, because I was marking it relevant to the last timing mark on the pulley, and it was going in the wrong direction.
We got the timing belt on nicely – previously it had a lot of slack in it, we timed it with the strobe gun and checked the mixture with a colortune and everything seemed to be running nicely. The fueling was already pretty good, so we didn’t change it. We moved it down to a family farm to keep it out of the rain, unfortunately one of the coolant hoses wasn’t on tight enough and it pished a bit of coolant when it got very hot, but nothing major. When I first got the Capri the fueling must have been a bit lean or something, because it hesitated when you tried to give it the beans from low revs, but now it’s running better than I’ve ever had it. The engine is a bit rattely. I think that could be the valve clearances, but I’m not sure, I might take a look at them soon. I’ll take in the boot lid to the bodyshop class next week to try to get the rust on the back sorted out. I’ll try to get it MOT’d in May, and maybe put 6 months tax on it after that, and see if I can get some classic insurance.
Jobs to do:
- Tighten up the coolant system
- Stop the engine rattling
- Get the rust sorted out
- Get tax, MOT and insurance
- Fit the twin 45 weber carbs
- Clean up, and fit the compomotive wheels
Scirocco
The Scirocco is running okay, though it does need to fettled before it’s just right. I haven’t got the choke cable on it yet, and I think that’s probably the major cause of it running poorly. I can’t seem to find the timing marker on it either to check the timing on it. Can’t seem to find the fuel adjustment screw either mind you.
Jobs to do:
- Get the choke cable on
- Make sure the fueling is okay
- Make sure the timing is okay
- Possibly swap out the dizzy for a different one, to eliminate the misfire
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