Ferrari Mailing List: Re: A little OT - car projects

[Rick Lindsay (richardolindsay]

Morning CG, et al.,

> Do you really have a “winter” in Texas? :-p

Yea, its kinda like yours, if more mild and often damp. Good for garage work. Not so much for driving many days. Tres s#!tty for painting parts. Too much condensation. 

> But good project list.

Sadly, it never needs updating. Today I do hope to get the TR out for exercise. We'll see.  Biggest challenge is keeping it running for the trip home! Damned idle instability.

> I was wondering why we hadn’t heard more driving impressions on the

> Lotus yet. Should’ve known you would take it apart first, drive it later… ☺

Yea, I've had it around the block. Idles okay and is surprisingly strong above 3500rpm but 'progression' is problematic. I hope the issue is idle jet mixture as that controls the progression fuel:air ratio. Right now, it leans out and stumbles - then leaps.

The other issue is brakes. It pulls right upon braking. I suspect a stuck left front caliper cylinder but we'll see. I'll compress the cylinders, like when changing pads, shoot a little brake fluid on the bore to wet the seals, then apply hard pedal pressure. Perhaps a couple of iterations of that will free a sticking piston. Failing that, its caliper rebuilding time ... both sides plus new flex hoses and pads, of course. And gawd-only-knows what Shipwright's Disease might cause while I'm at it!!! But you know that...

> -- charles

Yep. And -rick