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did anyone find out where that rosie1 lives
jpindy3 - 24/6/09 at 08:53 PM

rosie1 who is having real pinto problems did anyone find out where him or her lives,

i just carnt understand that out of 5 garages not 1 could sort out a simple pinto

McLannahan - 24/6/09 at 09:05 PM

Scunthorpe according to an earlier post?

blakep82 - 24/6/09 at 09:13 PM

what were the actual problems he was having?

Steve G - 24/6/09 at 09:16 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
what were the actual problems he was having?


Garages who charge a fortune without fixing the problem it seems!!

blakep82 - 24/6/09 at 09:19 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Steve G
quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
what were the actual problems he was having?


Garages who charge a fortune without fixing the problem it seems!!


well, thats maybe some of it, but i remember him saying it wasn't running right, but i can't remember reading what was actually not right with it

Steve G - 24/6/09 at 10:10 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
quote:
Originally posted by Steve G
quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
what were the actual problems he was having?


Garages who charge a fortune without fixing the problem it seems!!


well, thats maybe some of it, but i remember him saying it wasn't running right, but i can't remember reading what was actually not right with it



£500 worth of bills and still not running right suggests he and several garages dont actually know. Having had a quick read of the previous threads, my bet is on the distributor not working with the specification of the engine (with that cam / carb). I think i'd be investing £120 and chucking megajolt on there and doing away with the dizzy and at least having full control of the ignition timing.

James - 25/6/09 at 09:53 AM

Where the hell is Scunthorpe anyway?

With a name like that it must be one of those terrible northern places up above Reading somewhere!





EDIT:
You're only just down the road from MK Rosie1.... have you asked them?

[Edited on 25/6/09 by James]

[Edited on 25/6/09 by James]

BenB - 25/6/09 at 09:54 AM

I had an old Xflow that baffled the experts. Used to be really difficult to get to run right. New points, new condensor etc all to no avail, no amount of mixture fiddling would do it either.

turned out to be the distributor was knackered (wasn't engaging properly into the driveshaft) so I had constantly varying ignition timing....

An external trigger wheel and a MS would be a good option indeed!

jossey - 13/9/10 at 07:26 PM

i live near rosie1.

my mate is a pinto expert he builds up old cortina's etc.

he could help.

scunthorpe is full of bloody idiots who know nothing about car engines.

although im sure there is good people out there but i had to explain to one garage what planet gears were.

dave j