bobhavey

Good idea, I've mounted mine on the passenger visor [some hi-tech elastic bands..] I also crimped some spade terminals on to the leads from my Ebay cigarette lighter socket and they fit perfectly into the teminals of a Bosch 12v [ 10.8v] power tool battery, of which I have several lying around. so far that lives in the glove box and the lead goes up the windscreen pillar to the visor. Neat-ish.

The instant garage is working ok. I’d run out of garage space when I bought the Plymouth a few months back, so it was a practical and reasonably cheap solution. It cost around £350 and took about 2hr to erect; there were 50mph winds it’s first weekend and it survived ok. The climate here is mild but wet with a lot of seagulls so it protects the car but allows it to dry off if put away wet. It’s limitations are mainly you can’t heat it much and it’s not lockable - for insurance it counts as ‘vehicle parked in driveway’ not ‘vehicle garaged’

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For those of us with age-stiffened necks, this is quite a simple and non-disfiguring upgrade, and seems on brief trial [only fitted it today!] to work OK. The camera unit is solar powered and communicates wirelessly with the screen. I havent yet decided where to mount the screen, I'm not sure I want it on show all the time on the provided stalk mount. At the momentI've stuck it in the glovebox with it's 12v power supply which is jury rigged from a 12v flat start unit I was given [ the screen has a cigarette lighter plug but requires 12v]. I'm considering using a cheap powertool 12v battery as I've got several. The lines dont bend with your steering like a modern intelligent vehicle, but I think it'll reduce my chance of causing havoc with that industrial strength rear bumper.

modify that last reply - I went out yesterday on a 40mile round trip and specifically returned up the highway at a steady 55-60 and there was a slightly perceptible surge/hesitation in the vehicle progress so you mught be right aboutg it being lean, though I still think it smells a bit rich at idle and needs very little choke and for a very short time after startup [though that might be the natural thing with this engine, it's the first one I've owned. But it's looking increasingly like I might need to re-rebuild the carb; it was bought new or reconditioned by the last owner and fitted 'by a garage in Aberdeen' who I suspect didnt know much about older vehicles.

Not a surge, no, more a very slight sound/feeling of irregularity in the engine note. it’s a heavy vehicle so no irregularity in speed or progress

Another question for the experineced owner! The car's running really well now I've fettled all these things, but there's a very very slight irregularity in the motor at steady cruise 55-60mph. The ignition's all new Pertronix, plugs and leads new too, just wondered any thoughts on possible cause??

Some progress, i solved the fast idle - the rod in the throttle linkage was set too short so wouldnt allow the linkage to drop right on to the idle speed adjustment screw. Having unscrewed the rod a couple of turns I'm now getting a slower and stable idle with about 17" on the vacuum guage, and the car sounds fine and smells less rich, but the idle jet still has no effect even when fullly closed! on the whole, it sounds fine and functions Ok, I'm just a bit puzzled. I havent refuelled it yet to know if the gas consumption has improved! I think I'll have to decide if I want to tear down the carb to check on the step up - I've got the spare carb [ I've no idea why the previous owner purchased a new carb rather than rebuilding the old one] to practice on before I attack the one on the car.

Yes, I this this must be the problem. It idles a bit too fast and adjusting the idle speed screw doesn’t slow it unless you manually push the linkage closed. I was suspecting the throttle linkage spring was weak, but it sounds more like the throttle butterfly isn’t closing unless forced so it’s idling on air bypassing that and the idle jet is not working. I’ll have the air cleaner off and look at it.

By the way my name is Bob Harvey but having typed it wrong at registration I can’t correct it! (any forum administrators reading??) I got the notification for the meeting but since I’m in Cornwall it’s a bit if a run. I’m slowly extending the distance I drive, although the cars been 100% reliable so far (barring when I ran out of gas!). I’ve not gone further than 30 miles so far, though I plan to be in Dorset for my son’s wedding next year

Serial is 25064741. carb is the single barrel Carter. The one in the spares box and the one in the car are both stamped D6G1

I own a 1949 Special Deluxe, said to have been bought by a nun in California! Being a P15 I guess she got a good deal on a 1948 model left on the lot. Imported to the UK in 2015 in fantastic ‘survivor’ condition, and carefully brought up to running order by the guy I bought it off. He was meticulous, but I think he had the mechanical work done by others, and I’ve found one or two minor things make me think they weren’t maybe always the best. When I got it, the ignition was way retarded and it smelt really rich. Timing soon sorted but I’m puzzled by the carb. The idle mixture screw was way too far out so I connected a vacuum gauge and tightened it in, but to my surprise the engine still ran when hard tight. I took it out suspecting something lodged in the needle or seat, but seems clean. However it still runs fine, and smells less rich of course, when fully tightened home. Am I missing something? How’s the engine getting any gas if the idle jet is fully closed?? Book says half to one and a half turns out. I’m not familiar with this carb, but it seems pretty straightforward, and this one is new or rebuilt, fitted by previous owners. Grateful if anyone can tell me what I’m missing here!