HI ALL
JUST AQUIRED MY FIRST COSSIE IT'S AN EARLY SAPPHIRE 4X4 ON A 1990 H PLATE, PURCHASED IT OFF A GOOD MATE WHO HAS HAD IT SAT IN HIS GARAGE DOING NOTHING (I MEAN NOTHING OT EVEN STARTED!!!) FOR OVER A YEAR, HAD IT ABOUT 4 WEEKS AND AM WELL IMPRESSED, APPARENTLY RUNNING ABOUT 360 BHP???
PROBLEMS I HAVE BEEN HAVING ARE STARVING OF FUEL OR OVER FUELLING WHILST DRIVING AND ENGINE AT NORMAL TEMP JUST DIES LEAVE IT A WHILE AND IT WILL START AGAIN ONLY FOR THE PROBLEM TO RETURN LATER MAYBE A MILE OR 20 MILES DOWN THE ROAD, SORTED THIS OUT BY DISCONNECTING THE ICSV, IT HAS BEEN RUNNING FINE SINCE (@2 WEEKS) THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YESTERDAY STOPPED AT SOME LIGHTS AND IT WAS LIKE THE THROTTLE CABLE WAS STUCK, AND IT HAS BEEN IDLING ABOUT 2200 RPM, REMOVED ALL THE PIPES TODAY AND CHECKED EM, REPLACED ALL THE JUBILEE CLIPS WITH NEW ONES, ALSO REMOVED DUMP VALVE AND CHECKED DIAPHRAGM ALL SEEM OK BUT DUMP VALVE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE WORKING NOW, MIGHT JUST BE ME THOUGH.
AS I SAID B4 THIS IS MY FIRST COSSIE SO KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT THEM APART FROM THEY ARE A WORLD OF TROUBLE AND I CAN SEE ME GETTING A WHOLE LOAD OF EARACHE FROM THE MISSES FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE HAVE TO BE SPENT ON IT.
THE CAR HAS DONE ABOUT 104K BUT HAS HAD AN ENGINE RE-BUILD IN 2001, WITH A LOAD OF NEW STUFF CHUCKED AT IT.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE PRICE OF A NEW ISCV VALVES £323 FROM FORD!!!!
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN GET ONE CHEAPER???
ALSO I GOT QUITE CHEAP INSURANCE FROM CHRIS KNOTT GROUP £776 FULLY COMP DECLARING ALL MODS AND I HAVE A BAN FOR SPEEDING, 27YEARS OLD, IS THIS CHEAP????
SORRY FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS AND THANKS FOR ANY REPLYS IN ADVANCE.
CHEERS
SIMON