Summer has gone.

[crankedup]

Took my Bayliss out this morning for a late morning run. After a couple of miles or so the engine started missfiring,coughing and spluttering, a quick peek under the bonnet revealed my lovel bronze Zenith carb' well and truely iced up! This in Suffolk at 10.45am! Last time I experienced icing of this sort was a few years ago aboard my Kawasaki 750.

[Huntsman]

crankedup said:

Took my Bayliss out this morning for a late morning run. After a couple of miles or so the engine started missfiring,coughing and spluttering, a quick peek under the bonnet revealed my lovel bronze Zenith carb' well and truely iced up! This in Suffolk at 10.45am! Last time I experienced icing of this sort was a few years ago aboard my Kawasaki 750.

I dunno so much, yesterday my E28 would not start, the battery finally gave up, got the MGA out of the garage, unzipped the tonneau and drove the 20 miles to work in a bobble hat. Probably looked a tt but had a great drive. Saturday is VSCC at Goodwood so I'll bimble along to that in MGA, the Brighton the following week.

[Mrs Dalesman]

We will be on a run around the Dales in the Singer on Saturday with our local branch of the VSCC - and again on New Years day, whatever the weather.

[Marki]

My car was well an truly iced up this morning very early in the year for that sort of thing

[215cu]

Hmmm.... I hate winter.. the P6 takes a age to start up and get to temp, the dashpot oil is always cold and will happily misfuel the car and starve it until warm. Many a time I've flattened an already weakened battery trying to start it. Still at least the solenoid gets a good workout if that happens, stops it from gundging up I suppose.

And I can fart hotter than the heater box.

Still, nice sunny winter's day and dry roads is nearly as good as summer.

Thing is, can I persuade the missus for a garage heater?

Just don't mention rock salt

[tyre_tread]

215cu said:

And I can fart hotter than the heater box.

Maybe your heater matrix needs recoring. I know these fur up on the P5's.

[crankedup]

More icing this morning, this time not enough to seriously affect the engine running performance of my Bayliss. But the top of the jetting rod was covered in ice. Should I stop and let engine run to warm up and will this then stop icing up on the journey? My Kwacker had an special carb' heater fixed on but I doubt if one is available for old B.T.

[shouldbworking]

If it makes you feel better technology hasnt come that far 3 weeks ago I had my daily banger mk2 golf do its first carb icing up of the winter. Last year my 12 mile journey to work consisted of 7 miles or till it seriously started to lose power, stop for 30 seconds for the heat soak to melt the ice, then get underway again.

Cant wait to get my proper car back from restoration

[215cu]

tyre_tread said:

215cu said:

And I can fart hotter than the heater box.

Maybe your heater matrix needs recoring. I know these fur up on the P5's.

Yeah, I think it could probably use at least a de-furring. They are a bitch to get out in a P6 though for a re-core, the worst job of all.

As for carb icing, anyone ever considered using a pair of kids mittens over the tops of the carbpots? My dad used to swear by this although I think it's a wind up.

[Pigeon]

The lowering of temperatures certainly highlighted the charging fault in my Volvo, which on investigation turned out to be due to some previous owner fitting the wrong type of regulator and so must have been there as long as I've had the car but it's taken until now to shag the battery

Entertaining though the way it goes when the battery is well down. The dashboard lights dim almost to the point of extinction, one rev of the crank takes about ten seconds. Uuurrrrnnnnnnnnnnnngh... Uuurrrrnnnnnnnnnnnngh... Uuurrrrnnnnnnnnnnnngh... Uuurrrrnnnnnnnnnnnngh... Uuurrrrnnnnnnnnnnnngh... Uuurrrrnnnnnnnnnnnngh... (that's all six pots been over once now) Uuurrrrnnnnnnnnnnnngh... Uuurrrrnnnnnnnnnnnngh... Uuurrrrnnnnnnnnnnnngh... VRRROOMMMM, the instant one pot manages to fire it bursts into life with startling suddenness, in a manner reminiscent of a much older car being started by flipping the advance/retard. Much amusement to be gained from the reactions of bystanders who don't think it's going to start. Bystander: "How come your car still starts when it's ed and mine doesn't?" Pigeon: "Mine's a Volvo. "

(Cure for the charging fault was simply to stick a diode in series with the line from D+ to the regulator, which fools the regulator into thinking it's been connected to the type of rectifier pack it's been designed to be connected to and gives me 14.2V at the battery now as opposed to 13.3V before.)

[Ordinary Bloke]

Pigeon said:

takes about ten seconds. Uuurrrrnnnnnnnnnnnngh... Uuurrrrnnnnnnnnnnnngh... Uuurrrrnnnnnnnnnnnngh... Uuurrrrnnnnnnnnnnnngh... Uuurrrrnnnnnnnnnnnngh... Uuurrrrnnnnnnnnnnnngh... (that's all six pots been over once now) Uuurrrrnnnnnnnnnnnngh... Uuurrrrnnnnnnnnnnnngh... Uuurrrrnnnnnnnnnnnngh... VRRROOMMMM, the instant one pot manages to fire

Shirley your sexual exploits have nothing to do with Summer having gone?