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Offline Gambit

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Re: Kangaroing and wiggly pipes help
« Reply #20 on: 16 August 2004, 14:13 »
if the accelerator cable has a smooth movment from fully open to full closed then i wouldnt bother changing it.

dont have a pic of the microswitch sorry

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Re: Kangaroing and wiggly pipes help
« Reply #21 on: 16 August 2004, 18:51 »
Thanks mate!

I'll get on to this ASAP when my car comes back from the garage (fnally getting those valve stem seals replaced) :)
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Re: Kangaroing and wiggly pipes help
« Reply #22 on: 17 August 2004, 13:34 »
Can you not just bend the metal tab that presses the switch down out a bit?
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Re: Kangaroing and wiggly pipes help
« Reply #23 on: 17 August 2004, 20:00 »
Can't bend it as if you put anything flat against it it does not contact :) I may put some rubber glue on to the switch itself which should extend it out a bit! just getting some decent stuff that will last will be the prob :)
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Re: Kangaroing and wiggly pipes help
« Reply #24 on: 31 August 2004, 12:48 »
Switch is 'switching' all the time now thanks to my mod ;) but it don't seem to stop the kangarooing, I'll test the resistance on them as another forum member reccomended just to see if it is doing it's job.


If the switch is fine, what else could be causing the kangarooing, really annoying now :(

Like I said before it's like the car is about to cut out as if it's running out of petrol when my foot is off the accelerator, maybe some fuel filter problem?
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Re: Kangaroing and wiggly pipes help
« Reply #25 on: 01 September 2004, 19:45 »
ignition and static engine timing?

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Re: Kangaroing and wiggly pipes help
« Reply #26 on: 01 September 2004, 22:05 »
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ignition and static engine timing?

Can you eleborate a little more on these please, how to test them.

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Re: Kangaroing and wiggly pipes help
« Reply #27 on: 03 September 2004, 08:02 »
I want to have a good go at fixing this this weekend, could you please give me some more info on - ignition and static engine timing

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Re: Kangaroing and wiggly pipes help
« Reply #28 on: 08 September 2004, 20:27 »
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Re: Kangaroing and wiggly pipes help
« Reply #29 on: 10 September 2004, 14:55 »
Ok, I just came back from the tuning place, the timing was well off and CO was low, all sorted.

...so I thought

The kangarooing is still there...

....and know my old problem has come back, in any gear (mainly first and second) when the revs are between idle and 2000rpm the car stuters like hell, then as soon as the it get's over 2000 the car take off like it should!

I guess the over timing was hiding this problem :(

I am really at the end of my teather now! What else could cause both these symptoms?

Really feel like selling it now or just scraping it!
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