Re: My Mk111 Restoration - 136/8620(TBY232L)

Post by **Jorrocks** » Fri Jun 15, 2018 8:09 pm

Ha! Can hardly blame him for his reluctance to relinquish them!

Arcnewal · Post by **Arcnewal** » Sat Jun 16, 2018 6:57 am

Toby wrote:"Toby" Passed its MOT Test today

Fantastic news. Well done.

Post by **Toby** » Sat Jun 16, 2018 8:33 am

Arcnewal wrote:
Toby wrote:"Toby" Passed its MOT Test today
Fantastic news. Well done.

Thanks Lawrence, was taken on its first shake down drive yesterday with the restorer, it drove well and was nigh on perfect just a few minor tweaks and it will be

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Sat Jun 16, 2018 8:53 am

Toby wrote:"Toby" Passed its MOT Test today

Well it wasn't not going to was it Andy

Post by **Toby** » Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:16 am

Grant wrote:
Toby wrote:"Toby" Passed its MOT Test today
Well it wasn't not going to was it Andy

Your right Grant, but with the new MOT requirements you never know, as an exempt vehicle it wasn't a requirement but we did it to provide an independant assessment and to keep with the vehicle history

Pymmie · Post by **Pymmie** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 7:32 pm

Looking forward to seeing TBY in the flesh this weekend.

Last time was when John Mk1 & myself met up with the custodian on Dartmoor in 2011

All three cars pictured have now been restored..

John P

Post by **Toby** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 10:05 pm

Pymmie wrote:Looking forward to seeing TBY in the flesh this weekend.

Last time was when John Mk1 & myself met up with the custodian on Dartmoor in 2011

All three cars pictured have now been restored..

John P

It will be good to meet and put faces to the names of those who have been following the project. I have a similar picture from a different angle which i found amongst the history file, i prefer this shot to the one i have, any chance of sending me a copy John?

Post by **Toby** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 12:33 pm

An ignominious end to a lovely day at the International Weekend. I was told to expect a few issues during the shakedown period but hadn't expected an electrical gremlin to bring me to this on my journey to Cheltenham. In the shot is my Knight in Shining Armour Mark Rivron helping me recover "Toby", the fault was identified and sorted on my return to Cornwall. I have recorded my thanks to all those who offered assistance on the day elsewhere on this Forum.

colin7673 · Post by **colin7673** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:02 pm

So what was the problem?

Post by **Toby** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:13 pm

colin7673 wrote:So what was the problem?

I am popping in to the garage later to find out as i am not entirely sure, i just got a quick message from them first thing to say they had identified the cause and had sorted it

cannonball · Post by **cannonball** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:31 pm

That's bad luck, but hey Jensen from new gave horrendous problems so nothing new,,

Post by **Toby** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:42 pm

cannonball wrote:That's bad luck, but hey Jensen from new gave horrendous problems so nothing new,,

Thanks Duncan, got to shake out the bugs before the Swiss trip in October

Post by **Toby** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 3:39 pm

colin7673 wrote:So what was the problem?

They found that a pin on the factory MSD connector block was not making a good contact causing a break in the feed to the coil, they pushed the pin home in the block and problem solved

Post by **Chris_R** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 3:50 pm

Toby wrote:
colin7673 wrote:So what was the problem?
They found that a pin on the factory MSD connector block was not making a good contact causing a break in the feed to the coil, they pushed the pin home in the block and problem solved

Now that is really annoying and frustrating when a part like that, over which you and your restorers have no control, lets you down. Glad it's sorted. Judging by the quality of what I saw I would hope you don't have too many things like this and any that do crop up will be easily resolved.

cannonball · Post by **cannonball** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 3:57 pm

Toby wrote:
colin7673 wrote:So what was the problem?
They found that a pin on the factory MSD connector block was not making a good contact causing a break in the feed to the coil, they pushed the pin home in the block and problem solved

At least a nice easy fix. i had a billet msd dizzy new, it did not work/trigger at all we had to play with it to get it to work, how dids you enjoy it before the break down ????