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When I was having cooling issues with the Capri I was a bit obsessed with the temperature gauge/seeing if I could monitor things a bit better. I do have an electric fan connected to a temperature probe to activate the electric fan. I was going to run a light to the dash to confirm it was working, etc...
Once i sorted the root cause out (It combination of a few things..mainly me fitting the thermostat the wrong way around in the housing!) it behaves no matter the temp outside, and I just forget about it.
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I know there are a few people on here using 3d printers - any recommendations in terms of models? The first use case I have is to create a new surround for a car stereo which is a non-standard size...
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Love this car and wondered what had happened to it , i think i saw it on one of the Ford boards years ago. I like it because its not been messed with or gone OTT. Yup bubble arches make me cry Love it btw, absolutely spot on
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May 23, 2020 14:49:31 GMT
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Although it’s always best to check the mot history It does grate me when an mot tester puts severe corrosion on an mot A good few years ago I owned a mint low mileage Sierra The tester failed it on what he called severe corrosion within a structural mount area of the car I remember getting home and wiring brushing it off to find absolutely no holes or bad corrosion, but it ended up in its mot history Needless to say I never used that particular garage again Had the same with the Capri - one garage our put there was corrosion to the sills, which makes it sound like a basket case
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May 23, 2020 13:55:57 GMT
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haha, it's a combination of factors...mainly because it doesn't get driven a lot, and the easiest way to stop me coming back to a dead battery is to disconnect the battery. Also i've never bought a specific battery for it..i just seem to end up using batteries scavenged from other cars (it's got a pukka Ford branded one at the moment taken from my diesel Fusion from when it started getting weak last winter). Finally, security - as lets face it, the locks are rubbish on our cars!! I dunno if it's a Capri thing, but I have stripped out meters of old, curse word and just plain weird wiring from mine over the years. It also seems to be a mix of automotive and domestic stuff looking at what came out from behind the dash. Mind you...my top tip...if your washing machine ever breaks down...strip it for parts! Sell the drum as a 'fire pit' and hang onto the wiring loom as it's great for car stuff (decent quality, nice mix of colours, etc...) Basically a relay is just an electrical switch that lets you turn on a higher powered circuit from a lower power one. Often you don't want to put a switch inline with the circuit you are controlling. If you did that, a lot of the wiring throughout a car would have to be a lot thicker to cope! A good site is: 12voltplanet.co.uk They've also got some common real world examples, and some handy guides like how to size wire for your needs.. For what i've done, this is the simplified diagram (the real thing looks slightly different as I’m using a 3 pin switch with an LED indicator) Also, dunno if you were ever on capripower or Capri World fb group (think you are, as pretty sure i've seen you post)...but this is pretty much your Capri wiring bible
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Last Edit: May 23, 2020 14:31:17 GMT by sarkie83
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May 21, 2020 20:35:12 GMT
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Anyone familiar with Capri’s will be used to having to carry one of these around: As the boot worn boot struts have a habit of giving way and whacking you over the head when your directly underneath Old one removed, and the ends of the one ones swapped into the new struts. I also pressed a bit of nylon tubing over the metal bush to take up some of the slop. After Which now means I can finally bin the old pole I’ve been carrying around in the boot I didn’t take any pics, but I also sorted the drivers door lock which wouldn’t lock when you pressed it down...so nice being able to fix things with a squirt of WD40 substitute innit
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May 19, 2020 17:24:30 GMT
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It’s been really nice not to have to concentrate on getting the Capri ruining for once, so I’ve just been able to drive and enjoy it! I’ve got some soundproof material on order so I can refit the door cards and make the interior a nice place to be again. I did one of those nice satisfying low priority jobs today - fitting a remote battery solenoid. Now I’m using it, popping the bonnet each time I take it out to reconnect the battery is a pain. I’d seen the Chinese remote battery solenoids you can get, but I’m not fussed about a remote control, plus they are £40ish. Instead I found a continuous 500A relay (think it’s for a JCB something...) pretty cheaply. Nice and easy to wire up... activated by a switch in the cabin which I can hide away:
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May 17, 2020 19:04:29 GMT
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My brother in law used to have one of these... he px’d it for a mk3 mondeo diesel estate which was insanity I was gutted as I would have given him more than the px amount if he’d bloody asked me!! It went really well, and the engine was lovely and smooth. I always thought with a few minor tweaks it would have looked spot on. I liked the mesh style front grill (Not his...but this is what I would have liked to have done to it) What happened to the Uno? Or do you still have that?
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May 13, 2020 19:19:26 GMT
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Perfection!
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I’ll just leave these here...
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So...we have a spanking new MOT...yeah boi I always find emissions the most concerning...especially when you’ve changed fuelling setups, but we we’re all good: I took it the long way round beforehand (as I’ve only taken it for a quick spin round the block since fitting the carbs), to give it a bit of a clearout. First time I’ve had it over 20mph since fitting the bike carbs, and wow does it beg to be revved...it’s fantastic!! Everything is forgiven and the past is the past Sat greeting me with a fresh ticket: Taken on the way back...I was being a bit of an attention whore...and loving the looks... haha
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Last Edit: May 9, 2020 21:37:53 GMT by sarkie83
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It sound like there are a few different noises going on... A dragging noise could be the brakes if everything has been apart recently and there’s just a bit of rust on the disks.. Clattering sound sounds like something is loose - nut or bolt from where the carbs been off?
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Yay, great to see the videos of the running! I do like the quick connects you’ve used for the fuel filter...all looks very VAG oem . Haha, pipe connection envy!
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I fitted the new needle jets and reconnected everything backup, but I was still getting very odd behaviour...one day it would run, the next it wouldn’t... I had also been having an issue with the throttle cable. Originally I had cut the end off the stock one and somehow fitted the solder-less nipple to it. However the connection on the carb end is a pain to get to on the car, so after a few times of removing and reinstalling my cable looked like this: (Btw a tip I have since found out is to dip them in superglue to stop them from fraying) On the last refit, I used a bike brake cable and used a dremel to trim the end to size for the carb and and used a pear type nipple at the pedal end One of the days it was refusing to start I took the advice here of splashing a bit of fuel down the carbs. It would run until the vapours ran out..so it did seem to be a fuelling issue, even though I’ve got a clear filter fitted at the carb end and can see it filling up when the pump is running. I bought a complete bike pump/filter off eBay a few weeks back so was all set to fit that. However, when i was preparing to fit it, I noticed the pipe from the pump was kinked cause of how I’d run it....surely it couldn’t be that simple....oh YES...YES IT COULD! It’s running nicely and starts pretty much consistently on the button joem83 - I think there are good vibes about
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Yeah i guess with the modern fuel etc it will change too. I really need to figure out where this is at before anything else. I like your Capri by the way, those slot mags looks great on it. Sounds a bit like the problems i'm having with you bike carbs are you going to swap back to the original carb? Thanks man Nah, I’m waaaaay too far down this route to go back now, haha. Luckily I’m pretty stubborn... I have had it running the past couple of days pretty well!
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The Haynes values are a bit off. Most people running pintos seem to use between 8-12 degrees... Electronic ignition doesn’t make any difference. Mines set at 10.
Black plugs do suggest it’s running rich.. auto chokes get a bad rep, but personally I’ve not had any issue with them, it just takes quite a while for them to heat up and open the flaps fully (prob good 10 mins). If you are doing lots of short trips, it’s going to be on choke a lot of the time and not gonna help the plugs. Id give it a good long run and then see how it is...
I’ve been having similar issues since sorting the bike carbs in mine... lots of failed starts and it not having a proper run doesn’t help troubleshooting
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Older couple around here drive a very tired looking Jensen Interceptor! Don’t tease us like that We needed to see this...
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Great progress, nice one! Your steering wheel is a bit like the gearstick on my Capri. It’s from a Puma, and was the first thing I ever bought on eBay and was fitted to my first car (mk3 fiesta), which my grandad gave me. It’s seen a lot, haha....
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If you’ve got a timing light which lets you set the amount of advance you want (Accuspark):
Disconnect the vac advance (little pipe going to the dizzy) Put a bit of tipex on the pointer and another bit on the tdc mark on the pulley. Set the timing gun to the value you want (eg 10 degrees) Hold the trigger/point the light at those marks. When they align (by turning the dizzy), you’ve set the timing to the value on the gun (10 degrees) Reconnect the vac advance
If using a cheaper timing light without the readout, its the same, except you put the 2nd tipex mark on the pulley to the value you want..
Personally, I wouldn’t touch the mixture screw on the carb...unless you REALLY REALLY have to. Without a gas analyser or being one of those oldskoolers who can set things by ear your won’t be able to easily verify what effect you are having.
When my Capri was on the 32/36 carb it look a few pumps of the throttle, then turn the key to get it to start. Even then, if it had been sitting a while it took a bit of cranking to get the fuel through... if it’s stalling at lights, u might just need to turn the idle speed up a bit...
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Apr 28, 2020 21:12:05 GMT
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This: although, I couldn't afford the fuel to commute in it, so instead was doing 30k a year in this (my first car):
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