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Title: Racing - awoken from it's long sleep Post by: simon131 on October 17, 2008, 06:51:40 AM As my seemingly never ending building works are nearing completion at home, I thought it was time yesterday to try and start the Racing, and move it from where it has sat since March :o Needless to say the battery was a little dodgy, but after a bit (in fact a lot!) of electrical assistance by way of a powerful charger I borrowed from a mate, the engine was soon turning over - but failed to start. :'( The cold and damp seem to have taken it's toll with the electrics, and the cold of yesterday morning did nothing to help either me or the Racing! :-\
I did the usual wiggling of cables and re-newing of connections and still it wouldn't start. I could smell petrol from the exhaust so was confident that my problem was electrical/electronic - as it proved to be! I've had Sports fail to start due to corrosion in the resistor in the electronic ignition module so thought it best to change this. A couple of years ago I purchased a replacement for ?10 from a guy in the FIAT Motor Club who 'saw it, and thought of me!' ;D So, I dutifully changed the units over and tried again. Second turn of the engine it jumped into life!! Amazingly the car went into gear without any trouble (re-newed the clutch about 1,000 miles ago) and I moved it around the garden with no problems. Excellent! Now - what to do with it............. Title: Re: Racing - awoken from it's long sleep Post by: chris131 on October 17, 2008, 09:45:25 AM Put it up for sale and then I can buy it ;D
Wouldn't want it getting damaged during the building work ;) Title: Re: Racing - awoken from it's long sleep Post by: simon131 on October 19, 2008, 12:12:01 PM I hope that the Racing wont get damaged now as the building works are all but complete - but that is only after 33 weeks of an originally 20 week contract >:( ::) Still....
If I decide to sell the Racing (which is possible but not yet probable! ;)) then the users of this forum will be the first to know. Thing is it's difficult to put a value on it as it hasn't been used for a while on the road, although it's totally original spec and still runs well, but it runs a little smokey as the valve stem oil seals have hardened off now ::) Shell is excellent as it spent all of its life in the sunny Italian climate until 3 years ago, although it's starting to go in the usual places. I'll qualify all of the above by saying that as things currently stand I have no intention of selling it - but large bundles of cash (and I mean LARGE!!) might pursuade me otherwise ;) ;D Title: Re: Racing - awoken from it's long sleep Post by: Gremlino on October 19, 2008, 03:51:37 PM Go on Si........bite the bullet.....SELL,SELL,SELL :D
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