Mk2 1.8 HL Automatic update

Morris McKinnon · Post by **Morris McKinnon** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 9:40 pm

Perseverance has paid off

looking nice and driving right too. Well done.

MARINAMADBAZ · Post by **MARINAMADBAZ** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 10:18 pm

Looking nice mick she's a beaut

Pont.skins · Post by **Pont.skins** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 10:24 pm

balmy wrote: Sun Jul 16, 2017 9:22 pm Love Tara green

Jade Green is a nice colour as well!

mickthefitter · Post by **mickthefitter** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 10:28 pm

Thanks guys. Its been a journey! Do you know why I like Jade Green? The Mark 2 Marina Special in the 1976 brochures!

Post by **balmy** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 10:33 pm

Pont.skins wrote:
balmy wrote: Sun Jul 16, 2017 9:22 pm Love Tara green
Jade Green is a nice colour as well!

I was just saying I liked Tara green

MARINAMADBAZ · Post by **MARINAMADBAZ** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:09 pm

I like tara green aswell
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marinabuoy · Post by **marinabuoy** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 12:53 am

Looking good there out on the open road at last - Hurrah!

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mickthefitter · Post by **mickthefitter** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 6:44 am

Post by **PHUQ** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 6:58 am

Fantastic!
Glad you've actually got to enjoy driving it at last Mick! Will remember to check the exhaust should I encounter a poor running car in the future...

mickthefitter · Post by **mickthefitter** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 8:27 am

PHUQ wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2017 6:58 am Will remember to check the exhaust should I encounter a poor running car in the future...

Yes, I know....of course the other major frustration with this car, which was impossible for me to know about, was the fact that, according to my garage man, someone had put the wrong springs in the original distributor. Which is why the timing always seemed wrong after I'd set it. It now has a Lucas 45D of the correct type salvaged from some barn in Lutterworth, and it is fine.

JoshWard · Post by **JoshWard** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 6:59 pm

Well done! Looks great!

mickthefitter · Post by **mickthefitter** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 7:05 pm

Thank you Josh

lock1506 · Post by **lock1506** » Wed Jul 19, 2017 5:52 pm

I didn't know you had DBV Barry, that is the one that Matt and then Stu had isn't it?

Gee tc · Post by **Gee tc** » Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:56 pm

Nice to finally see it out and about.
Lumpy tick over built in at factory!

mickthefitter · Post by **mickthefitter** » Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:12 pm

Gee tc wrote: Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:56 pm Nice to finally see it out and about.
Lumpy tick over built in at factory!

Hmm...I do wonder if it comes with extra lumps because it is an auto. A long time ago when I had my Mark 1, someone told me the tinny starter screech is down to a thinner flywheel than on a manual car. If it's true, it follows that there's less flywheel mass to even out the lumps. Also the engine tends to stop very abruptly when switched off, which is consistent with a light flywheel not being able to carry the engine round. It's just so long since I owned that Mark 1, I can't remember if it was the same.

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