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    Tumeke's 2.5 PI Trumpet

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    Will it fit? Tune in next time for more.

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    Spoiler: It fits. Need to install it's partner now too. Pics to come.

    Engine has been making a lot of tapping noises (like tappets need adjusting). Tracked it down to the metering unit. Spoke to Chris Whitor and he suggested winding down the fuel pressure since I had the bosch unit installed. Backed it off to 100 psi. Success.

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    Went cruising with the Trumpet club on the Sunday. Many dorts. Developed a pretty substantial vibration in the drive-line. Suspecting gearbox mount and/or engine mounts. Will raid of project car (if they are the same) in next few days and see if that sorts the issues.

     

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    Tumeke's 2.5 PI Trumpet

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    Risked the lawand cruised to an Oldschool meat one night last month.

    Realised how useless the gauges were for reading at night. First step was to remove the dimmer switch -  and this helped marginally. Second step was $4.85 on Aliexpess for some LEDs. Whilst I'm not sold on the green (I'll try white next time) at least I can see how slow I'm going / how much water I've lost etc now. I'll also look at updating with a suitable dimmer in the future but keep the factory dimmer knob if possible.

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    Before - with photoshop enhanced brightness so you can see something.

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    Aliexpress Goodness.

    I then did some maintenance stuff like oil

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    (complete with rounded bung that's since been replaced with a more traditional hexagonal one) 

    Gearbox - sounded a bit chattery so thought I'd top it up (with almost 4 litres of oil.....)

     

    Next step - let's try for a WOF.

    I cut the worst of the noticeable rust out and welded a new panel patch in temporarily, rather than fail on rust. Long term I'd like to replace the whole front guard (you guys hook me up pls)

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    BL quality assured badge still intact.

    Next: WOF check:

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    PTO for more? Nah - one page mate.

    A lot of fail and a lot of good fail - i.e. Driveshaft bolts loose etc. I've learnt I can't trust anything on this car to have been done right in the past. Such Barry'd.

    Done most - recheck tomorrow hopefully.

     

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    Tumeke's 2.5 PI Trumpet

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    Further to last update I finished (roughly) the fuel pump setup last night:

    FUEL PUMP

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    Take one piece of aluminum off the side of a broken welder, cut it into shape, cover it in kids dura-seal and drill some mounting holes. Whip out Ali Express's finest (cheapest)  Riv-nut gun and slam in some captive nuts unlike everything else British.

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    Re-purposed the old fuel pump bracket to hold the pressure relief valve. More captive nuts and a coat of whatever paint I had lying around.

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    Complete setup installed. Factory pre-filter on the left (with new filter) -  Bosch fuel pump - high pressure filter - pressure relief valve - metering unit.  Not the tidiest solution but wanted to re-use a fair bit of what I already had to keep the cost down.

    This will be coming out again to weld up an exhaust mount underneath the floor and i'll blast some paint in there at the same time.

     

     

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    Tumeke's 2.5 PI Trumpet

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    Updater.

    1. Fuel pump.

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    The one on the left is in the bin. The one on the right is in the boot. We now have reliable Bosch fuel pressure at 110psi at all throttle openings. New power supply and relay fitted also. I'm just finalising a mounting system and I'll take a pic for the next update. There are kits on the market but they are very spendy so have put something together myself. The original Lucas pump is actually a windscreen wiper motor. Needless to say it wasn't a great option from new. 

    2. Metering unit.

    After many many hours fettling, dicking about, trying things, trying other things I decided to rob a bank and buy this:

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    Stuck it in, timed it.

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    Available for sale for a limited time: Patented Tumeke injector bleed test bed ©

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    Also available Tumeke Remote Cranking / Gravity Weight System ©

    Also reset and re-sprung throttle bodies, butchered a twin cable choke cable (if anyone has a spare I'd like it please), fixed the over-drive switch with some re-wiring and generally dicked about.

    Pretty close. Still needs a bit of timing  / tuning but mobile and has been moved to home garage rather than storage garage so that I can begin cutting out rust for a WOF.

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    The saga continues.

     

     

     

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