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Tumeke's 1962 Humber Super Snipe of Tu Meke!


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Build thread: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/53530-tumekes-62-slumber-snipe/

 

 

It was great to see this at the recent Oldschool meet. Even better to learn who owned it!

 

"Probably won't be slammed as it's quite nice to fill her with 6 people and go for a cruise without loosing the exhaust"

I heartily approve of the lack of slam.

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On 24/07/2016 at 20:15, Tumeke said:

Made the pixies go electronic today with some electronic points.

Lesson 1 - don't always trust the manual. Humber workshop manual suggests that I have a DM6 distributor, however it's a 25D6. This is a good thing as it means I can also update the cap to a push-in type rather than the old acorn screw in type in the future meaning hopefully I can find some new leads that will fit down the deep holes. I'll need to scope out something like DOHC sockets as the current system relies on lead lead holders as seen here.

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Excuse the timing light lead running across the bottom right.

 

http://www.classiccarparts.co.nz/ seem to have a good range of stuff for British cars so I grabbed a Powerspark electronic ignition system from them.

No distructions came with it, however, i pulled down the old one, cleaned it, ripped out the points and condenser and put in a plastic bag that lives in the boot (just in case)

Then slapped the unit with some heat-sync paste and using the existing screws into place, dropped in the blue trigger and put the rotor back on. Wiring is pretty simple - black to negative / red to positive on the coil. I also put a new earth into the dizzy as the other one was a bit sick.

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Took it for a drive. Ran like a pig. Found timing was out by about 3 weeks. Re-timed and runs pretty well. Seems to be a bit of hesitation up high, but them pulls through it. I'm not blaming the kit for that yet - the leads and plugs are pretty old, as is the coil, so i'll have another play when I find more toys.

If you didn't replace the coil as well then you'll likely have a bad time as the coil needs to be an Flame Thrower or simular type. Back to the net to be sure maybe.

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