Recent content by barsby2k10

When I first got mine I cleaned the arches and let them dry fully. Then used hammerite and painted the inside of the arch including the inside of the lip around the arch with a nice thick coat. Then I waxoyl'd the whole arch every 6 months. When my car was bought the buyer commented on the great...

Result! Thought TPS was ok after adjusting the throttle cable, but still wasn't quite smooth enough for me. Finally managed to check the voltages from output of TPS to ground and they were off slightly (I wasn't pushing the paper clip in the rear of the connector far enough). Now set at 4.5V...

Seems me fiddling with the wires or tightening the Throttle cable has sorted all. I am guessing the off resistances were because I was measuring through the connector not directly to the TPS pins.

Just adjusted the throttle cable. Wow! much more responsive.

Just re-checked the workshop manual. The 5V is correct as it was across pins 1 & 3, not using diagnostics tool. I continued throught the manual and checked resistances across pins 1 and 3 and got 0.9 ohms is which right on limit of 0.5 - 0.9 ohms. Checked resistances across pins 2 and 1 and...

Been out tonight to measure voltage across the TPS. Put two paper clips into the back of the plug and measure across these two. Results: Closed Throttle = 5V (reading 5.07V) Open Throttle = 5V (reading 5.07V) I am a bit confused by this as I expected 4.5 on both or 0.5 on both. Any ideas...

The IACV is on the bottom of the throttle body. I would try cleaning it first using carb cleaner. There is a guide on here somewhere, I will try and find it. Do the revs stick at 3k when cold until you give the throttle a blip? Sometimes cleaning doesn't work tho, so Dave at Steels can get you a...

That would be interesting to know who imported it. Don't the importers use the same DVLA station for each import and therefore wouldn't the plate start the same, if it was the same importer?

Tomlin, Just read through your posts. Mine seemed a bit similar to you, but not as bad. I had the hunting issue before, but the revs would hang at 3k which turned out to be the IACV, when very cold the car would kangaroo when slowing down to turn into junctions. I changed the IACV and the...

Cheers Tomlin. The car is completely standard. Do you know if the TPS is adjustable by rotating it? If this is the case, was the new one installed at the correct angle? I am getting a multimeter today to check voltages from the TPS under no throttle and full. Need to put two paper clips into...

I bought mine from I 4 detailling. Other places didn't have stock.

Great! I was after shifting those annoying rust spots. will post up pics soon.

Hey, Iron X - Anyone used it before? Just received my bottle of Iron X today. For those who don't know what it is; it apparently dissolves all ferrous contaminants on paint and alloy surfaces, even the ones you can't see. So I will be giving this a go hopefully this weekend on the alloys, will...

Thought about using it on the headlights but wasn't sure. But if you say it works then I will give it a go.

I know someone recently posted about PlastRx on the wind deflectors. Whilst following PORTHOS' instructions on using ultimate compound on the paint, I tried some on the wind deflectors (Applied by hand - very easily) and they came up like this: Before After Thought it was a great...