09-09-2021, 03:04 PM
Having just completed a run round the area of about 22 miles or thereabouts once the car had cooled down I thought I'd have a look and see if everything was OK under the bonnet, at first glance it seemed so, so I took a photo of my recently (2019) rebuilt engine and its oil-tightness.
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It wasn't until I uploaded the photo(s) onto the computer that I could see something untoward... the split pin retaining the throttle linkage was about to go on its holidays:
![[Image: 20210909-133126-1.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/4NKhkpGn/20210909-133126-1.jpg)
Thankfully I spotted it in time and things have now been rectified.
One thing I have noticed recently is that since I removed the control linkages, things are much quieter in the cabin. I never really used the hand throttle and the dizzy (Bosch) is locked off. It's amazing the amount of vibration that is transmitted by the rods to the steering tubes and hence into the car. I had left them in place, just for show, but things are better without.
It wasn't until I uploaded the photo(s) onto the computer that I could see something untoward... the split pin retaining the throttle linkage was about to go on its holidays:
Thankfully I spotted it in time and things have now been rectified.
One thing I have noticed recently is that since I removed the control linkages, things are much quieter in the cabin. I never really used the hand throttle and the dizzy (Bosch) is locked off. It's amazing the amount of vibration that is transmitted by the rods to the steering tubes and hence into the car. I had left them in place, just for show, but things are better without.