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for shooting my mouth off on Debs "just a service" thread about how
reliable my 7 is. The worst thing is, it's my own fault.

After a bit of running around, today, I stopped at the service
station to fill the tank. When I tried to start up, to leave,
nothing, absolutely nothing. Opening the bonnet, & looking at the
engine did not seem to help.

Fortunately the little lady starts easdily, & I only had to push her
a few yards, & jump in. She bump started easily, & i drove home.
There I put her up on the ramps, & checked the starter connections.
After cleaning & tightening them, nothing. Being an electrical
ignoramus I gave up.

So I called my friendly auto electrician. They have 2 mobile blokes,
& one was nearby, doing a tractor aircon service. An hour later he
was here, & showing me the error of my ways.

Someone had run a direct earth from the radio to up behind the dash.
They had somehow got this around the starter wire from the ignition
switch. I had inadvertently loosened this earth wire, when I was
under the dash, playing with the ventilation controls.

It had then got caught on the steering column, & wound around it,
pulling tight on the starter wire, which broke.

10 minutes later, after charging me the huge sum of $20, he was on
his way, but not before suggesting I should be more carefull of what
I'm doing with my left elbow, when upside down in the drivers
footwell.

Would you believe, my answer was not even rude?

Hasbeen

Not all problems have a difficult solution! [:D]

strange that it wound around the steering shaft. But a new wire is better than a new starter...

TR7, ACG 2700L

I sympathize with Hasbeen - we were about 5/8 way through the 48 hour Round Britain Reliability Run, when I filled up with 50l of ultimate diesel. Was totally gutted as the car has never broken down anywhere since I bought it last year, but still had to be recovered by the AA as there was nowhere at midnight on Saturday night in Mid Wales that could drain a tankful of diesel

After I got home I drained it completely (never realized that the tank was so large), refilled with clean petrol and after a few mins turning over, away it went. There are times when running an older car is so much less hassle than a modern fuel injected catalytic converter fitted repmobile.

It doesn't look like many wedges (if any?) managed to finish the Round Britain Run unfortunately [V]

I was in a G TR4 Dove so wasn't flying the flag this time. I know TR Tony on here got as far as Pimperne though...

Didn't see any wedges in the car park at the plough after the finish.

<b>FOR SALE!!!!Purple 2.0 Litre DHC Grinnall</b>
Red 4.0 Litre V8 DHC Grinnall (with huuuuuge arches...!)

According to Tim three failed (One master cylinder, one burnt out starter motor and one plonker who filled up with diesel), but I recall that the contact list showed 7 7's starting so four should have been there at the Plough. Roll on 2010.....

Well one (TR7-V8) was back at the Plough very early indeed [:D]
I als was in disguise again, in a mk3 GT6 [:I]

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EntonoX, the wire caught on the clamp on the column, & was wound
around, with the column, as I turned the steering.

Hasbeen

<b>$20.00 for a house call</b>. Cheap at twice that. If you can get someone to make a house call in the US, the first thing they want is to tow it back the shop and put it on the analyzer at $60.00 a pop plus tow and parts. If you get if you get your car back for less than $200.00 you have been very fortunate. Keep the dirty side down and the shiny side up!!!
[:)]cliff

Cliff, that's what it would normally cost here, if he had to come
out from town, but he was at a neighbours turf farn, just across the
valley. Thats why I mentioned the "huge" sum he charged me.

As I did not require a receipt, I think that was for a round of
beers for the boys, after work. One advantage of small towns, where
everyone knows each other.

These blokes deal with a lot of big heavy farm machinery around
here, so they are set up to fix things on sight.

They fitted a couple of brake light globes, for my daughter the
other day, at the shop, for the cost of the globes, only. She is
pretty, with great legs, & short skirts, I wonder if that helped?

Hasbeen

I'm really glad it all worked out for you in the end and you,in no way, "blame" me for putting some sort of in-built curse into my "just a service" thread which (by the way) is a continuing saga (should you wish to add anything else?) [:)]
Deb x

1980 Premium TR7-1 of 400 made.

Na Deb, Its the old one about pride & fall & such stuff.

Hasbeen