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ianm



Joined: 03 Dec 2007
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Location: Warwick Qld Australia
PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:04 am    Post subject: 23 years rest Reply with quote
G'day all, well over the Australia day weekend I had a bit of time to do a bit to the Series3. I thought to myself I wonder if the engine would turn over, got out the crank handle and yes over she went as smooth as silk so I got the courage to attach a fuel line to the pump and to my surprise I could still pump up fuel into the bowl and the carby with the manual lift pump so with the help of the battery off my rider mower and a little fuel down the carby the old girl fired into life on the 2nd crank and ran like it had never stopped & no smoke.
The radiator to my surprise only had to be topped up with about 1 !/2 Litres of water. Not bad after 23 years since I parked her.
Lord Rootes made them well in those days.
I was elated
Ian Very Happy
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buzzy bee



Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: South Cheshire
PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi

Sounds a pretty good weekend to me, allways good when they breath life for the first time!

Cheers

Dave
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice one Ian, its always tempting to fire them up just to see how good/bad they are Smile

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