Hi All
I have mostly completed the rewire of my Roadster and I now have the engine running for the first time in twenty years. The Water Pump Gland has decided to shows its displeasure by weeping but I will run it fore a while to see if it settles down, if not I'll change the Pump before I put it back on the road.
I have fitted a new Alternator supposedly for the Marina 1800 TC Engine and having checked its output voltage I'm getting 14.6 volts measured at the coil input connection. In the grand scheme of things I don't see to be a problem but I want to fit an Acuspark Electronic Distributer and the installations instructions state the the input voltage to the coil should not exceed 14.2 volts max otherwise damage to the unit will occur. Does anyone know how to reduce/regulate the voltage down to the correct voltage, as anyone else fitted an Acuspark Distributor?
Another strange occurrence that is happening is when I stop the engine. I have fitted an Electric Radiator Fan controlled through a Temperature Switch built into the top of the radiator and its 12v supply is through an Ignition Switch Controlled Relay and it all operates as it should ie the fan kicks in at the control temp and the fan runs until it reaches the cut off temp and stops and so on whilst the engine is running.
However the problem that I have is that if I turn the ignition off whilst the Rad fan is running the coil voltage drops to zero as expected but the engine keeps running for about 2 seconds then stops but when the Rad fan is not running the engine stops as normal. Incidentally before I installed the ignition controlled relay the engine used to keep running for 4/5 seconds.
The solution's that I'm working around is to not stop the engine whilst the fan is running or even fitting an on/off switch in the fan supply to stop the fan just prior to turning the ignition off.
Has anyone else encountered this strange occurrence before and what could be possibly causing it?
Regards to all.
Mick.
Fngine Run Up.jpg
I have mostly completed the rewire of my Roadster and I now have the engine running for the first time in twenty years. The Water Pump Gland has decided to shows its displeasure by weeping but I will run it fore a while to see if it settles down, if not I'll change the Pump before I put it back on the road.
I have fitted a new Alternator supposedly for the Marina 1800 TC Engine and having checked its output voltage I'm getting 14.6 volts measured at the coil input connection. In the grand scheme of things I don't see to be a problem but I want to fit an Acuspark Electronic Distributer and the installations instructions state the the input voltage to the coil should not exceed 14.2 volts max otherwise damage to the unit will occur. Does anyone know how to reduce/regulate the voltage down to the correct voltage, as anyone else fitted an Acuspark Distributor?
Another strange occurrence that is happening is when I stop the engine. I have fitted an Electric Radiator Fan controlled through a Temperature Switch built into the top of the radiator and its 12v supply is through an Ignition Switch Controlled Relay and it all operates as it should ie the fan kicks in at the control temp and the fan runs until it reaches the cut off temp and stops and so on whilst the engine is running.
However the problem that I have is that if I turn the ignition off whilst the Rad fan is running the coil voltage drops to zero as expected but the engine keeps running for about 2 seconds then stops but when the Rad fan is not running the engine stops as normal. Incidentally before I installed the ignition controlled relay the engine used to keep running for 4/5 seconds.
The solution's that I'm working around is to not stop the engine whilst the fan is running or even fitting an on/off switch in the fan supply to stop the fan just prior to turning the ignition off.
Has anyone else encountered this strange occurrence before and what could be possibly causing it?
Regards to all.
Mick.
Fngine Run Up.jpg
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