Re: [Quantum Owners] Auto Choke on 2+2

2013-04-09 Thread barnacle
I lived an hour from work thirty years ago and drove carb cars (there were few that weren't). Like most of these things it was down to maintenance; if you didn't, they wouldn't... manual choke was always easiest; just pull the knob out depending how warm it was(n't) outside, one pump to prime

[Quantum Owners] Back on the road

2013-04-09 Thread barnacle
The 2+20vt rolled out of the garage this weekend. After standing all winter, all it needed was a charge on the battery (the Fiat remote locking hardware takes a few milliamps all the time) and two turns of the engine. The wait in the dark hasn't cured the tendency to seek the kerb when I boot

Re: [Quantum Owners] Auto Choke on 2+2

2013-04-09 Thread adrianjhopkins
I converted an electric auto choke to manual last year – I had problems starting and when I took the auto choke casing off various metal fragments fell out – definitely broken There we NO kits on the market but managed to find an old new stock kit that fitted with some modifications. The

Re: [Quantum Owners] Quantum coupe issue

2013-04-09 Thread barnacle
On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 10:51:07 AM UTC, jin wrote: When i rewired my 2+2 i did nothing more complex than cut out the really bad bits (mainly the earths, did from scratch) and then traced each wire in situ end to end checking the entire length, didn't see the need to remove the whole