RE: [Quantum Owners] KITTY 98 Continued

2016-05-31 Thread Hamish Freeman
When I looked into scrapping the donor for my Beauford I found that DVLA would only accept that a vehicle was scrapped if this was done by an approved scrapper who then provided the appropriate certificate – so I sold the shell to someone who wanted the panels and let them deal with the nitty g

RE: [Quantum Owners] Need a manifold....

2016-05-22 Thread Hamish Freeman
Niall, How Slightly is slightly? If less than say 1 mm and you have at least 8 mm of flange, the easiest option if to remove any fixing studs and offer the warped face up to a linisher (bench mounted belt sander) using progressively finer grades of paper until the surface is flat. This will r

RE: [Quantum Owners] Re: Problem with shiny new carb (possible cause; idiot trying to fit it)

2016-05-08 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hi Niall, Just a thought but did you by any chance have to remove a vacuum pipe when fitting the new carbs. This reminds me of what happened on my H4 and also on my Beauford when one removed the crank case closed circuit breather connection to the manifold. Any odd tapping points around the m

RE: [Quantum Owners] The ultimate fully electric 2+2

2016-01-31 Thread Hamish Freeman
Fitted one to my H4. It was invaluable when I accidently locked my keys in the boot 30 mins before an important business meeting as I was able to find the wires and effect a switch by a bit of judicious poking of pins through the wire insulation. Unfortunately, my parts list went with the car.

RE: [Quantum Owners] Cipher

2016-01-14 Thread Hamish Freeman
I thought that the MX5 was in fact a British design and came originally from International Automotive Design (IAD), just down the road from us at Worthing. Not a well published fact from a marketing point of view! IAD were at one time a very large concern for a design studio with over 2000

RE: [Quantum Owners] H4 sunroof blocks / locator tags

2015-03-19 Thread Hamish Freeman
I remember making a new set very early on in the life of our car as the originals were not up to the job of sealing the front of the roof and greater strength was required rather than a very flexible bit of spring plate. Made to spec at the time so no drawings – sorry! I do remember rolling th

RE: [Quantum Owners] Exhaust Analyser

2015-02-06 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hi Jim, I read the SWRI assessment of your machine from May 1984. http://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyNET.exe/910123W7.txt?ZyActionD=ZyDocument&Client=EPA&Index=1981%20Thru%201985&Docs=&Query=&Time=&EndTime=&SearchMethod=1&TocRestrict=n&Toc=&TocEntry=&QField=&QFieldYear=&QFieldMonth=&QFieldDay=&UseQFie

RE: [Quantum Owners] Eddie Ruskin

2014-11-16 Thread Hamish Freeman
Eddie - we both hope that you have a speedy recovery back to normal. Best wishes from Hamish & Trish -Original Message- From: quantumowners@googlegroups.com [mailto:quantumowners@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Kodz Sent: 16 November 2014 09:30 To: quantumowners@googlegroups.com Su

RE: [Quantum Owners] Help - I Need one of These to Fit on a Quantum Wheel...

2014-09-16 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hi, Such a “Nut” as you call it is not difficult to make even if you only have a rudimentary workshop and possibly welding gear. I was faced with this situation the first time our son visited with his prospective wife in her latest car that had a slow puncture, was fitted with locknuts, had

Re: [Quantum Owners] H4 Gas struts

2014-09-10 Thread Hamish Freeman
What is the diameter of the ball?  I may have some in my bits box.  Hamish Sent from Samsung Mobile Original message From: bilje55 Date:10/09/2014 07:49 (GMT+00:00) To: quantumowners@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] H4 Gas struts Many thanks for these most

Re: [Quantum Owners] Headlight covers

2014-08-07 Thread Hamish Freeman
The clear plastic covers on an H4 should be held in place with approximately 5 mm wide double sided tape thus allowing them some relative movement and ability to live with any surface misalignment Hope this helps Hamish Sent from Samsung Mobile Original message From: Jim T

Re: [Quantum Owners] dynamic Mouldings is on the move.

2014-05-20 Thread Hamish Freeman
Well done you! Hamish Sent from Samsung Mobile Original message From: Eddie Date:20/05/2014 17:15 (GMT+00:00) To: quantumowners@googlegroups.com Subject: [Quantum Owners] dynamic Mouldings is on the move. Hi All It is with great pleasure to inform you all, that due to

RE: [Quantum Owners] Fuel sender faulty

2014-04-16 Thread Hamish Freeman
Too long since I assembled mine to remember whether the float is solid or hollow but if hollow then it sounds like the float got punctured somehow when the combined fuel pump and sender unit was removed thus reducing the buoyancy of the float – it may be possible to repair but this will depend u

RE: [Quantum Owners] Zetec PCV Valve

2014-03-02 Thread Hamish Freeman
It is unlikely that you would get a perfect seal with the PCV in both directions so do not be in too much of a hurry to dismiss it. In my limited experience, the idle variation described is far too high for a PCV problem. The Drop Dead test is to fix the thing in a given position, shut is easi

RE: [Quantum Owners] Zetec PCV Valve

2014-03-02 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hi Steve, I am interested as this device is so simple that it should be almost impossible for it to go wrong, the possible issues being lacquering of the seating face or other gunge, which can be cleaned off, or fatigue and subsequent breakage of the spring, for which a substitute can normally be

RE: [Quantum Owners] H4 Boot lock

2014-02-23 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hi Jim, Having once locked my keys in the boot five minutes before a client meeting and had to burgle the car with an unwound coat hanger, this was one scenario I dreaded as it sounds as if the rod that connects the lock to the catch has come detached. I assume from your description that yo

RE: [Quantum Owners] MOT's !

2013-12-12 Thread Hamish Freeman
Had the same problem with our Beauford earlier this year! It has electrically operated front seats and to get through IVA the fore and aft movement of the driver's seat has to be inhibited such that it can only be moved with the car stationary, the handbrake on and an override button held in on th

RE: [Quantum Owners] Re: Boot Lock

2013-12-08 Thread Hamish Freeman
Yes from memory of ~15 years ago! Hamish From: quantumowners@googlegroups.com [mailto:quantumowners@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard P Sent: 08 December 2013 12:07 To: quantumowners@googlegroups.com Subject: [Quantum Owners] Re: Boot Lock Pete, Do you happen to know if the con

RE: [Quantum Owners] A Flux Agreed Valuation

2013-11-15 Thread Hamish Freeman
My H4 was valued last January at £4000 after sending them a large number of photos and requesting a value of £5000. Incidentally I cancelled my policy with AF this week, having sold the H4, and was told that there was a cancellation charge of £25 and no refund on the remaining span of the cove

RE: [Quantum Owners] rear window heater replacement

2013-11-04 Thread Hamish Freeman
Yes, That is it. I had forgotten about the timer! Hamish -Original Message- From: quantumowners@googlegroups.com [mailto:quantumowners@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of chris.quan...@btinternet.com Sent: 04 November 2013 10:04 To: quantumowners@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners]

RE: [Quantum Owners] rear window heater replacement

2013-11-03 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hey Guys, Why use a direct heater that has all the problems of not liking to be cleaned etc., when you can use a hot air blower. On my Beauford with its clear plastic rear screen there was no way I could use a stick-on heater but purely by chance I came across a small ceramic based heater with it

RE: [Quantum Owners] The end of an Era

2013-10-31 Thread Hamish Freeman
Thank you for the kind words! The Beauford goes next Thursday (we hope!), to be painted white and become a full time wedding car. That will clear the deck of kit cars other than the 1/3 scale electric cars - Toylander and quad bike used by the grandchildren - and enable me to start on the "Grea

[Quantum Owners] The end of an Era

2013-10-30 Thread Hamish Freeman
Today I finally said goodbye to our beloved H4 of nearly 15 years of which over 14 were on the road. This is with much regret but something I have to accept as inevitable in the process of "moving on". The new owner has joined the club and has already visited Steve K to discuss Q matters in ge

RE: [Quantum Owners] Xtreme rear fog wiring

2013-10-20 Thread Hamish Freeman
cs> http://groups.google.com/group/quantumowners/topics § H4 for Sale [1 Update] § Quantum Saloon Agreed Value [1 Update] <http://groups.google.com/group/quantumowners/t/b17eeed6c0f482c7> H4 for Sale "Hamish Freeman" Oct 16 09:11PM +0100 Well that moment has finally come wh

[Quantum Owners] H4 for Sale

2013-10-16 Thread Hamish Freeman
Well that moment has finally come when the Q has got to go – it sits in the drive unused and deserves a more enthusiastic owner. Built as a Kit-In-A-Box from all new parts in 1998/9, it was registered as a new car in 1999 and since then has covered just over 73,000 miles, just nicely run-in! T

RE: [Quantum Owners] Re: Car Stopping after ~ 1 Hour

2013-10-03 Thread Hamish Freeman
Mark, Making the assumption that your carburettor is not full of crud that can occasionally partially block a jet, the half-full filter symptom is certainly a possibility with regards to what could be responsible for your problem. Filters need to be full of fuel at all times and to achieve thi

[Quantum Owners] Car Stopping after ~ 1 Hour

2013-10-02 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hi, Having been away I somewhat lost the drift of this subject as it seems to have veered towards electrics - possible but unlikely. A possible time related electrical fault would either be condenser on the old style "Kettering" system or overheating with an electronic system. Anything el

RE: [Quantum Owners] H4 Under-body Heat Shielding.

2013-08-11 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hi, Having had a lot of grief with heat shields over the 14 years my H4 has been in the road, I finally got a solution that seems to work. The main problem is that if you use the Ford pressed aluminium heat shields, despite the fact that the eyelet holes are reinforced, they are designed to be he

RE: [Quantum Owners] Fitting power steering to H4

2013-06-26 Thread Hamish Freeman
p;fp=2f0c42e4d087c419&biw=1241&bih=560> http://www.google.co.uk/webhp?source=search_app#gs_rn=17&gs_ri=psy-ab&cp=27&; gs_id=30&xhr=t&q=electric+power+steering+conversion&es_nrs=true&pf=p&sclient =psy-ab&oq=electrical+power+sterring+c&gs_l=&pbx

RE: [Quantum Owners] Fitting power steering to H4

2013-06-25 Thread Hamish Freeman
I did this on my 1.8 Zetec H4 for the same reasons, probably about eight years ago when my heart problems began. The parts were all relatively simple to install with only minor movements of the engine required to fit belts etc. The rack was probably the most awkward thing to change and here a pro

RE: [Quantum Owners] QOC new insurance scheme

2013-05-10 Thread Hamish Freeman
I got an agreed value from AF when renewing my insurance earlier this year after I received a stupid quote from FJ and had checked with Andy what was the going rate. AF send you a long email with a list of details and photos required which you complete and send in from whence they give you a

[Quantum Owners] Water Leak, Plugs and Tip-in/Tip-out

2013-05-10 Thread Hamish Freeman
Well it seems like the water leak has been stopped. It was rapidly traced to the T for the heater on the LHS (looking at the front of the car) "pump to rad hose" with the water up to fan-on temperature. This T is a 15 mm OD plastic pipe bonded into the rubber and over the course of the 15 years t

[Quantum Owners] Stoneleigh - And the Return Journey!!!!

2013-05-07 Thread Hamish Freeman
We would like to add our Thanks to all those who worked so hard to make this year’s Stoneleigh another great success. Our return journey was to say the least frustrating! Yesterday we found that the whole of the area 10 miles in any direction around Warwick was in gridlock, mostly because the

RE: [Quantum Owners] The 2 Gearbox Rubber mounts for a Zetec in an H4

2013-04-21 Thread Hamish Freeman
Jim Hearne asked "Do you mean the 2 that are between the gearbox brackets and the cradle that runs under the gearbox ?" - Yes! Thanks for the advice re the diesel variants. It appears that the terminology changes with a transverse engine. I did manage to find a photo of the engine and gearbox

[Quantum Owners] Rear Gearbox Rubber mounts for a Zetec in an H4

2013-04-21 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hi, Driving along in the beautiful sunshine yesterday I became aware of a lot of tip-in/tip-out movement on the engine and today when I looked in detail it was clear that both the rear rubber mounts for the gearbox had both sheared off on the static side. Looking at the Microcat slide suppl

RE: [Quantum Owners] interesting electrical problem

2013-04-21 Thread Hamish Freeman
Sorry for the delay in commenting on this problem. Two obvious questions first - 1. If you have Dim-dip wiring, have you checked the fuses as Fuse 5 controls the dim-dip lighting and if this has gone nothing will happen. For info, Fuses 8 and 9 control LH and RH dipped beams respectivel

RE: [Quantum Owners] H4 sill rubber strips

2013-04-08 Thread Hamish Freeman
It always reminds me of the protection strips one is required to put on the floor to hide electrical cables in order to meet H&S requirements. This does however have "fold-back" strips to contain the wires whereas the Q stuff is just open at the back. Hamish From: quantumowners@googlegroups

RE: [Quantum Owners] More on Tow bars

2013-04-05 Thread Hamish Freeman
No, No - surely economy inprovement! - Original Message - From: "Hamish Freeman" To: Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 5:53 PM Subject: RE: [Quantum Owners] More on Tow bars "Some production cars may be 'built -down' to be barely adequate for some features"

RE: [Quantum Owners] More on Tow bars

2013-04-05 Thread Hamish Freeman
"Some production cars may be 'built -down' to be barely adequate for some features" - I believe that to which you refer to is technically termed as "Weight Reduction" although we might more readily define this as "Cost Reduction"! Hamish -Original Message- From: quantumowners@googlegroup

RE: [Quantum Owners] More on Tow bars

2013-04-05 Thread Hamish Freeman
How about a different interpretation of the rules. As I understand it, any car that has European certification has to have both a certified tow bar attachment point and a certified tow bar / trailer hitch. For this reason I have always argued the inclusion of a tow bar and electrics to be includ

RE: [Quantum Owners] H4 sill rubber strips

2013-04-05 Thread Hamish Freeman
Eddie is correct in that the rubber strips are "hollow" for want of a better term. Mine fell off a couple of years ago despite being sealed with Sikaflex at either end so I got some commercial automotive double sided tape and stuck them back on again, only to find that in 10 years they had shrunk

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

2013-04-05 Thread Hamish Freeman
I had auto-chokes on a number of cars and on at least two I had the need to make them work effectively. It is normally possible to alter the fast idle speed on most auto-chokes. Haynes usually provides instructions on how to maintain and adjust this type of choke. If you do not have the manual t

[Quantum Owners] Stoneleigh

2013-03-06 Thread Hamish Freeman
Has anyone received a camping form reminder from Grosvenor as yet? In previous years these generally came in January in my recollection. Whilst we no longer camp, getting the camping pass enables us to enter Stoneleigh on Saturday and have two days entry to the show. Trish found the Online Booki

RE: [Quantum Owners] Magazine

2013-02-13 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hi Jan, Did you receive the article that I sent to you on Monday? Hamish From: quantumowners@googlegroups.com [mailto:quantumowners@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jan Sent: 10 February 2013 22:52 To: quantumowners@googlegroups.com Subject: [Quantum Owners] Magazine Hi Guys Pleas

RE: [Quantum Owners] Re: H4 targa roof

2013-02-09 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hi Jase, The fixings for the H4 roof were in fact the fittings from a typical Fiesta sun roof. The Section in the manual about this quotes Catalogue: Fiesta 89-96 (CX) Section: A11.020 Roof - With tilting Roof Opening (3 & 5 Door Saloon/Van, with Sun Roof). In the light of no further informat

RE: [Quantum Owners] Silvertop vs Blacktop

2013-01-30 Thread Hamish Freeman
I can confirm the issue of needing the instrument cluster - whilst I was still at Ricardo (10 years ago!) the Noise Lab had to have the whole vehicle parked outside and extension wiring into the anechoic chamber if doing noise reduction work on "modern" engines or else it was not possible to start

RE: [Quantum Owners] Latest Insurance Quote from FJ

2013-01-04 Thread Hamish Freeman
Thanks to all who replied. I read the article by Andy in QM but he did not actually give a quote hence the request to see what others have been offered. I have had a reply elsewhere so at least now I have some idea of where to start negotiating with FJ and others. Hamish From: quantu

[Quantum Owners] Latest Insurance Quote from FJ

2013-01-04 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hi, Has anyone had a quote from FJ of late under the Owners Club Insurance Scheme? I have just been quoted £293.62 for the 25+ age group. This seems somewhat steep c.f. last years agreed price which from what is currently on the QOC web page should have been £205. As they charged me ~£2

RE: [Quantum Owners] H4s

2012-12-27 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hopefully in the bin - it was awful! Why spoil something that was fine to start with? The only requirement was the obligatory Ikea black waste paper basket as a grill and two spots in the additional apertures and the car looked excellent. Just a pity about the gel coat going transparent. Hamish

RE: [Quantum Owners] H4 on E-bay

2012-11-25 Thread Hamish Freeman
It appears that the seller is in Littlehampton, not far from me. Not Robert Greig then unless he has moved! The car is being sold to build an NG!. Hamish From: quantumowners@googlegroups.com [mailto:quantumowners@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Hearne Sent: 24 November 2012 18:57 To:

RE: [Quantum Owners] Re: K&N filter

2012-10-09 Thread Hamish Freeman
Watch out for a possible (weak mixture) flat spot if the K&N filter is less restrictive! I replaced a proprietary filter on our Toyota Celica many years ago with a homemade low depression unit and the car was never as lively but when I put on a new proprietary filter then back came the performance

RE: [Quantum Owners] Re: Hesitation on acceleration

2012-09-03 Thread Hamish Freeman
All of the talk on the various possibilities leads me to ask whether you have eliminated a sticking/slipping clutch from your investigations or does this only happen in the fully engaged state? In my experience from the days of carburettors, a car that accelerates as one lifts off the accelerat

RE: [Quantum Owners] Quantum H4 Suspension/Wheels/Tyres

2012-06-11 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hi, My H4, was supplied by Old Q as a Kit-in-a-box based on an RS1800 but sourced from Ford Industrial using an 1800 Zetec of nominally the same spec but with Escort ECU and wiring harness and 14" wheels. I now have 165 60 R15 tyres fitted, the choice having been made based on calculations such t

RE: [Quantum Owners] Fiat 20vt quantum smoke issue...

2012-06-11 Thread Hamish Freeman
Blue smoke is generally oil. Michael is suggesting excessive quantities of REDEX as a solution to stuck rings and this is a lot less hassle than stripping the engine and should not cause any issues provided it is not a regular exercise - not sure what REDEX does to the lubricity improvers in the o

RE: [Quantum Owners] Tracking on H4 concerns

2012-04-24 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hi, Maybe the following is a bit apple pie and motherhood but here goes anyway: What tyres have you fitted? On my H4 I started off with Pirelli P700's and whilst they were OK in the dry these were definitely Death on Wheels in the wet. I then went to (Bridgestone) Potensa's for many years until

RE: [Quantum Owners] Re: Low Reading Temperature Gauge

2012-03-15 Thread Hamish Freeman
Well you are right - the lower sensor is indeed the one that feeds the gauge on the dash. I was convinced that it was the other way round. Did the shorting bit and got full reading! It seems like this is a very well used part and occurs in many vehicles at a cost of ~ £5 + VAT + delivery of ~£6

RE: [Quantum Owners] Re: Low Reading Temperature Gauge

2012-03-14 Thread Hamish Freeman
o up to max. This is the one with the smaller rectangular plug on the front of the stat housing, not the larger one with the round connector on the side. Jim ------ From: "Hamish Freeman" Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 2:46 PM To: Subject

RE: [Quantum Owners] Re: Low Reading Temperature Gauge

2012-03-14 Thread Hamish Freeman
Yes that is what I thought so I tested each of the sensors to see what happened with temperature. The gauge sensor is, as stated, a "straight forward" thermistor but the ECU sensor is designed to switch from high resistance to low resistance at ~ 40°C to ensure that the ECU switches from the "Cold

[Quantum Owners] Low Reading Temperature Gauge

2012-03-14 Thread Hamish Freeman
An annoying feature has reared its head on my H4. I have been aware that the temperature gauge has been reading lower and lower values of late and finally decided to do something about it for if it were true then I would be running permanently on the Cold Map (= ~ 7 mpg) and I have noted an increa

RE: [Quantum Owners] MOT Reg Changes

2012-02-22 Thread Hamish Freeman
I am pleased to say that my H4 passed with only a warning on handbrake adjustment which considering that I just put it in this year is OK. Looking at the list suggested below, I would be fairly unhappy if any of the things on the list were not within the requirements. One point was interesting as

RE: [Quantum Owners] servo mounting woes

2012-02-06 Thread Hamish Freeman
Should you have this problem again, a simple way to set this up is to hold or preferably tape a piece of reasonably stiff paper over the area in question then run your finger over the area where the holes are to create an indent - there is usually enough "black stuff" around to mark the edges anywa

RE: [Quantum Owners] Turbo Oil Return

2012-02-04 Thread Hamish Freeman
Nigel, The reason why turbo oil return is taken directly back to the sump is that the oil flow levels are high and could a) swamp a breather and b) cause frothing and ultimate "mayonnaise" build up in the crankcase. The design criteria is straight forward - return the oil to the sump below the st

Message Recall Failure: Recall: [Quantum Owners] Tow bar for coupe..

2012-01-06 Thread Hamish Freeman
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RE: [Quantum Owners] Re: Club Website - Planned Outage

2011-12-13 Thread Hamish Freeman
It is still persisting! About every other posting comes in as below. Anyone else on Orange? Hamish From: quantumowners@googlegroups.com [mailto:quantumowners@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Kodz Sent: 13 December 2011 14:19 To: quantumowners@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Quantum Owne

[Quantum Owners] Recent Emails

2011-12-12 Thread Hamish Freeman
Is it my system or are other people receiving emails from some of the regular contributors this evening that are blank with footnotes in French? Hamish -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quantum Owners Group" group. To post to this group, send email

RE: [Quantum Owners] Shudder when braking

2011-11-21 Thread Hamish Freeman
Whilst others have pointed out the issue of front disks, my experience with Fiesta based brakes is that the problem of judder comes from oval rear brake drums, to the extent that I cut a mandrel and mounted my drums in my late and skimmed them and voila! - no shudder. I have experienced front disk

RE: [Quantum Owners] Child seats in the back of a 2+2

2011-11-20 Thread Hamish Freeman
Having had to look into this to take grandchildren in our cars, there appear to be two types: Those with ISO fittings and those that are retained by the normal seat belts. ISO fittings are installed in all new cars from whenever and consist of two loops per seat secured firmly to the floor or rea

RE: [Quantum Owners] H4 jack

2011-11-18 Thread Hamish Freeman
On my H4 I have a scissor jack stored behind the coolant water expansion tank next to the scuttle on the driver's side. It has remained there quite happily for 11 years! The jack handle and long wrench for the wheel nuts are stored along the side of the suspension turret on the same side, wrapped

RE: [Quantum Owners] Re: H4 IVA Approval - Weights ?

2011-10-07 Thread Hamish Freeman
When my H4 was SVA'ed, the tester put load cells under each wheel but did not give me the figures. When my Beauford was IVA'ed there was no weighing done in the brand new Southampton facility, rather a lot of discussion as to how I had come by the figures entered on the IVA form - be prepared to j

RE: [Quantum Owners] CVH Ignition Timing

2011-08-31 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hi John, It certainly sounds as if you are not getting sufficient fuel through to run the engine. There might be a number of reasons. Without knowing your level of experience and without wishing to offend, first let us assume that the engine is timed on the right stroke - not the first time that

[Quantum Owners] Haynes Day

2011-08-30 Thread Hamish Freeman
Finally got on the Internet for a short while! I would like to add my thanks to all those involved in organising and running Haynes Day this year. It must have been a record attendance with 24 people on the score sheet this year, apart from partners and children. A further thanks go to th

[Quantum Owners] Haynes Day, Sunday

2011-08-25 Thread Hamish Freeman
What is the official start time this year? We have booked Saturday night in one of the local pubs so should be able to get there on time for a change, having first walked the Golden Woofer that is! Hamish & Trish -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

RE: [Quantum Owners] H4 'P' seals

2011-08-11 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hi, Having experienced the same problems, I got 2m of the P seal from "M&M" at Stoneleigh earlier this year for some small amount of money. They are on line. We use them as a supplier as they went to a lot of trouble supplying an exact match in vinyl for the XJ6 Doeskin leather seats for my Beau

RE: [Quantum Owners] H4 towbar

2011-07-21 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hi Hamish, thanks for your information regarding the tow bar issue, im hoping to do a bit more camping and use a small trailer. Do you happen to know what year of Mondeo the tow bar came from Tks Andy --- On Thu, 14/7/11, Hamish Freeman http://uk.mc861.mail.

RE: [Quantum Owners] DVLA don't like engines with no number...

2011-07-20 Thread Hamish Freeman
Ford have a strict code relating to year of manufacture - The Burton catalogue contains a table of letters vs. years. My 1800 Zetec has no number on it whatsoever! It came via Old Q as a Kit-in-a-box with a separate engine plate from Ford Industrial Division. My 2.0 DOHC for the Beauford had a

RE: [Quantum Owners] H4 towbar

2011-07-14 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hi, Yes my tow-bar is based on a Mondeo Estate drawbar attached each side via its fixed flanges to a piece of heavy duty 2"angle iron to the underside of the boot structure and secured by a mirror image piece of angle iron on the inside of the boot by 3 off M10 bolts each side from memory. The sp

RE: [Quantum Owners] QOC haynes action day - change of date

2011-07-12 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hi, At this moment I hope to attend but as life is so uncertain regarding what will happen when at present that the situation may change. HAMISH From: quantumowners@googlegroups.com [mailto:quantumowners@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ANDREW HEATON Sent: 11 July 2011 22:06 To: quantumow

RE: [Quantum Owners] No Barbeque on 12 June

2011-07-05 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hi, We are in temporary accommodation for the duration, which may well be for a another 3 months. The house has been cleared of burned residue, cleaned up and made safe but now we wait for the insurance company to accept one of three proposals from builders and then it is a matter of lead time

[Quantum Owners] H4 Electrical Fault

2011-04-21 Thread Hamish Freeman
Unfortunately the response of your people sounds like a scatter gun effect with no real logic behind any of the things done to date.  Most things in the control funtion do not fail and if they do then the fault code reader catches most of them.  Catalysts tend only to fail if run to weak and th

Re: [Quantum Owners] H4 rebuild had to sell some parts!

2011-03-07 Thread Hamish Freeman
Stuart, Having looked through your photo collection, I am interested to learn what was / can be achieved at the suspension place that you used, for example do they match the spring rates and damping to the vehicle weight on their static rig or is there something a bit more dynamic than that?

Re: [Quantum Owners] quantum forum

2011-03-01 Thread Hamish Freeman
I think that the numbers speak for themselves – the other forum has 25 members according to the info therein whereas this forum would have probably three times that number even if only a few are involved in actual correspondence? Jim you probably know more about that topic? Hamish From: rab cr

[Quantum Owners] Stoneleigh

2011-02-24 Thread Hamish Freeman
Just a thought for anyone thinking of going to Stoneleigh for both days but not actually camping, we were looking at hotels for this event and noted that most of those in the Kenilworth area were almost all booked up already, according to Booking.com. It still looks worthwhile paying £20 for

[Quantum Owners] Front Suspension Bushes

2011-02-04 Thread Hamish Freeman
My H4 failed its MOT last week on front lower rear suspension bushes – again! The rubber bond between the bush and its collar breaks away on one side and provides potential for excessive movement. In 13 years on the road this must be the fourth time that I have had to carry out this job, to the

[Quantum Owners] H4 Boot Popper

2011-01-31 Thread Hamish Freeman
A bit difficult to take photos as mine is fitted inside of the inner skin of the boot lid. I received the full kit for this which included a puller bar that fits into an arm that sticks out of the latch mechanism at one end and into the moving section of the “servo motor” at the other end. The

Re: [Quantum Owners] quantum saloon carpet patterns please

2011-01-25 Thread Hamish Freeman
Hi, In the absence of a full set of patterns, the general approach to this is to use newspaper pressed into shape on the floor, from which you can either cut to the corners or work out the intersection for stitching together a fully fitted covering. I used this approach for both my H4 and my

[Quantum Owners] Happy Christmas!

2010-12-23 Thread Hamish Freeman
Trish and I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas followed by a Peaceful and Prosperous New Year! At least we see next year as one of hope for both the club and the future of Quantum. We have all had a chance to let Eddie know what would go towards our respective dream package for

Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: Quantum Kit Cars is born.

2010-12-14 Thread Hamish Freeman
Shall we just say that the guy who inspected my Beauford had been involved in an inspection where a car had been involved in an accident caused by not meeting the specifications! It later transpired that the car had been altered after the test. This is why they now take photos of all possible

Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: Quantum Kit Cars is born.

2010-12-14 Thread Hamish Freeman
t;>>> Hi all >>>>>> Thank you for the kind words that have been expressed here about my >>>>>> taking on Quantum. Some of the comments have been quite humbling. >>>>>> I have given much thought about taking on Quantum, this decision >

Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: Quantum Kit Cars is born.

2010-12-14 Thread Hamish Freeman
the progress. > > > I look foward to working as closely as possible with the QOC and > > > giving new life to the cars that we love. > > > Eddie > > > On Dec 10, 2:18 pm, vince wrote: > > > > I would just like to add my best wishes to Eddie on his n

Re: [Quantum Owners] Quantum Kit Cars is born.

2010-12-08 Thread Hamish Freeman
How nice for once to see a logical progression such that someone who has made an effort to provide updates and improvements for the Quantum Marque for some time now has actually been able to buy the company - a touch of Victor Kiam? Congratulations and hope you are able to make a thriving busine

Re: [Quantum Owners] Body repairs

2010-11-22 Thread Hamish Freeman
The rear bumper is bolted across the narrow inside rear panel just behind where the boot lid closes and it is also screwed either side to the wings. The number of fixings was open to interpretation by the builder, particularly as the outermost bolts are very awkward to reach and the wing screws

Re: [Quantum Owners] Naughty Q

2010-10-28 Thread Hamish Freeman
Relatively speaking, this sounds quite reasonable against the quote that my son had from Toyota for the replacement of all disks and pads at a cost of £720, after having a standard service on his relatively new MPV to keep up the service record We did the job in less than 2 hours including

Re: [Quantum Owners] mixture adjustment.

2010-10-24 Thread Hamish Freeman
When I was learning about carburetors some 45 years ago, the order of preference when checking for faulty operation was as follows: - If in doubt do not move anything whose use you do not understand - read books and get skilled help: start on the outside and work your way in - Locate your nearest

Re: [Quantum Owners] 1.6 Zetec Redline

2010-10-20 Thread Hamish Freeman
As far as working out a safe operating speed, you can use a piston speed of 10 m/s as a guide - remember that the calculation is engine speed times twice the stroke converted to m/s. Hamish - Original Message - From: "canwood" To: "Quantum Owners Group" Sent: Wednesday, October 20,

[Quantum Owners] Carpets - The making thereof

2010-10-18 Thread Hamish Freeman
When making my H4, I was supplied by Old Q with a roll of black carpet, a roll of black felt and a roll of grey felt. The rest was up to me. The way I was taught to make templates was to get a whole load of newspaper, some glue and a good pair of scissors then, using a single sheet at a time,

Re: [Quantum Owners] Exeter kit car show

2010-10-18 Thread Hamish Freeman
Saturday, home on Sunday. Hamish - Original Message - From: "Eddie" To: "Quantum Owners Group" Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 11:31 PM Subject: [Quantum Owners] Exeter kit car show Hi All Next week is Exeter kit car show, what day is the club attending ??? Would like to meet up w

Re: [Quantum Owners] What would you design.

2010-10-08 Thread Hamish Freeman
Here are some "off the cuff" thoughts, which could be developed into something more serious: Taking the concept of an H4 as the basis, make the roll bar a permanent feature integral with the chassis and attach it also to a metal front screen frame to form a permanent total roll cage to which t

Re: [Quantum Owners] Electric windows and central locking H4

2010-10-07 Thread Hamish Freeman
This was the basis of most "Kit-In-A-Box" cars from old Q and what I have on my H4. I have a Fiesta wiring harness only modified on three connectors to mate to the Escort Zetec engine fittings and this accepted the electric window harness with no problem. A cursory word of warning however! Wh

Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: H4 Suspension & Exhaust

2010-09-30 Thread Hamish Freeman
Sam, Not sure what engine you have as I am picking up this thread on a different computer. I have an 1800 Zetec on which I have used the standard RS1800 Ford system including manifold from front to rear for the 11 years that I have had the car on the road - This is very quiet, fits into the

Re: [Quantum Owners] Front hub mod - any suggestions please?

2010-09-28 Thread Hamish Freeman
Err - not me gov! Sounds more like Jim reporting to this group to me. Power steering - yes - together with rack limiters for use with wide wheels but front hubs are not something that I have changed as yes. I am, however, contemplating using the larger Sierra GT discs using the same pads now t

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