mpbarrett

My mistake, hadn't realised it privately owned by the Peel group.

one of the problems is the canal trust is under funded and has been asking for crowd funding to remove dead trees from the canals.

re burnt out pin, thats nasty and impressive! Might be worth metering the circuit board to check that the tracks arent damaged. Do you have a cct diagram for the board? I assume there is a driver between the Mega processor and the output drive? Worth checking the drive signal with the scope (BTW nice Tek scope) from the Mega output thru to the coil to check you have a good signal and some component hasnt died.

I had good halogen bulbs (Osram Nightbreakers) in a generic lenses (from somewhere on Ebay) in the Herald. Excellent full beam but very low dipped beam. I swapped out the Halogens for some expensive Philips LED bulbs, superb full beam but the dipped beam was very poorly defined. I changed the lenses for a set o Wipac lenses and now have good full and very well defined very useable dipped beams. But have been spoilt by the smart beam bending lights on our Golf GTE.....

Yep can do. setup info is here JimStim v1.3 Setup mike

I forgot that I have this, its a simulator board, generates all the signals from an engine. Its a JimSim 1.3. You are welcome to borrow it.

you need an arbitrary signal generator or you code some thing in an Arduino to reproduce the wave form probably good enough for low speed testing...

not sure I fully understand whats going on. A couple of thoughts. Might be worth checking the TDC is TDC also is the setup correct for the timing wheel you are using, correct number of teeth etc? Have you got a scope to look at the raw signal coming from the sensor? Also is the wiring to the coil pack correct (is it a wasted spark system?). Ignoring the timing issue, are you getting a good size spark at the plugs? Mike

I have a good spare 12V battery if you want to borrow it and run in parallel while trouble shooting... Going to be even colder today (0C outside). mike

Listened to a very good documentary about the Kent Air ambulance responding to a RTC. Absolutely gripping. Available on Sounds. BBC Radio 4 - Air Ambulance Mike

change in amplitude could be due to change in gap between the sensor and the teeth on the wheel. Its purely inductive so sensitive to gap distance. Probably not running quite true. Agree with Nick re earthing you need to get that correct. BTW I am running a Ford wasted spark coil pack. I have a spare one if you wanted to try it.

here is mine, the page layout on my setup seem to be different, cant find pages similar to yours! I did have problems with getting a good trigger signal, particularly when starting in cold weather or when the battery was low (it uses an inductive sensor so the signal level is dependent on the cranking speed, if too slow the level might not be high enough to be detected as a trigger). Might be worth looking at the trigger signal when you are trying to start it, Have a look at the tooth logger under Diagnostics to make sure there is a good trigger signal when cranking. mike

if you are worried about the load you should be able to tell the car (at least you can on out Golf GTE) to reduce the max current it is drawing when on charge. This useful if you charge it during a sunny day and want to charge it only from the power generated by the solar panels, if you have them. What car have you brought? I think a plug in hybrid is a perfect solution for most people. mike

just saw this on FB as someone has used a Turbo Charger, might be of interest from Triumph Sports Six Club (TSSC) Thomas Key My 1973 TR6. After successfully running a Janspeed turbo charger kit for the original engine, back in the 80's, the engine eventually became tired, & ready for rebuild. The choice was to rebuild, or fit a Ford Sierra RS Cosworth engine & gearbox to the car, with lots of tuning potential. This was back in 1990. The conversion went ahead, & has been running like this for the last 34 years. It was some conversion back then, & to a certain extent, even now. The guy that built the car, was responsible for building the Ford MK1 Transit van, which had the GT40 engine fitted, & was very famous for driving on many race circuits like Silverstone & Brands Hatch. His name was Terry Drury. The car is exciting to drive, & not for the faint hearted.

amazing story, look forward to seeing more details when it gets home! mike