It was a cold, wet and windy day which was not encouraging me to get out and work, but I put the fan on the Talbot first thing and eventually I dragged myself into the garage to look at the Ferrari.
The bloody car alarm kept going off though - so loud in there. Anyway I took off the cover to get access to the leads and as planned I used the endoscope to get a clear(ish) view of the lead ends and distributor cap.
I also thought I'd better label them as I went.
I managed to get to five of the eight for a look. Here is plug lead 3 where I started vs plug lead 8 next to it.
Spot the difference. Number 3 is clean and bright at both ends and number 8 is burnt out. Oh.
After that 'success' I started Talbot - a bit rough - it's not been running since early October - but settled down. I did notice the charge light did not go out though - so that pointed to a blown fuse.
Yes the fuse was blown but even with new fuses the charge light refused to go out. So have I bugged up the voltage regulator ? I did feel that I'd been there before but at least I can now move the car and put it away for Winter.
Finally a quick Harkstead run in the SAAB to computer jobs, followed by shopping an filling up with petrol for Tuesday's run.
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