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by Jonny Hart
Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:09 pm
Forum: Classic Porsche General Chat
Topic: Can you guess what it is yet?
Replies: 24
Views: 775

Re: Can you guess what it is yet?

Rolf's prison scissors?
by Jonny Hart
Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:27 pm
Forum: Porsche Technical advice and help
Topic: Using a snap-on timing light
Replies: 16
Views: 408

Re: Using a snap-on timing light

well since you'll be in the distributor anyway, why not lock the weights and give it a go? We can put the map in it for you if you like.
by Jonny Hart
Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:45 pm
Forum: Porsche Technical advice and help
Topic: Using a snap-on timing light
Replies: 16
Views: 408

Re: Using a snap-on timing light

Provided your readings are accurate, that would suggest the springs are weak in the distributor.
by Jonny Hart
Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:16 am
Forum: Porsche Technical advice and help
Topic: Using a snap-on timing light
Replies: 16
Views: 408

Re: Using a snap-on timing light

Yes, that's correct. Essentially you're doing the same thing but the other way around - adjusting the lamp delay instead of the distributor position. So, in your idle example, if you set the timing light to 5ATDC, the flash should appear on the TDC mark. At 2000 RPM, you can adjust the timing light ...
by Jonny Hart
Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:56 pm
Forum: Porsche Technical advice and help
Topic: Using a snap-on timing light
Replies: 16
Views: 408

Re: Using a snap-on timing light

It's basically a delay in flashing the bulb so that the timing you require shows on the tdc mark. If you have the timing light adv set to 5 ATDC then you'd turn the distributor until the flash is on TDC (at idle). If you wanted -say- 25 BTDC at 4000, set the light adv to 25 BTDC then you'd turn the ...
by Jonny Hart
Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:06 pm
Forum: Porsche Restoration Threads
Topic: 1987 3.2 Carrera Backdate project - Sladeys hotrod
Replies: 2322
Views: 252310

Re: 1987 3.2 Carrera Backdate project - Sladeys hotrod

Interesting reading. We provide full email and telephone support for our kits and it is amazing how varied the questions are - to the point that if we put every answer to every question back into the manual, it would probably be 1000 pages long! On thing is a theme though. The kit is designed for a ...
by Jonny Hart
Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:40 pm
Forum: Classic Porsche General Chat
Topic: Amplifier Experts?
Replies: 116
Views: 3465

Re: Amplifier Experts?

Much of my work was on the pro side but I did have a turntable till the late eighties. Afterwards we periodically used them for shows, once a £15,000 one but in an AB, the problems are obvious and believers think you can’t design a phono stage. Vinyl is hugely profitable for ailing record companies...
by Jonny Hart
Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:59 pm
Forum: Pre 1974 - Porsche 911 (longhood)
Topic: Alternator
Replies: 10
Views: 504

Re: Alternator

The charging system voltage depends on a few things.. 1. How drained the battery is. 12.6 suggests you battery is fully charged so it won't need much more charging. 2. The temperature of the battery and cables 3. The voltage drop across the cable ( from alternator to battery incl. the earth) 4. The ...
by Jonny Hart
Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:44 pm
Forum: Classic Porsche General Chat
Topic: Harry's Garage video and the Electric Car in detail
Replies: 12
Views: 639

Re: Harry's Garage video and the Electric Car in detail

Ha, we have 6 ft fencing all the way round. At the moment its to keep the deer out but could certain be repurposed!
by Jonny Hart
Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:44 pm
Forum: Classic Porsche General Chat
Topic: Harry's Garage video and the Electric Car in detail
Replies: 12
Views: 639

Re: Harry's Garage video and the Electric Car in detail

We are striving to reduce interaction with 'the system' as much as possible. Sold the all-done 'forever' house, moved to a place with some land to grow veg, its own water reservoir and a woodland (50 tonnes of wood already felled for heating). Solar and battery system going in. LPG tank for reserve ...
by Jonny Hart
Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:53 pm
Forum: For Sale - Porsche Parts/Misc etc.
Topic: SOLD Carello Yellow Driving Lights + Covers
Replies: 3
Views: 208

Re: FS: Carello Yellow Driving Lights + Covers

Interested. Price for shipping to UK?
by Jonny Hart
Sun Jan 21, 2024 9:50 am
Forum: Classic Porsche General Chat
Topic: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Replies: 22160
Views: 1158183

Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day

911hillclimber wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 4:40 pm
Reputation for being very hot inside I think.
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Had a quick look at the layout. Looks like a perfect candidate for electric AC.
by Jonny Hart
Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:32 am
Forum: Porsche Market Place Discussion
Topic: Patinacide - crime against originality of the day
Replies: 15
Views: 1254

Re: Patinacide - crime against originality of the day

Whenever I see a car like, one word springs to mind..."Bondo"! Ah come on, I know they dumped that album into your iPhone once but you can go on blaming him forever :P I will absolutely blame him every time I jump in the car and forget to hook up my tunes. Imagine if I had a horrible acci...