first time start in 7 months tomorrow
20 December 2011, 10:28 PM
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first time start in 7 months tomorrow
evening all. ive been away for the past 7 months and the scoob has been locked in my garage all that time. really dry, dirt free garage and the oil was changed just before i put her in there. ive got a new battery and other little bits to go on but im just wondering if i should just go ahead and pop a new battery on and start up. will any danage be done.?. anything i should do.?.
any advice please.
dan
any advice please.
dan
20 December 2011, 10:42 PM
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I dont think turning it over without starting would produce much oil pressure. If your not going to put paste on the cams lobes and some wd40 down the bores i'd just start it and let it tick over for a while.
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20 December 2011, 10:56 PM
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Been anywhere nice Dan?
I just started mine after 7 months in Afghan and she was fine, gave her a run and then serviced her. If you disconnect the crank sensor you'll get a fault light, other option is run a wire from the battery to the starter live connection and it will crank without starting as long as you leave the ignition off
I just started mine after 7 months in Afghan and she was fine, gave her a run and then serviced her. If you disconnect the crank sensor you'll get a fault light, other option is run a wire from the battery to the starter live connection and it will crank without starting as long as you leave the ignition off
20 December 2011, 11:04 PM
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hello jon. i moved down to lewisham with the wife and didnt want to take the scoob with me. no garage down there etc etc,... so i left it here in watford. BUT,......i lost my job a couple weeks ago and i struggled to find anything down there. and i mean ANYTHING!!!! so i am back at mum and dads for work in watford (hopefully), and go back to doing the watford to lewisham commute as and when i can, by train. poop time at the mo matey.
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20 December 2011, 11:08 PM
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Been anywhere nice Dan?
I just started mine after 7 months in Afghan and she was fine, gave her a run and then serviced her. If you disconnect the crank sensor you'll get a fault light, other option is run a wire from the battery to the starter live connection and it will crank without starting as long as you leave the ignition off
I just started mine after 7 months in Afghan and she was fine, gave her a run and then serviced her. If you disconnect the crank sensor you'll get a fault light, other option is run a wire from the battery to the starter live connection and it will crank without starting as long as you leave the ignition off
20 December 2011, 11:15 PM
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Haha I got nearly £6000 and have Harvey ported headers and up pipe, 3 port to go on sometime in the new year, if I ever get it back from the repair shop. But that's another story.
21 December 2011, 09:20 AM
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Been anywhere nice Dan?
I just started mine after 7 months in Afghan and she was fine, gave her a run and then serviced her. If you disconnect the crank sensor you'll get a fault light, other option is run a wire from the battery to the starter live connection and it will crank without starting as long as you leave the ignition off
I just started mine after 7 months in Afghan and she was fine, gave her a run and then serviced her. If you disconnect the crank sensor you'll get a fault light, other option is run a wire from the battery to the starter live connection and it will crank without starting as long as you leave the ignition off
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cheers chaps. all good news on the first start front, i just wish it was insured, taxed, so i could take it out of the garage compound.
. it was nice to hear that nur spec rumble tho. 
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21 December 2011, 09:02 PM
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Didn't Know we had people in Libya????????? or were you flying????? or on a ship?????
Unless you are SF but then you wouldnt have name dropped that if you were, Think OP-sec Guys, this is a internet forum after all.
Obviously you can PM me the answers to my questions, don't post them on here,lol
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Unless you are SF but then you wouldnt have name dropped that if you were, Think OP-sec Guys, this is a internet forum after all.
Obviously you can PM me the answers to my questions, don't post them on here,lol
Mac
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21 December 2011, 09:15 PM
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I was part of the team that went in to assist in the evacuation, not SF, but assisting the embassy staff in getting the UK nationals out as the country went into melt down - no big secret and all above board
my wagon sits for long periods, always check oil and water and starts strong and on the button everytime 
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