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About alanrichey

  • Birthday 11/21/1949

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    Robin Hood Super Spec (Rover T16)
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    Francis Alan Richey

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    http://www.rmrsoft.com

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    Swayfield, Grantham, Lincolnshire

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  1. It’s on the side of the gearbox (assuming you have the MT75 Box). You need to look from underneath to see it. it has a very small connector with 2 small wires. I have had to repair mine twice (in 10 years )
  2. This will be held at Kimbolton Castle (PE28 0EA) on Sunday 14th July. This is a regular show and attracts a huge number of cars (They are estimating 1200+ this year). It is also a full day out with stalls, arena events, food and drink etc. The Club has been allocated a space for 15 cars, which is normally around the number we get. The organiser has told me we can apply for early bird tickets using the code KCFCCS24 at www.kimboltoncountryfayre.org/tickets although I'm not sure how we benefit from that as it seems this option is open to everyone. Location of our pitch will be issued nearer the day. See https://kimboltoncountryfayre.com/ for more details. Al (Temporary Events Secretary)
  3. One for the diaries. See forum post for details.
  4. The old timers amongst us will remember we used to sell humorous stickers for the back of the car. Well, the good news are that they are back. These two are available: Our plan is to sell them at Malvern and Newark, for £1 each. However, for those who can't attend the shows or want some now, we are selling them for £1.50, to allow for postage charges. Just go the 'Store' option on the blue banner and select what you want. While cleaning up the store I have also added our normal windscreen sticker as well. You will receive one of these on initial registration and also you can request another at renewal. For those who want one 'out of phase' these will also be on sale at the Shows at £1 or £1.50 from the Store. (We have red, yellow, blue and green nose cones to match your car) Have fun
  5. Sorry Nigel, forum rules clearly state : 3) You MUST put a price on all items in your adverts, we don't want to start an auction and everyone feels awkward when it says "Make me an offer"! Cheers Al (Webmaster)
  6. Mine is identical with no model type specified, even though it is a Superspec. i also have the SVA/IVA date specified (17/06/2008) and the emission standard (%CO 0.5; 0.3FI HC 0.02FI;LAMDA 0.97-1.03) Shows the number of former owners as just 1. I know the person I bought it from actually built it, so it just includes him. One caveat is that the Superspec didn’t use a donor car so was declared new at the SVA. I’m not sure what happens if your car used the original donor registration.
  7. We now welcome the Exmo to the 'Useful Sites' list of dedicated pages for each model, joining the Superspec, Series III/IIIA and 2B/2b+. I'm grateful to Jan (sparepart) for the work he has done in setting up this page as he continues to add more information. If any other Exmo owner feels they can contribute please contact him. Meanwhile I am still waiting for a volunteer to do pages for the Series 6, Series 7 and LIghweight. Any one ? Cheers Al Richey (Webmaster)
  8. Just to explain the logic here so you understand the reasoning for the question. The speed the indicator flashes is dependent on the current load flowing through the flasher unit. That is why if one bulb fails you get the double-speed for the rest, as the current has reduced. Now, LEDs only take a fraction of the current compared with traditional bulbs, so if you have fitted LEDs that would explain the problem. So you have 2 solutions as recommended by phaeton. If you insert resistors in serial with the LEDs the higher resistance will induce more current flow so your flashers should slow down. Alternatively get an LED-specific flasher unit designed to operate at a lower current level. Hope that makes sense.
  9. Look under Useful Sites > NW Group > Identification of various… that shows the front suspension setups to all the Robin Hood models. Might help.
  10. Sorry, can't make it as I will be overseas visiting my daughter. I'll put it in my diary so I can remind all the East of England members nearer the date.
  11. A regular outing for many of the Club members
  12. January has always been one of our busiest months as historically all members renewed on 1st Jan. Although we have now switched to the more flexible format there are still a number of us old-timers still left on that date. So we had 53 members up for renewal. A was a bit disappointed that 11 members failed ro renew, but very pleasantly surprised when we picked up 9 new memers. Very unusual as many cars are SORNed, but very welcome. So we are sitting comfortably at 353 members, The new members are : (forum name (and Chritian name if not obvious), location and Area Sec) Cass (Garath) Morecombe Darrell Paul Ringrow Bangor toriitom Ivo (Ivor) Walsall richyb66 Jerbear (Jeremy) Dillwyn richyb66 Daniel Jowett Doncaster Grim Sam Burton St Neots Me Dave Read Leeds Grim Pete Millie Cambourne Me SteveT Plymouth Robbie2B
  13. Managed to do the meet today, a nice lunch at the cafe for the select few. A fairly nice runout, an hour each way for me, although my car dumped a whole load of coolant on the way there and I arrived at the cafe with the temperature gauge hovering just underneath the red, and I had a mild case of hypothermia The coolant fault is a poor seal between my expansion bottle and the pressure cap, as all the missing water was in the overflow bottle I have fitted.. I don't yet know if it is a faulty pressure cap, a poor neck on the expansion bottle or the coolant system is over pressurising. I have a 20 psi cap one which should be more than enough. I got home OK by driving at a steady 50mph with judicious use of the fan in villages, traffic lights, traffic..... Unfortunately my brake lights then stayed on all the way back. A fair number of people flashed me, but I didn't know how to tell them I knew all about it and couldn't fix it till I got home ? Easy fix though, part of the switch mounting was displaced, so just a 5 min fix. Kit Cars eh !!, don't you love them
  14. The run tomorrow has to scrubbed, I am the only one who could go. I would have been a bit lonely. Might try and resurrect it later, watch this space.
  15. Yes, the owner is a member and a good supporter of the East of England group. The car is a Polaris Slingshot 3-wheeler, an absolutely beautiful kit. It's just one of his collection
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