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Title: AGM BREAKDOWN ?? Post by: rogerelias on 14 July, 2009, 02:02:41 PM HAVE JUST BEEN TALKING TO A RECOVERY DRIVER FROM SHREWSBURY WHO DELIVERED A CAR TO US TODAY, AND I MENTIONED THAT I WAS THERE AT THE WEEKEND, HE SAID HE HAD TO TAKE A CAR AND 2 ELDERLY GENTLEMEN , BACK TO BIRMINGHAM WITH A Y REGD LANCIA CAR, THE CAR HAD A BROKEN REAR LOWER ARM JUDGING BY HIS DESCRIPTION, SOUNDS LIKE IT MAY HAVE BEEN A BETA, HOPE DAMAGE NOT TO SERIOUS, I THINK HE SAID THE PERSONS NAME WAS FIELD, SMALL WORLD.
Title: Re: AGM BREAKDOWN ?? Post by: fay66 on 14 July, 2009, 02:24:19 PM It was Tony Field with his lovely Trevi, talking to Tony yesterday it seems that all of a sudden it started zig zagging across the road which was a bit frightening, on checking, one of the rear wheels had negative camber! a closer look indicated that a suspension link had bent ??? while putting it on the AA wagon the AA bloke reckoned that the other side was bent as well.
Tony drove it to the AGM from Birmingham and was somewhere near Wenlock edge when the problem occurred. Only thing that comes to mind is that he thinks that the links might have been damaged previously by someone jacking up on them when he had the bodywork sorted? If Tony finds anything definitive I'll post it here. I shan't tell Tony that the AA driver took his wife for an elderly Gentleman, although thinking on it he may have had someone else with them ::) The Trevi needs new arms, but while he was waiting for the AA he had the radio on which means having the ignition turned on. When he went to start the car, it wouldn't, so it's first port of call on the AA wagon on monday was an Auto Electrician, seems that by having the ignition on without the engine running he burnt out a connection, hence no start! He now has the Trevi back home and waiting to fit new links. Brian 8227 8) Title: Re: AGM BREAKDOWN ?? Post by: rogerelias on 14 July, 2009, 03:38:51 PM SEE, i knew that someone would know about this ::) burnt a connection out by leaving ignition on, sounds like a Victor Meldrew moment about Italian electrics!! ;)
Title: Re: AGM BREAKDOWN ?? Post by: Thotos on 14 July, 2009, 05:07:17 PM he had the radio on which means having the ignition turned on. Having the ignition on without the engine running is always a bad idea. It was especially true of older cars with points because if the points were closed and the ignition left on, then current would constantly flow through the coil and would eventually burn the coil out. Can't think why the Trevi would have a problem with the ignition left on but even more strange is that my Trevi's radio works without having the ignition on. Title: Re: AGM BREAKDOWN ?? Post by: johnturner on 14 July, 2009, 06:17:25 PM OK if its a really older car since leaving the ignition on in the Lambda just means that the magneto isn't earthed, but since i still haven't got round to fitting a radio that isn't much help.
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