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by mooreken
Sat Nov 24, 2018 3:14 pm
Forum: Cobra stuff
Topic: Motor saga
Replies: 16
Views: 8238

Motor saga

Well its been too quite here on the forum. As I was driving in the Reptile roundup cruise I had a fair amount of smoke coming out of my right side pipe. As I had just changed the oil pan to a road race type, I was hoping that maybe I had just over filled it. So as the saying goes I was whistling pas...
by mooreken
Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:42 pm
Forum: Cobra stuff
Topic: The King's Head British Pub car show
Replies: 0
Views: 1720

The King's Head British Pub car show

Do to my connection with my brothers Triumph TR250 and the fact that I was out driving around in my Cobra I stopped by to see the Triumph Club of North Florida show. The parking lot was closed for the show but I got lucky and someone was pulling out right near the entrance outside of the parking lot...
by mooreken
Wed Oct 10, 2018 6:03 pm
Forum: Cobra stuff
Topic: I found the rattle
Replies: 2
Views: 2264

Re: I found the rattle

Thanks...that is what I have replaced it with. This was the second failure I had with this brand in the last 6 months. The first one only slipped. Made the timing lines go all wacky.
by mooreken
Tue Oct 09, 2018 3:40 pm
Forum: Cobra stuff
Topic: New surprises in the motor
Replies: 1
Views: 1755

New surprises in the motor

]As I'm waiting for my new Road Race oil pan to arrive I'll give another story on the Cobra as the site seems a little too quiet. (am I the only one that has a Cobra wanting attention..lol) After Daytona I had the balancer issue that I wrote about, but I also noticed on the last run that the oil pre...
by mooreken
Tue Oct 02, 2018 6:13 pm
Forum: Cobra stuff
Topic: I found the rattle
Replies: 2
Views: 2264

I found the rattle

I had a large rattle after the track day at Daytona. It didn’t take long to find. The harmonic balancers rubber insert gave up and the outer ring became unattached. The alternator pulley stopped the ring from flying off. Glad I decided to cut the last session short. 4D0E13F1-81E9-4AA7-AF93-6059EC126...
by mooreken
Mon Oct 01, 2018 7:07 pm
Forum: Cobra stuff
Topic: Daytona in the morning
Replies: 4
Views: 2804

Re: Daytona in the morning; follow up.

I rested yesterday so I got around to taking the car out of the trailer today. After starting there was a really bad rattle. Strange type of rattle. It sounded like a loose pully a or something. But I only have the one belt and pully and they were ok. I put it on the lift and looked and felt around....
by mooreken
Mon Oct 01, 2018 5:14 pm
Forum: Cobra stuff
Topic: Daytona Track Day
Replies: 8
Views: 3919

Re: Daytona Track Day

Thanks Stefan. I'll look into it.
by mooreken
Sun Sep 30, 2018 12:46 am
Forum: Cobra stuff
Topic: Daytona in the morning
Replies: 4
Views: 2804

Re: Daytona in the morning

First a little warning. This link is about 20mins long and the quality is still shaky. I tried the best that I could to calm it down. First the iPhone mount fell off in the first session. So I duct taped it to the dash. It was still shaky on the 2nd session so I duct taped the iPhone to the dash als...
by mooreken
Fri Sep 28, 2018 8:48 pm
Forum: Cobra stuff
Topic: Daytona in the morning
Replies: 4
Views: 2804

Daytona in the morning

With our new "local" tech inspector the cobra passed with no trouble. (but as always they seem to bring up another thing that was not asked before.) This time he looked for a "Z" rating on the tires. I'm using the Nitto 01's which are rated for 150 or so as I recall but sense the...
by mooreken
Wed Sep 05, 2018 1:20 pm
Forum: Cobra stuff
Topic: Interesting electrical puzzle
Replies: 5
Views: 2780

Re: Interesting electrical puzzle

I have tried LED's 3 times all three caused trouble. Some right away and others after a while. I think it comes down that theLED's don't have the resistance that the filaments do. So the currant goes hunting for another way to get what it wants. When LED's first came out you had to use a ballast res...