slofox
14th April 2016, 11:47
Went out for a blast this morning. Well, that was the idea anyway.
First off, crank speed on starting was a little down. Thought battery might be failing. It may be the original so no surprise. Got about 5 clicks along and a warning light popped up. Temperature reading kept jumping between water temp and "5d" whatever the hell that meant. Turned around to head to Boyds. All seemed well apart from the light.
But it soon got worse. Speedo readout started going crazy and jumping all over. Then, about 500 metres from Boyds it cut out, cut in, cut out again, cut in again and then died. Stone fucking dead.
Got it to the shop and am now awaiting the grim news. "Probably something electric..." the man said.
I thought the fact that the latest valve clearance check showing nothing too startling was too good to be true. :ar15:
First off, crank speed on starting was a little down. Thought battery might be failing. It may be the original so no surprise. Got about 5 clicks along and a warning light popped up. Temperature reading kept jumping between water temp and "5d" whatever the hell that meant. Turned around to head to Boyds. All seemed well apart from the light.
But it soon got worse. Speedo readout started going crazy and jumping all over. Then, about 500 metres from Boyds it cut out, cut in, cut out again, cut in again and then died. Stone fucking dead.
Got it to the shop and am now awaiting the grim news. "Probably something electric..." the man said.
I thought the fact that the latest valve clearance check showing nothing too startling was too good to be true. :ar15: