sparky_spit Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 The weather turned out pretty well, as was hoped, and most crews seemed to do okay on the actual event, nearly all coming in well on time and with not that many failures. I hope that this means that the balance between too easy or too hard was about right, and people enjoyed themselves.On collecting all the code boards this morning the suspicions were confirmed and I found that the last board in section 4 (P) was indeed missing. Well, not exactly missing but rather 20ft into the field with its stick snapped. To allow for this I have redone the results and everyone now has one fewer fail than before. This also means that the winners went round completely clean on zero fails, so very well done to Charlie Deards and Ellis Stokes for a fine performance.Abbreviated results are below, also with a few low-res pictures. Full results and some other stuff to allow you to do your own post-mortem will be emailed to all entrants and marshals after I've finished typing this. I will also add some more full size pictures to the events album later.Many thanks to the 4 marshals - you did a great job and I really appreciate your time and effort. And thanks also to all the competitors, your good humour and witty sarcasm 😉 made it an enjoyable day for me too.Results are:1st Overall and 1st Expert - Charlie Deards/Ellis Stokes 0 Fails 2nd Overall and 2nd Expert - Michael Helm/Colin Wake 1 Fail3rd Overall and 3rd Expert - Mike Bishop/Darren Armitage 2 Fails and 16 TB points4th Overall and 4th Expert - Peter Jackson/Mark Rutter 2 Fails and 12 TB points5th Overall and 1st Novice - Jonathan Fallowell/Alex Joslin 3 Fails6th Overall and 2nd Novice - Clive Senior/Gill Senior 4 Fails7th Overall and 5th Expert - Dale Barker/Nigel Abdullah 5 Fails8th Overall and 3rd Novice - Richard Warr/Byron Checketts 10 Fails9th Overall and 4th Novice - David Aspinall/Louise Crow 16 Fails1st Beginner - Rob Pearce/Iris Chiu with 9 Points2nd Beginner - Keith Bennet/Chas Commander with 3 PointsAs said, full results will be emailed; if there are any questions then please just ask.Some pictures: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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richard w Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Quoted from RobPearce I believe it's not uncommon on the big saloons, and has something to do with alignment of diff nose to gearbox coupled with play in UJs/quill shaft. I can't remember the details as my PI didn't suffer it and it's a long time since I had the S. Thanks Rob. Sounds like some investigation is needed, but at least I was thinking of the right area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny-Jimbo Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Hey Richard, you can update your signature now to include the Essex rally for the events your 2000 has done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard w Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Good idea Jon. Done 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieD Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Thanks Mike and team for all your effort and time in making it such a great event, Ellis and I really enjoyed the driving and navigation. It was a real shock for us NL folk to come and steal the trophy away from under the noses of Essex lads on their home turf!Mike will you be doing a report for the next issue of the mag?Thanks againCharlie & Ellis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Quoted from richard w On another note and a bit of thread drift (sorry!) any ideas what could cause a rhythmic "thrumming" noise. It started each time we got over 60 mph and sounded as if it might be coming from the propshaft........Richard Sounds more like a rear wheel bearing to me. Have you got a spare hub and drive shaft you can try before you start crawling underneath? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny-Jimbo Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 If you need to borrow a drive-shaft Rich, I have a few knocking around. I bought them as spares for my car, and I don't know what condition they're in, but as it's a relatively simple job to change the driveshaft on these cars (ie, no messing around with brakes) it could be worth a go just to check? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobPearce Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Quoted from Jonny-Jimbo it's a relatively simple job to change the driveshaft on these cars Half an hour in a muddy layby in the rain. Ask me how I know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny-Jimbo Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Still better than changing a drive-shaft on a Herald and losing brake shoe springs in the mud etc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky_spit Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 [quote=1396Mike will you be doing a report for the next issue of the mag?Thanks againCharlie & Ellis[/quote]Yes, I can do Charlie. I'll send one into Dale via the usual address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard w Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Thanks for the offer Jon, might be worth a try. The other thing I thought was to try swapping the wheels and tyres, which are very old and mis-matched, with the Stag ones that I still have and see if the noise is still there.The dilemma I have is that I don't want to spend too much on it until it's had its first MOT at the end of November (just in case the chassis has been made of wrapping paper!) once that's out of the way I'll do whatever is necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Quoted from RobPearce Half an hour in a muddy layby in the rain. Ask me how I know... 2 hours in 40 degree heat on a French garage forecourt... Actually that was TR6, but not too dissimilar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Quoted from thescrapman 2 hours in 40 degree heat on a French garage forecourt... Actually that was TR6, but not too dissimilar. ... and here's a link to a picture from that particular instruction manual, probably 1 hour in 🙂[Sorry, link no longer available] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Quoted from Russell ... and here's a link to a picture from that particular instruction manual, probably 1 hour in 🙂[Sorry, link no longer available] Is that Dave Jones in that picture? That's the closest I've ever seen him to doing any work on a car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Quoted from Radders Is that Dave Jones in that picture? That's the closest I've ever seen him to doing any work on a car Meeoooowwwwww! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davemate Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Quoted from Radders Is that Dave Jones in that picture? That's the closest I've ever seen him to doing any work on a car He's probably looking up that birds skirt over on the left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny-Jimbo Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Mike, are you going to add the photos you took to the photo album at some point? Maybe you have already and it's just not showing up for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Quoted from Davemate He's probably looking up that birds skirt over on the left worryingly he appears to be more looking up Colin's trouser leg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgetone Triumph Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Quoted from mikeyb worryingly he appears to be more looking up Colin's trouser leg! Goodness gracious me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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