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THE BET CHART GOES AS FOLLOWS
1 - Cambelt failure
2 - Battery dead
Obie
2b - Bad earth from rectifier or battery
PaulV
3 - Rectifier is dead
Sporster
Dap of oppo
Calum (Red Three)
Jon M (CooperMan)
4 - Fuel pump default
Rog G
Phil Bleazey
Red Leader (Chris99)
PaulR
5 - Battery cables not tightened
Laurens
6 - Centa rollers disintegration
Richard (+8RICH)
Ian (planenut)
Gordon (Gordon D)
Joejoe (HalfFull)
Andy (Bunny)
Luddite
nippymog
Michael H
Richard Wood
7 - Crank position sensor
8 - Starter motor / solenoid
9 – Drive pulley shearing off the camshaft
10 - Girlfriend’s drawers sucked into the carburettor (I hope the mechanics don't find anything weird in there)
SFG
11 - They all do that Sir
Rob (RobNW)
12 - Valve spring gone
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Marmota,
Hmm... you don't have a choice for crank failure where the Centa bolts to at the front. That would be my choice if you had that one.
Steve
Late 2012 M3W
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I'll go with no.3 - rectifier or you ran out of fuel  Hopefully you get it back on the road this week.
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LADIES and GENTLEMEN... PLACE YOUR BETS!  WITH CLARIFICATION: you can Only choose ONE reason for the breakdown Let's turn this incident into something fun for everyone!  The rules are simple: you have to choose one of the possible reasons of my breakdown. Put your name below the reason. If the reason you believe is the right one is not in the list, please add yours. Among those who choose the right answer, we can make a quizz or something to decide the winner, who can get, for example, a bottle of good Spanish wine offered by the Speedy Marmots  1 - Cambelt failure 2 - Battery dead Obie 3 - Rectifier is dead Sportster 4 - Fuel pump default 5 - Battery cables not tightened Laurens 6 - Centa rollers disintegration 7 - Crank position sensor 8 - Starter motor / solenoid 9 – Drive pulley shearing off the camshaft If the reason is not among all the options we propose, then shame on all of us!  Marmota, you are displaying great humour and good fun. Let's hope your patience does not run out. 
A Morgan Identified Fastidious Owner...
2011 4/4 Bespoke, 1981 Delorean, Auburn Boat Tail
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Can I please have:
10. Attacked by Flying Monkeys.
"Y mae dafad ddu ym mhob praidd"
1972 4/4, 1981 MGBGT, 1984 FLHT1340, 1980 XLH1000, 1990 ZX10
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No expert but I go for Option 6 too.
Doug
2011 Plus 4 in Rich Maroon
1972 750 “ComDom” sprinter
1958 Triton 650
1992 Triumph Trophy 900
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THE BET CHART GOES AS FOLLOWS 1 - Cambelt failure 2 - Battery dead Obie 2b - Bad earth from rectifier or battery PaulV 3 - Rectifier is dead Sporster Dap of oppo Calum (Red Three) Jon M (CooperMan) Peter G 4 - Fuel pump default Rog G Phil Bleazey Red Leader (Chris99) PaulR 5 - Battery cables not tightened Laurens 6 - Centa rollers disintegration Richard (+8RICH) Ian (planenut) Gordon (Gordon D) Joejoe (HalfFull) Andy (Bunny) Luddite nippymog Michael H Richard Wood Doug (Deejay) 7 - Crank position sensor 8 - Starter motor / solenoid 9 – Drive pulley shearing off the camshaft 10 - Girlfriend’s drawers sucked into the carburettor (I hope the mechanics don't find anything weird in there) SFG 11 - They all do that Sir Rob (RobNW) 12 - Valve spring gone Elcyd 13 - Crank failure (holy cow… next step a nuclear reaction inside the gearbox? you're really scaring me with some of your suggestions!   ) Bitsobrits 14 - Attacked by Flying Monkeys (if instead of a ham sandwich we hate a weed salad, it could be...  . We were chill  despite we don't consume this kind of "vegetables") TBM
Last edited by Marmota; 08/06/20 09:43 AM.
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Hello everyone! BETS ARE CLOSED! WE KNOW THE CAUSE OF MY M3W FAILING TO START! ![[Linked Image]](https://www.tm-img.com/images/2020/06/08/ab898978d503420dd7a766243547592f1.png)
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So does that mean Calum was right
2009 4/4 Sport Henrietta
1999 Indigo Blue +8
2009 4/4 Sport Green prev
1993 Con Green +8 prev
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WHAT'S THE CAUSE? Thanks God it was a very simple and silly loose hex bolt holding.... No Laurens! It was not at the battery terminals! I won't carry tha donkey hat-of-shame  LOL! BUT YES! It was a loose hex bolt holding the earthing cable from the starter motor and other parts, I guess as per what we could see. With low light we could clearly see the sparks / firecrackers coming out from this little bastard  ![[Linked Image]](https://www.tm-img.com/images/2020/06/08/Earth-screw-1.png) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.tm-img.com/images/2020/06/08/Earth-screw-2.png) We tightened it back (not easy as it's not so accesible for a wrench) and finally the engine started as if nothing happened
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