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From: Willy Eckerslyke on 5 Nov 2007 11:44
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

>> I don't remember the understeer, but then I was too young and stupid to
>> understand stuff like that anyway. I do remember how scary it was trying
>> to hold a straight line across the cob at Porthmadog, which was a mile
>> of slightly narrow road with walls at either side and no pavements.
>
> It should have tracked straight with all that understeer - but the sloppy
> steering didn't help.

That was the problem, 2 inches of play at the steering wheel meant minor
corrections were almost impossible to get right, so you'd be making
sawing movements while trying to go straight ahead.
From: Dave Plowman (News) on 5 Nov 2007 14:24
In article <5p8s16Fq51svU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
Willy Eckerslyke <oss108no_spam(a)bangor.ac.uk> wrote:
> I'm not kidding though. I'd had my driving licence for 6 months and was
> driving a ton and a half of car with a 4 litre engine and remould tyres
> so bad the tread was peeling off. Luckily, the kick-down on the auto box
> didn't work, or I'd have been even more lethal.

Just a simple matter of adjustment with the B-W 35. Often just the
throttle cable.

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From: Knight Of The Road on 5 Nov 2007 17:17




"Willy Eckerslyke" <oss108no_spam(a)bangor.ac.uk> wrote

> That was the problem, 2 inches of play at the steering wheel meant minor
> corrections were almost impossible to get right, so you'd be making sawing
> movements while trying to go straight ahead.



Kingpins were always the problem with Farinas, large and small.


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From: Willy Eckerslyke on 6 Nov 2007 04:17
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
> In article <5p8s16Fq51svU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> Willy Eckerslyke <oss108no_spam(a)bangor.ac.uk> wrote:
>> I'm not kidding though. I'd had my driving licence for 6 months and was
>> driving a ton and a half of car with a 4 litre engine and remould tyres
>> so bad the tread was peeling off. Luckily, the kick-down on the auto box
>> didn't work, or I'd have been even more lethal.
>
> Just a simple matter of adjustment with the B-W 35. Often just the
> throttle cable.

As it was the first auto I'd driven, I didn't even know it was supposed
to have one until I'd owned it for a few months. By then the exhaust had
blown apart and a replacement would have cost twice what I'd paid for
the car, so sadly, it was the end of the road.
From: Willy Eckerslyke on 6 Nov 2007 04:21
Knight Of The Road wrote:
> "Willy Eckerslyke" <oss108no_spam(a)bangor.ac.uk> wrote
>
>> That was the problem, 2 inches of play at the steering wheel meant minor
>> corrections were almost impossible to get right, so you'd be making sawing
>> movements while trying to go straight ahead.
>
>
>
> Kingpins were always the problem with Farinas, large and small.

Yup, I remember one seizing on it. An old garage had a hefty grease pump
that freed it off sucessfully.
But it was the power steering box that caused the play. You could adjust
it to tighten it up, but if it was worn (which they all were by then),
you just ended up with stiff steering that wouldn't self centre.
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