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New Year, New MOT

The Corsair had been a bit tricky to start since it’s last outing to Blandford before Christmas. Unfortunately, it let me down on New Years Day as I had planned to go to a classic meet at Sturminster Newton but it failed to start and I drained the battery in the process. A couple of weeks later, with the battery on trickle charge, I tried it again and after several turn overs I just caught it enough for it to cough in to life on minimal choke and after several pumps of the accelerator (gas) pedal.

Ford Corsair in for an MOT inspection at 5 Square Motors, Shaftesbury
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The Corsair has an MOT!

John has had the Corsair since April, with the brief to tune up the carburettor to run better between his better paying jobs. If you go back through the blog threads you will read that it has been something of an epic journey, testing the patience and skills of John and Peter. The work done has entailed the tidying up of the fuel lines and re-positioning the in-line fuel filter after the fuel pump and stripping down the carburettor and using parts from the spare I provided, leading into their nemesis of the ignition and distributor problems and finally getting it through an MOT.

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