Re: Buying a Dexta special? in france
Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:44 pm
gave the battery a charge til it was full. dash warning lights seem to be sorted. yellow light was not being used so i think the black wire which seems to be a custom jobby is the line to the alternator? or where ever it connects to for the charge light. purple definitely the oil switch. In this case blue and black wire is the live supply line. I split that in two and put one on charge light and the other on the oil light.
Went through cold start procedure, After about three attempts the Dexta started of its own steam no ether required, its night time here and around 10c
on the second attempt while holding the heater button i thought i noticed some smoke coming out from around the dash area at around 35 seconds of holding it. I panicked as thought maybe some wiring is getting fried. So i aborted that attempt. I know the heater mixed with the fuel can cause some smoke could that of been what i was seeing somehow seeping out somewhere? or would it come out of the exhaust and that was what i was seeing? i have a side exhaust at the bottom of my left foot pointing outwards. i think i saw it before i tried cranking so not sure whats going on there
or could it be something getting cooked? didn't notice it on third attempt so not sure what to make of that.
third time was the charm though and it fired up. But i noticed the engine sounded like it was hunting, which is the first time of the few times i have seen it start up that i noticed that. Is that to be expected after it hasn't been started for a while? i couldn't let the engine idle long to find out if it would settle down as i was in the poly tunnel and it was quite smokey by then (haven't got round to extending the exhaust out while its in the poly tunnel yet). There is this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3eo785qRjM
explaining it could be down to filter on the simms pump. I think mine is the mechanical type without the diaphragm.
I was planning on changing the oil here when I change the engine oil. Finally i changed the oil on the air filter, perhaps an incorrect level there is causing the revving up and down, not sure
Planning on giving it another go in the morning and hopefully get it moving out of the tent. Anyway so far so good, was worried that it was going to need the ether again.
once i feel i have got the cooling checked over and starting situation checked over, given it a little test run I will get it back in for oil and filter changes.
I added sae 90 gear oil inside the steering column from the top, need to top it up every so often as you can only get a bit in at a time, so will keep adding that until it no longer seeps down anymore.
just need to figure out whats going with the revs hunting next.....one thing leads to another eh
anyway thanks for all your help, it started from cold without ether for the first time I have seen it
Went through cold start procedure, After about three attempts the Dexta started of its own steam no ether required, its night time here and around 10c
on the second attempt while holding the heater button i thought i noticed some smoke coming out from around the dash area at around 35 seconds of holding it. I panicked as thought maybe some wiring is getting fried. So i aborted that attempt. I know the heater mixed with the fuel can cause some smoke could that of been what i was seeing somehow seeping out somewhere? or would it come out of the exhaust and that was what i was seeing? i have a side exhaust at the bottom of my left foot pointing outwards. i think i saw it before i tried cranking so not sure whats going on there
or could it be something getting cooked? didn't notice it on third attempt so not sure what to make of that.
third time was the charm though and it fired up. But i noticed the engine sounded like it was hunting, which is the first time of the few times i have seen it start up that i noticed that. Is that to be expected after it hasn't been started for a while? i couldn't let the engine idle long to find out if it would settle down as i was in the poly tunnel and it was quite smokey by then (haven't got round to extending the exhaust out while its in the poly tunnel yet). There is this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3eo785qRjM
explaining it could be down to filter on the simms pump. I think mine is the mechanical type without the diaphragm.
I was planning on changing the oil here when I change the engine oil. Finally i changed the oil on the air filter, perhaps an incorrect level there is causing the revving up and down, not sure
Planning on giving it another go in the morning and hopefully get it moving out of the tent. Anyway so far so good, was worried that it was going to need the ether again.
once i feel i have got the cooling checked over and starting situation checked over, given it a little test run I will get it back in for oil and filter changes.
I added sae 90 gear oil inside the steering column from the top, need to top it up every so often as you can only get a bit in at a time, so will keep adding that until it no longer seeps down anymore.
just need to figure out whats going with the revs hunting next.....one thing leads to another eh
anyway thanks for all your help, it started from cold without ether for the first time I have seen it