Classic car technician Jonn has been looking at our 1965 Aston Martin DB5 to find out why it is running poorly. Here are his notes: Raise on ramp and check underneath for anything obvious regarding reported knock from rear. Found nothing of note at this point. Remove, clean and regap spark plugs. Lower to ground […]
Our 1965 Aston Martin DB5 has recently returned to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. It has come back to us so we can investigate a non-starting issue. Here are Jonn’s notes for the work completed: Strip carbs and clean pistons. Use a micrometre to set jet depths to approx 1.6mm. Remove float bowl tops and […]
Our 1965 Aston Martin DB5 has come back into the Bridge Classic Cars workshop as its handbrake has broken. Classic car technician John gained access to the mechanism so he could remove it and make the required repairs. As the seat had to be removed in order to fix the handbrake, while it was out, […]
Our 1965 Aston Martin DB5 may have left the Bridge Classic Cars workshop a while ago, but that doesn’t mean we don’t still give it some attention from time to time. Recently, classic car technician Jon and workshop manager John visited our DB5 at its owner’s home to investigate why it wasn’t starting. The two […]
The Aston Martin DB5. Many believe it to be The Most Famous Car in the World. It’s claimed by some that over half the worlds population can tell you that James Bond, drives an Aston Martin. The sleek, elegant lines of the DB5 made it a perfect candidate when the producers of the newly launched […]
Our Aston Martin DB5 is now back to her best and running beautifully. Don, Pete and Ady have overhauled and rebuilt the carburettors. replaced the spark plugs, replaced the fuel filter, set up carburettors on the car and tuned the carburettors to run smoothly. Great work, team.
Our gorgeous Aston Martin is having a full Carburettor Rebuild to enable the engine to run correctly once more. Ady, Bridge Classic Cars’ in-house engine specialist will now set to work giving the carburettors a through strip down and service.
Entering our classic car workshop this week is our breathtaking Aston Martin DB5. Famously, one of James Bond’s most iconic vehicles, it’s easy to see why the DB5 has become such a cult classic. This lovely example is in with us to remedy some engine niggles. It will be seen by our classic car engine […]
We have hopefully cured the running issues on our 1965 Aston Martin DB5. To begin with the car was unable to start so we have replaced the faulty fuel pump, rewired the feed for the fuel pump. We have replaced the faulty solonoid which was causing a short on the fuel pump. The car now […]
We are looking at a possible fuel pump and/or solonoid issue on our 1965 Aston Martin DB5. The engine sounds healthy and eager to get going but unfortunately we are not getting her to fire up. Hopefully, having carried out a few tests we should be looking at a relatively straight forward fix.
Work is now complete on our 1965 Aston Martin DB5. The points and condenser have been replaced, we’ve tweaked the mixture and balanced the carburettors and the spark plugs have been cleaned out. We’ve discovered a lot of play in the carburettors so a complete overhaul will be the next sensible step to take but […]
Our stunning 1965 Aston Martin DB5 is in the workshops today fine tuning the engine to look at getting her running smoother. When warm, the Aston is running nicely but does require a lot of choke to keep her running and when idling does have the tendency to cut out. Ady is on the case […]