Our 1970 Jensen Interceptor has, once again, been in the experienced hands of classic car technician John.
While our Interceptor was outside, John torqued all the wheels to 55lb/ft.
John emptied both brake fluid reservoirs and filled them with new fluid before bleeding the whole system. Once he had done this, John took the car outside to investigate some of the running issues the owner had reported.
The owner reported that the car runs lumpy from cold. John stripped the carb and found debris in both float bowls. He cleaned and blew these out as well as taking the needle valve apart to check. This was also blown out before being reassembled.
Our Interceptor was then run up again so John could check and adjust the timing. While checking the running of this classic car, John noticed that the fans cut in ok but he swapped the wiring around as they were rotating the wrong way. He also noticed that the temperature gauge was still showing a relatively low temperature when the fans came on. While this was helpful for resolving the overheating issues, it wasn’t allowing the car to fully warm up as expected. John suspects this could be due to a faulty fan switch so further investigations are needed.
