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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Re: Ace Brooklands wiring diagram
« on: February 09, 2022, 12:16:07 »
thanks to Adrian for sharing!
/Paho
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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Re: ABS ECU
« on: February 09, 2022, 12:13:51 »
There is some info. in the following thread which may help:
https://www.acownersclub.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2478.msg20116#msg20116
/Paho
https://www.acownersclub.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2478.msg20116#msg20116
/Paho
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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Re: Ace Brooklands wiring diagram
« on: February 09, 2022, 08:54:02 »
Sent you copies to your e-mail address last night....
/Paho
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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Re: Hood microswitches
« on: January 30, 2022, 13:53:10 »
Despite storm Malik, took a trip to the garage today to take some photographs of the sensors mounted in/on the roof hydraulic pistons. You can access them by removing the cover held by one screw. See pics attached with cover on and removed. The next two pictures show the sensors mounted on the pistons (red arrow) and the connectors (green arrow), the sensor on the inner piston is not easy to see in the posted pictures.
I think the sensors are Hall effect sensors. There should be three wires from each sensor, black earth lead, yellow and red leads indicating if the piston is extended or not. What colour the wires are on the other side of the connectors I have no idea. These sensor indicate which position the top stack and bow parts of the hood are, open/closed and up/down respectively. I think it is highly unlikely the sensors are faulty, maybe a connection fault or bad earth.
If you have already found the handbrake and hood microswitches there are two more hiding away somewhere associated with the cover being open or closed; I hav'nt found these two yet.
/Paho
P.S. Have you pushed the manual release catch to its locked position? (page 2.22 in the manual). I have a vague recollection that the gear lever should be in neutral too.
I did a state table two years ago to document the sequence, there are about 15 to 17 "states" for the hood to go through depending on whether it is being lowered or raised.
I think the sensors are Hall effect sensors. There should be three wires from each sensor, black earth lead, yellow and red leads indicating if the piston is extended or not. What colour the wires are on the other side of the connectors I have no idea. These sensor indicate which position the top stack and bow parts of the hood are, open/closed and up/down respectively. I think it is highly unlikely the sensors are faulty, maybe a connection fault or bad earth.
If you have already found the handbrake and hood microswitches there are two more hiding away somewhere associated with the cover being open or closed; I hav'nt found these two yet.
/Paho
P.S. Have you pushed the manual release catch to its locked position? (page 2.22 in the manual). I have a vague recollection that the gear lever should be in neutral too.
I did a state table two years ago to document the sequence, there are about 15 to 17 "states" for the hood to go through depending on whether it is being lowered or raised.
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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Re: Hood microswitches
« on: January 25, 2022, 23:32:46 »
As Wally says I think each hydraulic ram contains "sensors" which indicate the position of the piston. I don't have pictures and can't recollect where exactly they a positioned on the rams. As you say there is a micro switch on the hood frame (blue+black wires) which I guess indicates the hood is in the locked/unlocked position, its just under the flap that hangs over the side window where the hood bends when you lift it, on the right hand side. I hav'nt managed to find the hood cover and brake micro-switches yet. Planning of new kitchen is getting in the way!
/Paho
/Paho
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Mk IV, Superblower, CRS and other Continuation Cars Forum / Mk IV for sale....
« on: January 25, 2022, 14:57:02 »52
Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Re: E10 and E5 petrol
« on: January 15, 2022, 18:30:47 »
Hi Nev,
E10 has been available in the US since 1990. Searching on the internet there are quite a few discussions on use of ethanol and E10 by
Mustangs with one referencing a users manual from 1990 recomending using E10. I found one on the Ford user manual site for 1996 model saying the same
but this was for a 4.6 litre model. I suspect that we can use E10 without any problems (10% ethanol) but I will also stick to E5 (98 octane) until I see something
definitive.
On another note when E85 (85% ethanol) was introduced here in Sweden cars, such as the SAAB 9-5 Bio power models, had a shorter service interval running on E85
than if they were run on E5. Ethanol affected the engine oil and oil filter lifetime apparently. My daughter drives such a model and it runs without any problems,
whatever petrol she tanks with.
The US Mustang oil change interval is 5000 miles according to the user manual I downloaded, the Ace is 6000 miles,
is the difference between the two taking into account the use of E10 petrol?
As I do a low milage I service my car on a yearly basis before putting it into winter storage I'm not too worried by this aspect either.
BR /Paho
E10 has been available in the US since 1990. Searching on the internet there are quite a few discussions on use of ethanol and E10 by
Mustangs with one referencing a users manual from 1990 recomending using E10. I found one on the Ford user manual site for 1996 model saying the same
but this was for a 4.6 litre model. I suspect that we can use E10 without any problems (10% ethanol) but I will also stick to E5 (98 octane) until I see something
definitive.
On another note when E85 (85% ethanol) was introduced here in Sweden cars, such as the SAAB 9-5 Bio power models, had a shorter service interval running on E85
than if they were run on E5. Ethanol affected the engine oil and oil filter lifetime apparently. My daughter drives such a model and it runs without any problems,
whatever petrol she tanks with.
The US Mustang oil change interval is 5000 miles according to the user manual I downloaded, the Ace is 6000 miles,
is the difference between the two taking into account the use of E10 petrol?
As I do a low milage I service my car on a yearly basis before putting it into winter storage I'm not too worried by this aspect either.
BR /Paho
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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Re: Radiator expansion tank
« on: January 15, 2022, 15:49:43 »
Hi Nev,
its a really smart solution.
I thought mine was from a Granada/Scorpio year '92-95 model, part number is 86FB8K21AD not 90GB8K218BA as I previously thought, I went to the garage yesterday to double check. See pics.
Its also from a Fiesta! Its similar to the Fiesta II expansion tank, part number 84FB8K218AF. There aren't that many around of either model, they cost second-hand between £12 - £25 here but expect to pay a lot more for postage from Scandinavia! It would cost me at least £20+ in postage to receive it locally!
BR /Paho
P.S. I don't use eBay or Amazon
its a really smart solution.
I thought mine was from a Granada/Scorpio year '92-95 model, part number is 86FB8K21AD not 90GB8K218BA as I previously thought, I went to the garage yesterday to double check. See pics.
Its also from a Fiesta! Its similar to the Fiesta II expansion tank, part number 84FB8K218AF. There aren't that many around of either model, they cost second-hand between £12 - £25 here but expect to pay a lot more for postage from Scandinavia! It would cost me at least £20+ in postage to receive it locally!
BR /Paho
P.S. I don't use eBay or Amazon
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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Re: Radiator expansion tank
« on: January 13, 2022, 16:03:59 »
Hi Nev,
I'm curious, can you see the fluid level without removing the cap?
Can we open a separate thread on the petrol/ethanol discussion? There are similar topics with information in different sections of the forum
but it can be good to have a specific discussion for the Brooklands Ace
BR /Paho
I'm curious, can you see the fluid level without removing the cap?
Can we open a separate thread on the petrol/ethanol discussion? There are similar topics with information in different sections of the forum
but it can be good to have a specific discussion for the Brooklands Ace
BR /Paho
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General Forum / Re: Tis a shame shame shame!
« on: January 03, 2022, 12:31:29 »
.....maybe they are all still recovering from the festivities.
A belated Happy New year to you from Scandinavia! Keep posting!
/Paho
A belated Happy New year to you from Scandinavia! Keep posting!
/Paho
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Ace, Aceca & Greyhound Forum / Re: Hello! GTJOEY BUYS A AC ACECA ! Need help....
« on: December 21, 2021, 09:11:31 »
Hi,
software "TinyPic" was a popular tip on this forum but it's not available anymore. Other options are available but not many that are "off-line" unfortunately (I'm allergic to cloud solutions!)
Suggest you search for "free image converter" or you can use PDFCreator at a push.
Merry Xmas /Paho
Correction: You can still find "TinyPic" software to download, even though its not available from the origonal authors.
/Paho
software "TinyPic" was a popular tip on this forum but it's not available anymore. Other options are available but not many that are "off-line" unfortunately (I'm allergic to cloud solutions!)
Suggest you search for "free image converter" or you can use PDFCreator at a push.
Merry Xmas /Paho
Correction: You can still find "TinyPic" software to download, even though its not available from the origonal authors.
/Paho
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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Re: Rear spring dimensions and rates
« on: October 18, 2021, 09:24:00 »
Hi Max,
if its good enough for your Daimler, then its good enough for me!
BR/Paho
if its good enough for your Daimler, then its good enough for me!
BR/Paho
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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Re: Rear spring dimensions and rates
« on: October 17, 2021, 17:41:41 »
Hi Max,
that's about the same as mine (whew!) Mine's about 13,5 cm both sides when I'm sat in the driving seat with weight distribution 50-50 front/rear measured transversly.
I forgot to measure before I changed the coil-overs so its quite a relief to know I'm not far off!
BR /Paho
that's about the same as mine (whew!) Mine's about 13,5 cm both sides when I'm sat in the driving seat with weight distribution 50-50 front/rear measured transversly.
I forgot to measure before I changed the coil-overs so its quite a relief to know I'm not far off!
BR /Paho
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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Re: Rear spring dimensions and rates
« on: October 16, 2021, 17:22:52 »
Hi AcemanToo/Max,
I have'nt experienced the coil binding problem that others have reported, but my supplier took that fact into consideration for the front coil-overs. From the outset I have tried to keep to the origonal specs for the car, and not change the "base line". I made a miss by not measuring the origonal ground clearance figures for the car. But the tyre/wheel arch clearance figures were never has much as 4", mine are 2" at a pinch. (4 fingers for me is 3")
I sent complete examples of the front and back coil-overs with the calculations I had made based on the figures given in the topic and calculations I had made. The figures corresponded roughly with the tests made on the examples I sent to SDV so we went with those figures.
I knew the car had experienced a broken front spring, off-side front if I understand the service invoice correctly, which was replaced in 2011 (both sides) this could have been caused by the coil binding problem reported by other owners. I think the replacements came from Redline. I have checked through the other invoices I have and believe the rears were replaced in 1999 and the fronts replaced in 2001, the invoices refer to shock absorbers so I assume the origonal springs were retained.
To be quite honest the rears looked terrible, with totally "decomposed" bumpstops, very rusty springs and shocks. The springs on the front were in better condition. I now have a completely new set which were built up by SDV "in-house" using H&R sport springs mounted on SDV's own shock absorbers with adjustable lower spring perch and locking collars; they re-cycled the upper-mounts from the Koni shocks I had. They look similar to Dgoose's coil-overs illustrated in "Reply #9 on: June 12, 2014, 13:06:51".
I'll send you (AcemanToo) a copy of the specs I derived from the origonal post sent to my supplier.
As a footnote I also triggered the inertia switch on my Ace last week. took two days to work it out too! I dropped the rear of the car abruptly when releasing the hydraulic jack. So I've also updated the " Non-starting" thread.
BR /Paho
I have'nt experienced the coil binding problem that others have reported, but my supplier took that fact into consideration for the front coil-overs. From the outset I have tried to keep to the origonal specs for the car, and not change the "base line". I made a miss by not measuring the origonal ground clearance figures for the car. But the tyre/wheel arch clearance figures were never has much as 4", mine are 2" at a pinch. (4 fingers for me is 3")
I sent complete examples of the front and back coil-overs with the calculations I had made based on the figures given in the topic and calculations I had made. The figures corresponded roughly with the tests made on the examples I sent to SDV so we went with those figures.
I knew the car had experienced a broken front spring, off-side front if I understand the service invoice correctly, which was replaced in 2011 (both sides) this could have been caused by the coil binding problem reported by other owners. I think the replacements came from Redline. I have checked through the other invoices I have and believe the rears were replaced in 1999 and the fronts replaced in 2001, the invoices refer to shock absorbers so I assume the origonal springs were retained.
To be quite honest the rears looked terrible, with totally "decomposed" bumpstops, very rusty springs and shocks. The springs on the front were in better condition. I now have a completely new set which were built up by SDV "in-house" using H&R sport springs mounted on SDV's own shock absorbers with adjustable lower spring perch and locking collars; they re-cycled the upper-mounts from the Koni shocks I had. They look similar to Dgoose's coil-overs illustrated in "Reply #9 on: June 12, 2014, 13:06:51".
I'll send you (AcemanToo) a copy of the specs I derived from the origonal post sent to my supplier.
As a footnote I also triggered the inertia switch on my Ace last week. took two days to work it out too! I dropped the rear of the car abruptly when releasing the hydraulic jack. So I've also updated the " Non-starting" thread.
BR /Paho
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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Re: Non-starting
« on: October 14, 2021, 13:51:43 »
Hi,
just experienced a similar problem with my Ace. Car cranked o.k. but wouldn't fire. Checked everything listed in this post without success. Had lunch, coffee and then went out
for another look, noticed a red button by the battery (Inertia switch), pressed the red button, turned the ignition and heard the fuel pump, cranked the engine and it fired on the second try!
My guess is the inertia switch tripped when I dropped the rear of the car after jacking it up.
/Paho
just experienced a similar problem with my Ace. Car cranked o.k. but wouldn't fire. Checked everything listed in this post without success. Had lunch, coffee and then went out
for another look, noticed a red button by the battery (Inertia switch), pressed the red button, turned the ignition and heard the fuel pump, cranked the engine and it fired on the second try!
My guess is the inertia switch tripped when I dropped the rear of the car after jacking it up.
/Paho