Broke down, again.................

FLYING BANANA · 24th February 2019, 11:11

.................................. in The Flying Banana. If this car was not so special to me I think I would consider scrapping it. The inertia switch has failed again. Am now waiting for recovery from the Haynes motor museum, seems a good place to breakdown, and taking the car back to Matt Darkes. Bazza58 was going to wait but he has now left.
Recovery will be with me by 13.45.

Still at least the sun is out and it’s a warm day.

steve-45 · 24th February 2019, 11:16

That Banana is being a naughty girl of late.

But there are far worse places to break down.

Hope it’s a simple fix.

gnu · 24th February 2019, 11:17

Bad luck mate.

I'm reasonably new to these cars; what's the inertia switch?

marinabrian · 24th February 2019, 11:18

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Originally Posted by FLYING BANANA

.................................. in The Flying Banana. If this car was not so special to me I think I would consider scrapping it. The inertia switch has failed again. Am now waiting for recovery from the Haynes motor museum, seems a good place to breakdown, and taking the car back to Matt Darkes. Bazza58 was going to wait but he has now left.
Recovery will be with me by 13.45.

Still at least the sun is out and it’s a warm day.

Bob, I've encountered in the past thirty years one failed inertia switch.

With that in mind, I think it would be worth seeing if the connector is plugged in properly, and give the thing a bop with your hand, then push down on the rubber cap to reset the switch.

Brian

planenut · 24th February 2019, 13:07

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Originally Posted by FLYING BANANA

.................................. in The Flying Banana. If this car was not so special to me I think I would consider scrapping it. The inertia switch has failed again. Am now waiting for recovery from the Haynes motor museum, seems a good place to breakdown, and taking the car back to Matt Darkes. Bazza58 was going to wait but he has now left.
Recovery will be with me by 13.45.

Still at least the sun is out and it’s a warm day.

Hope you get sorted soon Bob.
Fred (planenut)

oxfordblue75 · 24th February 2019, 13:48

Bob, my 1.8t used to not start once in a while, and was told to replace the interia switch, which I did, a few months later it wouldn't start again, Sonic and I checked to see if you could hear the fuel pump working with the fuel cap off, no sound, renewed the fuel pump cartridge, it been OK for years now.

Slaya · 24th February 2019, 14:41

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Originally Posted by gnu

Bad luck mate.

I'm reasonably new to these cars; what's the inertia switch?

It shuts off the power to the fuel pump in the event of a bump - or even going down a vicious pot-hole as happened in my dads old 214SEi many years ago...

TeeCee · 24th February 2019, 15:58

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Originally Posted by Slaya

It shuts off the power to the fuel pump in the event of a bump - or even going down a vicious pot-hole as happened in my dads old 214SEi many years ago...

Pity Ford Sierra owners. Harsh language would set those off.

markypicks · 24th February 2019, 16:25

its the switch thats tucked behined the glove box in a pig place to get at it cuts fuel of rgds mark

Neil1 · 24th February 2019, 17:51

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Originally Posted by FLYING BANANA

.................................. in The Flying Banana. If this car was not so special to me I think I would consider scrapping it. The inertia switch has failed again. Am now waiting for recovery from the Haynes motor museum, seems a good place to breakdown, and taking the car back to Matt Darkes. Bazza58 was going to wait but he has now left.
Recovery will be with me by 13.45.

Still at least the sun is out and it’s a warm day.

I hope you got home okay.

Poor Banana, can't scrap it!

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gnu Gets stuck in MG ZT Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Bristol Posts: 695 Thanks: 332 Thanked 164 Times in 133 Posts	Bad luck mate. I'm reasonably new to these cars; what's the inertia switch? __________________ gnu

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steve-45 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon CDTi Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Belvedere Posts: 4,076 Thanks: 108 Thanked 1,089 Times in 774 Posts	That Banana is being a naughty girl of late. But there are far worse places to break down. Hope it’s a simple fix.

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oxfordblue75 Gets stuck in rover 75 saloon 1.8T Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: saltash Posts: 701 Thanks: 150 Thanked 235 Times in 160 Posts	Bob, my 1.8t used to not start once in a while, and was told to replace the interia switch, which I did, a few months later it wouldn't start again, Sonic and I checked to see if you could hear the fuel pump working with the fuel cap off, no sound, renewed the fuel pump cartridge, it been OK for years now.

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markypicks Gets stuck in rover 75 saloon cdt club se re map 160 bhp Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: sheffield Posts: 558 Thanks: 227 Thanked 169 Times in 135 Posts	its the switch thats tucked behined the glove box in a pig place to get at it cuts fuel of rgds mark