Bentley Continental GT/GTC/Flying Spur DIY Thread
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The IETIS for the old car was a disk which I installed -can't remember where I got it from, but might have been eBay. See if you can do anything with this disk image https://1drv.ms/u/s!AlkxjpoGP6fehfgMG5-4O2kfKalWeQ
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#203
Hi Geo. would it be possible for you to email me the info you hold on bentley conti g
My apologies, but I removed the link to the Bentley PDF, as very difficult to obtain more info, and not at lot of interest or input.
However, I would be happy to email the 40 page PDF (2.2Mb), to anyone interested.
PMs are already sent to gliozzi and ExoticCarDriver.
Kind regards,
Geo.
However, I would be happy to email the 40 page PDF (2.2Mb), to anyone interested.
PMs are already sent to gliozzi and ExoticCarDriver.
Kind regards,
Geo.
many thanks and have a top Xmas n new year
Duncan Brown from Oldham Town
Should have seen my neighbours faces when I started taking an angle grinder to the bonnet of my conti gt to fit the vents!! Lol
#204
I have created a PDF file with much more Bentley info, parts cross-references, images and links added, but at 2.8 Mb it is too large to display here.
Hence, I have placed the file at the top of my own web site (see link below), where forum users can have access for download.
I am an avid Bentley fan, and hope to own one in the near future. However, I want to know more about DIY maintenance on those wonderful cars, before I take the plunge.
Please let me know if I have made any errors, or if you have more to add. I hope this may stimulate Bentley owners to contribute.
Hence, I have placed the file at the top of my own web site (see link below), where forum users can have access for download.
I am an avid Bentley fan, and hope to own one in the near future. However, I want to know more about DIY maintenance on those wonderful cars, before I take the plunge.
Please let me know if I have made any errors, or if you have more to add. I hope this may stimulate Bentley owners to contribute.
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#208
Thanks tons Geo3 for the PDF. Lotsa of great GT info that will hopefully assist in maintaining my Flying Spur. Such a helpful thread from a fellow Canadian!!!
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#210
A question of vacuum - I have just purchased a 2006 GT which has had the exhaust bypass flaps disconnected and is very noisy indeed. The flaps were also wedged open with body filler just to be double sure that they wouldn't close. I am keen to get the flaps moving again if I can, so I cleaned them up mechanically so that they both move OK. I then checked the vacuum units were holding vacuum, which they are, and I reconnected them. Quick as a flash, nothing happened! There doesn't appear to be enough vacuum in the system to close the flaps.
I disconnected the vacuum system under the rear of the car, at the non-return valve before it splits out to the 2 vacuum reservoirs and solenoids, and connected the front end pipe directly to one of the flap actuators, but still not enough vacuum to close a flap (although there is a slight vacuum in the pipe). So it appears that I have a leak somewhere, or an obstruction in the vacuum pipe.
Does anyone have a schematic they could share showing where the vacuum pipes run underneath the car, and in particular, where the exhaust flap vac pipe is connected to the front end of the system - I need to chase the pipework forwards to work out what the problem is, but it's not clear to me where the pipework is connected.
I disconnected the vacuum system under the rear of the car, at the non-return valve before it splits out to the 2 vacuum reservoirs and solenoids, and connected the front end pipe directly to one of the flap actuators, but still not enough vacuum to close a flap (although there is a slight vacuum in the pipe). So it appears that I have a leak somewhere, or an obstruction in the vacuum pipe.
Does anyone have a schematic they could share showing where the vacuum pipes run underneath the car, and in particular, where the exhaust flap vac pipe is connected to the front end of the system - I need to chase the pipework forwards to work out what the problem is, but it's not clear to me where the pipework is connected.