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Post by BuggyJim on Jul 13, 2008 10:48:10 GMT
Nice Wheels! So what colour are you going now?
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Post by carbon on Jul 13, 2008 13:41:23 GMT
Nice Wheels! So what colour are you going now? Primer grey for now - got a few issues to sort then may or may not go a different colour - Mike reckons Audi Nimbus Grey would be cool  |
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Post by carbon on Jul 13, 2008 13:41:53 GMT
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Post by carbon on Jul 13, 2008 19:38:19 GMT
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Post by carbon on Jul 15, 2008 18:49:56 GMT
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Post by carbon on Aug 5, 2008 9:05:55 GMT
Right, I've got a bit behind with this thread so lots of updates..... Car got stripped again for some spot repairs to the paintwork and getting rid of the holes left by removing the stone guards  I also stripped the interior  And primered it   Bought some Kardons (now for sale)  Started reassembly  Bought a new steering wheel  And a new engine - 1641 running twin webber 40s Just got to sort the lights out (need fitting and wiring in) and fit an exhaust when it arrives on Thursday - and the new engine when it arrives and I'm ready to roll again |
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Post by carbon on Aug 11, 2008 7:32:08 GMT
Right, everything is done that can be for now. Needs the nice shiny new steering wheel but I'm not collecting that till Wednesday and the new exhaust and engine have yet to arrive   Getting a puncture repaired today then the ERCOs can go back on the rear  |
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Post by carbon on Aug 11, 2008 18:27:04 GMT
New exhaust fitted  And a video  |
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Post by carbon on Aug 19, 2008 17:25:14 GMT
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Post by beeniethebug on Aug 19, 2008 19:55:22 GMT
now carbon that is nice, if you dont mind me asking were did you get it and how much was it?
cheers
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Post by carbon on Aug 19, 2008 19:59:50 GMT
now carbon that is nice, if you dont mind me asking were did you get it and how much was it? cheers It came from a friend's car that had been written off - keep an eye on VZi if you want an engine or - ask Nic as he has (or had perhaps) a nice ,eaty engine for sale  |
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Post by carbon on Sept 3, 2008 7:59:05 GMT
Right, Spent some time on the car and engine at last yesterday. First off I checked out the fire damage and the damage appears to be limited to the wire from the starter to the voltage regulator so I should just be able to replace that and clean things up. I then moved my attention to the new engine. I have an alternator to get rebuilt for it but can't get the fan off at the moment as I need to get a 36mm socket first. Because of this I decided to clean up all the oil and grease on the engine so I could see what is what. I also replaced all the tinware washers with shake proof washers as quite a bit of the tinware was loose. I have noticed a few things whilst doing this: 1. Cylinder 2 inlet valve the locknut had fallen off of the rocker so the adjustment wasn't fixed and the gap was well out. Must have made a fair bit of a rattle - sorted. 2. The J-tube on the cylinder 1 and 2 side was not tightened down properly and had a quarter of an inch gap - sorted 3. The exhaust manifold had been loose on the cylinder 1 and 2 side as well as evidenced by the carbon blown out of the side 4. The fancy leads don't appear to allow you to run the seals to stop the hot air coming back into the engine through the head tinware where the spark plugs are 5. All the sparkplugs were well sooted up so I guess it has been running quite rich All this will be getting sorted (if it isn't already) when the engine has been installed  |
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Post by carbon on Sept 10, 2008 11:18:41 GMT
Well, 2 alternators (the one that came with then engine and one given to me by someone else) have both came back from the rebuilders as not repairable so I am off to buy a new one in a bit as I want to get an engine in the bug this week |
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Post by carbon on Sept 12, 2008 17:50:29 GMT
Managed to get the wiring updated for the alternator today and the old engine out. New engine won't go in as the flywheel is too big so need to swap the flywheels over.
The flywheel from the old engine came off alarmingly easily but the one for the new engine isn't giving up without a fight - in fact it's taking me ages to type this as I may well have broken my thumb.
The wrestling will resume tomorrow when Ben returns with a flywheel lock tool and a bigger breaker bar.
We also found that the clutch release bearing was only held in by one clip
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Post by carbon on Sept 13, 2008 7:35:37 GMT
OK, some pics of the events of yesterday.... Something missing.... We took the firewall sound deadening out as it was a thin layer of tar board over some house carpet complete with underlay - this seemed like a bit of a fire hazzard to me :eek:  Old engine covered in fire extinguisher powder - this will be getting a rebuild as something bigger   Ben came over to help me with it (he's done engine swaps before)  Playing with flywheels - we had to use the flywheel from the old engine as the one off the 1641 was too big  |
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Post by carbon on Sept 14, 2008 7:08:11 GMT
Getting there  Nearly finished  Couple of issues - no petrol - turns out the fuel lines were the wrong way round but finding this out flattened the battery so that needs charging. Also, the starter motor doesn't want to turn off - it is fine until you engage the starter with the key then it won't turn off again - I have been advised to strip clean and rebuild the starter |
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Post by Pauly on Sept 14, 2008 10:07:53 GMT
Who told you that, if you pull the small solenoid lead off and it stops then the starter is fine. Also hope you torqued the flywheel nut up correctly as they do come undone and it does wreck your crank  |
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Post by carbon on Sept 14, 2008 12:57:02 GMT
Who told you that, if you pull the small solenoid lead off and it stops then the starter is fine. Also hope you torqued the flywheel nut up correctly as they do come undone and it does wreck your crank Flywheel nut correctly torqued up and used threadlock as well My thoughts on the whole starter thing entirely - I haven't had chance to get back on it yet but I reckon it's a sticky solenoid |
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Post by carbon on Sept 22, 2008 8:18:36 GMT
Right, I've been out working on the car again today - found out I had fuel, I definitely had battery but it wasn't starting and I still kept having to use the kill switch to stop the starter as letting go of the key or even turning off the ignition wasn't working :confused: A short prod around with the multi-meter found out that I didn't have 12v to the coil input, but then when I disconnected the coil I did so I swapped the blue bosch coil for a mexican blue bosch coil (which is silver ) I had hanging around. Instantly the car no longer had the odd continuous starter problem and then fired up - I can only assume some kind of short was occurring with the other one as it was a known good coil - although maybe the fire extinguisher powder shorted it out or something (if so that will be 2 coils killed by fire extinguisher). I didn't run the car for long (just a few seconds) as I now need to mount the coil properly, fit some heat riser block offs and the remaining tinware. I did manage to find a breather filter to go onto the filler until I get a proper breather box though Oh, and the wiring needs a spot of tidying up now things are working   |
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Post by carbon on Oct 5, 2008 18:18:24 GMT
Right, as my thumb is still mostly mangled I have enlisted Sally's assistance and got the heat riser block offs fitted along with the remaining tinware.
The engine is running fine but I am still having problems with the solenoid sticking on some of the starts so I am going to replace the starter and solenoid (taking off the switched live the starter keeps running and only resets when you kill the battery) to be on the safe side. I will also replace the wiring in that circuit and do away with the hard start relay the car came with.
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