Timberline Posted October 24 Author Share Posted October 24 14 hours ago, Austin David said: ha, you did a better job than I did. I just made little plug-in extensions. FYI, that double wire is a ground, and one leg goes further down the loom rather than running multiple grounds all the way back to that connector. I really wanted to just splice the two ground wires together and figured it would have been just as good. Doubt got the best of me and I didn't. I am a structures guy, not an electron guy Hopefully none of my wiring problems get any harder than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin David Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 I think we can all safely say that any challenges you find WILL BE surmountable... but it's hard to predict what else you'll discover along the way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberline Posted October 25 Author Share Posted October 25 (edited) Battery activated and charged. Started the electronics for the first time! First system check! The speed sensor picks up every tooth! Edited October 25 by JohnCh Rotated photo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyper7 Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 Sweet! One thing I found when trying to actually start the motor (which you'll be there soon)...turn the key on and off a bunch of times to move gas through the system before trying to start it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin David Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 and before that, disable the fuel pump (it's in the book) and make sure you're getting oil pressure. You can hear the fuel pump kick in about 1s after turning the key. It's behind the driver's seat, LHS in the fuel tank. Fairly distinctive whir for a second or so, then it cuts off with no RPM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyper7 Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 9 minutes ago, Austin David said: and before that, disable the fuel pump (it's in the book) and make sure you're getting oil pressure. You can hear the fuel pump kick in about 1s after turning the key. It's behind the driver's seat, LHS in the fuel tank. Fairly distinctive whir for a second or so, then it cuts off with no RPM. Good call out - I had already done the oil pressure steps prior to failing to start and figuring out the fuel needed primed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberline Posted October 25 Author Share Posted October 25 Thanks for the heads up! I had noticed that issue with failed starts. Once you know what to listen for, the fuel pump is noisy enough when nothing else is on. When it comes to starting the engine, I was going to not put fuel in the car till after the oil pressure check. Do I still need to disable the fuel pump? The line should have no fuel in it either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin David Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 If you're going to turn the key without fuel, you'll want to disable the pump. Otherwise you'll spin a dry fuel pump, and they don't love that. I believe you can just unplug the immobilizer over by your brake fluid reservoir, which will disable the FP relay, but leave everything else intact for pressurizing the oil system. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberline Posted October 26 Author Share Posted October 26 Glued carpets in place today and I have a light question about the wall carpet. What do I do with the leather piece at the top? I figured it goes under the boot cover so that got removed. Do I just loop it around the chassis? Glue it in place? The top will be partially held by the boot cover screws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Austin David Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 I just let mine lay over into the boot. Once the cover is back in place you can't see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin David Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Also this is your best chance to undercoat that wood panel, it is exposed underneath. May also want to varnish the top and ends... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberline Posted October 26 Author Share Posted October 26 11 hours ago, Austin David said: Also this is your best chance to undercoat that wood panel, it is exposed underneath. May also want to varnish the top and ends... I just reinstalled it. Had it out to fill the diff oil and weather proofed the wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberline Posted October 26 Author Share Posted October 26 11 hours ago, Austin David said: I just let mine lay over into the boot. Once the cover is back in place you can't see it Thanks! I’ll do something with it. It’s just weird I can’t find any ideas on the many build blogs online. Some of these folks are very fastidious about things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin David Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 17 minutes ago, Timberline said: Thanks! I’ll do something with it. It’s just weird I can’t find any ideas on the many build blogs online. Some of these folks are very fastidious about things. I had to go back and read my post to remember... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCh Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 42 minutes ago, Austin David said: I had to go back and read my post to remember... One of the best reasons to create a build thread 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberline Posted October 29 Author Share Posted October 29 This weekend lived up to this build thread's name, so lots of jobs got completed on the car. Complete check of all brake fittings and bleeding of the brake and clutch lines. What should have been a 2 hour job became a 4 hour job when my neighbors ancient brake pressurizing kit lines disintegrated and threw brake fluid all over the engine bay. Quickly got any painted surfaces cleaned up, then took a long time throwing simple green everywhere. Afterwards, we were able to get the lines bled alright. Laundry list of things installed: carpets, tunnel closeout, parking brake adjusted, harnesses, and seats. Got everyone in the family helping at one point or another. Even got my daughter enthusiastic enough to help with seats. Then, monday night, I finally got the radiator brackets in the mail. Here they are temp installed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyper7 Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 Sounds like you're getting closer! My daughter (15) helped with holding like 1 bolt, and that was all I could get out of her... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberline Posted October 29 Author Share Posted October 29 (edited) 3 hours ago, hyper7 said: Sounds like you're getting closer! My daughter (15) helped with holding like 1 bolt, and that was all I could get out of her... You can't hear the harassing and complaining through the picture Good times! Edited October 29 by Timberline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin David Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 The older of my 2 actually helped mount the engine, which was nerve-wracking and weird. The younger definitely held some flashlights and fetched sockets, but not as much heavy lifting. Both will say they helped, tho, which is good enough for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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