A couple days of finishing off a few things following my visit to the factory and the advice from Mark.
First item ... twist round the injector connector on No 2 cylinder so that it didn't foul the throttle linkage. Fairly easy task but needed to removing all the linkage to gain access. Connected up the throtle cable at the same time ... now a fully functional throttle!
Next item ... connect up the coolant temp sensor to the webcon loom. As suggested I removed the connector from it's fixing on the engine block and this thn reached the loom connection. Just one issue the connector plugs were different! Again another simple job that quickly became complicated. Fortunately in the wiring loom bits there were plenty of spare connectors.
Third item .. replace the oil pressure sender with the one from the instrument set. Had to partially destroy the old one so that I could get a socket on it to undo it There was also no room to get a spanner on the new one to tightem it so it was a lot of brusied knuckles to get it hand tight.
Item no. 4 ... relocate the clutch cable in to clutch arm. I decided to follow Mark's advice and remove the grommet so the cable sits in the lower part of the arm and has a straight feed to the adjuster. Aso put a cable tie in to tidy up the clutch cable routing round the engine mount.
Next ... connect up the fuel lines to the carbs
And the final bit of the engine work ... install and connect the Water Temp gauge sender into the thermostat housing.
Next step ... ran a wire from the rear brake lights so that I can fit a high level brake light in the roll bar. Just hope I identified the correct cable from the loom!
Torqued up the rear suspension whilst I was there too!
Attention now turned to gettng the bodywork fitted ... at least starting to get it fitted. The sides were not sitting quite right and didn't hook down under the floor very well ... actually it seemed a tight fit and i didn't want to force it. I made som clearane holes to clear the rivnut fixing for the scuttle and that seemed to give enough clearance and the sides popped into place (with a bit of creaking which was slightly disconcerting!). The scuttle needed some cutouts to clear the wiring loom grommet where the loom goes to the ECU and also the steering column. With all that complete it seemed to line up except for the bonnet fouling on the lower wishbone bolts at the front. A job for another day.
Starting to run out of jobs now so next weekends job will be to start cutting holes in the bodywork for the exhaust and fuel filler and seat belts. Not looking forward to this ... keep reminding myself ... measure twice cut once!
Next step ... ran a wire from the rear brake lights so that I can fit a high level brake light in the roll bar. Just hope I identified the correct cable from the loom!
Torqued up the rear suspension whilst I was there too!
Attention now turned to gettng the bodywork fitted ... at least starting to get it fitted. The sides were not sitting quite right and didn't hook down under the floor very well ... actually it seemed a tight fit and i didn't want to force it. I made som clearane holes to clear the rivnut fixing for the scuttle and that seemed to give enough clearance and the sides popped into place (with a bit of creaking which was slightly disconcerting!). The scuttle needed some cutouts to clear the wiring loom grommet where the loom goes to the ECU and also the steering column. With all that complete it seemed to line up except for the bonnet fouling on the lower wishbone bolts at the front. A job for another day.
Starting to run out of jobs now so next weekends job will be to start cutting holes in the bodywork for the exhaust and fuel filler and seat belts. Not looking forward to this ... keep reminding myself ... measure twice cut once!
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