I thought I'd just give it a go with mine as it was already wired up, but also I've not fitted your old sender as I need the plug because its different, do you have the plug for it on your old loom?Quote:
Originally Posted by Iain
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I thought I'd just give it a go with mine as it was already wired up, but also I've not fitted your old sender as I need the plug because its different, do you have the plug for it on your old loom?Quote:
Originally Posted by Iain
Yes, if you can find it in my "bag o' loom" you can have it lol
Thanks dude, I'll have to pop over at some point, but I'm pretty busy now for 2 weeks. Got loads of over time to do at work :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Iain
Looks ace dose that dash mate! love it..
Nice one Ian, glad she's nearly there. You had the carbs setup yet?
Got my wee beastie back on the road for Summer after a stroke of luck with the insurance and saving myself £145 (35%) off the renewal. It's great getting older and older and older ;) Got the MOT this Saturday so fingers crossed.
Anyway back to your thread. I believe the fuel gauge is like the temp gauge, not connected it'll read full/hot and grounded it'll read empty/cold.
Still working away on this as and when! but actually have a deadline now as I have my first trackday booked for the end of next month at Donnington :d
Had alot of issues with oil leaks though and don't seem to be able to win with them :cry:
To date it's had 2 set's of cam seals, 2 crank seals (oil pump side) & 2 sump 8v sump gaskets/baffles.... and I still have a bad leaky sump and crank seal!! Really getting on my nerves now as everything is new and just cant seem to cure it. I'm looking into seeing if my sump can be machined to make sure it's not warped on the mating face, and as for the crank seal I'm just going to try another and hope for the best!
Despite this I got some other stuff sorted yesterday and Iain popped over to give me a hand with a few bits. Big big thanks for that mate :thumb:
Got my Avon Slicks fitted on rims and balanced up by my tyre man
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Iain gave my mirrors a tidy up & another lick of day-glo orange
(even though it looks pink in the pic!)
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Rollcage padding fitted
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Set the ride height on the coilovers
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And even got a photo of both the beasts together!
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So as it stands at the minute I have all the timing gear off awaiting the new seal. Sump needs to come off again for machining if possible.
Only other problem I had was that when the fans kick in or are turned on it causes my digital dash to freak out and all the lights start flashing and the rev counter reads like 12 grand on tick over! :confused: Soon as the fans go off it goes back to normal, so the stumped on that one!
Also waiting on a thread adapter for fitting another oil pressure sender unit to run my guage.
Tracking was setup today, and was going to corner weight it aswell, but didn't get chance to do so as we ended up chasing these oil leaks. Just hoping I can get it all sorted in time, but will have a good go
Looks well Ian.
Digidash weird-ness will be an earth problem somewhere.
Aw man yours looks so much more hardcore than mine :(
This is the thrust washer I was thinking of, maybe it's worn a groove like this one and is stopping the crank seal from sealing properly?
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Will check out the thrust washer when this seal is out. I take it that isn't your washer?! lol
That's my old one, fitted a new one @£40 from Vauxhall :(
Ahhh, didn't realise you fitted a new one, I thought you priced one up and were put off by the extornsionate price!!
Looking ace mate, you coming to pv with it if it's done in time?
Thanks Scott, it's getting there, just all these niggles are starting to get at me now, but just got to keep on at it I guess. Thats why I want to do this trackday so I get to actually use it and boost my spirits with it!!Quote:
Originally Posted by scott.parker
Doubt It'll be at PV as I've not got a towbar sorted for the van yet, and the money will be best spent on sorting the car I think. Got my dad on towing duties at the mo! lol
what track day you booking on to? When?
Donnington Monday 27th June, Open pit evening
is it just an evning/afternoon or is there the option for full day?
Just evening mate. On track between 5:30 - 8:30... Thought it'd be ideal for the cars first outing as if (God forbid!) I have any problems I wouldn't have wasted a full day and alot more money!Quote:
Originally Posted by scott.parker
Got the oil pump crank seal out last night again :roll:
Also pulled out the thrust ring aswell, and by the looks of the condition of it, it could well be contributing to my oil leak problems!!
You can see it has worn a groove in the front edge where the seal sits, so I thought I might be able to get away with turning it around, but it's not in the best condition on the back edge and there's also a few scratches and grooves from screwdrivers and picks being used to remove the seals!
So a new one will be on order today with a new seal and fingers crossed it will seal as this will be third time lucky lol
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That doesn't look at all good Ian as you know it should be nice and smooth. Shame I can't make 27th June with the GTE, as I said in my txt bit of a logistical nightmare for me, but I will pop down after work to give you some moral support.
Thanks Harvey, will be good to see you. Just hope I can get everything sorted :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Harvey
Few more bits done for the Donnington deadline!
New Crank Thrust ring is on with new seal in place, and so far so good, (touch wood and fingers crossed!!) No oil leak :d
Some rachet straps with wheel straps turned up today so I can strap the car to the trailer... Ebay bargain at £50 for four
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Got my foot rest plate rivetted in with a bead of silicon under it to stop rattles and dirt getting under
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New sender unit for oil pressure and adaptor
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Note to self, when it goe's tight don't go that little bit more! lol
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Bugger, that's the thread stuck in the block then!! Luckily Allen saved the day!
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So got to order another adapto now, I love doing things twice!
Air filter had a wash and spray with ITG Dust Retention Spray
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And finally got the cambelt cover fitted (Note for iainel, yes all 3 bolts are in it! ;) lol )
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So left to do is...
- Fit Sender unit
- Fit flywheel cover plate
- Make a bracket for kill switch pull cable
- Fasten in extinguisher pull cables
- Fill washer bottle with screen wash
- Re-seal cam sensor as it's still seaping oil out (My engine really dislikes having oil in it I think!)
- Input wheel measurement on dash for speedo reading
- Spanner check
- Trial car on the trailer as it's never been on it since I got it! lol
- Corner weight if I get time
- Finally get some laps in at Donnington! :d
Three bolts good to see you're not BODGING it lol That thread adapter just shear off then? Oh dear.
Ive got the £50 eBay wheel straps, had them for over 18months now, used them loads of times (30+) and theyres still cock on.
Iain: Yep just sheared off off with almighty strength :(
Paul: Cool glad there good, the bloke I bought the trailer off recomended them to me as he had them aswell and said they were brill for the money
Almighty strength? You had someone helping you? lol
lol only help was the 19mm spanner!!
Crossed a few more bits off my list, one of which was to make an ally blank for the glovebox
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Also received another union for oil pressure sender unit. I'll try not to snap this one! lol
Almost ready for it's track debut and for me to loose my trackday virginity! :d
Good work.
Whens the trackday?
Ian is that blank using self tappers? It may need to come off if there's any wiring issues?
Adam it's the 27th
Yes Iain, self tappers through those speed clip things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iain
Adam, as said above trackday is Monday 27th but it's evening, not full day
Looks like you were all having fun last night, been trying to find some pics online but failing as I didn't take my camera :(
It's been a very long time coming, but deffo worth all the hard work! My first trackday is complete and got the car home in piece!
Monday morning started out with a few last checks
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Then got the car loaded on the trailer for the first time... Had a few issues as the car couldn't go far enough forward because it was hitting the winch. This meant the ramps wouldn't go up at the back, so out came mr angle grinder, and chopped the ramps off and chucked them in the van! lol
Iain and myself got a pit garage and got unloaded before sign on. Both cars looking good and ready
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Then we were joined by a couple of my mates cars also on the trackday. A Radical SR4 Clubsport and a DC2 Integra Type R.
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After signing on and briefing we headed out on track for sighting laps. Iain got out in the first session and I was out in the second followed by Ste in the Integra
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Went out on the Toyo T1R's first as I wanted to feel the difference when I moved onto the slicks. Also was only taking it steady to begin with
Sighting laps went well, car felt solid and no obvious problems so headed straight out on track
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Only managed one lap before having to go in as a DC5 Integra spun out on the chicane in front of me and had swerve to miss it and ended up going over them nasty new HUUUUGGGEEEE humps! Luckily no damage was done other than causing the exhaust to rattle as it caught the manifold.
Also noticed a slight fuel leak from the blanked off return pipe on the tank, so nipped up the jubilee clip and gave it a wipe down and was all good. So out it went again this time with my dad driving. He really enjoyed it :)
Came back in and noticed my oil leaks seemed to be pretty bad! from the head down the block was lathered in oil. Tom Reid had a look over it with me and suggested I open up the the catch tank as it was restricting the breather system. So next on the list of project cure oil leaks is a new breather system.
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Got it all cleaned up and decided it was time for the slicks :d Alan (Prey) gave me a hand getting them on. Cheers dude
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Meanwhile Iain was off to do some Evo killing!
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Went out twice on the slicks and what an improvement handling wise! unreal grip. Avon ACB10's are an awesome tyre!
The day came to an end though as the fuel leak came back, and the where the return pipe is braised to the tank, it must have corroded and tightening the jubilee must have been the final straw so Dad and my Grandad drained some fuel out too see if it would stop dripping, and I then went out for a passenger ride in Iain's beast.
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I think my cheesy grin above sum's up that I was really happy with the day despite the problems! Can't wait to get it sorted and get out again now!
Thanks to everyone who came and helped, especially all the TCR crew, Dad, Grandad, Iain, Tom, Alan and Harvey :thumb:
I know the car is nowhere near at its best, but was deffo a good start. Here's a few more pro pics from Xtreme Photography
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And finally on the way home, thankfully still in one piece!
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Glad you had a decent day out
Evo killing lol Don't think I saw that beast again after the first corner lol
To say it was the first proper drive of the car since you built it it did pretty well even with the few issues you had. It certainly seemed you were all having a great time. I really really need to get out on track with my Astra before the end of the year, sod the house improvements!
If you are thinking of sticking the Nova on the road you could do worse than giving these a buzz for a quote www.reis.co.uk they offer road legal track car cover with limited road mileage, agreed value etc etc
Boy done good on your first track day, like Harvey says, a few issues are to be expected first time out.
Harvey, didn't get to meet you, didn't even know you were there.
just had a scim read though this, insane crazy good work, loads of effort in this mega rep :thumb:
Same here Tom.Quote:
Originally Posted by tom reid
This was me with the pink Sparco shoes (they were red!) licking the headlight of Ian's Nova while attempting to hump the front bumper.
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Have you had chance to take the back plate off and check the head oil way core plugs I mentioned in the PM last week?