IT RUNS :-)
1st June 2002
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Went down to Brixham Car Accessories today and bought a hole bundle of bits to rig up a choke and throttle. The choke was easy, the most difficult part was working out where to drill the hole in the bulkhead. I foumd a great little adaptor to connect the throttle cable to the throttle pedal, see photo. The cable is clamped by the nut and the other end is held into the throttle pedal by a split pin. |
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I wasn't quite sure where to put the hole in the throttle pedal so I drilled 3, now I can adjust the exact location later. The return spring needs a little more work, but it should get things going. Please note this is not the fixing method suggested by DAX. |
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I refitted the starter motor, which had been rebuilt by Alan Auto Electrics in Brixham and there was nothing left to do excet turn the key.... Gulp! Of couse, it didn't start :-( Checked for a spark - Yep :-) Checked the ignition leads - they were in the wrong order! Still will not start :-( Checked the ignition lead again- wrong order AGAIN! Tuned the key and away it went :-)))) Although it took 6 seconds for you to read this, it actually took about 3 hours of messing about! Phoned my brother to tell him the great news, but he was on holiday in France and his mobile was off :-( If I rev the engine there seems to bit a bit of smoke, but otherwise it sounds as sweet as you could hope for. As I have no instrument I was a little worried about the oil pressure, so I removed the rocker covers and saw that oil was being pumped up and out between the rockers, so there must be some pressure. |
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3rd June 2002
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Flushed with Saturday's success I fitted the radiator fans. These fans are off a couple of Metros. The most difficult part was changing the spade terminal connectors on the DAX loom for the plugs that came with the fans, but it all seems to fit OK. I put a toggle switch in place of the thermostat and the fans run, (which is just as well as I didn't check they were any good before fitting them). |
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I also fitted the new bonnet (thank-you DAX). All I can say is read the manual AND SVA guide and DON't do what I did. I fitted the handles wrong :-( But I should just get away with it. The problem with fitting them the way I did, is the nut on the fixing bolt is VERY close to the lip of the bonnet opening. I was also very fortunate that I hadn't made the bracket for the top radiator hose as it fouled the bonnet strut and had to be adjusted. |
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4th June 2002
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I still can't work out the oil pressure switch wiring. The oil pressure switch has three terminals marked I, S and P but none of them seems to operate te oil warning light. I'm also not sure what the pin-out is for the Jaguar voltage regulator, so I can't get the oil pressure gauge working either. Didn't really do much today, just messed about with a few odds and ends. I did a trial fit of the boot carpets, but I need to wait for a new fuel filler cap as th one sent me didn't have a key-lock. Apparently this has "never happened to anyone else" - need I say more? |
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6th June 2002
Fitted the headlight rims today, but it's raining so I can't do much more.
7th June 2002
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What a great day :-)
Today I fitted the hydraulic pipe for the clutch. Blead the clutch with my easyblead kit as the girls are away with their mum! Never had much success with this before, but this time it worked fine. As the engine had been standing for about 6yrs, I was a little worried the clutch may have rusted up. I put the car in gear, pressed down the clutch and turned over the engine, it fired up and the car stayed still. Which was quite good really as it's got no brakes and the Land Rover was only 8ft away! I let the clutch up gentle and the car moved about an inch or so then came up against the chock I had put under the front wheel. I tried all the other gears and they seemed OK too.
I've worked out (with the help from a few friend on the Land Rover Owner email list) that the oil pressure switch is really a 2-way switch. The live feed connects to the common terminal and the oil warning light and fuel pump connect to the other two. The idea is the fuel pump or oil warning light come on individually depending on whether there is oil pressure or not. This is a pain as I now have to run an earth wire to the oil presure switch. Now it's raining and the wiring diagram is soaked!
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