chris r

That'd be great but I'll wait until the car is up in Auckland

Don't tempt me. I'd like to but realistically it needs a birthday and lots of stuff double checked and/or replaced. No point in breaking stuff imo

Well said. I want to thank you again for helping & a bed to borrow & sharns etc. So good

Bring a diff mount, bolts and nuts for drive shaft and rear cvs and ill think about it

He moved the other tang and put oil in the van. I found the remnants of a bag of weed in the glove box too, I found a farm rego label in the glovebox from 2010

I can't be in two places at once haha All video related complaints can be directed to joe

Yeah they ideally need a proper clean & test. When I get it to Auckland I'll pull then out again Of scans of wiring diagrams would be great please and thank you I got a picture of the radio for you too

We tidied the engine plumbing and it didn't start. Plugs were dry.... Turns I put the fuel lines on wrong. Fixed that and it ran again. We started to diagnose why it wouldn't turn off. In the process I swapped some plugs and we wasted two hours wondering why nothing worked. Checked the drive shaft and rear cvs 3 out of 4 bolts ain't bad. Drove it out and went to fill the gearbox and it was full I have to remember not to let off the starter too soon

Ain't got that much patience mang! /might actually do that while testing fuel pump wiring. A quick google says there is a fuel pump relay. Perhaps that's got burnt contacts... If so I'll bypass it for now but leave it connected so the ecu is happy

That's the first thing I looked for. There is one but connected to the switch side of the ignition switch hence un plugging it We suspect it could be a relay sticking on. If you pull 30a maxi fuse in the engine bay it'll Turn everything off and it will stay off but with more thinking there could be another turbo timer hiding somewhere. It's less bad than vice grips.... And I was on fuel pump cintril duties We kept finding issues that could cause the flooding/no start faults. Hopefully they are ironed out for now. All the injector plugs need replacing as the retaining clips are gone and while I'm at it ill probably re tape and tidy the loom

Oh we also made a clutch pin for the slave out of a Datsun clutch master rod. I made a code checker too, got a bit carried away and put it in a enclosure and made it plug in etc. The only code we got today was tps and that was because it wasn't plugged into the correct plug

Picture time. I forgot to take pictures but got some. First thing was to sort out the lack of battery clamps. Easily fixed Joe convinced me to use gasket paper instead of the ht lead box or rtv. Turned out ok We popped out to supercheap and I splashed out on some caps for the unused vacuum ports instead of using bolts and hoses. The lower rad cap was leaking and it turned out to be a split of ring, I'm too tight to pay $8 for a new one so on fitting with the theme of the motor rebuild I made this We have reinstated the idle? Motor or air bypass valve and swapped the rangi fuel setup with factory stuff. It was great having the adjustme reg so we could see the pump wasn't working properly and then the fact that the pump had 5v to it. I've written up a quick list for tomorrow, everything is easy enough except figure out why the ignition stays on even after we unplug the ignition switch. I'm genuinely surprised at how easy and nice to work on this is. Plugs have been pulled many times and we have had the manifold off heaps of times. Same with the fuel rail and injectors.

So a few hours in we have found * plugs were worn - replaced then and the leads. * fuel pressure was low. Pump has 5volts to it. Smashed a battery in the back which sorted that. * it's now only flooding on the front rotor. Double checked injector wiring and it's ok. We will pull out and test the injectors. Update. Pulled the primary injectors out and one was wet. Tested them by blowing in and tapping them across the battery. Some were completely blocked and some had old fuel shit in them. Slammed two good ones in, cranked it and it tried to start killed power to the fuel pump and it started!

The radio has got Jonny written on it. Looks like part of it is missing? I'll check it out later.

I'm really looking forward to whenever that happens

What's better than having three non running projects? Four of them! Watching roadkill this morning seemed quite fitting... No need to tell me I'm dumb here as I am well aware of that fact

Late last year I saw a certain rx7 advertised, wanted it, talked to friends and they said get it. I made a decision, slept on it, slept on it again. Had a week away to see reason and paid for it. It is joe/goats fc3s rx7. Here is his excellently written ad & some pictures I think I'm a sucker for punishment and I'm blaming the brain injury for making another project when everything else I own needs something doing on it a good idea. And I think I like cars that people hate? No space, no money (now) a trademe rtv rebuild rotary that hasn't run properly in years. What could possibly go wrong? After a few delays I made it down to Wellington, because brain injury I can't organise a piss up on a brewery. I arrived at Wellington airport and forgot my aunty & uncles address and while working out where to go and how to get there almost forgot about my bags. Caught a train and I'll be meeting Joe soon and we'll get some more parts and see what we can do. I have ordered new plugs and leads, made a diagnostic connector and got a new coolant temp sensor in the (misguided overly optimistic) hope it may help the flooding issues. No new pictures yet but I'll try remember to take some.

You should of been in the back throwing them around Slightly less off topic. Looks good now the height is adjusted

Cool little project. Does it do skids

Trolley wheels for Max speed. Dad 'found' some off a airport trolley for mine and fuck it was fast. I remember hitting a bump, getting air then landing upside-down and taking most of the skin off my shoulder. This is cool, the roll bar is a good idea too imo. /it needs bigger wheels to soak up the bumps on the grass

How hard is it to relocate the iat sensor? I remember you have your cool intake but can't remember if you have pre throttle body piping. If you have pre t.b piping could you bung the sensor there?

BBQ churbo diesel Link for reading

I could be wrong but I seem to recall a aussie injecting BBQ gas in his +t td42 patrol with good results

It was awesome to see the Fiat in the flesh after following the thread. Also congrats to Roman on the job

The clutch kit turned up this morning. We were having fun measuring the input spline on the gearbox to figure out what diameter it was. We guessed the smaller diameter and guessed wrong. Ill double check the release bearing and get the right ones send out. The gearbox in the crx is out of a facelift da integra, it has a cable release but can fit the newer hydraulic release internals in it. So It has bigger synchroes, more options for ratios and there are more factory lsd centres available. I fitted the flywheel and release bearing today, the (hopefully) correct plate will arrive tomorrow so I can put it back together after nats.