Gozza Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 Semi productive day yesterday, pulled out the old motor and box, swapped the box over onto the new motor along with a new clutch and pressure plate. Need to find an electric fan and get that mounted up in front of the radiator and do a little bit of cleaning up in the engine bay then I'll sling the new one back in. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Gozza Posted February 19, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2018 Well the busy season at work has been keeping me away from the garage and making much progress on the engine swap but there have been some developments. More of a one step forward two steps back kinda thing though. A bit of thought went into a starter motor due to the fact a standard starter can't be removed without first taking off the exhaust manifold. There are options for smaller high torque replacements, the quality ones (expensive) or the Chinese ones (cheap) were considered but in the end I went with having a standard one rebuilt. Time will tell if that was wise but I don't expect it to give me any shit... Then, with that all bolted up and the manifold on I got all enthusiastic and hoisted the new motor up into the car which took only 40 minutes including the two beers I seemed to need. All looked great.... ...until I put the front crossmember in. I am adding power steering to the car using MK2 parts, months ago I had asked around and was assured it was all a bolt in affair. Off I went and found all the bits I needed and set about rebuilding the pump, rack, etc and reprinting everything. When I bolted it up it became obvious that the earlier MK1 was going to protest. Turns out that the later cars have a notch in the chassis rail to clear the steering UJ which is now in a different place to the manual rack. Fuck it So out with the grinder... Tig in a piece of 75mm pipe... and prime it up... had a real good look up inside the rail and it was mint with no rust. Took the time to blow a thick coat of Brunox all up in there to help keep it that way. long and short of it is, apart from respraying the rail I'm back to where I was a couple of weeks ago. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gozza Posted February 19, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2018 Oh, and this turned up too. Should fuck the neighbours off if used correctly 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gozza Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 Stole a couple of hours this morning and blew some left over paint over the wee mod. Reckon when it's all back together it'll look almost factory. Might try and lift the engine back in this arvo 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gozza Posted February 28, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2018 This time with feeling 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gozza Posted March 3, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2018 Got a little bit more done today. Chucked the crossmember and rack back in and pretty pleased with how it all fitted into the little notch. fitted up the pump and put the plenum back on to make it look better also... fuel pump and plumbing next.... 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gozza Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Managed a little more on the Triumph over the last few days. Been tinkering on the exhaust getting it all to fit properly, the system runs pretty close to shit and been doing my best to get it fitted up with no tension. What should be easy seems to be not so... Also been plotting out the fuel plumbing and have settled on where everything needs to go and how to mount it all up. Spent an hour in Fluid Power today trolling catalogues for all the little fittings and pipes I'll need, they had some and have ordered the rest. I've chosen to not make it too flashy in that department, just the minimum to get the job done. I reckon it'll look clean enough without any blingy shit. some pics for proof Surge pot/filter and high pressure pump tacked into the boot O2 sensor boss got mounted into the little piece of pipe directly aft of the extractors Fuel pressure regulator and return line on the back of the rail Bodged packer I need to make and add under the right hand engine mount to gain a little clearance.... Slowly slowly heaps to go 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gozza Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 Been making slow progress the last month or so but progress none the less. There are so many little fidley bits that I keep putting off and some big shit too that I've been scared to start. But it all needs to be done. I ordered a bunch of fittings and pipe and stuff from Fluid Power to plumb up the fuel system. Some of it arrived real quick and some still hasn't turned up which is annoying. I have managed to run stainless supply and return lines, fit a lift pump, plumb most of the surge pot and HP pump, plus the feed to the rail and the regulator so some solid progress there. Also, due to an annoying stink of fuel whenever I fill the tank, and the need to add a fitting to send the fuel return back to I bit the bullet and pulled out the tank. I'm just going to tee the return pipe into the vent pipe at the top of the tank which I could have done with the tank in, but as I needed to seal up the big rubber pipe on the filler neck as well it was easier to take the whole thing out. Then, mostly because I was bored waiting for the last of the fittings I ordered, I decided to pull out the seats and carpets. Thinking I might dynamat the floor and put some new carpet in as the old stuff is pretty ratty. Pulled the parcel shelf out too to try and figure where the computer and relay board is going to go... Not sure if I should go with this or get a 2.6EI one made? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gozza Posted April 27, 2018 Author Share Posted April 27, 2018 Dynamatted the floor last week and got a set of carpets from autodeck up in Auckland. Kinda ran out of the dynamat so have ordered another box of that to finish up before I put the floor carpets in but did do the side pieces which turned out pretty ok. Settled on a place for the relay board up under the dash and have started on version one of the bracket to mount it. Also figured how to best run the loom so that there is enough slack to easily remove the board while still connected for the inevitable trouble shooting...Still need to run a few more wires from the engine back to the board before I go connecting everything up but getting it all plotted out now so making some solid progress 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gozza Posted May 14, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 14, 2018 Made a bit more progress the last few days. Swore and cursed at the carpet kit I bought until the flat carpet had conformed to the shape of the floor. Instructions said to allow 4 hours lol. Got it pretty good in the end and any of the bits I'm not 100% happy with are hidden anyway so it'll look fine when the seats etc are back in. Then spent hours with some leather cleaner and a nail brush sorting out the rear bench. It was so grimy. Couple of hours on that and a couple of coats of conditioner on the thing and it looks like new again. Result Still need to do the front mats but will do that once I've finished all the computer stuff so I don't end up burning holes in it with the soldering iron. Had a bit of a luck in at supercheap today as well. I've been procrastinating over fitting an electric fan and saw a couple that looked like they'd fit the bill. Couple of trips back and forward measuring and I settled on two of the smallest ones they had. Little bit of fiddling around joining the two together and I had the perfect fit. They will stay attached to the car even if the radiator needs to be removed. result = beer o'clock 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gozza Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 Fuck I’ve been useless at working on this thing most of winter... so much work related compliance bullshit that’s needed attending to plus all of life’s other tasks that I’ve not had much time left over... Time for a catch up. First off, cheers to Alex for the super 9kg gas bottle stove he and Hanna built me For the garage. If I had gotten round to fitting it in the garage already I might have made some more progress on the car through the long winter nights... But alas, not yet 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gozza Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 So some of the tasks I still needed to do were to fit a trigger wheel to the front pulley, terminate all the wires from the engine sensors at the relay board, build the computer, and a hundred other small jobs including a few redos... I sent my pulley down to Grant Parker at GP Engineering, he’s done all the machining I’ve been unable to do and he does an absolutely primo job... I decided to mount the trigger wheel onto the damper despite knowing that it’ll fuck up my timing if the bonded rubber fails... I had a good look at the thing and it seems to be pretty mint so not too worried. Only reason I went this way was to make it look a bit neater... After fitting the trigger wheel I took the damper down to the guys who did the machining on the block to get it balanced. Feels good knowing you’ve done all you can to get a top quality job... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gozza Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 Starting the big job of figuring out where all the wires needed to go. I chose to use the relay board that DIYautotune sell as it seemed like a good idea... not really a fan of the screw terminals but time will tell I suppose... making progress And all finished and tucked away up under the dash... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gozza Posted September 6, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2018 Then it was onto the computer... Dont know how many times I read the manual whilst getting myself more and more confused, but finally I just thought fuck it, and ripped into it. I’d learned enough to ask for a bit of help a couple of times to clarify some pretty simple shit that I just wasn’t understanding for some reason and once I’d got my head around the basics it was a simple matter of pouring myself a stiff drink and making a start... One bottle of whiskey later.... Moment of truth... Cant fucking believe it... I just made a computer and so far all the smoke is still inside it somewhere! Off out to the garage I went with my new toy, plugged it in, hooked up the laptop, opened another bottle of whiskey, took a swig, turned the key and... No smoke and everything seems to work, TPS, MAP, MAT, Coolant Temp, fuel pump started up and ran for a few seconds like it’s supposed to, etc... Early days yet but so far so good! 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yoeddynz Posted November 11, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2018 I know I'm not meant to post in this forum... but I'll just put this here. Just look at that grin on his face ..... Discuss Steve's obvious happiness here and tell him to do an update ... 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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