Project Impreza - heading for 400

[bigsigh]

I am reluctant to start hacking my loom , def gonna try sorting the brackets first , should be straightforward enough once I get the measurements right , read a few articles were folk have riveted the new brackets to save welding so near the glass, so that would be an option

 

[bigsigh]

Indeed, we have one lying if you need to borrow.

@Coog would I be able to get the lend of your crane for a day or two if you boys aren't using it at the minute ?

 

[chrisQ]

I have one aswell here @bigsigh if your stuck.

 

[Coog]

@Coog would I be able to get the lend of your crane for a day or two if you boys aren't using it at the minute ?

I'm actually planning to use it over the next week or two on the donor MX5!

 

[bigsigh]

I have one aswell here @bigsigh if your stuck.

If you aren't needing it mate would I be able to get the lend for a day or two ?

I'm actually planning to use it over the next week or two on the donor MX5!

That's no bother mate it's just if you weren't needing it

 

[Andy044]

Got one here too you can borrow if you need it. Might be a bit out of your way tho, but anything to help

 

[bigsigh]

Got one here too you can borrow if you need it. Might be a bit out of your way tho, but anything to help

Much appreciated mate , but the amount of times I'll need to pull it and refit .....

Stumbled across this big yoke

If this doesn't lift what I need lifted then I prob shouldn't be lifting it

 

[Andy044]

Good lad, handy tool to have. More pics of the 10 series Ford needed lol. What is it?

 

[bigsigh]

7610 , has the crush on at the minute but usually on straw choppin duties

Yea the crane is a useful thing to have , this one is real heavy duty the ram is in great nick and it's solid as a rock , needs a wire brush and lick of paint be that's cosmetic only

 

[bigsigh]

Commisioned the new engine crane to check all was working / lifting / lowering and there was no probs, prefer to find out now rather than when im lying under the car

Dropped the Gearbox in , this one pic took up most of the morning as there was a cross threaded nut on the chassis which took for ever to tap out

Then in with the engine

Starter motor on

Power steering pump on and alt belt on and tensioned, so just intake and intercooler and battery and we should be fit to turn the key

 

[bigsigh]

Got the Airbox on

and the intercooler on

Then the rookie error, thinking i had everything buttoned up and connected i could start her to hear the engine running in the new car , and realised the chassis loom is different between years , and likely between JDM and UK spec also, so there is no power to the back of the car .... where the fuel pump is..

anyway it turns over nicely if thats any consolation

next on the list to get the chassis loom out of the donor car and onto the new shell

 

[Lappintyre]

So near but yet so far....!

Kepp up the good work.

PS, are you doing this all on your own?

 

[bigsigh]

i was for swapping the loom next anyhow, but just wanted to hear the burble to keep motivation up lol

yes just me , that way there is no one else to blame when something explodes

 

[Lyons]

Remind me what the end goal is with regards to the shell. Are you getting it driving, then going to paint it at a later date?

Also, what did you ever decide career wise? Did you pack in the IT in favour of the farming?

 

[bigsigh]

Remind me what the end goal is with regards to the shell. Are you getting it driving, then going to paint it at a later date?

Also, what did you ever decide career wise? Did you pack in the IT in favour of the farming?

getting it running is the short term goal, once its running and everything is working it will be fully stripped , powdercoated and polybushed.

Im still stuck in front of computers 9-5 currently, farming wasn't financially realistic unfortunately

 

[Lyons]

 

[jordan 375]

I've a full sti type ra for breaking If you ever need parts.... Good wee project mate

 

[bigsigh]

Rare enough car Jordan , what year ? Why breaking her ?

 

[bigsigh]

Pulled out the seats , rear bench and up with the carpet , to get at the chassis loom , found £2.85 , a lip balm and a japenese sweetie ... Proper mighty car mods human slime

More coins found after this pic

 

[jordan 375]

Has but if damage to side,fixable... But bought another shell and put running gear in it at the time

 

[bigsigh]

Dislodged the last of the chassis loom horrendous job , very fiddly with a load of clips

Anyway put it in the blue car and connected up the fuel pump and it.....








....made absolutely no difference!

Fuel pump is not priming still so there's a problem somewhere along the line

 

[brendy]

Have you measured voltage on the pump connector when it should be priming? Immobiliser?

 

[bigsigh]

More than likely a missed connector , blowen fuse , bad earth or possibly relay , not too worried but was too cold and damp to do any more so I called it a day.

Have the multimeter primed and ready lol

No immobiliser on the JDM as far as I know

 

[bigsigh]

ok , so real funny story about the fuel pump not priming .....




Started at the front and worked my way back,

Check all fuses in the bay, check connections on the bay loom, moved into the cabin, check the main fuse board, all ok so far,

so out with the wheel,

pull the dash

double check all connections everything looks ok, so work on back check all earths on chassis loom, and then move onto the pump itself... behind the rear seat

yea.. so that would probably cause it not to prime. Its been removed!


No a big deal (bar the insane loss of time) i had a complete unit sitting from a car i broke,

And installed

So ignition on and we are getting the pump priming , pulled a hose in the bay and we are getting fuel there too, plugs are wet , but we have no spark,

No Spark , no start, was dosed with the bug the rest of the weekend , but will start diagnosing the no spark issue this week see if we cant get it running. hopefully its not as dumb as the pump problem

 

[brendy]

Hahaha sorry... that wouldn't help.