Project Green Hornet

StuC · April 7, 2018, 18:22

Great effort!

Cabrioman · April 8, 2018, 09:34

SHINY

Best part, it'll stay like that too..

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Cabrioman · April 8, 2018, 19:16

After 5hrs the engine is finally in.
Struggled a bit on my own but it's bolted.
Will have to connect all the pipes next weekend now.

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Cabrioman · April 14, 2018, 16:25

It Lives!

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jonbill · April 14, 2018, 17:40

Yay!

StuC · April 15, 2018, 14:35

Quote from: Cabrioman on April 14, 2018, 16:25
It Lives!

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Well done that man!

shnazzle · April 15, 2018, 14:37

Nice one!

Cabrioman · April 15, 2018, 16:10

Some days are good days,.
Others, Not so much.
Struggled to get anything to do as it was told.
ECU all bolted in.
Rear shocks fitted with hubs temporarily bolted while waiting for paint.
Subframe started to be fitted but one bolt refuses to go in straight. Can't tighten it up without risk of breaking the thread and I'd rather know why it won't go in straight.
Rear arms just sitting there to see how it looks.

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greybeardgt · April 15, 2018, 17:23

Hi Cabrioman smart looking motor you have there ref x member bolts going in cocked I had a similar problem with my front x brace me thinks mister T uses a " Encapsulated locking medium" Loctite to normal people, on critical fixings. this leaves the threads dirty and easy to cross. I had to buy 12m fine tap to clean up one captive nut I now have 12m fine tap cost £20! standard one is only £6. if anyone wants to borrow it I can post it cheers greybeardgt

jonbill · April 15, 2018, 18:22

Quote from: greybeardgt on April 15, 2018, 17:23
Hi Cabrioman smart looking motor you have there ref x member bolts going in cocked I had a similar problem with my front x brace me thinks mister T uses a " Encapsulated locking medium" Loctite to normal people, on critical fixings. this leaves the threads dirty and easy to cross. I had to buy 12m fine tap to clean up one captive nut I now have 12m fine tap cost £20! standard one is only £6. if anyone wants to borrow it I can post it cheers greybeardgt

+1 on that - I did the same.

Cabrioman · April 17, 2018, 10:14

Quote from: jonbill on April 15, 2018, 18:22
Quote from: greybeardgt on April 15, 2018, 17:23
Hi Cabrioman smart looking motor you have there ref x member bolts going in cocked I had a similar problem with my front x brace me thinks mister T uses a " Encapsulated locking medium" Loctite to normal people, on critical fixings. this leaves the threads dirty and easy to cross. I had to buy 12m fine tap to clean up one captive nut I now have 12m fine tap cost £20! standard one is only £6. if anyone wants to borrow it I can post it cheers greybeardgt
+1 on that - I did the same.

Cheers guys.
I'll have a look at the weekend.
Plan is to get it on the ground this weekend so she can be rolled out so I have a bit more space to replace a CV boot

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Cabrioman · April 18, 2018, 07:59

Hopefully there is a video of its first start.
(fingers crossed)http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5ad6ecbf5a4cd/InShot_20180418_075707383.mp4

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jonbill · April 18, 2018, 22:28

Congrats! Sounds alright.
Is that a bird tweeting away, or is it the engine squeaking?

Cabrioman · April 19, 2018, 05:23

Quote from: jonbill on April 18, 2018, 22:28
Congrats! Sounds alright.
Is that a bird tweeting away, or is it the engine squeaking?

It's a bird tweeting lol

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Cabrioman · April 21, 2018, 21:35

Starting to look more like a car

Back up again tomorrow to bleed the clutch and brakes.

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Cabrioman · April 22, 2018, 18:38

Back on all 4.
Need to bleed clutch and brakes. Then it's a case of finishing the back off and then working on the front.

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Cabrioman · April 25, 2018, 17:23

Car is refusing to start since last weekend.

Bit of progress. I unplugged each coil pack individually and tried starting the car. Then i moved the coil packs around to check they're all working. I then unplugged each imjector individually and started the car to see if the engine changed at all. On unplugging injectors 2 and 3 the car sounded the same where as unplugging 1 and 4 the car refused to start. So Im guessing 2 injectors have failed. I then noticed petrol sitting around the injectors themselves. So it's either the injectors 2 and 3 are not working at all or the petrol is coming out instead of going into the engine.

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tomaky · April 25, 2018, 20:23

Let me know if you need anything bud I'm up the garage tomorrow.

Cabrioman · April 25, 2018, 20:32

Quote from: tomaky on April 25, 2018, 20:23
Let me know if you need anything bud I'm up the garage tomorrow.

Cheers bud.
I've got 2 injectors coming so if that doesn't solve it, I might be giving you a shout.

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tomaky · April 25, 2018, 21:08

Quote from: Cabrioman on April 25, 2018, 20:32
Quote from: tomaky on April 25, 2018, 20:23
Let me know if you need anything bud I'm up the garage tomorrow.
Cheers bud.
I've got 2 injectors coming so if that doesn't solve it, I might be giving you a shout.

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fingers crossed.

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Cabrioman · April 25, 2018, 21:10

Quote from: tomaky on April 25, 2018, 21:08
Quote from: Cabrioman on April 25, 2018, 20:32
Quote from: tomaky on April 25, 2018, 20:23
Let me know if you need anything bud I'm up the garage tomorrow.
Cheers bud.
I've got 2 injectors coming so if that doesn't solve it, I might be giving you a shout.

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fingers crossed.

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Thanks.
Fingers and Toes

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ilovejapcrap · April 25, 2018, 21:20

This is so much like what I've just done it's untrue. Look for project black that's my thread on mine.

I had engine out rebuilt etc, put back In would not start checked spark checked injectors. All like you.

Then I pressure tested it and found down on pressure ! Had head fully rebuilt but the guy doing it said nothing really wrong with that. Then he asked my make of head gasket and said they are rubbish use this.

Bolted head back on and it started ( took some cranking mind )

Cabrioman · April 26, 2018, 06:49

Quote from: ilovejapcrap on April 25, 2018, 21:20
This is so much like what I've just done it's untrue. Look for project black that's my thread on mine.

I had engine out rebuilt etc, put back In would not start checked spark checked injectors. All like you.

Then I pressure tested it and found down on pressure ! Had head fully rebuilt but the guy doing it said nothing really wrong with that. Then he asked my make of head gasket and said they are rubbish use this.

Bolted head back on and it started ( took some cranking mind )

Thanks. That was a good read.
The thing that keeps running through my head is that I had it running. So it must be something simple stopping it.

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jonbill · April 26, 2018, 07:29

So is it running on 2 cylinders or not running at all?
It's been off the road a while, how old is the fuel? Did you run it without a fuel filter?

Cabrioman · April 26, 2018, 07:33

Quote from: jonbill on April 26, 2018, 07:29
So is it running on 2 cylinders or not running at all?
It's been off the road a while, how old is the fuel? Did you run it without a fuel filter?

It feels like it's running on 2 hence it starts and then dies.
Does anyone know if no brake fluid or clutch fluid would give me starting issues?

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