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Post by joeytalent on May 13, 2018 15:14:59 GMT
Indeed it is, 4mm aluminium inserts are the hardest to fit, if you pull too hard you can rip the thread out. Good to know! These were M6, smallest the kit came with was M5. I'll definitely be careful of I try anything smaller. |
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Post by JamesMk3 on May 13, 2018 15:27:57 GMT
I love rivnuts! Being an electrical/electronics tech by trade, I've used loads of them for panel building and holding on covers.
I keep a small stock of both steel and aluminium ones at home. At work we mainly used stainless, but they are significantly more expensive, and harder to obtain.
The other thing you want to be cautious of with rivnuts is the diameter of the hole. You want a slight interference. Just so you have to knock in the rivnut slightly. If the hole is over diameter, the rivnut has a habit of spinning if it doesn't bite into the panel. This is especially true with thin sheet and aluminium. From experience, use aluminium with thin (<2mm) ally material. Steel will work well with thicker alloy sheet (>2mm). You really want to try and match the material to the rivnut. If one is much softer than the other, you risk problems.
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Post by joeytalent on May 14, 2018 13:01:29 GMT
I love rivnuts! Being an electrical/electronics tech by trade, I've used loads of them for panel building and holding on covers. I keep a small stock of both steel and aluminium ones at home. At work we mainly used stainless, but they are significantly more expensive, and harder to obtain. The other thing you want to be cautious of with rivnuts is the diameter of the hole. You want a slight interference. Just so you have to knock in the rivnut slightly. If the hole is over diameter, the rivnut has a habit of spinning if it doesn't bite into the panel. This is especially true with thin sheet and aluminium. From experience, use aluminium with thin (<2mm) ally material. Steel will work well with thicker alloy sheet (>2mm). You really want to try and match the material to the rivnut. If one is much softer than the other, you risk problems. Nice, that's some useful advice. The kit came with several rivnuts in various sizes, and a chart of what size to drill the holes - came in real handy. I've got a few sensors to mount in the engine bay next, so I'm sure I will be getting the use out of it! |
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Post by joeytalent on May 21, 2018 14:39:06 GMT
Slowly getting there. Wiring loom is mostly in its final place, although there's a strong chance I'll be shortening it by about 50cm in the not so distant future. I have a couple of wires to solder in, and a pair of ring terminals to fit for the ECU, then I think we can try firing it up. The astute among you may notice the missing radiator - it turns out the previous one had a slight leak from the top hose neck. I can probably get it welded up, but ordered a mishimoto one instead, and I'll sell the other one on.  |
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Post by joeytalent on May 25, 2018 12:47:29 GMT
Radiator is in and filled with coolant.
Fuel pump is primed, all leaks are taking care of.
Sensors are all wired in.
ECU is set up and seems to be reading sensible values from everything.
I'm going to purchase a fire extinguisher, and then I have no excuses to not try and fire the car up.
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Post by atlex on May 25, 2018 15:11:12 GMT
Awesome :-)
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Post by joeytalent on May 26, 2018 4:38:13 GMT
Fired up first time. Had to troubleshoot some injector leakage, then took it for a spin. Unfortunately I've got a coolant leak as well - moral of the story on a 40 year old car is just replace everything that can crack or perish.
Video will be coming soon and a ton of pictures. It runs pretty well - surprisingly so for just plugging in the ECU and letting it do its thing.
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Post by NurseHolliday on May 29, 2018 13:51:54 GMT
Amazing news! Really great work in this thread.
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Post by atlex on May 29, 2018 14:09:16 GMT
We need the sound of the broombroom.
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Post by joeytalent on May 29, 2018 14:50:42 GMT
Thanks guys. I'm going to pick up the annoyingly-hard-to-source BSPT bolt that will keep the coolant where the coolant should be at lunch today, although I'm probably not going to be able to get to the car until tomorrow now, unless softball tonight gets cancelled because of the storms. There will be videos and photos in abundance once it's up and running though!
I had a self-imposed goal of driving it to my friend's wedding on Saturday, but after 11 hours work on it on Friday night, the coolant leak put me in a bit of a foul mood. It was also 44°C this weekend, far too hot to be anywhere without AC!
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Post by NurseHolliday on May 29, 2018 14:54:09 GMT
Thanks guys. I'm going to pick up the annoyingly-hard-to-source BSPT bolt that will keep the coolant where the coolant should be at lunch today, although I'm probably not going to be able to get to the car until tomorrow now, unless softball tonight gets cancelled because of the storms. There will be videos and photos in abundance once it's up and running though! I had a self-imposed goal of driving it to my friend's wedding on Saturday, but after 11 hours work on it on Friday night, the coolant leak put me in a bit of a foul mood. It was also 44°C this weekend, far too hot to be anywhere without AC! It's hard to believe that just a month ago you had ice and snow and now you've got 44°C! AMERICA, YOU CRAZY. |
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Post by joeytalent on May 29, 2018 15:31:42 GMT
Thanks guys. I'm going to pick up the annoyingly-hard-to-source BSPT bolt that will keep the coolant where the coolant should be at lunch today, although I'm probably not going to be able to get to the car until tomorrow now, unless softball tonight gets cancelled because of the storms. There will be videos and photos in abundance once it's up and running though! I had a self-imposed goal of driving it to my friend's wedding on Saturday, but after 11 hours work on it on Friday night, the coolant leak put me in a bit of a foul mood. It was also 44°C this weekend, far too hot to be anywhere without AC! It's hard to believe that just a month ago you had ice and snow and now you've got 44°C! AMERICA, YOU CRAZY. This year has been all kinds of messed up for weather so far, even for Minnesota. Yesterday we dropped from 44°C to 22°C in about an hour when a storm came through! There is something nice about working on a car with a storm passing over though, as long as you're indoors... speaking of which, I move into the new garage in less than 30 days  |
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Post by joeytalent on May 29, 2018 22:32:21 GMT
Some photos from earlier. I was a numpty and had to jump start it, but the coolant leak is resolved (I think)   |
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Post by joeytalent on May 30, 2018 14:45:34 GMT
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Post by NurseHolliday on May 30, 2018 16:31:28 GMT
edit:
Didn't realise it was a video!! Don't think they're embeddable.
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le sigh
Jul 15, 2023 20:03:52 GMT
le sigh
Jul 15, 2023 20:03:52 GMT