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Post by Vindi (Russell) on Jul 3, 2018 8:21:13 GMT
Sent it off for an MOT ... fingers crossed!!  Russell |
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Post by Whistler on Jul 6, 2018 22:27:24 GMT
Picked up a couple of parts from the local welder.   |
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Post by martiny on Jul 9, 2018 17:15:34 GMT
Waggled the electrical connector on the starter solenoid. Hey, presto! It starts again!
It decided to play dead yesterday afternoon. I reckoned it was the immobiliser. Happened once before, months ago, and I had to abandon it at work. Next day I was tinkering with immobiliser wiring when the RAC guy turned up and inevitably it just started for him. So we never got to the bottom of it. This time I was gonna strip the immobiliser out but I thought just before that I'll eliminate the primitive stuff by just giving the starter a whack. While trying to devise a way to swing a hammer I spotted the solenoid plug and gave it a waggle...
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Post by Whistler on Jul 10, 2018 9:07:20 GMT
Cut and cleaned the alternator bracket.  |
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Post by scottydugg on Jul 10, 2018 10:03:07 GMT
Drove with the roof up for 5 minutes while I figured out if it was raining or not.....discovered many rattles I hadn't noticed before  And so it begins! |
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Post by Zed. on Jul 10, 2018 11:01:59 GMT
drove to a mates garage, swapped a few tyres on rims so now it's standing on 15 x 6" enki 5spokes from one of the gazillion special editions... trying to decide if they are staying or going  if they are going then its the Compomotive mo's but they are properly heavy  and..... thinking of replacing the Cobalt exhaust with a standard one as I think it's too loud  I'm probably demented for thinking that..... Rich. |
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Post by Whistler on Jul 10, 2018 11:56:45 GMT
Sent a few bits off for powder coating.  |
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Post by atlex on Jul 10, 2018 11:58:37 GMT
what turbo is that in your sig Whistler ? |
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Post by Whistler on Jul 10, 2018 14:33:02 GMT
what turbo is that in your sig Whistler ? GT2560r. I'll be changing it next year when the new engine goes in. |
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Post by martiny on Jul 10, 2018 14:44:27 GMT
What's the relief cut in the alternator bracket making room for?
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Post by Whistler on Jul 10, 2018 15:14:15 GMT
What's the relief cut in the alternator bracket making room for? Hardline to the back of the head. I thought about getting one of these, but I think I prefer the OEM bracket |
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Post by Whistler on Jul 11, 2018 14:50:57 GMT
Test fitted this.  And bent some things.  |
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Post by zoona on Jul 12, 2018 15:10:42 GMT
started on this:   |
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Post by Zed. on Jul 13, 2018 0:58:18 GMT
finished isolating the ISV so the car idle is completely controlled by the idle-air bleed screw. this was part of a tidyup under bonnet by removing the rubber hoses from the thermostat housing to the thermo-valve on the inlet manifold (& removing the valve / Blanking the ports in the manifold) and the and to the ISV then cylinder head. I made some aluminium plugs on my lathe to seal the intake pipe & ISV where the rubber link connected them, plugged the pipe stub on the inlet manifold & made a blanking plate for the inlet manifold. neater underbonnet, still runs & ticks-over ~600 rpm  also, run the camcover breather (on exhaust side) to a catchcan located between the screenwash reservoir & the wiper motor. Rich. |
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Post by wannabe on Jul 13, 2018 13:31:25 GMT
finished isolating the ISV so the car idle is completely controlled by the idle-air bleed screw. this was part of a tidyup under bonnet by removing the rubber hoses from the thermostat housing to the thermo-valve on the inlet manifold (& removing the valve / Blanking the ports in the manifold) and the and to the ISV then cylinder head. I made some aluminium plugs on my lathe to seal the intake pipe & ISV where the rubber link connected them, plugged the pipe stub on the inlet manifold & made a blanking plate for the inlet manifold. neater underbonnet, still runs & ticks-over ~600 rpm .
What are the benefits / disadvantages of doing this?
Does it mean less interaction with other sensors so it's more 'dumb' but (in theory) reliable?
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le sigh
Jul 15, 2023 20:03:52 GMT
le sigh
Jul 15, 2023 20:03:52 GMT