christoc Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Well, over 3 months after I ordered the MS I finally started wiring the car today. I've got a long way to go, and hopefully 2 nights to get there. I built a VR mount Friday and Saturday, a buddy mounted it today while I was doing other things. I'm hoping it's sturdy enough for now, we'll see once the motor runs. Here are some of the other photos from today. I should be back out in the garage tomorrow night running more wires. I'm planning on mounting the MS and fuse panel on the shelf behind/inbetween the seats, I've still gotta fabricate how exactly those will all mount back there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christoc Posted July 24, 2007 Author Share Posted July 24, 2007 as of right now our Goal for tonight is to try to start the car! I'll have the video camera running for sure if we get to that point tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobythevan Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 let us know when it fires. I'm always too scared to allow film crews in during the initial fire up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardBlack Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 So I take it that the final consensus is to machine the outer groove of an original pulley down to have a press fit for the 36-1? How many thou of interference did you go for? Looks great BTW. Can't wait to get mine in the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christoc Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 I'm writing up a summary of tonight. In short though Fuel leaks, coolant leaks and blown fuses. That about sums up the evening... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christoc Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 I posted an update on my Project car thread. http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?p=791462#post791462 I hope to try to track down a few issues tonight, and guage what I have to do from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naviathan Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Wow, sounds a lot like some of the stuff I went through except for the wiring. I've been running around fixing coolant and fuel leaks. Turns out I forgot to tighten the FPR hoses to the rail. Didn't actually find that until I leaned on the rail while it was pressurized. My plugs in the thermostat housing for the ports I'm not using were leaking bad. I got one sealed but ended up putting the temperature switch back in the other to keep that port sealed. It seems to be an odd deep thread. The pitch is easy enough to match, but the depth of the threads leaves a normal bolt or plugs loose even with tape. The only wiring problem I had was the FP relay. SM switches ground and I didn't want to run under the dash and change that relay around so I ran a second relay under the hood by the main efi relay that was switched ground from MS closing hot to the stock pump relay. Lots of fun, I really did enjoy the electrical portions of the job. It was tedious in some parts, but well worth the effort in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christoc Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 The first coolant leak we had was one of the plugs on the thermostat housing, it hadn't been tightened down. I'm hoping, as I didn't see any more coolant this morning, that the coolant I found when putting the car away last night was just left over from before we found the plug being loose. I'll find that out tonight when I get home. Fuel is an interesting beast, hopefully I can just bend the tabs for the fuel rail a bit and get a better seal, if not I have more injector orings I can try, luckily I bought some for something else the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naviathan Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 You'll probably need the new seals. Rubber shrinks as it gets old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christoc Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 Heh, it's all brand new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christoc Posted July 26, 2007 Author Share Posted July 26, 2007 Well I got the rail to the point where the injectors don't leak, but I found a leak in the fuel rail inlet fitting. I took it off the motor so I could try to fix it and figured out that the threads are all jacked on the rail. Now I need to try to get that fixed tomorrow and then I'll have to get another fitting. After that I'll be sure to assemble it myself this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christoc Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 Well, no dice tonight! I did manage to get my fuel leak problem fixed, and tracked down the wiring problem I had (or bypassed the problem). When I went to start it I'm not getting any spark. I'm taking the day off tomorrow, hope to track down where my spark is and go from there. First thing I'll check is the VR sensor wiring, then I'll start looking elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 It's all part of the game. After my MS, Fuel Rail, Fuel lines, and thermostat, replacement, I had a coolant leak from the thermostat gasket, two fuel leaks from the AN fittings, one relay had two ground wires instead of a hot and a ground.....but after that was all fixed, it was smooth sailing. Even the pros need to shakedown their cars before they hit the track, so I dont feel so bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christoc Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 I'm actually to have gotten as far as I have. We'll see how I feel today, if I can find out why there's no spark or not will either enhance or dim my mood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christoc Posted July 28, 2007 Author Share Posted July 28, 2007 Holy crap this was so worth it! I wasn't getting RPM last night, this morning I got very flaky RPM. Tonight I swapped the wires on the VR sensor and got RPM but no spark. Now we're getting spark and she even tries to run! It'll fire up but won't continue to run. Even so, this was all worth it just to hear what I've heard so far! Video up tonight or first thing tomorrow!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christoc Posted July 28, 2007 Author Share Posted July 28, 2007 Posted a long writeup on my Project thread http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?p=792321#post792321 You can also see some video here http://www.project240z.com/tabid/54/itemid/29/Trying-to-start-the-car.aspx There's a YouTube video, and below that you'll find a link to the video also in HD that you can download. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woldson Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 I just got to ask, is that your lucky gum you keep on the engine that you chew while cranking? heehee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christoc Posted July 28, 2007 Author Share Posted July 28, 2007 It was a vacuum cap I had put over the tube between the turbo and the throttle body, I think it originally went to the AAC and Idle air control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christoc Posted July 29, 2007 Author Share Posted July 29, 2007 Great news, we finally got it started! More tweaking tomorrow as well as a long blog post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christoc Posted July 29, 2007 Author Share Posted July 29, 2007 Link to a really bad quality video/audio http://www.project240z.com/tabid/54/itemid/30/The-Motor-Runs.aspx The whistle I think is a vacuum line on the bottom of the throttle body that I forgot to cap off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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