Since my last post, i have made some small progress with the wiring. I hooked up all the earths, and connected a battery.
It's not working.
Well, some good news, it beeps and bongs - telling me there is something wrong, but the dash display is not working so i can't see what it's complaining about.
The other good news is that the starter solenoid clicks on turning the key, but the engine doesn't turn. this could be down to a dead battery, or worst case scenario, a dud starter. It was working fine when i broke the donor, but that was 2 years ago now, and it may well have given up the ghost in this time. other than that is a bit of a mixed bag really...
I have gotten the headlights working, but none of the rear lights.
The cold start valve operates, but not the fuel pump.
The indicator relay clicks, but the lights don't work.
The horns don't work.
The on board computer doesn't work (although i think this is linked with the instruments.)
Apart from this i have tumps and tumps of reduntant wiring that i don't know what to do with.
The plan at the mo is to charge the battery and try the starter again, then at least i can eliminate one thing from the list.
I hate electrics, I really, really do.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Afetr loads of staring at the loom, fumbling around with it and scratching my head, I decided on a new course of action.
I have taken the loom up to the garage and laid it our on the car, in much the same way as it was fitted to the donor. I hope to connect all the earths and battery leads, the donor lights and switches, and switch on the juice. In this conficuration I hope the loom still functions, if it does, I can then start to remove the parts I don't need, and if anything I do need stops working, I simply stop and backtack to a point where it was.
I hope to remove most of the loom in this way. The only other problem i have come across so far is the ECU box is huge, too big to fit in th space i had alotted for it. I may end up fabricating a new one, but that is somewhere in the future, right now, i just need to get the electrics them selves working.
I have taken the loom up to the garage and laid it our on the car, in much the same way as it was fitted to the donor. I hope to connect all the earths and battery leads, the donor lights and switches, and switch on the juice. In this conficuration I hope the loom still functions, if it does, I can then start to remove the parts I don't need, and if anything I do need stops working, I simply stop and backtack to a point where it was.
I hope to remove most of the loom in this way. The only other problem i have come across so far is the ECU box is huge, too big to fit in th space i had alotted for it. I may end up fabricating a new one, but that is somewhere in the future, right now, i just need to get the electrics them selves working.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Well here's my 100th post!
I'm really happy with it at the moment, having made some good progress. I finally completed the brake lines (had been putting off buying 2 flexi lines) but I won't fill the system with fluid just yet, as the front lines will have to be disconnected when i fit the front body panels. Once the panels are on and the lines reconnected, I'll fill and bleed the system.
I have completed the fuel system, the copper and rubber lines are all installed, along with a fuel filter. The filter is actually from a peugeot 406 that i had lying around, but it is brand new and should be fine.
I drained the fuel from my 2nd donor BMW - the 540i for those who have been paying attention. And found it actually had a fair bit more fuel in it than I had thought. I only had 2 small 5 litre jerry cans, and it filled those and just kep going, so i had to run to halfords and buy a 20L metal jerry can, and it half filled that too! So i have plenty of fuel ready for when i want to run the engine.
I have also moved on to the next step in the build, and the bit I have been most dreading - the wiring looms. When i stripped the donor car, I removed the looms in their entirety - there are 4 of them, one for the engine bay, one for the engine itself, one for the dashboard and one for everything else (creature comforts and the like). Yesterday i laid it all out on the living room floor, much to the annoyance of my ever patient wife, and spent a good couple of hours scratching my head.
This may take a while....
I'm really happy with it at the moment, having made some good progress. I finally completed the brake lines (had been putting off buying 2 flexi lines) but I won't fill the system with fluid just yet, as the front lines will have to be disconnected when i fit the front body panels. Once the panels are on and the lines reconnected, I'll fill and bleed the system.
I have completed the fuel system, the copper and rubber lines are all installed, along with a fuel filter. The filter is actually from a peugeot 406 that i had lying around, but it is brand new and should be fine.
I drained the fuel from my 2nd donor BMW - the 540i for those who have been paying attention. And found it actually had a fair bit more fuel in it than I had thought. I only had 2 small 5 litre jerry cans, and it filled those and just kep going, so i had to run to halfords and buy a 20L metal jerry can, and it half filled that too! So i have plenty of fuel ready for when i want to run the engine.
I have also moved on to the next step in the build, and the bit I have been most dreading - the wiring looms. When i stripped the donor car, I removed the looms in their entirety - there are 4 of them, one for the engine bay, one for the engine itself, one for the dashboard and one for everything else (creature comforts and the like). Yesterday i laid it all out on the living room floor, much to the annoyance of my ever patient wife, and spent a good couple of hours scratching my head.
This may take a while....
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Quick update today, the fuel tank is painted, I fabricated it's mountings, lined them with 3mm thick rubber strips and installed it all on the car.
I also installed the fuel pump and level sender into the tank, all fits lovely.
I have begun fitting the copper fuel lines to the front of the car but I'm finding it quite difficult to route both through the drive tunnel withour contacting anything else.
Must .... keep ... going
I also installed the fuel pump and level sender into the tank, all fits lovely.
I have begun fitting the copper fuel lines to the front of the car but I'm finding it quite difficult to route both through the drive tunnel withour contacting anything else.
Must .... keep ... going
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