The 'look at what I did today' thread

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sun Nov 20, 2016 11:30 pm

Might have known you'd be in the back row with a cod piece...

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 8:55 am

Spent some more time on the cx on Sunday.
Still haven't got to the bottom of the non starting

injection loom all bells out ok, have live feed to one side of the injectors as I should when the ignition is on, checked out loads of the rest of the kit ok... Yadda Yadda...

Also, with the help of some hieroglyphics...

I tracked down exactly what a spare/stray unconnected wire was in the area around the injector loom connectors and... It's not meant to be connected to anything

Nb: the wiring looms info looks an awful mess, but is actually really really good.

So, I'm back to thinking the fault can only be either ignition related (of sorts - I know the ignition system itself is working, but might not be sending the firing pulse to the injection ecu) or a fault with the injectors themselves (unlikely that all 4 would intermittently dir together?)

Next job is to bell out the 2 wires between the injection and aei ecu's (easier said than done, given one is in the engine bay and the other is in the pax footwell somewhere).
In the mean time I thought it might be worth checking the aei ecu itself for any damage, so hoiked it out:

Top looks a lot worse than it is really. It's aly, just causing the thin paint to flake off.
Underside however looked awful

Quick brush over of the top

(that will clean up and paint ok)
A bit of wire brushing down and scraping with a screwdriver and the bottom actually isn't that bad:

Rest should clean off nicely with deox gel and re-paint fine.

Now...

do I have the guts to bend the tabs, open it up and probably destroy the seal between the 2 halves of the case in the process..?

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 7:11 pm

[insta][/insta]

A quick sneak peak of MrsNitin's first car next to my Type-S

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 8:52 pm

Which one's which?

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 8:53 pm

You mean you don't remember what nitin's arse looks like???

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 8:58 pm

wurlycorner wrote:
You mean you don't remember what nitin's arse looks like???

I'd forgotten the pre-Brexit view - he needs to get that "EU Stars" tattoo removed.

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 9:14 pm

Thanks for reminding

need a new plate..

Post by **Drax** » Wed Nov 30, 2016 1:06 pm

went to the zoo the other weekend and spotted this

any idea what it is? im pretty sure its Australian...

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 12:50 am

It looks like a mid-70s Holden HX, but with a badge on the front from a Monaro GTS.

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 12:34 pm

Something very Jag'esque about it.

Either way, he can't park for sh!t!