And i thought i had won! - Cutout problems, cont.

[leon]

well the oil preasure gauge has never been the most reliable of monstors on this car. Upand down depending on load. But when it all dies usualy it just looks normal except the car has no go. im going to rip the Turbotimer out but when i get home im going to leave the car idleing and slap it around a few times. :Laugh

On the bright side im getting to do something i always wanted to do, get to know a car intermatly.  next comes babys.

[ianelvar]

Lol. Gotta love em\'. I bought one because I was curious, with the intention of selling it after tinkering with it a bit. I\'ve had to learn so much to make it work properly I feel I really ought to own one to justify accumulating all that knowledge. Much as they drive me nuts....

My gauge goes up and down with load, but tends to go wild if the grounding or +ve feed isn\'t stable. I always get very tempted to re-wire the whole engine loom with _proper_ gauge wire and decent heat insulation, but it\'s such a nightmare of japanese inscrutability I very quickly give up.

[leon]

only way you could feaseably do that is if you had a donor loom that you could copy, would be a great project but a real ball ache, i can already feel them acheing now..

[ianelvar]

LMAO. I get that feeling a lot working on the FD.

[nikp]

I like my FD. Nice and reliable. Couldn\'t fault her......touch wood!! (I don\'t want her breaking down on me this weekend! I\'m going camping in the new forest in her!!!)

[leon]

Well i\'ve got to admit the cars fine mechanicaly, had a few turbo probs to begin with but that was just shot vac pipes. And i expect a few niggles with a car this age, Its an old car so i cant realy moan wires/rubber do degrade with time/heat. :Laugh

[leon]

Well i riped the HKS Turbotimer out the best i could do, theres a little bit of funky whireing going on there. but for the most part it was through the optional loom :rolleyes: i have now developed a slight diffrent problem. rather than the car completly cutting out i lose the ability to apply more than minimal throttle! when i do it just goes pop pop pop pop, but idles perfectly fine. Key off, Key on, problem is gone. :xconfused  Does this sound like it could be the fuel pump relay?