Project rebuild....

[karl_tate]

thats a good indication, not as bad as i thought, what level of boost do you have it set to come in at??

[shaunwil]

I\'m not completely sure ! I bought it off matt and its set to what he had. Haven\'t got round to adjust it. I think stock the sensor is set to 10psi.

Shaun

[karl_tate]

ok thanks shaun.

well another bit done this weekend and a few more bits ticked off the to-do list



pushed it outside to enjoy the nice weather, first time it has turned a wheel in 7 or so months lol




made a bracket up for the ast and got that all plumbed in and filled it up with coolant. checked everything over again to make sure i hadnt forgotten anything and started it up again to let it get up to temperature and the fans then kicked in, thats another thing that works properly :yes








then moved onto mounting the battery in. welded some threaded bar to the boot floor and it all fits nicely.


then got started on the wiring for the WI, got a power supply straight to the battery and run all the other wires down the side of the car, one into the engine bay to connect to the pressure switch and the other for the LED\'s which indicate then the pump is running  and other to tell when its low on water.















bridged the wires to test it and all works fine and dandy but its bloody loud  unsure of which nozzle to use though, shaun??




and back into its cave

[Bobbit]

sounds great in the vid bud. I cant believe how much work you\'ve managed to do bud, i was fretting about mine when i had a slight judder on full boost and was stressing about not being able to fix it. But you\'ve stripped out the engine, rewired the harness, set up WI, sorted out a v-mount and taken the time and effort to write it all up. Keep up the great work fella and thanks for inspiring me to keep plugging on at mine (finally fix the thing too!) Cheers Karl
:Thumbsup!

[karl_tate]

thanks for that mate

 its come a long way from when it first went pop, i was just going to  just take the engine out, rebuild it and put it back how it was but got carried away haha. i recon it could of been done a month or so ago but i just dont get enough time to work on it as i would like plus the money factor, dread to think how much it has cost me.

so what was the problem then??

[Bobbit]

Not to sure, i ended up tracing the entire rats nest over the weekend (3 pipes were in the wrong place), i had a loose earth and the coolant line to the uim was dripping coolant onto the TPS and HT leads. Sorted these out and the problems gone away. Embarresed a BMW 530 on the way into work this morning, made it all worth while.

[RobbieRX-7]

Great work karl. I still need to finish my V mount off.

[karl_tate]

glad its all sorted then bud, bet it was a right head scratcher lol its nice playing with expensive fast cars

cheers robbie, v mount did take a while to work everything out.

[ENVYD]

looking good mate! sounds great too, when you planing on having it finished?
 
will have to get a MINI Meet sorted, with the nice weather an all!
 
can not wait to see it in person!
 
steven

[BlitzBoy]

Nice work Karl, and it started first time on the button awesome!

[karl_tate]

cheers steven, its virtually finished, just need my air filter to turn up and a few other bits, i can then do the wiring for the head/side lights and then get the bumper and bonnet back on. should be able to get it taxed and mot\'d this weekend hopefully.
mini meet sounds good

cheers mark, yeh i couldnt believe it fired up straight away, will be in contact with you soon when i get the run-in miles done :yes :cool

[batman]

looking good mate where was the battery box from i need somethin for mine

[karl_tate]

got it from demon tweaks bud, not cheap though, there was some on ebay as well.

[karl_tate]

passed MOT today

[Ada7]

Excellent work mate. You\'ve done really well there. Bet your loving it even more now

Adam