Havnt had chance to fit the new suspension parts yet as the car decided it didnt like me anymore and broke down.
Im still not exactly sure what was wrong, see the engine section if youre interested as to the process of what i was checking etc.
Anyway, the car now has a new:
Fuel pump (Noisier than the old one!)
Fuel pump relay
Fuel filter
Dizzy cap
Rotor arm
Ht leads
Spark plugs
Got more on tomorrow aswell, will be changing:
Cambelt + tensioner
Waterpump
Aux belt
Cam seal
It did give me a chance to use the camera on my new samsung galaxy s2, its my first smart phone so im still getting used to it all.
The old dizzy cap and rotor arm wernt in great shape! Not quite sure how the rotor arm got damaged like it is
New stuff
I then went through plenty of fault finding as i didnt have a new fuel pump at the time and got one after. I took the seats out and the carpets up so i could trace all of the wiring for damage etc. At least ive had the chance to bin all of that foam sound deading, its surprisingly heavy when its all together, got to be 15kg+.
How much fun do you think i had with this lot
Made worse by some previous alarm. Fitted with chocblocks! Why dont people use solder and heatshrink! Its much neater, i will be addressing whats left of the chocblocks at a later date with the soldering iron. Ive managed to remove the entire wiring loom for the alarm, it just went to nowhere in the engine bay and removing hasnt affecting anything else on the car.
After checking just about every wiring connection in the whole car for voltage/continuity etc i still had the fuel pump fuse popping on startup.
I felt like giving in the towel as the above had too me the best part of 4 hours or so. Good job its been sunny this weekend!
I got up this morning and went out for another go after a trip to gsf for a fuel filter and pump.
I disconnected the lower electrical connection first (7mm spanner)
Then the rear fuel pipe. I couldnt get to the front one as you need a 19mm spanner for the union nut and a 17mm spanner to hold at the pump end.
At this point as access is rubbish i found it easier to undo the handbrake cable mounts and the fuel pump mounts to lower it down.
It should come out as a complete unit with some fiddling around the pipes. Then it comes apart like this.
Old vs new
As the bracket was looking shabby and rusty, i coated it the rust buster converter i have then painted it up black, cleaned out all the rubber etc aswell.
Fitted it all back on, but beware just how fiddly it is to get the handbrake mount bolt back in! I was under the car for ages getting very frustrated
Onto the fuel filter, made sure i had new crush washers and some gasket sealant to prevent any leaks (Also used this for the fuel pump connections). Hylomar blue is brilliant if you havnt used it before. Plus i get it free from work!
I removed the battery for better access, takes 2 minutes and is definatly worth it.
I still had my problem after all of this! I jut bridged the fuse connections with a wire to make sure my new pump was working and it started. I re-checked all of the relay connections with a voltmeter and the lift pump connections. Then it started fine, and no fuse blown
Not sure what was different after i checked everything but i dont care, it works!
Also got a pic of how i mounted my harness. Ive put some corrado seats in the rocco that i had spare, the seating position is much better with the rado seats! I wanted to run my harness but as the seats sit so low youve got no chance of getting a harness eye in there on the seat. Ive got 2 eyes in, one where the rear seat belt would be and one on the sill where the front seat belt would be. For the seat attatchment i did some thinking and come up with the mount from the rear seatbelt. My rear seatbelt was the non inertia type, which look messy and are generally crap so i had no problems destroying them to fit my harness. Heres a pic fitted, works perfect and looks like it could almost be factory (I think so anyway
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Thats all for now, going to bed!
