David's Build Thread

[skov]

Flat battery?
Missing Earths?

[Davidbolam]

Hi John thanks for sending the relay.

The earths could be the thing. There are no lights on the dashboard at all though. Not even dim ones.

David

[skov]

Check your main fuse (and the connections to it).
Headlights are about the only thing that don't go through it, so if that's gone your headlight relay will work, but pretty much nothing else will!

[Davidbolam]

Tonight I went out in the garage with the multimeter. I was double checked the connectors and the earth supply for the ignition switch as previously I couldn't get any power to the clocks etc.

I realised I had totally the wrong plug in there. Swapped it around for a more beefy looking one and turned the key. It turned straight away ( took me totally by suprise)

I am going to put in the tank on Sunday so will get a bit of magic juice from the petrol station when I do the groceries at the weekend and have a spare pair of duds to put on afterwards.

My horn is ready to put in as well thanks to skov for sending me his spare relay.


David

[skov]

Nice one David!
Don't think I ever would have guessed that was the problem!

Don't forget to record a video of your first start, it's traditional!
Any chance of seeing some pics of your loom routing too?

[Davidbolam]

I will make sure I video the start. My loom routing at the moment is just plonked on the chassis. Now that it works I am going to tidy it up a bit more. I think most of it will be hidden under the scuttle though.

[Davidbolam]

I recd my tank yesterday from Nathan that was built by k4kev. It is a work of art and will almost be a shame to hide it under the bodywork. I also got my roll bar and that will br going off the powder coaters shortly.

[PorkChop]

Originally Posted by Davidbolam

I recd my tank yesterday from Nathan that was built by k4kev. It is a work of art and will almost be a shame to hide it under the bodywork. I also got my roll bar and that will br going off the powder coaters shortly.

I saw that roll bar - it's a lovely piece of work

[Davidbolam]

Here is a picture of my Saturn/nts tank and roll bar

[Davidbolam]

Hello,

In front of the scuttle there is a piece of horizontal aluminium that the battery sits on. My question is?? Does the aluminium stop short, on top or go past the rearmost (near the front of the scuttle) chassis tubes running side to side on the car.

I am trying to fit this before ordering my body kit.

Is there anything wrong with using rubber fuel hose if it is securely mounted and doesn't run through the interior compartment of the car. I would like to use it under the bonnet between the end of the tunnel and the engine. My fuel lines are going to be running down the near side of the car and the inlet manifold is on the offside.

David