Two years in and .....

[gaz05]

She lives. Yehaaa. And started first turn of the key too. What a rush.
Two litre zetec running on standard ECU. The chassis is still on castors but I wanted to get the engine started first. Few things to do such as find some exhaust gasket material for the none standard flange and odds and sods and then the engine will be taken out to concentrate on all the other stuff that needs doing.

Fings wot I learned today.

If you take out the thermostat because you want a straight through flow for testing, water will p#ss all over the place because the seal is on the thermostat not the housing.

Getting the wires the wrong way round on the crank sensor plug will make the ECU think the crank sensor isn't there at all and not give you a spark.

If you decide to make a whole new loom for a zetec running original ECU then wear a hat. It means you can't get at your hair to pull it all out.

[Davidbolam]

well done - mine started for the first time last week and it is such a good feeling if a little loud!

As everyone says you need to put up some youtube evidence! I will be putting some up this weekend

David

[gaz05]

Cheers david. I'll try to get my son to video it for me tonight and stick it on the tube.

[twinturbo]

Yep, it's not happend till we see footage.

wen't over the B6306 and A689 from corbridge to alston recently and that was a perfect roadster road. Did a few other roads too planning the ultimate roadster road run. Alston to Penrith via middleton was a good one too.

Need to finish my car LOL..

TT

[big_wasa]

Well done, You will love how easy it starts and runs on the standard ecu.

Out of interest what ecu did you use and is it Pats or pre Pats ? eec4 or 5.

[gaz05]

Wasa. It seems to run great. I'm using Maff,lambda,air temp,coolant temp etc. I was lucky enough to aquire a DEEP pre pats ECU when I bought the engine.