IT LIVES...Extra special thanks to TWINTURBO

[Andy_B]

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Thanks mate all your help yesterday through forum...i found a ground wire tucked away at the rear of the loom....its running quite fast but how gives a toss ....it goes and i am like a dog with two nobs !!!!

[michael92]

i am like a dog with two nobs !!!!

HAHA!!

like you say at least it starts :p

[CTWV50]

I always feel like an evil wizard like genius when I get an engine to work!! This is probably because I know the theory and how to plug it all in and bolt it together but the fact that it starts always surprises me!:D

Oh and well done!

A definite "man make fire" moment!

[twinturbo]

You have an air leak by the soudn of it, manifold stub from the servo or from the crank case breather are common culprits.

Well done on getting it going :)

TT

[Andy_B]

You have an air leak by the soudn of it, manifold stub from the servo or from the crank case breather are common culprits.

Well done on getting it going :)

TT

Thanks again twin

Have since put the idle control valve back on to a length of the old air filter pipe..put a jubilee clip around the crankcase hose as those spring clip things are crap...it has now slowed down considerably...there is a pipe connection (8mm hose) under the throttle flap that is not connected ...need to find out where it should go...then get on with plumbing the radiator and alternator in so i can run it for a bit longer...

[twinturbo]

There are two vacuum pipe stubs under the throttle housing. They are not 8mm Internal Diamiter though?

1 goes to the FPR the other is normally blanked off.

TT

[will_08]

Well done Andy, thats got to be a good feeling :)

[Davey]

Well done Andy. I`ve been working on engines for more years than I care to remember and I still get that warm feeling when one fires up for the first time. I`m really looking forward to firing my beast for the first time:-)

D.

[twinturbo]

Yeah, I love it.

I remember the first ever engine swap I did back in ~1998 on my Bro's Sierra. It had developed a masive smoking habit so we got a S/H 1.8 for £399 :eek: . Hired a crane, took a day to pull it and fire in the replacement and by close of play it would not start... :( ... half the street had been by and commented on our efforts...

Next day spent a couple of hours with no joy. Cleaned the plugs, aired the cylinders.. and eventually she spluttered into life and ran... I ran up and down the street whooping and shouting and waving at all the neighbors.. :D

That engine went into my last sapphire after 2 years (note to self, must have another sapph).

We stripped down the failed engine and found a crack on number 4 piston from one side of the skirt through the small end journal and half way across the crown. still got the piston!

TT