IT LIVES...Extra special thanks to TWINTURBO
 

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 !!!!

HAHA!!

like you say at least it starts :p

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!

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...

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

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

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.

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