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  • #258241
    john barry
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    @jebarry

    hey  Ed what powers the Fan?

    #258242
    edward ericson
    Participant

    @edsnova

    There will be a wire from the ECU to a relay up there. The fan will be wired to the battery with a 15 amp fuse, and the ECU should tell it what to do. 

    #258243
    edward ericson
    Participant

    @edsnova

    At the muffler shop now

    edsnova2014-05-27 21:23:15

    #258244
    Dale Schumacher
    Participant

    @schu

    nice

    #258245
    john barry
    Participant

    @jebarry

    Thumbs Up

    #258246
    billnparts
    Participant

    @billnparts

    Progress is a good thing. 🙂

    Bill Ascheman
    Fiberfab Ford
    Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
    Autocross & Hillclimb
    "Drive Happy"

    #258247
    edward ericson
    Participant

    @edsnova

    Took a lot of pics over the weekend as I did the rad mounts and wiring and stuff. Kept meaning to do a blog post but life intervened. The short version: Rads and fan are in, shroud is conceptually–not physically–done, but the wires are a worry.

    I plugged all the stuff in and put a key-on wire where it was supposed to go, grounded the box and tried to start. 
    I just wanted to hear the engine fire–even without an exhaust or any coolant. 
    Not only did I not get a start, I did not get a + signal to the fuel pump indicating that the ECU was awake. (I was able to crank the starter, of course–that’s the old wiring in effect).
    Assuming it’s bad ground and shortcutting, like it usually is with me, and not some kind of catastrophic ECU-burning disaster.
    Looking forward to trying again this weekend.
    #258248
    edward ericson
    Participant

    @edsnova

    Visited the muffler shop this a.m. to check progress on Bridget. The exhaust was all-but done and the passenger half of the coolant lines were also pretty much complete. They had not yet started the driver’s side. Mike told me maybe by the end of the day tomorrow. Finger’s crossed on that.

    #258249
    billnparts
    Participant

    @billnparts

    Bring ‘me donuts in the morning and pizza at lunch. Project done.

    Bill Ascheman
    Fiberfab Ford
    Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
    Autocross & Hillclimb
    "Drive Happy"

    #258250
    edward ericson
    Participant

    @edsnova

    Still awaiting word from the Muffler Man.

    If anyone’s interested, in the previous post to this one I also show the final making of the radiator support and the construction of the “Wheel o’ Death” speed sensor.

    edsnova2014-06-08 21:17:33

    #258251
    edward ericson
    Participant

    @edsnova

    Bridget is back home. Exhaust and coolant pipes all done, save for a few clamps and some flexy connections.. Gonna try to dry start today. Fingers crossed.:-)

    #258252
    edward ericson
    Participant

    @edsnova

    Got her to fire, but cheated & used starting fluid to do it. Gonna have to fool with the fuel system a bit more.

    But it seems as though the basic concept is operable: The ecu works; the car will run.
    #258253
    Royal
    Participant

    @royal

    Great news Ed.  I can imagine that you are really anxious for a ride.

    #258254
    edward ericson
    Participant

    @edsnova

    Yeah. The list of things to do is still pretty long though. 

    I think maybe the fuel injectors are stuck. the car/engine sat most of a year with no fuel on them. 
    Back at it.
    #258255
    edward ericson
    Participant

    @edsnova

    And we’re running. 

    Turns out I had the fuel pump in backwards. It was just blowing bubbles into the gas tank until I turned it around.
    Then she started right up.
    #258256
    Steve Struchen
    Participant

    @mustang_evets

    Outstanding.Clap

    #258257
    edward ericson
    Participant

    @edsnova

    Here is the blog post on it, with vid of the engine starting.

    #258258
    Paul Mossberg
    Keymaster

    @pmossberg

    Awesome Ed!

    Congratulations!

    PMOSSBERG2014-06-16 21:59:10

    Paul Mossberg
    Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
    2005 Intermeccanica Roadster

    If you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)

    #258259
    billnparts
    Participant

    @billnparts

    Bill Ascheman
    Fiberfab Ford
    Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
    Autocross & Hillclimb
    "Drive Happy"

    #258260
    edward ericson
    Participant

    @edsnova

    Still working on it.

    Coolant pipes are now all-but finalized. Rear hanger was quite tricky and I am very creative (which is to say it’s probably not good). Also had to take some time today and weld my crossmember back together. Here’s the blow-by-blow.

    edsnova2014-06-27 20:16:01

    #258261
    edward ericson
    Participant

    @edsnova

    Took a few days off from the car and everything else. Finished the air intake and then got the engine running and idling today. 

    Coolant burping was a real issue. Ran water through it and the top side was glugging through very hot. She was geysering out past the garden hose I was running into her. T he pipes were pinging. Could not keep the rad full. Finally the engine stalled but pretty sure it was a short in the spaghetti. It didn’t overheat (the gauge works! She was showing like 140 there) and there was water in all the lines afterward. 

    Gonna go with antifreeze next time. 
    Oil pressure sender leaked and so did the back of the gauge. I’ve no doubt there’s a very slight incompatibility there between the fittings–British Standard vs NPT. I wrapped them with teflon tape and I’m not sorry about it either. The leaks are gone. 
    Family is coming tomorrow so I probably won’t be back at it until Sunday. Still need to work out how the fan is wired. I emailed Sheils & he’ll probably tell me.
    Basically we’re down to: Get the wires all properly squared away and put the seats and stuff back in.
    Then it’s all finish work: sound and heat deadener, plates to cover all the holes I made, carpets and trim cards, etc. Fan shroud, yadda & so forth.

    edsnova2014-06-27 21:33:37

    #258262
    billnparts
    Participant

    @billnparts

    IT’S. ALIVE !!!
    (I’d post the link to the scene in the Frankenstein movie if I knew how)

    Bill Ascheman
    Fiberfab Ford
    Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
    Autocross & Hillclimb
    "Drive Happy"

    #258263
    john barry
    Participant

    @jebarry

    Thumbs Up

    #258264
    Steve Struchen
    Participant

    @mustang_evets

    Here you go:

    edsnova2014-06-28 19:03:54

    #258265
    billnparts
    Participant

    @billnparts

    Thanks, Steve. Exactly how I meant to say it.

    Bill Ascheman
    Fiberfab Ford
    Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
    Autocross & Hillclimb
    "Drive Happy"

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