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04-24-2012, 05:03 AM
#32
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Some more progress...
The engine has been run for approximately 3 hours in total now (several warm ups to normal temp). The running levelled out after about 2.5 hours and has continued to be quite lumpy and running on four or five cylinders. All the strange noises and rattles seem to have settle down too.
Following a brief and very slow drive around a field (not ideal, but the car is not legal on the road and the field is as level as they come!) the CEL came on. I plugged in my trusty fault code reader and it came up with codes P0302 and P0306. A quick look on the forum showed that those codes were cylinders two and six were misfiring. I strongly suspect the coils have gone (I'm kicking myself for not changing them when I did the plugs!) so those should hopefully be done this week.
The great news is that from that first run, the brakes, clutch and gearbox all seem to be operating very well indeed (well, as much as you can tell from a field!)
It's getting so close now!
Following a brief and very slow drive around a field (not ideal, but the car is not legal on the road and the field is as level as they come!) the CEL came on. I plugged in my trusty fault code reader and it came up with codes P0302 and P0306. A quick look on the forum showed that those codes were cylinders two and six were misfiring. I strongly suspect the coils have gone (I'm kicking myself for not changing them when I did the plugs!) so those should hopefully be done this week.
The great news is that from that first run, the brakes, clutch and gearbox all seem to be operating very well indeed (well, as much as you can tell from a field!)
It's getting so close now!
05-06-2012, 10:54 PM
#37
respect for the project, I would guess a track car with gutted interior will save you a lot of time.
Cleaning up the interior from flooding AND 1 month of standing still sounds impossible to me.
I'd suggest to remove all interior carpet and panels for a while and may be buy some used one that have not been compromised by flood, we see full interior coming up for sale for cheap on this forum.
Without carpeting you have better access to all electrical things anyways
Cleaning up the interior from flooding AND 1 month of standing still sounds impossible to me.
I'd suggest to remove all interior carpet and panels for a while and may be buy some used one that have not been compromised by flood, we see full interior coming up for sale for cheap on this forum.
Without carpeting you have better access to all electrical things anyways
06-09-2012, 01:58 AM
#45
Three Wheelin'
