Well said Kev. I'll see you later Jonathan. Maybe Tuesday. Working six days from 9am to around 10pm is killing me at the moment.
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Well said Kev. I'll see you later Jonathan. Maybe Tuesday. Working six days from 9am to around 10pm is killing me at the moment.
looks like fun
I am buggered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last weekend I fitted the engine and gearbox and during the week when time allowed I have been plumbing it all up.. spent a lot of time the last couple of days stuffing around with the petrol tanks and pumps and so on.
I still have a bit to do but today I filled up with oil and water and put the battery back in and turned it over a bit before connecting the coil and fuel.. first there was a mix up with the fuel lines as I got them round the wrong way then I went to start for the first time with no joy..
Plenty of spark and fuel but no go... George is popping over later to have a look but I am worried about the birds nest that is the gas wiring and trying to make sense of it and hoping it is not the reason for the non start.
Also not sure as yet but as I have never cranked my car over so much but there is a small knock?? not sure where its coming from as I am doing this by myself and hard to listen for while turning the key.
I swear if this turns out to be a dud I will shoot myself in the face!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All good Jonathan, surely you weren't expecting it to fire straight away! There is always that one little thing you will forget.
Good work mate just keep working at it!
Once it is running put a vacuum gauge on it. It will tell whats going on.
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Well it is pretty obvious but I am a big penis head who should have not disconnected the gas until after I got the new engine up and running???
The gas is still partly installed and it seems I have to follow the whole system and remove all wiring as it seems to be playing havoc..
Probably need to speak to Rodney as there are a few things I have no understanding of.. we managed to get it to fire but as soon as it warmed up it would not run pointing to it switching from one map to the next??
We by passed the injector starter relay and put power directly to it and it would fire, if in standard form the injector would pulse about 3 times then stop..... and would not start or run??
Fwarrk I hate this shit!!!!!!
Even then we have to play around with stuff and George is not sure but he may have heard a knock?? which involves me blowing my head off!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yay!!!!!!!
G'evening,Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodyaussie
Sir Johnathon,
Please use correct language! (I am buggered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) i think you meant tired, however, knowing AB, Winnie, Mudski and yourself, you could have well had a session of Buggery! lol
Regards,
RLI The Forum Bully. lol
Hey man hope things with the car work out soon. Like I said in the text don't hesitate if you need to man.
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It alive!!!!!!!
Still lots to do but bruce is running!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pynd...e_gdata_player
Awesome news! No knocking?
Well done BA, you finally got a picture of the front of Georges head :groupwave:Quote:
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Does not seem to be. ... george has been on lunch break and is now smoking his life away outside so I am waiting impatiently. .... biting nails!!!
Bloody awesome outcome..
Well done BA sounds good mate
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What's that knocking noise when you rev it a bit??
That is great to hear BA
Do you still need a hand to do more work on it this weekend?
Mic
I just got home after being at HT's all afternoon and how I feel from last night to right now is night and day!!!
The stress has been unreal with all the crap going on this was not what I needed..
Ok the car is running and idles but the cam is so bloody lumpy it struggles to know what to do.....
George and his dad Harry were finishing the hot valve clearances when I was ordered to leave by a higher power and George will put it all back together tomorrow plus have a play with a couple of things..
I may have to look into whether its possible to tune the ecu or get a piggy back that can cope with how lumpy the cam is???
The knock appears to be coming from the gearbox and only happens when the car is struggling to idle.. look more into that later.
Good stuff mate, you're getting closer to having a beast!!!
We will see... I am getting very towy for a play!!!!!!!!!!!Quote:
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Good news man!!! You know my place is on the way to tallarook. Hint....hint......
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F%$k Sam did not walk up and punch you in the mouth.... I need to have a talk with that young man!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by krbrooking
Kevin I want to go to Wombat!!
George will be blown away by the awesomeness of the GQ that he will sell his GU Barge and buy a GQ too
More likely George being blown by BA :DQuote:
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When are you thinking of going. Please don't say this weekend.Quote:
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yes please dont say this weekened as your local tour guide will be away.....
Great to see it running mate. I didn't even know it had a big cam but it does sound nice. Hopefully it will settle in nicely.
What'd you end up doing with all the fuel sender issues?
Have you driven it at all Jonathan?
Not as yet mate... still a bit to do and not sure if this cam is going to be viable ???
If not it could be a big expense to put the right cam in... hmmm time will tell.
I will have to start another thread in regards to cams as I think this would be missed by many.
I so do look forward to driving it hopefully today.
Got to thank George so much for his help and also his dad Harry... Also Drew, Boots and my wife for doing the whole swap over !!
I have been driving the car for a day and it is blowing to much smoke. .. seems to be valve stem seals.
Even though they are new they have been sitting in the head for a while and may have gone a touch hard..
As for the cam it is so bloody lumpy the car can not be tuned properly and will have to either look into ecu piggy back or change the cam?
Also the car is running so rich. . Its smooth as while driving but as its so rich it lacks power.
A little bit dejected about the whole thing but as George has said it is things that can be fixed.. The car is drivable but the idle is so low and lumpy and after sitting at the lights there is a big puff of smoke.
My wife thought it would be good to go out to yarra glen to the historic gulf station with the family but my boy ruined the day so I dragged him out and am now sitting in the car park while my wife and daughter try and enjoy themselves. .blah
Bummer mate, but like you say its repairable
The new motor dosnt make sence, do you the history of the new motor
Hmmm. Hopefully your not getting blow by.
Just keep an eye On those oil level.
Also can you adjust the idle up a bit to aid in the rough idle??
One thing at a time mate. You'll get there..
I bought the motor from a member on here and it was originally from ARB in Bendigo and was in there comp truck.
The motor was being rebuilt after they holed a piston but a tb45 came there way so shelved the TB42.
The motor had the head all redone with new valves and so on... I did find many floors with this motor and pulled a lot of stuff apart and fixed or replaced but I did leave the valve guide seals alone when I should have replaced them.
The cam in the thing would have been fine in a comp truck with a turbo but for a daily it is a shaker!!!
Except for the really lumpy idle it is really smooth to drive...
I do need to do a run up the freeway with someone following me to see if there is any smoke then as this would point to rings also????
I need to speak to smarter people than me about what should be done and look forward to getting treated like shit tomorrow when I phone around!!!
If your seeing blue smoke out the rear when flooring it you may have an issue.
But you still maybe burning off a protective layer New parts and assembly oil. Give it a little.
Hey Jonathan,
Bugger about the engine mate, not all is lost though. The first called I'd make is to the guy that Built, Tuned and Raced that engine. I am sure he will have an insight into both the size of the Cam and best way to deal with it and may be able to point you in the right direction to achieve the best "de-tuned" step for it.
Remember those boys had than thing bouncing off the limiter for 9/10th of the time.
Next call would be to Brett at 4x4obsession as he runs the identical engine Turbo'd in his GQUte. Give him a bell and he will guide you straight mate. He also runs water injection in his TB.
It will all work out bud. Bloody hope so anyway.
Cheers Darren
Jonathan,
Swapping the cam over for the one out of your old motor, might prove to be the easiest if you cant work out the ECU issue quickly.
Mic
I'm just gona put my 2 cents in and try and clear up some confusion. This "new" motor is a second hand motor that was ran, used and shelved. The smoke issues could be the grade of oil Jonathan used could be too thin and is being sucked in thru the valve stem seals, i did say to him that it looked like to me it was the valve stem seal because it only puffs smoke after idling for a few minutes and between shifts not under load which i saw while driving behind him after work yesterday. When i had my computer on his motor yesterday it was showing it was running rich but also showed that the o2 sensor was slow to react but when the motor is cold and using the coolant temp sensor circuit to warm up ran smoothly. With out making the motor hunt the IAC valve and TPS have been set within spec so the standard ecu can try and use it basic map tolerances to run this lumpy cam which is most likely suited for a carby or turbo application.
Sooooo.... that just leaves 1 option.. a dirty big fark off turbo, a fully built auto and high stall converter :hpfredgeorge1::icon_driving::bananadancing::clapp ing:
Theres the other option of a liberty gearbox, they'e only worth 8g's :DQuote:
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I hope this is the old motor .....
Looks like it from the mud on the sides