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Thanks guys. Yeh, it was great fun Really glad I made it

Thanks Dan :thumb Well, I made it! Was about eight hours driving in total up the mountains and back plus three long sessions out on the ice track. The car was good all the way. I kept up with most of the cars running normal spiked winter tyres but not the guys running rally tyres. I made a video for...

Hi Ben. Sounds cool (geddit?!). I look forward to seeing pictures. Damn Photobucket! Post a thread up about your Puma in the non-Cavalier projects section. It sounds like an interesting motor. I do get that one. Part of the challenge has been the temperature this winter :raindeer Can add some info ...

Having delivered there were a few things I was worried about, so wasn't really expecting it to pass straight away. I phoned the garage this morning and asked them to take a look at the fuel pump bracket, the auxiliary drive belt and flush the cooling system. We agreed they'd do the control, and they...

I had an issue with getting the car to start and was tearing my hair out trying to work out what I'd done. It turned out that the loom connections for the throttle position sensor and crank angle sensor were routed differently between the donor and the 4x4 - and, assuming I'd managed to loose a cabl...

Front calipers rebuilt with new pistons and seals. Goodridge braided hoses (on front only for the moment as the rear ones were incorrect). Discs are Brembo Max with standard ATE pads. http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa406/andeben/20160130_144332.jpg So just the entire rest of the car remaining i...

Rear brakes were rebuilt as much as possible. The dust plates were (and are) still quite rusted and nasty but I managed to sort the issue I had with one of them. New handbrake shoes and springs went in along with new discs. I only managed to get 3 of the 4 caliper pistons out and, still a bit concer...

Engine in and mounted. Ready for connecting up (easy bit right? )

Donor engine out: http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa406/andeben/20151206_131745.jpg Black Diamond stage I clutch went in. I also kept the flywheel from the 4x4. http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa406/andeben/20151213_100611.jpg Donor engine with new timing belt, sump gasket and rocker cover g...

I had a round inside with mildew remover before I started as there was mould in places. I've since had a round with a steam cleaner as well. I'm hoping once it's been driven a bit, a few more steam cleans and the smell will go! We'll see. http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa406/andeben/20150920_18...

Hi all Some of you may have been following my progress in Norway with my 89 Vectra A C20NE 4X4. It’s possible I’ve now spent as much time working on it as driving it but I can say whenever I have driven it I’ve enjoyed myself. I think it was in early 2014 the head gasket blew and despite several att...

Got it Started today, hooray :thumb Thanks for the help folks. Short story: I'd connected it up wrong. Long Story: The spare ECU arrived, which I tried and it made no difference. I still couldn't see that the fuel pump was going on for a second with the ignition, which I'm sure it's meant to (still ...

Ha ha Colin, wasn't me - bloke sounds like a mentalist :lol: They are quite keen on their Passats over here it has to be said. How are Teslas viewed in the UK? (separate topic maybe :)) I've heard them called Asker Passats over here (Asker being a town outside Oslo). https://www.facebook.com/kjell.s...

I just tested whether the ECU is triggering the fuel pump for a second when the ignition goes on - it isn't. So, I'm concluding for the moment that it's the ECU and have ordered the same kind off ebay. Looks like it'll take a week to get to Norway so I'll try to resolve some of my brake issues in th...

The feed line is connected directly to the rail and the return is connected to the pipe adjacent to the rail with the slightly longer 'nose'. That's correct as far as I understand - someone please correct me if not. I tried it the other way around for the sake of it but that made no difference and a...

Thanks Robsey. Reading the link below (relay section) this explains that the pump relay is only activated for a second - which seems to back up the results I was getting (guess you probably knew that but new to me). http://www.cardiagnostics.be/-now/Tech2 ... cML4.1.pdf Will check the lines (properl...

Good question. I will double check tomorrow.

The donor starter has made a noise since I got the donor car, although it did start the donor engine, before that died. So I went with my original in the first instance. In my mind it is possible they are both duff. I'd like the car to be a daily driver really, so buying a new starter might not be s...

I tested it in the donor car when it was still running and it was fine. And the donor wasn't driven anywhere so no reason to suspect there could be a problem there (I think/hope). I could have a check now it's in though - although if the starter is kakk that might give a false reading (?) Cheers - w...

Good idea :) You noticed I've started going round in circles :) Battery charged each night and checked with new battery tester (thought that was a better investment at this point). 100% life and 98% charge apparently. It's not that new though if that has any say. Fuel pump, relay and associated wiri...

Good stuff. Didn't catch the first session. Enjoy!

I'll be watching. Hopefully it's a good match

So, I've given up frustrated for the weekend on this. As far as I can tell all the grounds are ok - I've checked resistances between the battery, chassis and motor, and grounds to the ECU. I tried grounding the feed from the ECU cable to the fuel pump relay, with the ignition on, which activated the...

Fuel pump relay resistances tested and ok. I did some voltmeter tests and got the following. 85b-87 - 0V ignition on, 0V during starting 86-85 - 12.3V ignition on, 9.5V during starting 85b to battery ground 12.29V I also ran 12V direct to 87b and the fuel pump was working. http://i1196.photobucket.c...

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andeben wrote:but not the 87-87b.

That was the wrong pins. Re-tested using 85b-87 and the relay clicked. I still need to check the resistance though.