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[NickB787]

cheers

[lrid]

Was probably mine with the vibrating bracket. As Neil said the tube had corroded to the bolt so I couldnt get it tight enough to hold the bracket. The bracket had also deformed slightly around the bolt hole making fine adjustment tricky but I filed it flat and its ok, shouldn't be a problem if yours in new though. The split washer also corroded away on one of the bolts allowing the bracket to move slightly. Sounds like a horror story but not had any problems since the corroded tube was replaced. My car has also been to see Vocky since the tube was replaced so Im sure he would have sorted any other problems with the original install if there were any

[NickB787]

Just picked up the first adapter plate £25. Will post a picture later Only another 4 needed ?1

[NickB787]

Plate and new TB fit ok, just put the old one back on as I will run the engine to make certain it's ok before I start the loom. Since the thing hasn't been run for some months I was going to turn it over on the battery with the coil pack disconnected to get some oil round it first. The one possible problem I have is the Charge cooler pump is to wired and the Charge system is empty of fluid, will the pump be ok to run for a while without water or should I disconnect(cut) the wires

[leevx2.2]

should be ok Nick aslong as its not for ages cant you just unplug the wires to pump?

[NickB787]

the pumps hard wired, so would have to cut them

Edited by NickB777, 25 April 2011 - 08:32 AM.

[techieboy]

Pull the fuse for the charge cooler pump? Not sure where it might be on your car but it's a regular inline blade fuse on the loom underneath the normal header tank on mine.

[NickB787]

She lives again Now for the fun bit. Anyone fancy giving me a hand to change the loom, cams?

Edited by NickB777, 25 April 2011 - 09:05 AM.

[NickB787]

what no replies

[techieboy]

Sorry Nick, maybe it was the fact that the site has been down. Great news it at least runs with the standard ECU. I'm free Thursday onwards but am certainly not tackling the cams. That's way over my head, I'm afraid. Will happily man the kettle for you though.

[vocky]

cams are easy to change if the clam is off

[NickB787]

clam is off I will be putting the front clam on later today.

[NickB787]

well I have had it, great day took me over 8 hours to remove 2 s.c bolts which are hidden behind the harrop and so close to the bulkhead it was terrible , allan key head as well. Really bad new I spotted one of the manifold bolts has sheared again something else to do and running out of time now. all the old loom has been removed need to get the new one in place asap

Edited by NickB777, 30 April 2011 - 04:14 PM.

[NickB787]

2bolts I have just noticed

[vocky]

might pop over and swap those cams tomorrow afternoon if you are about

[NickB787]

'vocky', on 30 Apr 2011 - 4:40 PM, said:

might pop over and swap those cams tomorrow afternoon if you are about

yes please any help really appreciated,

[vocky]

I wasn't intending to help much, just stand there and gossip quite a bit whilst moving a spanner every now and again

[NickB787]

wondered where Matt got that from

[NickB787]

well that went can't get whats left of one of the bolts out, extractor won't shift it Will try again tomorrow, Might have to ret-ap the hole either that of head off and down to the engineers and there goes Wednesday at Courtenays

[The Batman]

heres a tip but is a bit of a pig to do put it all back together and get the engine hot then take apart fast ( ) and pin nose pliers remove it quickly