Project Mighty Trust Krusher

[Nanglebadger]

very nice dude! keep it up man!

Phil.

[Sparky]

Keep up the good work

[Bluebear]

Welp, the engine went in on Sunday afternoon, much easier getting it in than we thought. Got the majority of all the connections and whatnot connected.

Dat ass. Dat ground clearance.

Engine ready to be slid under the bay.

Engine in!

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OK, need some help here guys if you don't mind. Most of what I'm about to ask were loose in the bay when we got the car, so we don't know where everything goes.

Looking at the electrics 'rail', theres two groups of two cables that I'm unsure of where they go.

- Gray plug and earth; does the plug go onto the socket on the inlet mani? Where does the earth bolt onto?

- Another gray plug which is a bit battered, and another darker gray plug; where do these go? Also come from the same area as the two wires above.

- Where on earth does this bolt onto on the bulkhead? I know some piping goes to the charcoal filter, but which, and where do the others go?

- Moving to above the gearbox, there looks like a slipon metal connector like others in the same area, but am flummoxed as to where this goes.

And finally, what should be bolted onto the areas I've circled?

[james@cjperformance]

the last picture is where the standard airbox bolts on, relocate the filter to the front!! cant help you on the plugs though lol not my area lol

[Craig_N]

Nick you have transformed this car already great work

[Socks]

this is spot on! keep it up buddy! be running in no time!

[ep_brad]

that earth in the first picture looks like the one that attaches to the inlet the same screw as the idle control valve.

[Bluebear]

Cheers guys, its a good feeling to realise that what seemed to be the worst job is over. Actually, getting the front end on might be the worst, come to think of it!

[Bluebear]

Jay, you absolute star(let)! Love you

[stavros]

Just been reading through your thread buddy, awesome restoration

Nearly there pal

[lukEp]

Not far off now nick will it be Otr this year?

[Bluebear]

Otr? And thanks guys!

[lukEp]

On the road

[Bluebear]

Hah, not entirely sure, all depends on how the weather is whenever me and dad get chances to work on it! No garage ftl.

[Bluebear]

Welp, I'm taking the plunge and getting one of the CJ Performance front mount kits, as I can't get the JPerformance pipes seperate, and lets face it, the old FMIC was manky and battered. Popping round to a mates later to pick up one of his alternators, so I can get that fitted and the belts on. From there on, it'll be rad, battery and driveshafts, and a full fluid change to give the engine a quick turn over to see if everything is working alright before we start putting the front end back on.

It's all coming together slowly but surely

Anyone got any recommendations on batteries?

[Liam_D]

We use Banner Batteries at work dude, they seem like awesome quality dude.

Glad to see some updates on this ;) JAE 2011?

[lukerobz]

so far so good anything els been happening to her reacently matey

[Bluebear]

Nah man, lack of a garage and money has effectively put hold to work on the car.

[Bluebear]

Well, since it was so sunny today, we decided to get cracking on. Originally, we were just going to try and fit the rad, and see if we were missing anything, but one thing led to another, and before we knew it, Dad was swearing at the powersteering hard feed line into the pump as we tried to fit the intercooler kit

After some careful bending, we managed to get the IC pipe in and fitted, and the rest of the kit went on nicely. I've never seen hose clamps as heavy duty as those!

And then we started to fit the headlights and grille. Bumper is being left off as there's still some bits we need to get. On top of that, I think we're missing the bumper support bar, how do these fit on? Would it clear the FMIC?

As it stands now:

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Just a few more plug connector related questions:

This comes down where the headlight cabling on the righthand side is. Its quite long, and quite a beefy connection. Did this go on the aircon?

This comes down the centre of the front, hanging from the top bar where the bonnet latch is. Again, was this something to do with aircon?

Also, this dumpvalve came with the car, is it any good? I'm somewhat dubious about it, it looks like a generic Ripspeed piece of tat.

[Pandamonium]

Great progress mate, car is coming along nicely.

You do good work

[Bluebear]

Oh, and just to add, as soon as I get some money, the Volk 5/4s will be going to WRC in Bamber Bridge to get refurbed! Am choosing a Rays colour for them, which is almost a cross of gold and bronze. Should look sweet.

[Pandamonium]

I came so close to buying a set of them a few weeks back, so close

[Craig_N]

Awesome work mate

Glad your cracking on with it

[Amjad]

Coming along nicely

[nazzurro19]

you should take out all the aircon charcol filter , sensors for air con , condensor etc ive done it check my build thread, or theres a good guide by stulett gt over on tgtt its a quick easy thing to do looks neater in the engine bay too