ZX 16v

[welshpug]

Brief update from last weeks faffing, bought a jiffy bag full of bits from Alex at Torques (on here as Powers)  thanks very much to them for the quick postage and decent prices, I'd already been donated and picked up a few lengths of AN -6 teflon hose already.


quickly boshed the ends on as practice.


20150219_215233 by WELSHPUG, on Flickr

Then on Friday after work set about taking the rubber stuff on ready to fit the shiny stuff, chopped the flare off the original steel return pipe and found it was not 8mm as I was expecting, but 8.4mm, checked the feed and that was 10.2mm FRENCH BASTARDS!!!

Annoyed and starting to get rained on I gave up at that point.

Saturday morning, went on a mission to find some 8mm o.d tubing, ended up at Screwfix in Newport buying their only 25metre roll, B&Q's website showed stock but had none on the shelf, not a bad thing as it was about a third more expensive, though came in a shorter reel, so I have lots spare!

see, fits!


20150221_110343 by WELSHPUG, on Flickr

I've used one of those compression fittings before on a 205's steel tubing and it fitted fine, so it made sense to use them again here.

and here's the nearly finished setup, the two short lengths of rubber will be replaced by welded or brazed fittings as soon as I find someone to do that for me.


20150221_162151 by WELSHPUG, on Flickr


And for some as yet unknown reason, it wont bloody start!   Fuel pump is ireggularly priming all the time, which it should only do once when the ignition is turned on, however I can connect to the ecu just fine, so I think I have a noise or damaged wiring issue in my home made loom