18-04-2016, 05:29 PM
had its first start few days before this photo. Couldnt believe it actually ran :S. There was always a chance that the ecu was locked so after first trying to turn it over there was no spark and nothing from the injectors. This could have been down to it being immobilised or it could have been to the hundred wiring joins i had done whiilst looking pale faced at a lot of ecu schematics. Luckiily after sending the ecu off ECU Doctor it came back. I had a plug on a lead resting on the engine mount to see if we now had spark. To my delight it was sparking so i had obviously wired a few wires round the right way! Then suddenly the other 3 cylinders burst into life. Couldnt believe after a engine had been sitting for years, plus the fact that everything was completely knew to me and with a engine that i didnt even know would run...it fired up and i S**t myself and yank the key out. A hell of a lot of time work and patience had gone into the lil pug and it was all rewarded.
(until later on that year obviously)
after slimming down the fan assembly as much as humanly possible, stepped that and the rad as far towards the engine as i could on new brackets to try and make room for the intercooler and pipework. I chose to use the standard fan assembly as it was a dual speed twin fan and so i could retain the factory wiring and just put in my own system for the triggers. The wiring was a bit confusing as it uses 3 relays and the previous 1.4 system was controlled by ecu and the 406 was controlled by a separate thermistic swtich. After a bit of time managed to get both fans on through a normal thermistic switch which i put in the rad and i then used the 'ac' button in the dash to then put both fans onto full speed incase things got hot!
managed to squeeze everything back behind the bumper. it was a lot of effort with the bumper fan and rad assembly but it was totally worth it! very tight fit though!
finally starting to look more like a car...but why are my lights always on as soon as i connect the battery -.- more problems
This was a very annoying problem that was a simple error but could have been far worse. Through all of the wiring on the car i didnt know where to start. Started to methodically see what i could do to get the lights to turn off and work backwards from there. Finally turned out it was a misread on the schematic. What was a B00 number for main ignition/fuel pump relay, i presumed it was a battery v input that was required so pulled a feed from the fuse box. What it actually was, was a battery output which then went straight into the fuse box and back powerd the lights. Thankfully it was a simple fix that took a few dedicated hours to find.
almost there!