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Sorting Out And 1st Show
Created on 2009-11-17 05:24:09
After I started driving this car regularly (2 or 3 times a week) there was a bit of sorting out that needed to be done after each outing.
1) The air conditioner unit was drawing so much power from the ignition it tripped the ignition relay shutting down the car. Isolating the AC fixed the problem
2) Cheap fuse holder. I bought an in-line plastic fuse holder from the local car parts store and put it on the electric fans. The clear plastic fuse holder (it is for a glass type fuse) melted shutting off the cooling fans. Fortunately I was close to home. I replaced the fuse holder with one from an old MGB wire harness and it has held up beautifully.
3) Filling up the cooling system with antifreeze to the top of the in-line hose filler resulted in an antifreeze dump all over the road when the engine reached operating temperature and the thermostat opened up. I tried a higher pound cap but that didn't help. Overheating was never a problem, so I stopped filling it up and let it find its own level. Problem solved.
4) The oil pressure activated switch for the fuel pump would shut off when the car idled for a short period of time. Bleeding the oil line to the switch and the sensor for the oil pressure gauge solved the problem. Of course I had to do it twice to get it right, but getting rid of the air in the line (which can compress and allow the switch to cycle off) was the solution.
1) The air conditioner unit was drawing so much power from the ignition it tripped the ignition relay shutting down the car. Isolating the AC fixed the problem
2) Cheap fuse holder. I bought an in-line plastic fuse holder from the local car parts store and put it on the electric fans. The clear plastic fuse holder (it is for a glass type fuse) melted shutting off the cooling fans. Fortunately I was close to home. I replaced the fuse holder with one from an old MGB wire harness and it has held up beautifully.
3) Filling up the cooling system with antifreeze to the top of the in-line hose filler resulted in an antifreeze dump all over the road when the engine reached operating temperature and the thermostat opened up. I tried a higher pound cap but that didn't help. Overheating was never a problem, so I stopped filling it up and let it find its own level. Problem solved.
4) The oil pressure activated switch for the fuel pump would shut off when the car idled for a short period of time. Bleeding the oil line to the switch and the sensor for the oil pressure gauge solved the problem. Of course I had to do it twice to get it right, but getting rid of the air in the line (which can compress and allow the switch to cycle off) was the solution.
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First car show July 5, 2009
First car show July 5, 2009
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
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| Steering Wheel And Door Panels | 2009-11-14 | 1 | A new steering wheel completes the interior. Door panels were on a budget too. The old panels were used to cut new ones from fiber board (Home Depot) and vinyl and some qui... | |
| Miata Seats | 2009-11-14 | 1 | Leather Miata seats from an early year Miata almost bolt right in. They were cheaper than re-covering the stock MGB seats with the Moss kit in vinyl, and they are more comfortable.... | |
| Interior On A Budget | 2009-11-14 | 1 | The carpet is from Home Depot. Total cost $35. I used 3M upholstery adhesive in a can (the yellow stuff)to install it. | |
| Tyres | 2009-11-12 | 1 | Super lite wheels 15 X 6 with Bridgestone RE960AS 205/65/15 tires were fitted. The 65 profile tires were used to get a little lower RPM at speed. That combined with... | |
| Front End Alignment | 2009-11-12 | 1 | I used the string method to align the front tires. I learned this trick to align the wheels on a motorcycle. Basically a string is run from each back wheel to the font wheels and s... | |
| Air Filter | 2009-11-12 | 1 | To fit under the hood (bonnet) a drop base and low profile air filter were used. The filter is a K&N with a Summit Racing air filter assembly top. | |
| Carb And Intake | 2009-11-12 | 1 | An Edelbrock Performer intake manifold and Edelbrock carburetor were added to the top of the 3.9L Rover V8. The carburetor has a manual choke. Since I used an earlier style dash I ... | |
| Gauge Wiring | 2009-11-06 | 1 | 2 | The original dash wire harness was cut up and used to rewire the gauges. That way I was able to keep the connectors that plug into the rest of the harness. The pictu... |
| Wiring | 2009-11-06 | 1 | I removed the entire wire harness from the car (makes it easier to paint too) so I could go over every connection with a metal nail file/ sand paper and a dab of dielectric grease.... | |
| Gauges | 2009-11-03 | 1 | The gauges are by Auto Meter and the style is Antique Beige (from Summit Racing). The gauges are set in a 1973 style dash. The oil gauge in the center and the amp meter (bottom lef... |
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