Just keeping track of the mileage due to a speedo swap.

Removing speedo reading 51,443 and replacing with 50,541

June 22, 2011 - Compression Test relative to slight head gasket weeping above engine number plate.

Run 1 Before Retorque: #1=138, #2=125, #3=138, #4=140

After Retorque Run 2: #1=135, #2=132, #3=138, #4=140

Both tests done with throttle wide open.

Just to log that the mileage at the time I fixed the #4 piston oil scraper ring was 46,192 on the speedo.

Just to remind myself the engine rebuild went in at 43,886 reading on the speedo I switched over to for the 1000 TPM OD.

Scarlett readings:
Compression Test Dry
#1 145
#2 160
#3 160
#4 160

Compression Test Wet
#1 165
#2 190
#3 185
#4 190

Subsequent Cam/Intake Exhaust Port Tests in .001's

Ex #1 148
In #2 265
In #3 255
Ex #4 260
Ex #5 194
In #6 239
In #7 265
Ex #8 260

While I was at it dry compression on Tigger was

#1 130
#2 130
#3 128
#4 130

OK so I needed to clean up the console wiring and so I routed the hazard light harness and cigarette harness through the lower hole in the metal frame of the console on the drivers’ side. I wasn’t sure how everything would connect up but it all seemed to work. So, despite the many other things that need doing, I decided to install my stereo.

Having reviewed the wiring diagram I planned to connect the permanent power lead to the purple wiring, the switched power to the green/pink and ground to one of the ground connectors. Using the connectors for the stereo means I need to rethink the wiring of the console light but that will take some more thinking. I wanted to check the stereo out as I bought it a while back and hadn’t even plugged it in.

I used wires from my old wiring harness to match the wires I planned to connect to so that gave me the bullet connectors I would need and I used male & female connectors to join the stereo wires to the wire from the old harness. I did a quick trial run and everything worked, as soon as I remembered to turn on the ignition key, Doh! Since this worked I started to install the holding bracket and found that the hole was about 1/8th inch too small. So I opened it up a little with a Stanley knife and that worked nicely and the bracket fit. After some adjusting of wires I got the stereo to fully sit back into the bracket. It’s a tight fit and the back of the unit presses a little on the heater hoses but nothing too terrible.

Then I did some wire clean up and connected up the 6x9 speakers that I had installed into my speaker boxes and finally got to test the sounds. Sweet! A little more wire tidying up and that will do for the day.