Finally an Update!
First off I hope everyone had a great 4th of July. So regular readers might recall a post from last year entitled “Something a Little Different” well it was sorta that time of year again and hence I haven’t been in the garage for a couple of weeks. Fear not though, with this 3 day holiday weekend I got to spend quite a bit of time with the car and she’s getting really close to being ready for registration. I was hoping to knock it all out this weekend but didn’t quite make it. But first what was I doing if I wasn’t out wrenching on the car. Well you might recall we also like to take our Land Rover out and do some off roading. So a couple of weekends back we headed out to Moab for 3 days of trail leader training with the...
PIPES GLORIOUS PIPES!
Before I get to the pipes first I got the headlights installed this week. It’s quite a few pieces and steps that make up the headlights and then throw in the additional wiring. First there’s the hole you have to cut. The 2 larger outer holes position the headlight bucket. Next step is mounting the headlight bucket. Here it is mounted. It already comes with the headlight connector installed but the other end doesn’t have a connector. That’s what I spent the rest of the weekend finishing off was the headlight, front marker and tail light connections. It should have been a simple connector install. But for some reason Factory Five decided one connector per corner was all that’s needed. That would be great if you never planned on...
2 Updates in one weekend?!
Wow what a treat 2 updates in the same weekend. One might wonder what’s going on. Well it is Memorial Day weekend so first off, thanks to all those who served and made the ultimate sacrifice, thanks to all those who served before me, served with me and those who are currently serving. And with the 3 day weekend there was a lot of progress on continuing to knock out all the little things leading up to a big thing. When we last left off I had just finished fitting the roll bars and the rear body mount bolts. With those out the way it was onto cutting the carpet for the trunk. The kit doesn’t come with carpet for the trunk so I bought some carpet and had to custom fit each piece. This was easier done now then when the body is on as it’s far more...
Closer & Closer and a $250 mistake!
Well not to much all that exciting this post even though I’m a week or 2 behind. I’ve just been continuing down the punch list of knocking out a bunch of little things. Problem is they can chew up a lot of time. Though I did resolve 2 pretty major items if you consider brakes and leaking fuel major. While I had brakes during the first drive they were really soft and that’s obviously not going to work so I had to resolve that. While trying to bleed them again I finally noticed that the left rear bleed screw was oozing fluid even after closing it all the way. No matter how tight I made it, it just kept leaking. That was part of the problem with the soft brakes. After looking at it and finally taking it apart I realized I had made a $250 mistake....
She’s alive and she bites
Well it’s all in the title. I’ve been promising a video for the last couple of weeks of the first start. To make up for being behind here are 3, one of the first start and 2 from the go kart. Safety first though. I had the fire extinguisher standing by just in case. But as you notice, and this was taken after first start, it’s still full. Ok onto the good stuff. Here is the first start. In case your curious this was the very first attempt to start her and she started right up. I was surprised as I thought she would be louder. And she bites. I guess that’s to be expected from a snake. I had to tighten one of the fittings and I forgot that headers get hot after running. DOH! After letting her warm up and come up to operating temperature we...
Vrooom Vrooom?
Well not quite yet. While on the march towards first start there’s still quite a few little things that need to be knocked out. My plan had been for first start to be last Sunday the 13th of April, but since it was going to snow I decided instead to focus on all the little things that still needed attention. Last time we talked about brackets and since I know how much everyone enjoyed that let’s pick up where we left off. With the brackets in place and holding everything it was time to start running the oil and coolant lines. The pic below shows where the two lines come off the oil filter adapter and run towards the front of the car. You can also just see the oil pressure sensor in the top of the image. This is the one the engine ECU monitors. I have...
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