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Re: Project PFJ (French Blue Sprint)
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:30 am
by Mad Mart
Brake purge failed I'm afraid Derek, ah! well.
It's only a small problem Stew, a new m/c will sort it out.
Door mirrors!
0, 1 or 2?
Re: Project PFJ (French Blue Sprint)
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:04 am
by SprintMWU773V
Did the Hammerite come off of that airbox OK? It looked very well coated.
Re: Project PFJ (French Blue Sprint)
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:09 pm
by Mad Mart
yea, Mary stripped it, came off easily.
Re: Project PFJ (French Blue Sprint)
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:46 pm
by triple tango
master cyl & gromets posted today
Re: Project PFJ (French Blue Sprint)
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:16 pm
by Mad Mart
cheers Roy.
If I have a choice........
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:35 pm
by sprint95m
Mad Mart wrote:Door mirrors!
0, 1 or 2?
One.
Re: Project PFJ (French Blue Sprint)
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:12 pm
by DoloWIGHTY
One.
Re: Project PFJ (French Blue Sprint)
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:36 pm
by TinDog
Defo one. It would have come from the factory that way.
Re: Project PFJ (French Blue Sprint)
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:37 pm
by MalcGE
Excellent job Mart, just the folding fabric sunroof to fit then....
Two Mirrors, would have left the factory with one, but the N/S was a dealer fit option and the cars look a bit lopsided with one
Re: Project PFJ (French Blue Sprint)
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:01 pm
by Lee Flintoft
Personal preference but I like two. Looks balanced.
Re: Project PFJ (French Blue Sprint)
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:10 pm
by David6214
2 for preference here
Re: Project PFJ (French Blue Sprint)
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:44 am
by triple tango
nah, have some of those extending caravan mirrors.
Re: Project PFJ (French Blue Sprint)
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:05 am
by Mad Mart
Went to start PFJ up tonight as it's been a few weeks since I last started it, turned the key............nothing. Ignition & oil light on, fine. Headlights work great, so not the battery then. Tried again, not a sausage.
I thought it must be the starter, which would be strange as it was working fine before. But thought I'd check the wiring under the dash, on the steering column etc., first....nope. So then I thinks ah!
I did fit the new gearbox wiring loom (which contains the ballast feed) & if that isn't connected properly it would cause this symptom. So I checked the connector & squidged the terminals a bit to make them a nice tight fit. Still nothing doing.
So I went to check the connector again, armed with my multimeter to see if there was continuity. Just as I went to unplug the connector I realised the pin-outs were different. The new half of the connector had the 2 thicker ballast wires at the bottom (or top) which is where they should be, but the existing connector had one at the bottom & one in the middle!
It then came to me that a PO had messed with the wiring after fitting the non-original o/d gearbox (hence me having to buy the gearbox loom). After switching wires around, it started first time.
It's great solving these little problems but stopped me doing what I went to do in the first place.
Re: Project PFJ (French Blue Sprint)
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:10 am
by Autonet7
Nice one Mart. Certain amount of satisfaction gained from sorting things like that.
Re: Project PFJ (French Blue Sprint)
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:18 pm
by tonybsa
nothings easy!
