A Few Problems
Due to forgetting to undo the earth point under the nearside of the whale tail and dash several problems arose.
While lowering the chassis it tensioned the earth leads and literally pulled the bobbin out of the fibre glass body it also pulled on the main loom and yanked the solder tags off two earth cables.
1.To replace the bobbin I had to repair the body with woven fibre glass matt and make a support underneath out of stainless steel while it set, release agent was needed so that the glass did not stick to the stainles support, this was a most awkward job as access was severly limited but got there in the end.
2. When finally checking the electrics as a result of the loom being pulled neither the Indicators or Central Locking was working. Dash removal was necessary to find the problems, on both the indicator relay and the central locking control unit spade terminals had pulled off due to the loom moving.
3. The car refused to start, removing a spark plug indicated that fuel was not reaching the cylinders. Checking the bleed valve on the injector rail did not show any pressure or fuel. The fuel pump appeared to prime when turning on the ignition so that seemed OK so I decided to check the main fuel line from the injector rail back to the filter, this appeared completely free as I was able to blow fuel back out of the filter. This seemed to rule out everything but I noticed that when turning on the ignition that the pump missed some priming periods so substituted a new pump and it primed every time suspecting the old pump had become intermittent.
The new pump primed every time the ignition was switched on but there was still no pressure in the injector rail. The pressure regulator is suspect. Disconnecting the regulator from the Injector rail and placing it in a large plastic container as a precaution I hard wired the fuel pump to run continuously, it ran for about 15 seconds and then stopped presumably due to the back pressure switching it off. Not a drop of fuel passed through the regulator indicating its failure. When ignition was switched on the pump primed normally indicating that the pump was fine.
While lowering the chassis it tensioned the earth leads and literally pulled the bobbin out of the fibre glass body it also pulled on the main loom and yanked the solder tags off two earth cables.
1.To replace the bobbin I had to repair the body with woven fibre glass matt and make a support underneath out of stainless steel while it set, release agent was needed so that the glass did not stick to the stainles support, this was a most awkward job as access was severly limited but got there in the end.
2. When finally checking the electrics as a result of the loom being pulled neither the Indicators or Central Locking was working. Dash removal was necessary to find the problems, on both the indicator relay and the central locking control unit spade terminals had pulled off due to the loom moving.
3. The car refused to start, removing a spark plug indicated that fuel was not reaching the cylinders. Checking the bleed valve on the injector rail did not show any pressure or fuel. The fuel pump appeared to prime when turning on the ignition so that seemed OK so I decided to check the main fuel line from the injector rail back to the filter, this appeared completely free as I was able to blow fuel back out of the filter. This seemed to rule out everything but I noticed that when turning on the ignition that the pump missed some priming periods so substituted a new pump and it primed every time suspecting the old pump had become intermittent.
The new pump primed every time the ignition was switched on but there was still no pressure in the injector rail. The pressure regulator is suspect. Disconnecting the regulator from the Injector rail and placing it in a large plastic container as a precaution I hard wired the fuel pump to run continuously, it ran for about 15 seconds and then stopped presumably due to the back pressure switching it off. Not a drop of fuel passed through the regulator indicating its failure. When ignition was switched on the pump primed normally indicating that the pump was fine.