Noise suppressor for intercom
The intercom had a noticeably irritating alternator whine after installing and testing, pitch increased with RPM. There's an official noise suppressor from Rugged but is $40 before shipping, import duty...
Intercom
The Sportster is great for short trips and hooning little, but it isn't quiet and on longer journeys that can be fatiguing. You also mostly can't hear the head unit...
Wiper Motor Smoked
Took a test drive after swapping the shock top mounts. It's a few days until MOT time and this is obviously when things like to break. I had no wipers,...
High level brake lights and indicators
Installed a 3rd level brake light 9 years back as a 'temporary' solution to make it clearer when I was using the brakes. I've been meaning to install something cleaner...
Reverse a switch – upated brake fuild level warning circuit
On a 1988 car the brake level sensor works the opposite way around to a 2011. On the 1988 when the brake level gets low the switch connects the circuit...
Reassembly, paint, lighting, electrics
The rear wings, tub and spare cover are back from http://www.specialisedpaintwork.com/ for some touch up work and removal of all the stone chips on the wings! The wings were starting...
Varex exhaust build part 4
As I was busy Richard sorted the wiring out for the control box: Wiring, inside the tub running along the tank with the rest of the rear loom Wiring running...
Under scuttle and dash wiring
Cleaning up and finishing the internal wiring, a much bigger and time consuming task that you would think! Cleaning up and finishing the internal wiring, a much bigger and time...
Dash & Nose Cone
As promised here are a some better pictures of the dashboard taken in the light: And some better pictures of the heater speed control: And the back of the dashboard...
lights & interior
All the lights are now working! Blew the 7.5amp fuses though. The current on the high beams + spots peaks at 11amps (possible spikes higher) so 15amp fuses are going...
Gauge Wiring
The final gauge wiring is now complete, everything has been connected. The dash lights on, at the moment the rpm & speedo lights turn on with the ignition, the light...
Body adjustments and wiring
The striker pin plate re-enforcement is complete on both sides. Each has a rivnut in place to help secure the front of the tub in place. It helps pull the...
Wiring, and a few small things
Lots of wiring done under the bonnet : Bumpers bolted in - the nut is welded to the top so the bumper can be taken out from the bottom. There...
Wires, bodywork and parts
Wiring We've made excellent progress with the wiring, pretty much everything is in place now ready to go! Bodywork Rear lights are in and the tank filler hole is drilled....
Wiring Continued
Back to the wiring jungle :) After the success of getting the engine running the rest of the wiring needs to be completed. The headlight wiring was first on the...
More Wiring
More wiring done today. The ECU, main relay and fuel pump relay have power. The power for these items has a separate power connection that will be fused. This will...
Wiring
Not much to see this week but the ignition works, the starter runs, battery light comes on, handbrake light works and the horns work! Richard's do an excellent job of...
Cables
We've spent quite a lot of time on the engine wiring loom this weekend, routing elements of the loom and placing key bits of kit like the ECU. Decided to...
Spaghetti Junction
Wire, wires everywhere! We've started on the loom this weekend while waiting for the fuel pump! There's only a few bits on construction work left, the main one being the...
Sensors
The oil & water unions are here! What I didn't realise is that the T piece had the right thread for the oil pressure sensor so I have one too...
BSP / UNF / NTP errr
After some research and head scratching (whats an inch?) we've been able to determine that the thread sizes on the Marlin supplied oil pressure and temp sensors are 1/8"x27 NPT....