Dose's Sometimes DIY and Pay Someone Home & Boat Improvement Thread

[Duncan]

1 hour ago, GTSBoy said:

......By contrast, Sydney had it so good with water that original fell on pristine mountainsides that their water supply engineers never learnt how to scrub water properly and so for years and years there were Giardia outbreaks and the like, that only stopped when some E&WS engineers went across and taught them how to do it.....

our Wombats and Kangaroos wee in that river.

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

So I decided that I wasn't happy with how I originally wrapped the loom with fleece tape. I didn't factor in the new intake manifold/plenum so it always sat a bit funny.

Yep, I decided to unwrap it and redo how the wires would branch out. Added in a light twist too, here's hoping I didn't snap any 30 year old wiring because FML if I did.

Took a few more photos of the shit box too, needed it for Enthusiast Insurance as they wanted photos to justify why my agreed value was above market by a fair amount.

[niZmO_Man]

Beautiful car

[MBS206]

On 7/22/2024 at 6:23 PM, Duncan said:

our Wombats and Kangaroos wee in that river.

You should see what the fish do in it! 😮

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Somehow I managed to snap off the coolant sensor wiring when I pulled through the loom, then at the same time managed to also snap off the coolant dash sensor plug too.

To make things even more fun, I thought it would be nice to recrimp the ring terminals for the earths, to only find out the terminals I had at home were too small for a M6 bolt to go through. 

Anyhow, managed to fixed the lot yesterday during lunch, installed the e-throttle. Slow and steady, but we are getting there.

Next is to tidy up the harness with some trusty race zip ties and then install the starter.

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Pissed off the random Raceworks fitting on my car, was fitting when the new motor went on. 

Not sure what happened to the original Speedflow one before the motor went bang.

 

[Kinkstaah]

Doesn't look like the catch can fittings are going to be very fun with the throttle body (and pipe).
Are they on different planes?

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

@Kinkstaah

 

And yes, the exhaust is so quiet you just hear plenty of injector noise and solid lifter noise.

[Kinkstaah]

2 hours ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

@Kinkstaah

And yes, the exhaust is so quiet you just hear plenty of injector noise and solid lifter noise.

Oh you sweet summer child. This is a quiet engine bay and a booming exhaust where I'm from lol. Sometimes I do miss the RB.