400se restoration part 2

[barrington]

back in the garage just need to get new bottom hose as the one i have is too short ive got all the new electrical fittings just waiting for my brother inlaw to come round and fit them then fill with fluids and cross fingers plenum is not fixed yet as will have to remove it to fit the plugs for the injectors getting there slowly

[barrington]

All worked out fine cheers Andy

[barrington]

All worked out fine cheers Andy

[barrington]

a nice evenings work in the garage finished the water pipes in the engine bay and while im waiting for the wiring to be sorted i started on the interia ive replaced the leather on the dash were the demist vents are

before

Edited by barrington on Wednesday 17th April 21:22

[barrington]

and after ready for dash to go back in

[barrington]

cant do that you would proberly have sold it by then

[barrington]

ye i now he only says he is selling it to keep the wife happy

[barrington]

been sorting out the wiring today finding any damaged wires ready for repairimg tomorow also took out the heater gave it a good clean found the missing dash vent inside the heater unit also need to get some new vent piping as some of it is missing also found that the car has had some little friends nesting in there

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nearly there all the injector plugs and wiring connectors replaced as most of them were damaged or rotten just waiting for some more connecters to finish off the wiring in the engine bay then fill with fluids still a couple of jobs inside the car to sort out before starting up for the first time in 14 years

[barrington]

cheers andy at the moment trying to work on both cars hoping to get the 350 on the road soon

[barrington]

the 350 only needs some wiring sorting to mot station the 400se still needs a bit of work yet ive been on it most nights for the past couple of weeks so you never now

[barrington]

hallsie said:

Hurry up!!

you should hurry up and sort out that taimar kit

[barrington]

another good night in the garage I never liked the position of the ecu and as the flap and the fuse box backer are missing ive made a new panel up out of two mil alloy and this is going to be fitted in the dead space in the left hand side of the passenger footwell then I can make up a new panel for the fuse box

[barrington]

exactly what I thought ill make a cover when I get to the carpets the sx is looking good adam nearly as good as your old 350i

[barrington]

Oz2 said:

Do you see my old 350i much out and about?

I think its up north and ive not seen little neils car since he sold it

[barrington]

ElvisWedgely said:

A bit of a random and unrelated question. I noticed in one of your pictures of the interior, your tacho is stuck at around 20, presumably, the power is disconnected, judging by the number of wires hanging out. I have this same problem when I turn the ignition off, yet when the car is running it works fine, from 0 upwards. Am I to assume then that the tacho has an internal fault and the weight of gravity causes the needle to drop to around 20 each time the power goes off. Only I was thinking along the lines of a bad earth, but everything else seems to work fine. Now, seeing the photo of your tacho without power, has made me think.

Tony. TCB.

sorry tony cant help you with this as the gauges are not plugged in and I had not taken any notice until you pointed it out