New 350i owner

[ralph350i]

Evening Guys
Well after inspecting the engine loom, i decided to sort the wiring, what a mess, no wonder the car dont run, most if all the connectors where lose or broken, earth straps where corroded to fook, wires hanging off and most, if not all, the vacuum pipes from the EFI where lose, clips not done up and wires which were just cut and left with no insulation, so after 4 cold hours all the above is now sorted, dizzy leads run correctly, all electric plugs wd40 and engine bay has been part cleaned

Tomorrow i will attack the PAS pump and steering rack as it's covered in oil and is a right mess, there are some electrical connectors in this area which i want to check and clean, the only good thing is the bonnet is held on with 2 nuts, so easy to remove and access these area's, i,ll also remove the starter motor and make a start, but its located under the exhaust manifold and looks a right bit*** to get at

I did also give the car a quick wash and the piant work is looking really good, but here's a strange thing, all the door shuts, head light pods and parts of the engine bay have not been sprayed to a finish standard, so i,ll have my painter sort these out as it looks really poor.

Well thats it for today, am bloody cold and going to have a bath, but am really please with the car as a hole, it looks like it wont need to much to get it looking good or running.

Cheers

Edited by ralph350i on Sunday 29th January 08:34

Edited by ralph350i on Sunday 29th January 17:36

[Solitude]

PAS !!!! WTF.

Man-up and get shot of that mate or the Mrs will want to drive it !!

[ralph350i]

Evening guys
well after a hard day the car bit back with a rounded starter motor bolt which stopped me installing a new one, however i took a chance and replaced the soleinoid and it works but is cranking slowly and the earth wire was getting warm ( see my question regarding this), so just need to sort out a new battery and we should be ready to find out what is causing the non starting, i have a few question i hope you guys can answer for me, sorry but new to TVR's

Earth leads at back of engine block
Is it correct that they are mounted on top of the engine lift brackets? or should they be directly fitted to the heads as i feel the earthing is bad.

Down to the right of the dzzy is a hole in the head which has a thread, any ideas on what this is please

Dials
i have no fuel gauge or any gauges working when the ignition is on??? could this be poor earthing???

Start procedure
Is there one on cold start or should it be twist and go???

Many thanks for you help and here a couple of photo's of the car, hope you like

Edited by ralph350i on Sunday 29th January 19:43

[superwedge]

what a great looking car looks like new to me ,hope you get it going ,let,s some pic off the inside ,

[Jack Valiant]

Hiya, looking good!

Earth leads to the block on the liftin brackets are fine as long as the bolts and holes are clean. Top tip use washers that cut into the metal.

Hole next to the dizzy is for the locking bar secures ur the dizzy / timing

Watching with interest!

Chris

Sent on my IPadamabob!

[mrzigazaga]

That is a fine looking beast and a bargain..Hopefully you will get it running for this years BBWF..There is a cold start valve and it can cause overfuelling..Here is a diagram that was kindly posted up in order to help with this car previously..Ziga

[maston]

Wow, I never got it looking that clean !!! (it's my old wedge for those who were wondering)
Looks really nice mate.
Ralph, post some engine pics mate with the wiring all tidy etc......
Still haven't got my 390 back
Ian

[ralph350i]

Many thanks for the replys guys
I,ll post up some more photo's after the weekend when i complete some more work and i have not even polished the car yeah lol

Ian
i only washed it mate??? you must have polished it well, dont know where the locking pin for the dizzy is please??? also what are the 2 x red wires under the steering colum please???

And my plan is to get the car looking mint guys, so this will be undertaken during this spring.

Engine polished and tuned with efi and cam covers pianted.
Interior completely Re dyed using Dynamix
Alloy wheels will be refurbed with diamond cut rims
Engine bay, door shuts, head light pods will all be pianted to a finish standard
Stereo install

many thanks

Edited by ralph350i on Monday 30th January 08:07

Edited by ralph350i on Monday 30th January 08:10

[ralph350i]

mrzigazaga said:

That is a fine looking beast and a bargain..Hopefully you will get it running for this years BBWF..There is a cold start valve and it can cause overfuelling..Here is a diagram that was kindly posted up in order to help with this car previously..Ziga

Hi Mrzigazga
Could you confirm what colour the connection plug should be please, as i have one thats brown T/S and one that white CTS, is this the correct order

thanks

Edited by ralph350i on Monday 30th January 08:37

[mrzigazaga]

Hi Mate..Sorry not entirely sure what colour they are on the V8 as i have a V6 but on mine the plug is the same colour as where it goes onto..If not hopefully someone else can confirm the colour..Are you putting a dark colour over light as regards to the seats...I do know that if so you will see the old colour come through when it starts to scuff and crack...Re-connollising is better but only if you are happy with the colour...Cheers..Ziga

[ralph350i]

mrzigazaga said:

Hi Mate..Sorry not entirely sure what colour they are on the V8 as i have a V6 but on mine the plug is the same colour as where it goes onto..If not hopefully someone else can confirm the colour..Are you putting a dark colour over light as regards to the seats...I do know that if so you will see the old colour come through when it starts to scuff and crack...Re-connollising is better but only if you are happy with the colour...Cheers..Ziga

Hi Ziga
many thanks, thats what i thought as they appear to be in the wrong order, but will wait for someone to comfirm, the interior will be coloured using the same colour when new, i,ll cut a peice of leather from under the seats and send off for matching, the dynamix stuff is really good and have done a few complete colour changes and never had any issues what so ever, hopefully once spring comes i,ll do a full before and after thread so you guys can see the results, here a back seat out of a Bmw i did last year

[honestjohntoo]

Any new RV8 Efi Flapper owner is on a voyage of discovery, so good luck!

Regarding what connects to what?





This Archive will help.

Wish you had a Book?

Edited by honestjohntoo on Monday 30th January 15:17

[ralph350i]

honestjohntoo said:

Any new 200 bhp RV8 Efi Flapper owner is on a voyage of discovery, so good luck!

Regarding what connects to what?





This Archive will help.

Wish you had a Book?

Hi
and many thanks, i though he had put the T/s and CTs plugs the wrong way and your diagram has just confirmed, so thank you, well another tick of the list and am sure i,ll get my head around this maze of wiring.

Regards

[mrzigazaga]

Hi Ralph..Well if the cold start injector has the wrong plug on it that could be why it was chucking out black smoke and wetting up the plugs...Which does indicate overfuelling..I do believe others have had a similar issue on the V8 with the cold start injector as well..Sounds like your in love with the wedge..Good stuff!!..You have got a right bargain there..You have some good plans for it and i hope they come to fruition..The seats look well smart..Dynamix sounds good stuff..I know of a good connollising chap..He quoted me £25 per seat if i go to him and £35 if he comes to me..But it looks like you have that sorted...Keep up the good work..Cheers..Ziga

[ralph350i]

mrzigazaga said:

Hi Ralph..Well if the cold start injector has the wrong plug on it that could be why it was chucking out black smoke and wetting up the plugs...Which does indicate overfuelling..I do believe others have had a similar issue on the V8 with the cold start injector as well..Sounds like your in love with the wedge..Good stuff!!..You have got a right bargain there..You have some good plans for it and i hope they come to fruition..The seats look well smart..Dynamix sounds good stuff..I know of a good connollising chap..He quoted me £25 per seat if i go to him and £35 if he comes to me..But it looks like you have that sorted...Keep up the good work..Cheers..Ziga

Hi Ziga
well i checked earlier and they where postioned in the wrong place, so hopefully am getting somewhere, can't wait to get the car fired up and running as never driven a Tvr so it will be a first and coming out of a 400bhp monster, hopefully it will tick a couple of boxes lol, that re-connollising sounds cheap, where abouts do you live, i am near Purley, surrey and would be very intrested in the guy who completes the work if you are close.

All the best

ralph

[mrzigazaga]

Hi Mate..Im in the south east of london..Near lewisham..The connollising chap is in sidcup but as said he does travel out but you will need to phone him ideally to find out what he will charge to come to you..If he asks who recommended you just say a chap who was recommended by gemini seat covers..Heres his details...Cheers..Ziga
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=w...

[Wedg1e]

ralph350i said:

...coming out of a 400bhp monster...

You may be disappointed then. Expect to go backwards off a roundabout at some early stage.

[ralph350i]

mrzigazaga said:

Hi Mate..Im in the south east of london..Near lewisham..The connollising chap is in sidcup but as said he does travel out but you will need to phone him ideally to find out what he will charge to come to you..If he asks who recommended you just say a chap who was recommended by gemini seat covers..Heres his details...Cheers..Ziga
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=w...

Hi Ziga
Many thanks mate i,ll give the guy a call

cheers ralph

[ralph350i]

Wedg1e said:

ralph350i said:

...coming out of a 400bhp monster...

You may be disappointed then. Expect to go backwards off a roundabout at some early stage.

Hi Wedg1e
Only joking mate and looking forward to a bit of sideways action

On another note guys, could someone please advise on where i could get relays from please.

cheers

[phantom wedge]

Hi Ralph where in Surrey are you,Im in Shepperton,it would be nice to see another Wedge local,Crawford.