Say hello to my little friend!

[zem_41]

Fixed it
The thin white wire coming off the left battery as you look at it from the front had nearly snapped inside and was hanging on by the sheath.
This blew both headlight lamps
Not sure how the wipers got involved though but prob solved
What's next :-)

[zem_41]

Absolutely no idea
I think cause I left the thing empty for so long the crap dried on and managed to stay there when I flushed it, then as it's had petrol in there for a while it's soaked the crap and dislodged it.
I'll have that properly cleaned now

[BUSHWHACKER]

This is how and where it sits inside

Holy crap! (Page 11)

First time I've seen this photo and I can see why the filter was clogged!

How did the tank get so rusty in there?
All the tanks I've flushed out were all clean and shiny inside, no rust at all.

[zem_41]

Yeah I tightened them all up when I put the fuel dampner back on,
thanks donwhacker ;-)
I will try to have a look tmrw if I get time
I'll keep you posted

[BUSHWHACKER]

Check the earth connections, especially at the batteries.
These engine don't like anything less than a solid 12 volts, and if there's a break in power, the ECU will re-set itself and will need to re-learn everything again.
Make sure the alternator plug is secure too.

I don't think I tightened the hose clamps either side of the AFM by the way. They're not flappy loose, just enough to be able to rotate the AFM.

[zem_41]

Ha don whacker brilliant
Yeah that 2nd gear is lethal! I love it!
Gonna need some new tyres very soon :-)
Although, now another problem has risen its little head
I noticed earlier that my dash lights were flickering, I kept an eye on it and it got a little worse, when I accelerate hard my wipers flick on, the dash lights all go out, the stereo goes off for a split second. I kept driving to see if I could move a few wires round and pin point what it might be, after about ten mins my head lights went out. I still had side lights and full beam but no dipped beam on both sides.
Took it home as it was nearly dark, switched off the surf, tried to restart and it sort of started but all my dash lights flashed brightly then it wouldn't turn over and just clicked as if the battery was dead. Tried it again in neutral and it started first time, still had the lights flicking on and no head lights though, tested both battery's while it was running and both had 13.78 volts, tried again while stopped and both at 12.60 going down slowly.
Just tried it again in park it won't seem to turn over, if it does for 1 second it then stops and clicks. Wiring under the hood all looks good, wiggled the ecu about and that made no difference.
The alarm keeps beeping randomly too, as if its losing power for a split second.
So close yet so far

[gwh200]

Awesome news

Now I'll wait for you "OH MY ####ING GOD" post

Vince is the Don

Don Whacker...I like it.

[Sylux]

Awesome news

Now I'll wait for you "OH MY ####ING GOD" post

Vince is the Don

[zem_41]

Update time !
Finally all sorted thanks to vince, cheers buddy thanks for your time today :-)
Turns out it was the in tank fuel filter that attaches to the walboro pump, the one supplied comes off the bottom of the pump at a 45 degree angle as you can see in one of my earlier posts. When this is sitting on the bottom of the tank the filter folds up on itself, this and a small amount if crap in the tank resulted in low fuel pressure and a noisy fuel pump. Luckily I had already got another filter off eBay that has a 90 degree bend in it which sits on the bottom of the tank nicely.
Gonna remove the tank now and get professionally cleaned to remove the gunk.
I think this is because when I drained the diesel and left it for a while so all the crap dried, then when I washed it out I didn't manage to remove all the gunk. But after petrol being in there now for a while it has soaked the crap and dis lodged it :-(
At least I know now though :-)
Thanks again vince

[zem_41]

Does anyone know the best place to get coils?
Any one have good/bad experience with certain makes?
Thanks

[zem_41]

Are you seeing light at the end of the tunnel yet?[/QUOTE]

Hopefully buddy
Gonna order coils first and see how I get on. I'm gonna do a video of it first and email to Vince for him to have a look and go from there.
It's gotta be spark or fuel related, gonna get a flow meter too to make sure the fuel pressure isn't dropping under load. Maybe also get one of those lights that go on the plugs to see if I'm loosing spark at high revs.
Lots to do

[Growler]

Thanks for the offer of the O2 sensors growler but I'm gonna give this a try first and see how I get on.
I may still need them though if all goes t:ts up ha!

No worries mate, just drop me a line if you want them

[Sylux]

That's what I was asking when asking about the other two. There's the ones on the manifilds then there's two after each CAT.

Anywho...would love to chop them. But I've got a buyer for the exhaust.

I'll get his CATs and I can have their flanges.

Are you seeing light at the end of the tunnel yet?

[zem_41]

I didn't keep cats only the manifolds, Vince says u don't need them, so I chucked everything from the manifolds back apart from the flanges on the cats u need them. I just lobbed them off with a big cutting disk.
I managed to get the bolts undone eventually with a couple of extension bars but was a pain in the arse!

[Sylux]

Yep. I cut mine. The bolts were proper rusty. Cats fine.

Didn't think I needed to keep the sensors after the CATs (just the ones before). Good job I asked