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8th Jul 05 at 18:07

Got all the pipe work done today on the Corsa. A word of advise to anyone fitting one of these engines to thier car. Check and double check any pipe work and wiring befire you fit the engine! I forgot to fit two jubilee clips properly when I re-built the engine and there was a leak... D'oh. They were also on the back of the block so I had to fiddle about for ages with alcohol dripping into my eyes and face (doesn't taste to bad mixed with water) doing the pipes up...

Fitted the air filter (temporary)

Fitted the fan, I always like to try new things, sometimes they work, sometimes they don't....

I reversed the polaritys of the wires on the radiator so it blows cool air onto the rad before anyone comments.

And finally:

The only sad thing is I cannot get the starter motor to do anything, it has power, multi meter tested it, but I don't think the solinoid is getting a signal... I am using the Corsa loom, but for some reason it just isn't working. The starter motor was functional when I last started the engine a year ago and there is no reason for it not to work... I think I might try feeding a wire directly to the signal terminal on the motor just to test it to be sure. Any suggestions?

loo_goblin

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8th Jul 05 at 18:09

dont know but looks good

Nath

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8th Jul 05 at 18:10

Certainly looks good

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8th Jul 05 at 18:11

Also, that is just a temporary rocker cover. I am having my rocker cover sand blasted (and cleaned properly) then hopefully anodized if the people who I know can do it

Krammy

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8th Jul 05 at 18:12

Thats one smart engine

loo_goblin

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8th Jul 05 at 18:13

well that rocker cover looks nice enough, wats the other goin to look like

also wat bout the bit with the writing on?

broster

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8th Jul 05 at 18:13

looks like a tidy job there matey!

PainZ

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8th Jul 05 at 18:16

Im impressed Ed!

Looks fantasic, Engine looks real clean and looks like your doing a good job!

Keep it up! Look forward to seeing it soon!

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8th Jul 05 at 18:17

quote:
Originally posted by loo_goblin
well that rocker cover looks nice enough, wats the other goin to look like

also wat bout the bit with the writing on?

This one is Matts old one off of his LET. It has gotten really really hot a few times and the paint on it is bubbling off of it, the one with M-Tec written on it was missing a bit, which I have now so I can use it now but I can't be assed to changed it.

When I anodize it it will look like polished metal, but will be black. Now even thinking of a chrome one, that seems to be the way to go these days round here... I will be smoothing the spark plug cover down on a mill and CNC machining Vauxhall DOHC 16v into it after it has been anodized so it comes out silver...

PainZ

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8th Jul 05 at 18:19

Thats sounds like a good idea ed, defo different anyhow, however you will have to be careful!

When the CNC machine cuts into the metal threw the anodized metal bits of bur may come up and scratch the area around the CNC bit..

Anyhow cant wait to see finished!

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8th Jul 05 at 18:20

Rad idea is a great idea, did you have to cut anything for it too fit like that?

'I reversed the polaritys of the wires on the radiator so it blows cool air onto the rad before anyone comments. '

^^^ What do you mean by that?

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8th Jul 05 at 18:20

looks good that mate.. good progress..

awaits 'i shouldve fitted a let' post!

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8th Jul 05 at 18:21

Yea, It's only going to be cutting about a 10th of a mm deep into the metal though really to get the writing up. Hopefully if I set the machine to cut slow enough anything it will cut will be blown away as dust by the extractor fan on the machine. That is if I'm allowed to use it

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8th Jul 05 at 20:44

don't know about starter but

Jambo

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8th Jul 05 at 20:46

Well done edward

Graeme

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8th Jul 05 at 22:58

what is the adaptor plte u have used intead of the power cap there and how much and where do u get it from?

cheers
Graeme

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8th Jul 05 at 23:54

ecotec deeley aint it? v-tuning used to sell them i think. saves cutting the bulkhead

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9th Jul 05 at 06:17

looks good
swap the fan wire round or it wont do fuck all
in fact if you dont itll make it worse

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9th Jul 05 at 07:39

quote:
Originally posted by ed
I reversed the polaritys of the wires on the radiator so it blows cool air onto the rad before anyone comments.

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9th Jul 05 at 08:52

quote:
Originally posted by ed
Also, that is just a temporary rocker cover. I am having my rocker cover sand blasted (and cleaned properly) then hopefully anodized if the people who I know can do it

be very very carfull when having this doen, i blew fads engine up after having a cam cover sand blasted

lee mitchell

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9th Jul 05 at 11:32

quote:
Originally posted by jr

quote:
Originally posted by ed
Also, that is just a temporary rocker cover. I am having my rocker cover sand blasted (and cleaned properly) then hopefully anodized if the people who I know can do it

be very very carfull when having this doen, i blew fads engine up after having a cam cover sand blasted

no fad blew it up becoz he was to lazy to clean it

hitman2k

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9th Jul 05 at 11:34

wow looks wkd

myke

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9th Jul 05 at 13:33

looking good ed.
doesn't anodising harden the surface of the metal? thought you had to do all machining before it got done.

there's a small anodising place in marlow bottom if you get stuck of somewhere to do it.

dunno about your starter. can you bump it to test everything else?

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