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[russ-RST]

iv connected them up as they are shown but when i turn the key feels like the barrel has gone as there are no clicks as such when you turn the key just spins round freely so im going to take the black box off the back tomorow and put my key in that and find out if it starts then

[frst toady]

u love losing wires on this motor dont ya m8
got the ride height sorted yet?

[jayrs]

whats it not doing? is the fuel pump priming? starter cranking?

[frst toady]

the cars eating wires again lol

[russ-RST]

lol well its not doing anything the key turns in the ignition without any ressistence and none of the lights come up on the dash or anything so starting to think the barrell has gone

can anyone confirm to me the amount of wires your supposed to have connected to the positive terminal on the battery? i thought it was 3..... the same amount as there are earths

[jonyb4]

runs doesnt it?

[jayrs]

i belive i got 3 on mine, but one could be fore a amp, i cant honestly remember.


the one with mutil wires (the 4 small one on 1 ring connecter) is what feeds ignition anyway, if yuor getting nothing, i would say you have left a earth off.

if you have had the barrle switch off at any point, did you plug it back on and connect it to the barrle ok?

[russ-RST]

i have sorted the problem

it was some how when i pushed the key into the barrel the blackbox on the back had come unclipped and as you push the key in the barrel the pin like bit comes out of the back off the barrel and is meant to engage into the black box but where the box wasn't clipped on properly it was just pushing the box away so it was turning the black box..... i hope this makes sense lol
so i just clipped on the black barrel properly turned the key and voila!! she's alive and kicking so chucked all my tools in and went for a drive it rides spot on on the coilovers but the thing is is that the rear drivers side is about 2 inches lower than the other side and yet its the rear near side that scrubs so i shall remove my tools and get it sitting at a nice and low height but where its still not scrubbing and im giving her a proper bath today and giving her some loving

i shall be taking some pictures and will wack them up on here

[frst toady]

glad u got it sorted m8
whats the wheel catchin on is it the arch or on the coilover??

[- Danny Boy -]

If you dont mind me asking, why have you got black bumpers? And also, it needs some better wheels on there now

[russ-RST]

its catching on the arch i think, i just wound up the stiffness to full and il tell you if thats cured it later tonyt after a drive

and iv got black bumpers because the kit was black when i bought it and haven't had the chance/time to spray the bumpers yet plus i still need to get a front splitter for the bumper......

oh and dont worry i'v got a plan for the wheels

pics to come after my phone decides to play ball

[russ-RST]

well gave the motor a quick wash the other day its starting to take shape finally well sort of

[jonyb4]

has it got the coilovers ont hat you bought of the hog?


really wish id bought them when i had the chance

[jayrs]

you need to get the bumpers painted green of the kit painted black mate,chop chop

[jonyb4]

and a spoiler

[russ-RST]

yeah theyre the gaz coileys and yeah i know i will get the bumpers painted soon but for the moment there are more important things
and i have the rst spoiler sitting in the shed just nuffin to bond it to the car with..

[jayrs]

restud it mate and bolt it on

[frst toady]

how u got on with ya water issue then bud sorted it?

[jonyb4]

restud it mate and bolt it on

yea nd rivet the two end bits

[russ-RST]

i dont want to be drillin any more holes into my bodywork tho so il wait and get some bonding stuff,
yea the water hose sorted that leak perfectly bud and perfect timing aswell as the hose completly ripped open on the way home
just got a tiny leak from the water return the metal pipe going from the turbo to the hose going to the rad has got a pin size hole in it some how, guna get it soldered and then chuck a hose over it and jubilee clip it either side should be fine lol

[frst toady]

ah sure enough, that was good timing then,
as for them metal pipes from the turbo if its got a pin hole in it chances are your be needing new 1 soon as they corrode

[russ-RST]

ah sure enough, that was good timing then,
as for them metal pipes from the turbo if its got a pin hole in it chances are your be needing new 1 soon as they corrode

oh for fcuk sake! more bloody bits to get

hopefully guna get the ARB fitted today as i tried some m6 bolts i had lyin about and theyre were too small and just slid straight thru the hole so il get some m8's and if theyre too big them im just guna use m6's and use a nut and washer on the other side iv had enough of fudgekin about lol

[russ-RST]

well iv kinda had a problem
i was driving about today when i noticed it wasnt boostin to the full 15 psi it normally does, at first it was about 11 but then it slowly went down to about 7psi if that and when i stopped and popped the bonnet there was a abit of oil on the bonnet underneath and the top boost hose had a big slit in it and was covered in oil i have since looked in the hose and saw it had a fair amount of oil in it aswell as the crossover pipe had a fair puddle in it
i fixed the hose so it didnt leak and it seemed to boost okay soo im not sure on what to do???? it runs perfectly fine and boosts fine now but why would there be oil in the inlet????
any possible causes there could be to this

[jonyb4]

turbo oil seals perhaps

[russ-RST]

im startin to think the turbo has gone aswell :/

[jonyb4]

is it the sandard T2? could be a good time to upgrade

[frst toady]

1 on ebay russ
#140504076765

[russ-RST]

yeah its just the T2 at the minute yeah i was thinking about going for the T3 now but i havent really got the money and cant really afford to have my car off the road long enouogh to change over all the oil feed/return and get a custom downpipe and sort out the boost hoses... etc
just really want another T2 for the minute as i want my boost back and its boring without it

[frst toady]

i no u said the boost pipe split but was there any smoke coming out the exhaust as in buring oil smoke before it completly lost boost??
was the oil cleanish in the pipe? if the turbo seals have gone surely it would smoke like fcuk even if on the inlet side of things?

[jonyb4]

over my head with a turbo mate, ive not experiance them yet lol

[russ-RST]

i no u said the boost pipe split but was there any smoke coming out the exhaust as in buring oil smoke before it completly lost boost??
was the oil cleanish in the pipe? if the turbo seals have gone surely it would smoke like fcuk even if on the inlet side of things?

this is what i thought but it drives so smoothly as if there was nothing wrong with it... i check my oil everyday and its never moved, and it doesnt smoke one bit !

im really unsure :/ but it doesnt hold boost properly so it must be something wrong with the turbo

[frst toady]

how did u fix the hose m8? did u put a new 1 on there or?
reckon u probably got an air leak somewhere when its bein put under pressure
also take the inlet pipe from air filter to turbo off and have a look in where the fins for the comp wheel is
if u got oil there then the seals are prob gone

[russ-RST]

i done the best i could to fix it mate but iv got that stupid dumpvalve take off piece in the middle so could do with a proper hose without the take off and il check that in a lil bit mate its deffo not boosting for some reason tho

[frst toady]

check all the other associated hoses while your there 2 bud just incase another 1 has split or come loose somehow
im recokin its down to that hose tbh tho

[russ-RST]

but why would there be oil in the inlet if a hose had split and i had a boost leak?