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[jonyb4]

personally id try another set of dials before i drop the tank, do the easiest thing first

[russ-RST]

But the petrol gauge was working fine until I changed the pump

[jonyb4]

[fezza89]

my guage worked fine, left 1/4 of a tank in it, went away for 3 weeks and it just stayed like it, .....strange

[russ-RST]

Maybe your needle has got stuck does it go up? Mine only goes up from 1/4 so if i have 1/4 tank or less in. It just reads 1/4 but if I put a full tank in it will go up to full then cone back sown and stop at 1/4 again

[fezza89]

yep mine does exactly what you say yours does, gets stuck at 1/4 and wont go no lower, but it will go up from 1/4

[russ-RST]

Fcuk knows mate Surely someone on here must know anything about this ?? Very annoying lol

[Russ FRST]

take the wiring plug off from the top of the tanks pump/sender unit, easy to do from under the back seat, if the gauge on the dash is working/moving freely and fine it should drop to the very bottom of its scale. would be a easy away of proving if the gauge is sticking/faulty or not..

I Put a brand new tank in mine last year now my gauge reads 3/4 when the tanks full worked fine before, but it dose go all the way down to empty

[russ-RST]

Nice one mate cheers for that will trey it out and see what's what, if the gauge is working fine then it's got to be the fuel pump surely? I am looking into getting a updated pump (walbro or something) how do these work I font have to fit the float etc. Off my standard one do I ??

[jonyb4]

take the wiring plug off from the top of the tanks pump/sender unit, easy to do from under the back seat, if the gauge on the dash is working/moving freely and fine it should drop to the very bottom of its scale. would be a easy away of proving if the gauge is sticking/faulty or not..

I Put a brand new tank in mine last year now my gauge reads 3/4 when the tanks full worked fine before, but it dose go all the way down to empty

good point the gauge without a high enough feed will drop down to the bottom on its own, if it stays at a quarter then its a fault in the gauge

[Russ FRST]

Nice one mate cheers for that will trey it out and see what's what, if the gauge is working fine then it's got to be the fuel pump surely? I am looking into getting a updated pump (walbro or something) how do these work I font have to fit the float etc. Off my standard one do I ??

If you fit a new pump you'll still have to use your existing sender unit, so if that's at fault you'll not fix it by a pump change, so fit another sender unit when fitting ya pump if you think thats at fault, but they do weird things when disturbed it seems, as for mine, was working 100% fine, fitted new tank now only reads 3/4 when full to the brim!? Think i'll live with mine as not the nicest of job's dropping the tank

[russ-RST]

Well I had a look at unplugging the pump to see if it was the dial or not but as my car is a mk3.5 I can't get to the plug as it's slightly out of reach due to the RS pump being different to the 1.3 pump so im not sure what to do now as what ever I do the tank is going to have to cone down lol so might just leave it in until I can afford a new updated pump

[jonyb4]

take the clocks out and unplug it from there

if it doesnt drop tot he bottom of the gauge, good'n its the gauge, take it out and swap it for another

[russ-RST]

But with the clOcks unplugged then they will be getting no power so whenbi switch the ignition on they won't move will they? As they ain't gettin a feed to tell it whether to move up or down? Surely??

[jonyb4]

ummm

s**t i dunno lol, think your right, mainly because my tank is always empty haha

[russ-RST]

From what Jay has been telling me it's the filter bag? On the bottom of the pump nerds rotating as it has a long and shorter side and if the longer side is the same side as the float then it wont drop all the way down.. Makes sense it is that lol

[jonyb4]

that does make sense

[russ-RST]

Not much progress to report at the moment really been a few bits off the bay but haven't turned up yet do will upload pics as and when, going to Birmingham at the weekend with the missus (300 mile round trip) so will have a go at fixing the fuel pump issue and grab a few snaps of the underneath ad it's pretty clean lol then giving her s well deserved bath tomorrow so will grab some pics soon to keep the ball rolling and will have a good update soon as u have something I'm excited about doing but won't be done till I get the time and decent weather lol

[russ-RST]

Relic made it here but not quite as planned we got all the way here got lost ended up doing 80 miles extra then my alternator belt snapped so have been recovered to my gf's aunties to hopefully get one and some how fit it tomorrow lol will keep things updated as and when

[jonyb4]

bugger

me and the missus went up to Birmingham to visit sea life then Warwick castle, entering a parking place at the Birmingham area multi story, the speed hump took my exhaust mid section off, luckly though i have a slide in joint

was just a case of jack the car up and slot it back in, had to wear woollen gloves though

[russ-RST]

Yeah but I have no tools with me at all so going to whack it up the keen and see if I can get some spammers or something to get a new belt on should be ok haven't had any other problems with the car apart from this belt

[jonyb4]

now come on, 15-15 year old car or more thats modified, we need tools in our boots lol, never know when something may go wrong

albeit nothing really does with mine either, but still have the mandatory jack and brace under the bonnet

[russ-RST]

Well it's all sorted borrowed some tools off the neighbour to fit a new belt lol think I will be leaving some tools in the car from now on lol

[russ-RST]

Well haven't updated this thread in quite a while as I haven't figured out how to upload photos on my I phone and my computer is buttered lol so here goes:
well finally sorted the fuel gauge problem turned out to be that the RS pump and float was mounted at an angle and therefore when the float was at the lowes point it was actually 10mm higher than the 1.3 float so I just swapped over the pump itself onto the 1.3 float and unit and works fine now, only thing is I had this fitted above he RS pump and wasn't on the 1.3 pump so i decided to leave it on but j can't mount the pump in the cage so to speak with this on so could anyone tell me what the gold circle thing is above the pump here?? And can I remove it??


Also I fixed the seat base on my recaro seat as I was sitting half a foot below my passengers lol so took a few snaps whilst doing that: this is he before picture where you can clearly see the seat base has dropped


So I removed the seat and saW this

so got out the new seat base and set to fitting the bars and pins to it

all done and clipped into position

and back in and lookin much better also alot comfier now too

[russ-RST]

Also remembered that I never uploaded a picture of my brakes when fitted so here you go

And also got rid of he frascatti sticker and upgraded to a more truthfull badge

also ran over the engine bay with a rag and degreaser and came up Pretty well

and then gave her a quick wash

also here you can see that I have the spoiler fitted now




I have the paint sitting in my parts cupboard to do the bumpers and RS bonnet with weather and time permitting aswell as the cambelt kit and cover and new waterpump to fit when I find the time

[russ-RST]

Thinking of finishing the painting do a service including cambelt kit and water pump and then selling it for a ZS now as I'm loosing intrest in it

[jonyb4]

think you got the badge statement the wrong way around, it is a frascati not a rs
but thats upto you

btw the sticker on the boot is mounted a tad too low if your interested in the oem look?

i bought one fo them exact seat pans off ebay, not bad are they

the engine looks right at home in there mate


got any pics of the suspension yet mate?

[russ-RST]

think you got the badge statement the wrong way around, it is a frascati not a rs
but thats upto you
The only thing that's left of it being a frascatti the colour and the windows so it's slot more of an RS than it is a frascatti lol I don't care if it's not 'genuine' of not I'm not that feeble...
btw the sticker on the boot is mounted a tad too low if your interested in the oem look?
Yeah I know j drew the lines up so I knee if was straight and then realised it was low after sticking half of it down oh well lol
i bought one fo them exact seat pans off ebay, not bad are they
yeah they are a good fit although I seem to sit really high up now but it's probably because iv been sitting on the floor for months
the engine looks right at home in there mate
yeah it's getting there lol

got any pics of the suspension yet mate?

Sorry bud I been really bush will try and get some tomorrow if i remember

[russ-RST]

Well had a problem with the car last night it's something electrical as I was just sitting there with the engine off and everything off after driving for s good half hour, and the battery was flat so jumped if drove home and on the way the lights were getting dimmer the rev counter got stuck at 2k and using full beam almost made it stall and the car was loosing power all the way home so it must be a power drain somewhere ??? It's just had a new alt belt the battery is about 4 months old if that and it has never had any problems before so I doubt it was the alternator

[fiend]

Sounds like the bushes in the alternator need replacing.

[hb69]

That'll be the alternator

[russ-RST]

Ah right cheers lads thought it would be that after fiddling today :/ really not sure whether to fix her up paint the parts and do the cambelt and waterpump and sell it and get a zetec s or not What's people's thoughts/ideas????

[fezza89]

keep it russ, youve put alot of work into it

[russ-RST]

Yeah but I'm loosing intrest in it

[Michael!]

Ah right cheers lads thought it would be that after fiddling today :/ really not sure whether to fix her up paint the parts and do the cambelt and waterpump and sell it and get a zetec s or not What's people's thoughts/ideas????

dont get a zetec s, keep this or you'll regret getting rid and putting all your time and money into it!
i got rid of my mk3 with little wrong with it, spent loads on parts and an engine, for some c**t to ruin it!