Toyota MR2

[Dickjotec]

Isn't it wonderful when progress is made?

[greasemonkey]

Coming along.

[lozzzzzz]

It certainly is good  

no progress this weekend to report, but the missus did organise a surprise party for my 30th and got me a tank driving experience      She's a keeper!

[Tony]

Ooh, nice one

[lozzzzzz]

A little update on my (lack of) progress  

I've not done a huge amount as the clutch on my cr**y 106 diesel failed in a way that meant it wouldn't disengage.  So I've taken the gearbox off that and am waiting for a new clutch plate to arrive. 

Spot the piece of metal where it shouldn't be......



On the plus (but rather expensive side) I'm driving the scimitar 90 miles a day, getting plenty of admiring looks and really enjoying the car (at 5 times the cost!!!). 

Back to the MR2, I've been doing a bit of loom thinning, this time its the TDI loom, its about halved so far, I need to go get some of the controls to keep going with the job now. 


More to come.

[Dickjotec]

Keep at it. There will always something else that comes along and stops you doing what you want to do, or there is in my experience.

[lozzzzzz]

It Runs!!!!!!   

After several weeks of head scratching, a friend at work gave me a circuit diagram from autodata (thanks Mark), and it seems I had an earth connected up to 12v.  I changed that and it ran straight away.  See the video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6V9oazx_HI&feature=youtu.be

Its very nearly in a position to be electrically connected to Mr Two now, I hope to have that done soon, then I'll get started on the mechanical side and physically putting all the wires in the car. 

Very happy with that. 

More to come. 

[Dickjotec]

Well done. I hope those are not methanol drums at the back of the workshop with all the sparks about!!

[Julian]

Impressed, it sounds lovely the way it is, a bit like a nice calm canal boat ... bet it won't sound like that under load in the car.

Keep up the good work!

[greasemonkey]

Tidy. If I did that, the engine would take off across the workshop floor.......

[lozzzzzz]

Dick,

Hmmm, maybe  

I'm quite liking (loving) the sound of the turbo whistle, particulary the way it slows down gradually after the engine has reached idle.  I'll try to keep that sound in the car I think. 

I was worried the engine might run away so I put it on a lead (an old seat belt)

[Tony]

Surprisingly strong, seat belts.  A friend of mine got towed a few hundred miles using one as a tow rope!

[lozzzzzz]

Another small update.  The rough running is sorted, and I've been working on the tank.

Got it off the car:


Cut off the toyota float, and fixed the swing arm in place, then attached the TDI tank sender to get the right signal to the dials. 


Then had to put it back in in a different orientation so it could still move up and down freely:


Then pulled the impella out of the fuel pump so its now effectively a pipe:


And re-assembled it:


I've got a new cam belt, water pump, oil filter, fuel filter and oil to change, then the MFA/cruise switches to wire in then the loom can finally start going into the car. 



In a break from MR2 stuff….
The Scimitar ran out of tax yesterday.  As a little treat, I took it up to Rhayada for a late night blast.  It was a lot of fun, not another car for miles      

Hope you like the photos.  (fireworks was taken on bonfire night)








And for the grand finale (this shot took a long time and included an 11 min exposure):
 

[Tony]

That's very cool.  On the last one what was the single light that left the trail?

[lozzzzzz]

Thanks Tony!  It was me

I ran across the dam with my HID torch to illuminate the road and walls (torch facing away from the camera)
Then I ran back with the torch on my phone (facing the camera) to give that line.