Completely stuck for the past 10 days! Everything has been ready for the first engine start, but that hasn’t really happened yet. “Really” because the engine did start for about a minute, sputtering at a very low RPM, and then it died as soon as the throttle was applied. As......
After trimming and adjusting the radiator fan, it must also be static balanced. Jaguar suggests rolling the fan on level parallel bars; when various positions no longer result in movement, the fan is balanced. Two half-moon shaped metal weights can be positioned along the arc of the bolt pattern to......
The Alpine double-DIN head unit has several related components, including: microphone for hands-free operation stereo speakers backup (rear) camera radio antenna wiring connection to the reverse switch (triggers backup camera) wiring connection to the handbrake switch (safety precaution) A CLD swatch was rolled on to the back of the speaker......
See also trimming the fan post. The radiator fan got a little banged up over the past fifty years, so after trimming it down to fit the brake servo unit, each blade was carefully adjusted. The blade height should be just under an inch — about 25 mm — and......
After filling up with oil (both engine and gearbox/overdrive) and confirming the free movement of the crankshaft, it was time for another critical test — the starter motor — before returning the engine to its chassis home. The new Denso starter uses a pigtail to connect the motor solenoid to......
See air distributor box restoration post. Now that the heater and fan are temporarily installed, we can test the air flow into the plenum and out through the air distributor box and demisters. Bruce Murray, who installed his new heater a few weeks ago, was the first to discover that......
After installing the heater casing, the next step was wiring up the motor and electronic control module. The electronic control box, potentially sensitive to heat, was tucked away under the passenger dash. A Molex connector joined the harness to the fan motor, which passes through the dip switch firewall hole,......
See also heater upgrade part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 and the valve mount. The last construction task involving the heater casing itself is setting the proper flap angle and rotation. The green flap above is the hot-cold control; if vertical, the flap forces air through the heater......
Before the polished camshaft covers were put back on, the position of the crankshaft was carefully checked to verify that the damper timing mark indicated top dead center (TDC), and that the setting of the distributor was properly positioned on the TDC compression cycle. This is a somewhat confusing topic,......
See also prior post about the distributor. The plan for today was relatively easy: install the new 123 distributor along with its holding clamp. Before the task had even begun, Eric dropped a small washer into the distributor mounting tube that communicates with the timing belt compartment at the front......
