El_Freddo

Had to move the RS today and I “drove” it FOR THE FIRST TIME WITHOUT A SMOKE SCREEN!!”

Admittedly it was 10m in reverse then 20m forward with me hunched over to fit in the vehicle, I’ve got the roof lining suspended below where it is factory mounted, but it felt good none the less!

Still NA - and it seems to start well with a good battery. I hooked up one thermo fan and it came on at one point for some reason - but it’s not running all the time, so the check engine light must really be for the TPS. Can someone confirm the NA TPS unit is interchangeable? I’ve got a spare NA unit.

New intake elbow arrived - I’m yet to fit it, and looking at the engine bay tonight I realised I should sort out the heater hoses and everything in that area before fitting the intercooler and associated piping. I’ll get a pic of the two intake elbows to compare the old and the new.

So I’ve got a lot to go yet before I button up the factory intake and this the engine bay sorted. That’s all good though as I’ve got a rear diff locker to swap into our Pajero before a boys weekend in the high county next month. That’ll keep me busy for a weekend or two (hopefully one but I know how projects go…)

Cheers

Bennie

Didnt realise it was the wrong forum. Bugger it

Hahaha! I miss that kind of excitement There’s a JDM factory turbo EA81 MY touring wagon going pretty cheap down your way. Body is rubbish from the pics, I’d be keen if I had the money and the space for a re-body. Worth looking at on bookface as that’s where our EJ turbo layout all began - in the early 80’s!!

Yeah I agree with Ben, you’re definitely in deep! I’ll need to do that sort of interior clean out with the RS, not really looking forward to it and no space to store parts either. Need to get it done before the weather turns though.

Keep up the good work! So the wedding is all planned? Or is this a big distraction for future Mrs Barbs to get something she wants in the wedding?? Maybe it’s a couple of Subarus? Maybe no bucks party for Barbs because all that money is in Kermit the Dog…

Cheers

Bennie

I sent the hydraulic clutch setup in for an overhaul and a braided line. Came back mint last week. I installed it today after sorting out Ruby Scoo’s ignition barrel with the scissor piece stuck in it.

No pics for this thread sorry, not much to show really.

After doing some clutch bleeding research on the RSLC forum for “best practice”, I fitted the clutch MC and the slave cylinders. I had to shave the hard line end of the new braided hose as it was half a bee’s dick too big to fit in the factory clamp. After some stuffing around using the chainsaw blade sharpener it fitted snug, then I had to widen the inner diametre of the retainer clip to slip that in place. I filled the reservoir with fresh dot4 brake fluid and opened the bleed nipple to let it do some gravity bleeding. That went well.

I was too impatient to wait for my senior apprentice to get home so I went for a solo bleed session. I got good pedal feel when it was right down near the floor. I read on the RSLC that the shaft to the MC needed adjusting for others that had the same issue. So I stuffed around with that and it came up really well. I’m pretty stoked - I dare say I probably bleed the slave cylinder too much but I was being cautious about getting air stuck in it. Best bit of advice on the forum was to crack the bleed nipple and push the slave cylinder’s piston back in as far as it would go. I did this once with pressure on the pedal via an extendable pole jammed in to hold it down.

I didn’t see any air bubbles so called it good. I set up my NA system again using a second intake pipe because Ruby Scoo needed hers back again. This time though the RS wouldn’t start. I got some puffs and backfires at times when letting go of the start position, but nothing to keep it going. I’ve jerry-rigged a second CTS to trick the ECU. It didn’t change anything. Noticed things were smelling very varnish like. Thought it best to get another jerry can of 98 as the other side of the tank most likely still had a lot of crap fuel that’s now siphoned across. After this new fuel was added the RS popped and farted to life again. I was at this for ages! But it ran and once I reconnected my jerry-rigged CTS it settled down and idled a bit lumpy for a bit. I dunno if this crap fuel was to blame or if I’ve got a dodge spark plug. Anyway it somewhat settled and now revs quickly when stabbing the throttle. It pushes out some blue smoke, not a lot, hopefully just residual crap in the exhaust - could be wishful thinking too.

Everything else seems good otherwise. Clutch works, so bonus there. Still can’t move it as I need to change the battery terminals over to the larger style ones, and pump up a tyre or two again.

Small steps with each bit of effort. Fans are lined up to be fitted now too, even though I suspect they’ll run all the time - got a code 31 - TPS. I’ll have to double check that next time as I thought it would be the Coolant Temp Sensor… it’s the only code there too.

That’s it for now. Just waiting on the turbo intake elbow and need to find the bolts to hold the fans to the radiator. They’re the main priorities now - the correct CTS wiring is still on the list!

Cheers

Bennie

Congrats on the wedding Barbs!

And isn’t it good when your better half jumps on board with the project(s)?! I guess it’s good you know your way around these, that 25D… mixed feelings on it for me, best it’s safely removed in the future!

Looks like a good score though. What’s your bits tally up to now?

I’ve got some gen2 weather strips that sit above the windows if you want them. There’s one broken clip from memory, I’m pretty sure it’s there too. No good to me as I don’t have a Gen2 and I doubt I’ll end up with one either.

Did you mean to drop this in the other projects section? Not worthy of being in the Liberty builds section??

Cheers

Bennie

Neato, I love it when ppl nut stuff out like this. It’s stuff like this that’s the reason we (in the 4x140 pcd fraternity) have the EJ brake upgrade kit, commonly known as a five stud kit.

Keep up the good works. The 3D printing of prototype parts will help streamline the process and hopefully keep the R&D costs down.

Before you release the information once it’s all done and dusted, but up on those calipers etc - prices will climb!

Cheers

Bennie