EA2BA IS ALIVE !!!! that's right it STARTED.

[EA2BA]

Hi all,

For all those following my efforts here is a recount of last night and this mornings efforts:

Late yesterday arvo, as per my injector thread the car was not starting and backifiring out the exhaust but looking like it would start.

This morning I go back to the (*&#@(&$@ car (yes getting a little annoyed) to sort out what is happening.

Check the injector with a continuity test, seems to be ok, go to test the wiring to the injector, hmmmm one of the contacts is pushed in too far to touch the injector, bit of a shove here and there saw the wire back in position.

Back in go the spark plugs and turn it over again and again, no luck, no start, I am still not giving up, but feeling slightly dejected.

Pull the plugs out, ok they are now all wet with fuel, a good sign, spirits lift just a little bit.

Plugs back in still no start, ok then what causes a car to backfire and not start but sort of start ...............

So distributor cap off (thank god for BBM so much more room), I pull the plugs again to allow me to rotate the motor and check the rotor position, hmmm how about 180 degrees out on the dizzy (how did i manage this is anyones guess)

So after much double checking and stuffing around to get the rotor pointing correctly and the dizzy actually seated, I get it all back in place.

Now the spark plugs go back in again, leads go back on again (by this stage i am getting really good at this)

Crank her again, no start, ok fine be that way, foot flat to the floor, it fires into life, but no idle, stalls, and just manages to keep 500rpm with foot flat to floor.

So a quick rethink, slight adjust of the dizzy, try again, no starting, foot to the floor, comes to life, same thing wont idle and sounds more like diesel chaff cutter.

So i check the extractors, the bolts are not as tight as i thought, so a retighten of all bolts, try again sounds better, but not quite right still, another quick adjust of the dizzy.

FINALLY........ It starts it idles, it revs, it sounds good, I almost cried.

First thing I did was ring my dear wife and said "tell me what this sounds like?" started the car and gave it a small rev, I can now keep the car ... woo hoo

Well all this is great, but there a alot of bits not bolted on just yet, I was anxious to get it strated, now I am anxious to finish it, get a wheel alignment and do some cruising.

[XRated]

Ahhh so happy for ya mate!! Hopefully you can have it running smoothly in no time

[Casper]

excellent, great to hear its back in business and you get to keep it.

[[chubbz]]

good on you mate you must be over the moon good luck with the rest of it

[chelvdog]

Good stuff mate! At least you sorted the problem and didn't chuck in the towel like so many of us have contemplated when things don't go right the first time! Enjoy that metamorphasis of a car you have!

Pete

[Vision Zetec]

nice to hear mate! keep it going!!!

[foxtrot]

You were getting annoyed but i bet you were glad and thought it was all bloody worth it in the end

ИИИИ like that used to happen to me with motorbikes a LOT, i remember there was dirt or muck in the bottom of my carby which would not effect the bike until i went up jumps and hit the ground hard, thus shaking the muck around and then engine sucking it in and starting to die..

you can imagine how baffled i was to have my bike stall and not rev properly etc everytime i did a jump..

ANNOYING

[24CIT]

thats great to hear!! lot of stuffin around by the sounds of it!! cars........... dont they s#@t you sometimes!! congrats!!

[EFFalcon]

great stuff
always a worry with big jobs like that
i know i had minor issues when it came to starting mine, and the feeling once it did

awesome news jase!!!!!! you need to invest in a timing light too ;) dont forget to run the motor in porperly....and change oil after 1000 kays

[mcflux]

woohoo! Feels good don't it ;)

[Brent79]

hey mate... can u re-cap on what u have done... there are alot of threads on it but all i know is that u got a BA shifter in it? lol

Brent

[ilsautomotive]

'tis a big list Brent, 4 speed conversion with manual shift, BA 'hybrid' headlamps...

Well done Jase, such a great end result and long awaited at that. I'm peed off I had unexpected commitments yesterday. I'll see if I can drop by today.

[EA2BA]

Originally Posted by Brent79

hey mate... can u re-cap on what u have done... there are alot of threads on it but all i know is that u got a BA shifter in it? lol

Brent

Well this time, i put in a 4.0L motor with an EA head, and while i was at it, I removed all possible wiring from the engine bay, plus msotthe dout and cleaned up the engine bay.

[niko]

bout time jase. well done!

[EA2BA]

Originally Posted by John_xr6

awesome news jase!!!!!! you need to invest in a timing light too ;) dont forget to run the motor in porperly....and change oil after 1000 kays

Thats why its not going on the dyno this weekend , yeah will drop the el-cheapo mineral oil for some qaulity synthetic stuff in about 1000k's.

[Interceptor'85]

It's Aliiive! Great work Jason. Must feel sooo good to have all the hard effort and work just come together and fire-up for you.

Be sure to knock back a few tinnys tonight and just sit back, relax and admire your masterpeice

[XRated]

Jason, can you post pics of the new engine bay? I'm really keen to (not) see the wiring.

[triple8nitro]

Congrats mate and good luck with the rest

[snypereb]

Awesome mates sounds great we need some pics of it on the road now!!

[EA2BA]

Here is the engine bay 98% back together.



Yes I know paint the rocker, will get around to it before AFD.

[FordFan86]

Looking good!
I remember playing with the timing on a 202 on an engine stand, managed to get flames 2 ft long out of the carby and exhaust... learnt a bit about timing in the process...

[XRated]

Like I said on MSN (well I did, before ya logged off), that looks sensational! I would really, really love to do the same to mine but I don't have the patience or brains to do it!!!

[LUXO_8]

you running a clutch fan again jase?

[dansedgli]

That engine bay looks awesome!! Theres nothing better than hidden wiring! Good to see its back and running.

[sphell]

How the hell did you manage to hide all the wiring!? I would love to know where you ran the looms so we can do the same thing to Sunny's car. That looks great! Really clean. Looks like somebody got over polishing the BBM halfway through tho lol ;)

[Dezza]

That looks awesome, Jason. Big improvement and it sounds like it will run as well as it looks! Are you going to paint that rocker cover at any stage?

[EDXR6T]

good on ya jase

i now wut it feel's like to get her started for the first time in ages i cry'dlol

thats one neat looking engine bay ther man the late nights time and effort really show's

cant wait to see her at AFD

[InitialD]

Originally Posted by MADNC_8

you running a clutch fan again jase?

LOL no he has the top of the Clutchfan shroud on the car but aftermarket davies Craig Thermos under it IIRC

Good to see its back up and running jason, after all your effort and bygod I didnt know if it was going to work with all your wiring about. Lets hope it all goes perfectly

Glad to see my dyno nemisis is back and running :P I think we might need to take both our cars to the dyno in 2000'ks or so and see whos boss ey

[TURBO_GHIA]

so what engine is it running now ??