timandchris Posted December 24, 2005 Posted December 24, 2005 Sorry to keep posting, if you are all getting bored with our naive cack handed questions please tell us to shut up! Had a bad afternoon fitting fuel pump and inertia switch (damaged wiring loom) but that is another story, the manual again is of limited help. Our inertia switch is not the one shown in the manual,(and neither is the fuel pump nor filter but hey ho! it has a red button at the top and doesn't fit the connector on the loom, picture below. OK, so I can cut the connector off, but it has two wires not three and there are three connectors on the bottom of the inertia switch marked NC C and NO. Anyone any ideas of the wiring to this? Quote
steppenwolf Posted December 24, 2005 Posted December 24, 2005 NC=Normally Closed NO=Normally Open C=Common You connect the two wires from the loom to NC and C thus making a 'closed' circuit! Quote
timandchris Posted December 24, 2005 Author Posted December 24, 2005 Brilliant - thanks very much, guess we'll leave doing it 'til boxing day otherwise 'er indoors (my wife, Chrissy's mum) will probably have a bit of a moan! Quote
steppenwolf Posted December 24, 2005 Posted December 24, 2005 Hope it all goes well. The connectors in the base of the unit are quite small and not that substantial so treat with respect but still ensure that your female 'spades' make a good firm connection. Quote
Mike H Posted December 28, 2005 Posted December 28, 2005 Ring parts and ask for the other type of switch. Mike Quote
timandchris Posted December 28, 2005 Author Posted December 28, 2005 It's fitted now thanks to the advice from Steve above. Thanks again Quote
nikpro Posted December 28, 2005 Posted December 28, 2005 timandchris, was looking at your build site and am impressed- I always like to watch builds progressing! Inoticed you said you had problems with fuel pump and filter location; is there any reason why you haven't used the Westfield filter bracket? Also, I mounted the pump on the crossmember below the diff using rivnuts, I found this gave the best run for the fuel pipes. Quote
timandchris Posted December 29, 2005 Author Posted December 29, 2005 Hi Fraser, thanks for your post, there were several reasons why we couldn't easily fit it like that, my filter and pump are different to yours, the pump has it's indent for it's bracket in a position that makes it really hard to mount and still (a) reach the wires (b) be able to mount anywhere © not have dangling too low. This means the fuel pipe comes out to the offside a fair way and so thought that putting it where you have would mean a really tortuos route. Though that said I am not overly happy and may redo the whole lot! By the way I have used your pictures a lot, and had seen the ones above before we did our fuel system Quote
timandchris Posted December 29, 2005 Author Posted December 29, 2005 Hi Fraser another question for you, I see you have the same Zetec gear stick fitting that I have, did you manage to get the engine gearbox in without taking the gear linkage off and refitting it? Quote
KerryS Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 Tim and chris My linkage was different with shorter lever. I did try to take it off but gave up and persisted with it on. If it's not too late, that is engine not in yet, I recommend you place the panel where the gearlever will be, in position, hold it from the top and draw round the inside of the chassis frame from underneath.. This will give you a point of reference for the hole when you come to fit the panel. Unless of course yours is precut? Kerry Quote
nikpro Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 Engine and gearbox went in with the gear linkage on, I placed a piece of wood under the front aluminium panel to stop it denting that if it hit. You have to push down on the gearbox as you push the engine back into the chasis, then when the front of the engine is clear of the front chasis rail jack the gearbox up with a trolley jack. I was worried about the engine fitting as I had only 3hrs to do it in (Hired a van to collect engine and didn't have space to store it) but it went in pretty easily. Your Fuel pump is the same as mine, I've just cut away some of the rubber which enables you to locate it more to the nearside and the bracket bends to give clearance and stops the pump hanging to low; the rear of the chasis 'kicks up' so the pump is not the lowest point anyway. These are pics Westfield sent me - Quote
timandchris Posted December 29, 2005 Author Posted December 29, 2005 OK, engine in, took the entire family of one small bloke (me) one digruntled wife ('er indoors) and three daughters.... All looks okish except.... the gearbox to propshaft linkage which only seems to have a couple of threads showing? these do seem to be studs with bots at both end so I could release some length from the other end, but if any of you have pictures or advice of what we are aiming at then gratefully received. Quote
KerryS Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 Well done! Guess I was too late with the tip on the cover plate! I did say getting the prop shaft on was tough. You'll need to work the coupling up the studs untill you can get all the nuts to bite, then go round sequentially to draw it up the studs. Kerry Quote
timandchris Posted December 29, 2005 Author Posted December 29, 2005 ok thanks , but i am right that the gearbox mounting studs do go through the forwardmost pair of holes in the plate underneath the tunnell? I can't see how I can get them into the rearmost holes? Quote
KerryS Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 Is it Zetec and MT75 box? If so ...hang on a mo I'll nip out and have a look...................................................................................... ....................... brrr.. -3 degrees out there. Yep. If as above then forward pair. Kerry Quote
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