My "Special" toy

arty64 · Post by **arty64** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:44 pm

keep up the work,its looking great,well done,dont let that boss keep you away from your project for to long,looking forward to more pics.

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:00 pm

Got the grey all back together today to see how well she runs,
before I put too much effort into painting her up.

Because the EK is still on its side it made a little hard to fit.
So we sat her on the garage floor added all the bits, radiator, gearbox, exhaust and 'diet coke' fuel tank.

This is what we ended up with........

She started first try and purred like a kitten

Just a little smokey, maybe rings

FB MAD · Post by **FB MAD** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:14 pm

Be carefull using Diet Coke as fuel

.

Should be using Regular Leaded Coke!!

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:16 pm

Thommo · Post by **Thommo** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:15 pm

Good stuff EKSPCL

What wiring is required to run a motor on its own?
Being able to test run mine now, might save some headaches later

Cheers
Jeff

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:36 pm

Just put power to the coil and to the starter motor. (the 2 jumper leads in the pic)

Earth to the motor. (the earth cable that normally runs to the battery)

Make sure you have fuel (diet coke in my case, but apparently leaded coke works better)

Then bridge the starter motor where your ignition attatches with a screw driver.

Remembering you can't tell if the motor is overheating

so don't run for too long just incase.

And if blow yourself up it's your own fault not mine

Thommo · Post by **Thommo** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:46 pm

Thanks for the tips

FB MAD · Post by **FB MAD** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:31 pm

In addition to what EKSPL has said,

Try and get another person to hold the motor as well especially on startup as they can fall over on you( has happened to me

) when the torque reaction to revving happens.

Try and chock the motor to help stop it falling over or build a crude frame or whatever.

Basically to startup on floor you are just copying the same wiring and startup procedure that happens in the engine bay.

In the cold weather we have ATM you could get away with 1 or 2 minutes of running without water in the engine at all before it would start to get too hot.

With the setup as EKSPL has as is with water in cooling system you could get away with at least 5 minutes of running ( with water pump not working) or with water pump/generator/cooling fan setup and working and as EKSPL has it, you could get away with near indefinate running as it would be basically the same as it is setup in a running car.

I always floor start an engine before fitting as it allows me to get an idea if an engine is any good BEFORE I go to all the trouble of fitting and THEN find that the engine isn't any good ( yep, done that as well

).

Thommo · Post by **Thommo** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:28 pm

I have my motor sitting on a homemade trolley with wheels.
The motor is attached by the engine mounts.
It should be perfect

J · Post by J » Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:38 pm

didnt know u could run an engine on coke

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:53 am

J wrote:didnt know u could run an engine on coke

J, please tell me you know there is petrol in the can, not coke

, Trev

.

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:32 pm

No, it really was diet coke

I promise

lulu · Post by **lulu** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:42 pm

Damn leaves me out, no Coke for me, I'm a pepsi max gal

J · Post by J » Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:36 pm

well last time i checked petrol was pretty transparent: not all black

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:56 pm

Here's this weekends efforts....

I rolled it back onto its feet to make it easier to work on the inside of the floor.

Is this too low

Bit more welding to fix-up my crap 'beginners' welds.
You really notice how bad your first welds were when you look
back over them a couple of months later

Bare metal "no rust" ,finally

drivers side floor...

Rust converted driver's side floor.....

Fish oiled driver's side floor....

Welded in a new rear passengers side floor (much improved welding)

Very happy with this weekends efforts, finally some good progress.
Now to do the passenger's front floor.
This will only be the front corner near the pillar(hopefully

).
Then rust converter and fish oil to this side.
Rust kill enamel the whole floor, then sound deadener.
If the rust gets in then it can have the thing