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#3321379
Update 25th January - 1st Feb, Part 2

As the front end was being re-built on the car I also started to do the many jobs needed to the Rear subframe.

Mostly this ment replacing worn items and making things look pretty!

But first, lets have a pointless picture

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ooo look, I tapped some more holes :D

and another pointless photo, here is a ARB drop link all powder coated and polybushed

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aint it pretty?

things like this make my man sausage move

*cough*

where was I?


OK... time to pop the newly painted rocker cover back on the engine!

I didn't spend much time on this, I'm on a budget now, both money and time. A properly detailed one like the civic guys have (with artwork on it) is on my shopping list for next year anyway... I just wanted it all one colour!

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fantastic picture there showing off the Denso Coilpacks and Dans epic wiring!

time to cover it up

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the plug cover didn't get any treatment... Carbon Fiber ones are so Cheap that I shall probebly fit one of them next year anyway

Now time to tackel the belt

this was a must change, as if you recall from the start of the project, the engine was so badly mounted it kind of killed the old belt!

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however there is now loads of room

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forgive the rusty pullys, I didn't have time to paint them and Alloy ones are £500 :(

old belt off

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pully was STRONG

new belt on

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oddly the belt only goes on 1 way... I tried for ages to get it on the other way, it must be formed in the factory or something. It was a genuine honda part so its a bit odd really!


I now have this mounted on my garage wall as a monument to the Fail of the previous owner


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Next job was to replace the thermostat and housing

While taking the engine to woodsport it kind of fell over.... my fault for not strapping it down very well, (It wasn't mikeknights driving... honest)

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old and new!

however something became rather obvious

see that lovely engine mount paul made me?

well see the hose that runs to the bottom coolant rail

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doh

so I had to nock something up really

one look at this

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and this

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convinced me that the coolant pipes were in need of attention

random note, now that I've re-done the coolant pipes the only conversion parts left unaltered or replaced from the previous owner are; the gear selector cables and the driveshafts!

so the evening of measuring and cutting began!


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quick 90 left to doge the subframe,

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into a 120 right to pass below the engine mount

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and a long 90 (tightens) into the under car pipe

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I realize the random Rally drivers pace notes was not strictly neccisary there, but I've just been watching the monte carlo rally, and I think it's rubbed off on me :lol:

now chuck in some samco goodness to replace the cracked rubber and your there!

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I realize they are blue, but red was a back order of 20 days I didn't have... also I will be changing the lay out anyway once the fuel tank moves ;) so this is almost a stop gap

Hope you like! cause in the next episode these subframes are going back in the car :D
#3321380
Update! Saturday 28th January 2012... How I've waited for this day!

Well the 2 weeks of late nights (that dragged into early mornings) paid off... Morning dawned bright and early with a semi warm sun out. And it was time to Get the parts I've been building and hoarding and modifying for the past year - back where they belong! On my CAR!

After 3 and a half hours sleep I was up bright and early and was greeted by this sight as I moved the shell forward and opened the garage door for the first time in 3 months...

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very arty :D

and because it's all going back together it's now time for you to see some serious TF PORN!

Built up Front suspension:

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needed some nipping up done to nuts and bolts... what do you use to hold up a newly painted subframe?

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wanna see it with the wheels on? do yah! DO YOU?!

ok

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:D oh yes... my man sausage is moving again... I swear if i hadn't been there John and Dan would have humped it....

oh yes

Dan and John Smith turned up again, top mates :D getting the front subframe out on my own was a pig... getting it in with 2 mates was a right laugh

"Well we wouldn't let you put it together with out us!"

lets get it in the car!

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I'll shut up and let you enjoy some gratuitous shots

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need a cold shower after this little lot!!!!!


anyway, Front subframe in

Time for the back!

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The shell decends on the K20A box of fun!

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Sooooo Close!

Literally.... infact it was touching

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It's ok though.... I modified this to fit using my own uniquely gifted approach and general soft touch :err:

as the light began to fade we jiggled her into place....

The car now had 2 subframes and was well on its way!!!

The Vital Statistics

Time gone so far this day: 8:30am-5pm 8.5hrs
Bacon Buns consumed: 18
Brews downed: 30+
Rounds of laughter: Numerous
Fart Jokes: Many
Number of Jobs left to do to make her run: Not many ;)



Anyway it was dark now, so an all out effort got the car back in the garage (see pictures 1 and 2 to realise how far we came in a short space of time... that garage was full of parts 8 hours earlier... now it's got a CAR in it)

First of all, a few shots of the clearance on the rear strutbrace

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I doubt Mr Woods could have done better if he had the car with him! this should mean it's a valid mod for other TF drivers with a Rover as opposed to Honda K series :) (it might foul the ECU bracket but I don't think so)

Note the above shots show the Lushious wiring loom going into the boot!

Where we got busy wireing

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at this point it was getting late and I was VERY tired... still we were close to testing the new loom, I crawled under the car and tried to get the main live on the Starter motor (note not in a pointless box anymore)

This was pretty hard at the best of times... when your sleep deprived its near impossible

as I climbed out from under the car to go get more brews I stood up, went to walk towards the garage door and promptly fell over

I think this shows just how tired I was by this point... but were were so close to a dry test fire




anyway a few action shots of doing things up and putting on sensors

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No idea why I've got a picture of the back of Johns head there... no worries he has a very nice head so why not?

anyway

The all important check list

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And my laptop for the K-Pro Software (for the Hondata stand alone ECU)

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Time too hook the battery up!

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It'd been a while!!!

some how I got a surge of energy here....

First turn of the key and Dan's pages and pages of notes (many written on my garage floor btw) paid off

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dash lights!

So with no fuel lines it was time to try a dry start.

Custom Loom

Nut and bolt re-build

Builder Half asleep

Wireing gurus that have never played with a K20a engine

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Should I have worried!!!! First Turn of the ket and she cranked over!!!!

If a Smile could light up a town i'd have ran Billingham at that point!

Then just as I was about to take my mates for a well deserved beer John says "Whats left to make it fire up then"

I went.... well its got electrics and it needs 3 fuel lines, shes got oil... better check the spark

it was just too much... we HAD to hear her run before we went to catch last orders!

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on went the fuel hoses... and we whipped a HKS spark plug out to check the spark

all seemed well







I turned the key







nothing


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The battery was flat!


Thankfully we got a T series Turbo Rover 25 as a generator


and first turn of the key all of a sudden I wasn't tired anymore


Dan later said "A car with no exhaust after the manifold sat on tick over wasn't as loud as adam screaming like a little kid"

High 5s all round and a VERY well deserved pint on me all round :D

what a Day!
#3321381
Update! The week Leading up to the 4th of February 2012

Were getting back to real time now with the thread!

These pictures show some more battling on with the TF. I was in the garage for many a late night and early morning and pictures aren't of the usual quality. But the next update will make up for that!

OK, First up, The wiring was fed into the boot and tidied up. I have now narrowed down what wires as useless and just left overs from the TF loom.

Thanks to Dans efforts dropping the engine will now be much easier

Before:

Unclip 6 plugs (3 of them just pointless)
Remove Broken Earth strap
Remove starter motor wire from a box screwed to the air filter bracket
Pretend not to notice that the 2 wires coming out the box going to the starter motor and the alternator are in fact house insulating wire.
Cut 16 wires
Remove 3 feet of electrical tape and push some "stuff" pretending to be a loom through a bulk head.
Pretend not to notice some of it has been on fire

After:
Undo 2 plugs and feed through buck head
Remove Earth Strap
Unbolt Starter motor wire

All thats a way of showing this pic

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which is where the loom disappears into the boot (where the ECU is)


Job 2 was a bit unnecessary but after reading too many Jap tuning mags I decided a wire tuck was in order. So this bit of OEM loom which carrys the ABS sensor wire, the wires for the now binned evap canister and the engine bay fan + temp sensor. Is now tucked behind the heat matting for the boot :) just looks nicer and draws the eye more to my lovely strut brace!

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I now Tidied things up with string

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Don't worry I've not gone mad!

This just allowed me to rout things in the engine bay to make sure I cleared bits I needed to work on and I didn't want to fowl.. like the gear selector cables

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which are now attached... hows that for a seamless link!

As you may be able to see the Samco hoses I'm using as a temporary measure are now in place... and routed to the under car coolant lines

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I do apologize for the naff pictures but i was very tired and It's hard to see... they clear the subframe but only just. They are only temporary as said but i believe they are safe and do the job well without rubbing. And lets face it they are a big improvement on what they replaced!

Too round off the coolant lines I did these ones up

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bad pic again sorry!

After pondering this I have realized how stupidly unnecessary these hoses are* so they are on my "to bin list"... one of the last bits of the old car as well.

anyway

Random shot of the coolant return feed from the expansion tank... another pointless hose which will be binned by the time I am done.

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Thats the coolant hoses sorted!

Driveshaft time.

I managed to loose the cup for the short shaft on the TF, not sure how... so I had to re-build the shaft with a new Cup from a donor Civic Shaft.

My old shaft

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sat next to a Civic Type R shaft

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Strip Civic Shaft

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and then

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put it back together (which I forgot to take a pic of! doh!!! but it's just a driveshaft lol)

next job was to work out a new location for the oil filter

The previous place was right smack bang on top of a glowing hot exhaust manifold and that just wouldn't do. The kit thats been used as a remote filter jobbie is frankly terrible but as funds are short I'm re-using it. It holds Oil pressure fine so it will do.

Thankfully it fell rather nicly to hand where the evap canister used to go (it speaks volumes of the previous owner that he didn't even bin a useless evap canister that was plugged into nothing anyway! Maybe I'm just a bit tidier)

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2 Bolts and nyloc nuts secured that and I re-fit the expansion tank... lovely

Time for the sexy bit

the Exhaust!!!

Flexi goes here

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exhaust goes there

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Smokin sweet tunes come out here....

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At this point basically everything went wrong... MG-Rover.org already know the saga of one issue after another... tune in next time to find out kids!




*OK the coolant system... This is something thats really annoyed me about this car. Call it my tidy nature but enough is enough it's just silly.

Great lengths have obviously been taken to keep the original MG-TF expansion tank. And I can sort of see why, It has a mounting bracket and It falls easily to hand to top up.

But.

It's just silly!

All of the coolant hoses on the civic engine fall gearbox (left) side and all but one are at the front (Inlet on a K20) side of the engine.

So why snake 2 hoses to the Rear, Right of the car!

The expansion tank could have been mounted over the gearbox on the left of the engine where the airbox bracket was. this would have maintained the expansion tank as the high point of the system, would have shortened all the hoses by around 5 meters and would have had the added benefit of making the system much easier to bleed. The one and only downside is that the engine access hatch would need to come off to top the bottle up. Well thats no big deal as you need the hatch off to check the oil anyway!

I will be sorting this in due corse when funds allow the purchase of some silicone hose.

Rant OFF.
#3321382
Update Saturday 4th of February 2012

This is a big one!

Before we get onto the pictures I'll set the scene a bit

After the triumph of firing the car up and then getting the exhaust on I began to have problems.... allot of them.

Problem 1

The suspension didn't seem to fit, I was worried the darn thing was fouling on the new subframe... not good. I wasn't sure though as I was so tired at this point I was having trouble walking into the house on a night. I needed the car ready for work the next week! (a bit of a tall order)

Problem 2

As you may remember I had to move the exhaust manifold around abit... choppy choppy here and grindy grindy there ment it now fit past the subframe.

As with any engine conversion (especially when working with limited tools and even more limited knowledge!) it wasn't that easy. I hadn't taken into account the supported shaft :( This is the long drive shaft that is placed into the gearbox and then bolted to the engine, the inner CV then sits up agains where it is bolted onto the engine. A much better (and newer) design than MG used on their shafts.

The exhaust now fouled on the driveshaft :( this meant a good re-think. I got very annoyed and hit the exhaust with my biggest and best hammer... but in the end I had to cut it and step it about 8mm to the back of the car. I didn't know if that would work going into this update as my mate was doing the welding.

Problem 3

The Inlet manifold was resting on the bulk head to the fuel tank. I figured it would make it's own hole if it needed to... but that was sleep deprivation talking. This needed sorting.

Problem 4

The Steering rack wasn't on as I'd lost the mounts for it :slap: so that was to do.

Problem 5

I had binned the privious owners mess of a clutch line, and now the engine was in the slave cylinder was a nightmare to get to... that was going to be fun

Problem 6

The new coolant system was leaking like a sive




This list went on. I was a bit fed up with the car if I'm honest and generally was ready to sack it all off... It was costing way too much money and I was exhausted.

A bit of a tantrum ensued and I went on MG-Rover.org to throw my toys out the pushchair! Ready to sack it all off as a mental Idea I should never have had.

This queued a flood of responses from everyone in the F/TF section of the forum. No way was this lot ready to let me give up!

One of the other truly crazy modders on there and a good mate Jon Norris* said he'd come up and help. Another John who I'd never met said he'd be there to help and so did my great and dependable mate MikeKinght... naturally The Smithys weren't going to miss this and even people who couldn't hold a spanner said they would be there to make the Tea!

With this sort of support I got a good nights sleep (6 whole hours!) and bought as much bacon as I thought I could feed people.


The next morning dawned and after setting off at 5.30 am (the crazy muppet) Jon Norris Arrived at 8:30 to start work. He put up a gazebo outside my garage to put tools in and I made the bacon sarnies and Coffee... Cue the music!



Problem 1

Here's Mr Norris confirming the suspension does fit... I was just being silly.

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"how tired were you?"

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We had to slacken off the camber atms... they put up a fight

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Good job my bro (Graham-MGZR) was having a lie down and could rest his feet on the vice!

MikeKnight Turned up as did John, owner of the 'spit' easily the coolest Metro I've ever seen that doesn't have a V6 in the boot! (It has a VVC K Series in the Front though which is almost as cool ;)

Mike Started taking photos and 20 minuets after I first met John he had a Bacon Buttie in one hand and a spanner in the other Problem 4 gradually fixed

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He's under there somewhere putting my steering rack on!

Mindy Turned up to give some moral support and made a brew :D

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She did however distract the workforce... I whipped them into shape!

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It didn't work :p me and Jon cracked on while SOME people drank tea

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This seemed to galvanized John back into work, mike wasn't motivated by my management style, he had a lie down instead (Are you confused by all the Johns/Jons yet? we were)

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This seemed like a Great way to work, so I joined him while cracking on with problem 2! Mr Lee Olver (who helped do some welding on my bearings with me if you remember) was on his way to drop the manifold off so I had to "fettle" the rest of the system

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Space was a bit err "tight"

While I was down there the Gearbox Oil got topped up, I was lucky really there is a hole in the TF subframe right where the filler plug is.

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And for good measure it soon became apparent why the coolant was leaking and where from! I'd missed 2 clips when putting the system together... 2 new clips and a pressure test from Jon soon sorted this and that was Problem 6 sorted

At this point my brother got hold of the camera and went a bit happy snappy so I'll let you enjoy some random pics!!!

general carnage brought to Billingham

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MikeKnights TF... I love this car, It's just gorgeous in every detail and has had some serious time and attention to detail put into it.

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Back to Work!

Space was tight, but me and Jon built up the suspension on both sides of the car. Amazing how things fit when your not half asleep!

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Work continued on the Steering Rack... It would have been easier to re-drop the subframe in hindsight

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meanwhile, at the back of the car

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I think this gives a true scale of the amount of work been done, there was stuff happening all over. Mindy reckons we were like a F1 pit crew only with more laughter! (and once the lady had left allot more swearing!)

Jon's Truck was steadily releasing more and more tools

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And John figured that lying down malarky was a new trend or something and figured he'd give it a go

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The look of concentration....

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The look of hyperthermia...

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Did I mention it was close to freezing? :lol:

I worry about my brother taking pictures of my mates arses...

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Really does show how little room we had (and thats the roomy side!)

It Started to get a bit cold and a bit darker but it didn't stop us all from having a right laugh!

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Not sure whats happening here

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Dualing Magazine articles: Jon Won

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More work! I like this picture... It shows working been done all over the garage and my lovely subframe and shiny parts!

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Jon Got his big tool out

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Graham-MGZR carried on with the sneeky pictures

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Hmm... the temperature has defiantly dropped...

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Figures... year long build on a Convertible Sports Car and the day its likely to run it freaking snows! Well we are men and men care not for such things.

Some Rough Luck Racing home made ball joint locator tabs being made.

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The snow began to lay thick and fast... It soon covered my next project

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My mum by the way was pretty calm when I brought a skyline home and stuck it in the garden... I think my hobby has finally driven her to prozac... or drinking heavily during the day.

Not sure what we are doing here but I look like im up to something

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Oh dear

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Ahh... here is the exhaust manifold!

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And heres Dan Smith ready to help fit it and get the wireing tested on a proper run

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Thank god the Manifold Fit (I did some Bodgery and some Fettleing but I made it fit and it works until I can save up and get a good system made) Problem 2 solved

Right so the car now Had:

Steering Rack
Rear Suspension
Driveshafts
Gearbox Oil
Exhaust
My Wireing Guru on standby

we were ready to fire it up in Neural and listen to the sweet sounds of the V-TEC

Graham-MGZR celebrated by hob nobbing John Norris

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Afterwards Jon had a fag and we connected the battery

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Laptop ready... terrified TF owner Ready... lets fire it up

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And she ran sweet as a nut first turn of the key!

The noise was loud enough it caused a minor avalanche

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It was getting late now (9pm ish) and it was time for Dan, John and Lee to get home (Dan and John especially didn't want to get caught in the snow) and my brother went out with his Mrs.

That left me and Jon to entertain ourselves.

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Well he looks happy enough

This is us sorting problem 5 the clutch line.

In the end Mr Norris climbed ontop of the engine bay and removed the slave cylinder enough to get the line off and make a new one. I have a picture on my phone of how tight this was I shall add soon!

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Bit Tight!...


UPDATE! 5th February 2012 - Yep it's past midnight

New line being made

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In the mean time I chucked the brakes back on

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Note the Rusty Upper arm... my polybush didn't fit in the powder coated one, so It's been sent off to polybush to work out why. I can then re-fit it.

Steeing wheel on

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And Front Brakes

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they need a lick of paint but things like that I will do when i know she runs

Jon carried on with the Clutchline and I tried to Tidy up a bit!

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Note my new dash, you will get to see that soon!

She Gained a Front bumper at some point... my brother almost put it on (5 screws out of 9 and 0 bolts out of 2 but he tried bless him).

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Almost looks like a car... at this point I was VERY excited

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she sat on 4 wheels for the first time in 6 months!


40 minuets later the clutch and Brakes were all bled... we were pretty tired I don't mind admitting and it took us a while...

I started the car and snicked it into 1st... pulled the clutch up, the clutch engaged quite aggressively which we put down to the difference in bore between the Civic Slave Cylinder and the TF master cylinder. It actually felt pretty good...

and the car drove out the garage into the snow!

Jon Norris Got a Little Video and I hope he will get that uploaded for us all.

There are still a few obvious issues. One being a major knocking from the engine bay and another being the lack of reverse. But otherwise all very good!


Another Update to follow soon.




*A mobile mechanic traveling all over the contry doing Head Gasket repair with his comapny Rough Luck Racing. Jon Norris can take on any sort of MG service and repair and has had his Car Featured in many Magazines. If you have a MG, Rover or Land Rover and need any work carried out then please do get in touch with him http://www.roughluckracing.com/ he's a good mate and will save you money!
#3321383
Update - Miscellaneous

I wanted this quote to be a permanent part of my project thread...

To get to this point has been an effort the likes of which I have never felt before. With my daily drive blowing an engine and money low I have been under huge pressure, and it took it's toll. Even my First week on the wards as a Student nurse wasn't as hard as the past few weeks have been.
A very good friend of mine sums up the day she drove for the first time and the moment itself better than I ever could.

This was written on MG-Rover.org in reply to the praise my mate got for his super human effort. Please read on...



[QUOTE=Jon Norris;4838034]JESUS you lot have been busy on here,.....thanks guys for the thankyou's but it for a mate and the adventure

Have you ever seen someones face look like they had won the lottery jackpot every week for a year.... I HAVE

The early hours of the middle of last night, Adam was totally dead on his feet, ok we knew it would start but would all that had been done in a day make it move

The last few bits seemed to take longer and longer, the so called easy bit like connecting the clutch line, errr nooo...bespoke MG to Honda pipe fitted through a hole half the size of your hand ........NOW BLEED IT....lolol

But what a buzz watching it roll out for the first time in to 3-4 inches of snow...lol


Everyone there was totally amazing it was more of an F1 garage than a bunch of mates, just a constant production line of little jobs slowly being ticked off one by one

thanks to Adams Mum for putting up with me and supplying tea, coffee and chilli

good luck with the tweaks Adam :)

I got to bed about 5am this morning with a well earned 3hrs sleep and out to do a HGF that turned out to have a never ending list of bits needed

God I need my bed...lol[/QUOTE]

Jon left his home at 5:30, got to bed at 5:00 the next day. We did 8:45am to 1:00am the next day without a brake, we ate and drank coffee as we worked. It's one of the best days of my life, I'll never forget it.
#3321384
UPDATE! 5th February 2012 - Later that day

We may have finished around 2am but that was no excuse for me not starting the next day to get more done to the car!

Jon Norris got home after a nearly 24 hour day and dropped me a text to egg me on.

So the work continued... and not much got done

The interior came out the loft

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And I got her Fired up on all four wheels so I could get reverse sorted

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2.0 liters and 200+bhp pushes a fair bit of air!

something soon became obvious

there was something very very wrong

If you have a look at this picture

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you will see some serious camber on the drivers side rear wheel.

Ignorning it for now I shut the car off and worked front to rear on the car...

Bumper was put on properly and all the suspension was nipped up

Brakes were re-tested and bled a little more

and I then got the back end up in the air

1 look confirmed my worse fears.... it seems the driveshafts didn't fit!


This was a new low

After all the work the day before, the one remaining part of the original conversion that I hadn't had to bin and change had now let me down!!!

The MoT was cancelled and I got throughly drunk.



Update - Later that week

I was now properly fed up. I would have been way better off not buying a converted car. I've had to replace every part of the "conversion" at greater cost in some cases than if I had just started from scratch. I was also out of money and in need of a daily drive to get to work!

Thoughts of scrapping the project and selling the engine came into my mind.

MG-Rover.org were having non of that! Offers of cars to lend came in thick and fast and I'm now using a lovely Gold MGF lent from Mindy (saving grace here).

Conversations with Mr Paul Woods at Woodsport seems to confirm my thoughts and I will be out in the garage tomorrow to test the end float on the shafts... It looks like they will both be binned and new ones made.

Thanks to MG-Rover.orgs fantastic support I wont be giving in, this is another expensive set back. But it won't be the end of the project thanks to .org!

I had to sell the suspension set up but I'll be saving for a new alternative (Gaz Golds or Avo hight adjustable will be the best choice to dial the ride high in) as soon as possible. It's all down to money really.

The good news Is a throttle body is in the post to sort the broken throttle body position sensor. So I can get you all a proper start up and run video asap!
#3321385
Update!!! - January and February 2012

This is kind of a pointless update really, but I'm not feeling well and just downloaded a few pictures from my phone (which I don't do very often!) and thought I would share them with you!

First of all, this came from Rimmer Bros the other day!

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Not the most exciting package I've had off them (it was certainly the cheapest!) it's quite important as the parts in the warpers mean that once the Driveshafts are sorted the car should be 100% ready for MoT! :D

This is a good time to say thanks to Rimmers, I've used them for all the TREs and Ball Joints (that they sell) as well as all my bearings and loads of other bits for this project... always had great customer service which isn't the case with some companies I've used along the way!

I also found these little gems of Sophie my ex gf being put to great use in the workshop!!!

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and yes if she knew I'd put pictures on the internet of her with her hair up and in overalls I WOULD be dead... :evil:


Also do you remember me saying the clutch line was a bit of a pig to do?

well hows this for excellent access!

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for scale reference the rubber pipes on the right of the picture are 32mm across which is about with width of an smallish remote control :lol: got to love engine conversions!

more to come when I get over my man flu (sniff)
#3321386
Update: 3rd May 2012

I've had a few very busy (and so far productive) days on the TF of late.

Importantly it now revs past 2.5K rpm (which it didn't before due to a broken TPS)

with a new throttle body fitted (£160 lighter!) she now runs sweet to the red line... so I thought I'd treat the patient (Kameleon), the faithful (all thoes who have helped) and the ever annoying and badgering (Rover-25X and BRM_Ski! :p) who all wanted a video of the worlds First K20A2 MG-TF V-TEC.

enjoy

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More pictures to follow, I'm trying to figure out what pictures are worth posting as lots has happened but it doesn't look like anything has happened! :lol:

were close now!
#3321753
PH47MF wrote::clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
thanks, took me flipping hours to edit it for CTRO.co.uk by the ways :D lol but im getting help off this forum and the members seem top notch so i hope you all like the thread and the car!
dandemoraliser wrote:Impressive that!

Well done.

But dear god that's a LOT of rust!
thanks! it's not been easy but the finish line is in sight (3 weeks at most)

there WAS a lot of rust ;) lol thats why i went to town on the running gear i didn't want a 1 off car that was rusty on the important bits

she's clean as a whistle now!
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samidbs wrote:Did you know that Honda make a car called the S2000 ?

:lol:

Fair play to you alot of work gone in to that :salut:

Thats face it you can make any shi? car good with a K20
I know mate :) and i love the S2000, but i can't afford one (i've built this car on my own with a few mates for less than what a early high milage S2000 would cost

not only that but the TF handles like a bloody dream, there is allot to be said for mid engined RWD :)
civictyper45 wrote:nice project bud :thumbup:
thanks :D i'm having a really odd revving issue now :( going to get a video up see if i can pin it down
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This is an awesome thread! good luck finishing the build, I cant wait to hear when it's on the road.

Is the odd reving at idle? if the idle goes up and down the Idle Air Control Valve (IACV) in the throttle body is probably stuck. Quite common if the engine has not been usef for a long time.
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thanks gobbledygook

the revving issue is very very odd

the thing is idleing at 2000+ rpm then will dip randomly to 1200 and then back up to 2000+ where it sits

i can't work it out

it's just had a new TB put on it (the old one had a broken TBPS)

which sensor is the ICV? i can try cleaning it or something :D
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Adam-MGTF wrote:
gobbledygook wrote:There's a useful 'How To' here on cleaning the IAC valve:

http://www.diymyhonda.com/rsx/fix-that- ... 0505-iacv/
my bad! its actually the IAT not IAC lol... i was close!

these are the codes k-Pro is giving me

10 p0113 IAT Sensor High voltage
41 p0135 primary heated oxygen sensor (primary H02S) (sensor 1) Heater Circuit Malfunction
The IAT sensor is number 13 on this picture.

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