Monday 21 December 2009

Fuel Filter

The fuel filter I ordered arrived today. This has been fitted the chassis and connected to the fuel pump with 12mm I/D braided hose. The brackets are fixed to the chassis with two 3.2mm rivets each side and then the filter just clips in.

Photo from underneath with the fuel tank in place. Tank not connected yet.


I previously drained the old oil from the diff. The differential has now been filled with 1 litre of new oil, Comma EP38W-90 GL-5, which came from Wilco. Whilst there, I also picked up a new clutch kit for a 1.8 cvh sierra, part ref QKT742AF.

Sunday 20 December 2009

Brief Update

A few more purchases made this week.

  • VW polo radiator from Advanced Radiators , part ref VW302
  • Neodymium Disc Magnets for the speedo sensor pick up
  • And I finally found a pre-pump fuel filter with 12mm in and outlets via ebay.

My purchases are getting ahead of the build at the moment....

The plan was to tackle the side panels and cut the holes for top and bottom wishbones but it's been a tad cold this weekend!


Saturday 12 December 2009

Fuel sender

The CBR1000 sender gives approx 5 ohms for empty and 100 for full on the multimeter. I connected the speedo to the sender and found that when the sender is on full, the speedo's fuel gauge reads empty and vice versa. Bending the arm through 180 degrees means the gauge will now read the correct way round. The arm needed to be extended slightly so I used two electrical terminal connectors minus their plastic covers which would probably dissolve when immersed in fuel.


The sender has been bolted through from the inside of the tank. To stop the M6 bolts from spinning, I used a length of U-shaped aluminium section which was just the right width for the bolt heads to fit in.

Tuesday 1 December 2009

Digital Speedo

The speedometer that I ordered from Digital Speedos arrived today. Its a Koso RX2n+ with a 10k rpm range. I want to power it up on a car battery so I can check that the fuel sender I bought previously works correctly with the speedo's fuel gauge. If all ok, the sender can be attached to the tank, the tank can then be fixed down to the chassis and the hose connected to the pump.


I've also purchased a dremel drill in order to cut holes in the fibreglass side panels for the front wishbones. The holes need to be wide enough to let the wishbones and polybushes to pass through and also tall enough to allow for any suspension movement whilst the car is moving. I first need to make some cardboard templates to check that the holes are in the correct position, then the template can be transferred to the panels which will then be cut. Only one chance to get it right! Once cut, I plan to store the panels away again so that they don't get scratched whilst the car is still in it's early build stage.