General start of the abarth rebuild/1.4 16v conversion

[andys cinq]

I couldnt have that on the 1.4 as there isnt the clearance to fit the bit of pipe in between the manifold and rad hence the heat wrap on the coolant pipe

 

[fingers99]

That looks almost identical to what Aaron J333EVO had (has?) in his turbo Cinq.

The pipe Aaron used was a lot longer. And "had". It's now mine and awaiting a T Jet..............

 

[andys cinq]

here is why i couldnt have the alloy pipe just no room unless i ran it over the top and totally rerouted the pipes and as today was a totally lost day due to a bad migraine all i got done was to wash it and find the fuel gauge has packed up :bang:

 

[woj]

And "had". It's now mine and awaiting a T Jet..............

Cool! What are you waiting for? It's easy

 

[Dan]

Hope your meaning the fuel level guage not the FPR guage.

I ran with the heat wrapped coolant pipe pretty much resting on the manifold since fitting. No problems at all. Better than wrapping the manifold as that only induces rust. For and against though.

Its more the water pipe that comes from the bottom of the the 4 way bracket that is the closest. The rest are fine IMO. I also wrapped a SS cable tie around pipe to rad bracket to keep it a little further away.

 

[fingers99]

Cool! What are you waiting for? It's easy

Money, money, money! It'd be cheaper, strange as it sounds, to put a new n/a Zetec in! (I've a 1.4 n/a to build in the meantime, so I can use that to sort out the 15" wheels, chassis stiffening, rear ARB, Canems, etc. etc.)

 

[andys cinq]

Fuel gauge now sorted bad connection on the sender plug on top of the tank,just done full light check and all working,wipers,horn in fact all electrics working as they should just got to sort out the speedo as thats not doing jack,its got a new cable but ive probably not got it in the drive properly in the box or speedo head,fix it tomorrow

 

[Lecook]

Naa u don't need a speedo lol use tomtom lol that's what I've been doin for the last week lol hopfully have a speedo next week lol

 

[BlueDan]

Only legal while you finish the journey during which the speedo broke, mind you don't get pulled up for something else.

 

[Lecook]

Ahhh, well just got off the phone to andy hopefully have a new sensor in the next couple of weeks funds are short until payday on wednesday but ill get it sorted asap

 

[BlueDan]

Eh, wasn't nagging, just making you aware

 

[andys cinq]

THE ROAD VEHICLES (CONSTRUCTION AND USE) REGULATIONS 1986 (SI 1986 No. 1078)

SPEEDOMETERS
These must be fitted to all motor vehicles registered from 1 October 1937.

Speedometers must be maintained in good working order at all "material times" ie when a vehicle is used on a journey unless:

(a) a defect occurs during a journey, or
(b) steps are taken to have the equipment repaired or replaced as soon as possible. (Regulation 36 and EC Directive 75/443)


A vehicle may be rejected at its annual test if the speedometer is not fitted, or is inoperative, is not illuminated, it has a missing or broken dial glass, etc.

The requirement to fit speedometers does not extend to vehicles fitted with EU approved recording equipment (see under "Tachographs" on page 235–239).

 

[Lecook]

That makes sense buddy I can't really do anything about it at the moment tho but is high up on my todo list along with handbrake cable, pgt fronts, and a set of spax psx's

 

[ycming]

how would they test your speedo on ramp tho .

Man u got a set of spax PSX ... expensive stuff .

ming

 

[Lecook]

Na not got them yet but I've seen them for 350quid so will be ordering in a few weeks or so, along with some pgt brakes and some rubber for the abarth wheels

Lee

 

[andys cinq]

how would they test your speedo on ramp tho .

Man u got a set of spax PSX ... expensive stuff .

ming

You can see the speedo just register when its on the brake rollers and if the mot station doesnt have a brake roller set up for 4 wheel drive they do a road brake test then they will know so it can be seen but we have never bothered with ithad some cars come in and none of the dash works period

 

[blu73]

can't say i knew that, the cinq i just sold to JustAndy has never had a working speedo since i got it, passed MOT fine. I always thought it wasn't required for MOT as our Lotus when i was younger never had a working speedo either and never had issue with it.

 

[andys cinq]

i have never known of a car failing its mot due to not working but they obviously can fail it but the mot tester would have to be a real ...........

 

[andys cinq]

Just another day of doing silly bits and pieces got my amp,sub,speakers and wiring transfered from the blue cinq to the abarth and spent nearly an hour trying to get the main amp feed thru the bulkhead grommet think that has to be worst job on a cinq :bang: anyway all done and working now just got to finish off putting the freeview box in
got the angel eyes and blue lights behind the mirror glass working again had a quick look as to why the speedo isnt working and probably due to me not connecting it to the gearbox
also got the fpr mounted and held in place where i want it just got to make a bracket up tomorrow and now i have the aftermarket temp gauge working engine temp sits happily around 80c and fan cuts in at 85c so perfectly happy with that ]
also finished off putting all the interior plastic trim back in so cant find much else left to do

 

[BlueDan]

now just got to finish off putting the freeview box in

Bid up TV while you cruise? :slayer: