Couple more from a few hours tidying up and tinkering

Would have fitted the clutch and flywheel too had I remembered to put it in the car.

More essentials

Last couple of bits ready for tomorrow's session.

So it all kicked off today.

Sump off and new oil pick up on.

New G60 flywheel

New cambelt, damper and water pump

And well, in the hole

Not bad for a day's work.

Reckon I could've probably achieved that in a week.

Reckon I could've probably achieved that in a week.

As a side note my car is a 2003 with ABS and had a speed sensor in the gearbox (not a dummy).

Be interesting to see if my speedo works or if I can adapt my dash to use the ABS signal.

Guess there's no sensor on the box that's just gone in?

I could swap the sensor, it has a dummy one in it but the wiring for it is part on the engine harness on the 1.4.

Ah, that's good; so you can hardwire the sensor output up to the clocks if it can't be made to play nicely with just ABS speed input.

Moved along with this very quick!! Looks awesome! Good job ross

This almost makes me want to buy a saloon. Absolutely awesome this, those wheel trims seem to work so well for it too

Few more pics from this morning.

Ibiza loom and pipe work now in the engine bay.

Donkey back in

Kinda get the idea now

Edited 10 September, 20169 yr by Tech1e

Looking good! I wish I was as capable as you are in the car department, I can't believe how quickly you seem to work.

It's taken me all day today near enough to delete the egr and remove the egr cooler on my BKD Octavia! Lol

Edited 10 September, 20169 yr by AshVrs

Looking good! I wish I was as capable as you are in the car department, I can't believe how quickly you seem to work.

It's taken me all day today near enough to delete the egr and remove the egr cooler on my BKD Octavia! Lol

Many years of practice.

Just caught up with this. All coming along nicely

Just the one photo from this morning.

Pretty much there tbh. Just waiting on the ECU. That and decided to pressure test the cooling system and the heater matrix pipes are leaking where they go into the car. This connection is a known ball ache. I fitted new pipes and seals too when the engine was out and double checked the seals hadn't pinched but looks like they have. Balls. The 1.4 connection is actually a lot better than the 1.8 so might look at adapting that. Not a great deal of room due to the turbo though.

Oh well, it will get sorted in the end.

Just the one photo from this morning.

Pretty much there tbh. Just waiting on the ECU. That and decided to pressure test the cooling system and the heater matrix pipes are leaking where they go into the car. This connection is a known ball ache. I fitted new pipes and seals too when the engine was out and double checked the seals hadn't pinched but looks like they have. Balls. The 1.4 connection is actually a lot better than the 1.8 so might look at adapting that. Not a great deal of room due to the turbo though.

Oh well, it will get sorted in the end.

That's why I bypassed mine lol, such a stupid design, you can chop the original Fabia one down and add some 90degree silicone hose off it, but like you say it's very tight, close to the actuator

Pretty much there tbh. Just waiting on the ECU. That and decided to pressure test the cooling system and the heater matrix pipes are leaking where they go into the car. This connection is a known ball ache. I fitted new pipes and seals too when the engine was out and double checked the seals hadn't pinched but looks like they have. Balls. The 1.4 connection is actually a lot better than the 1.8 so might look at adapting that. Not a great deal of room due to the turbo though.

Oh well, it will get sorted in the end.

 

I have the 1.4 MPI metal connection that takes rubber hoses, then some universal 90deg bends. As you say though, very little room. I was worried that the actuator would rub on them but fingers crossed its been good for 14k or what ever I'm up to now

I have the 1.4 MPI metal connection that takes rubber hoses, then some universal 90deg bends. As you say though, very little room. I was worried that the actuator would rub on them but fingers crossed its been good for 14k or what ever I'm up to now

Exactly what I had in mind. Wish I hadn't forked out £45 for the genuine pipes now, cest la vie.

Edited 17 September, 20169 yr by Tech1e

Awesome what did you do with abs module Ross swap Ibiza item and reconfigure the pipes?

Awesome what did you do with abs module Ross swap Ibiza item and reconfigure the pipes?

No, left my original on there with all of the original pipes.

No, left my original on there with all of the original pipes.

Can you adapt the connectors then, as mine was completely different, from pre facelift Fabia, to facelift Ibiza

Can you adapt the connectors then, as mine was completely different, from pre facelift Fabia, to facelift Ibiza

Mine was exactly the same. 03 chassis Fabia and 04 chassis Ibiza.

Mine was exactly the same. 03 chassis Fabia and 04 chassis Ibiza.

Damn that's lucky mine was 02 to 06

Edited 18 September, 20169 yr by TrevorB33