CJH

Couldn’t rent an engine hoist when I needed it so I bought this SGS 2 tonne (possibly overkill ) to put the engine in my new 7 so now the cars on the road of course it’s in my way. 

Hopefully I shan’t need it again so it’s up for sale. 

Chris 077 333 62024

Morning All

A quick note to everyone that gave me advice on my non starting car. 

Just to let you know (and for future builders), I took the ECU back to Derek (I am fortunate enough to be only 30 minutes away) who confirmed that there was an error and reprogrammed it. Put it back on the car and the fuel pump kicked in as soon as I connected the battery.

It fired 3rd time :)

Thanks again Gents

Thanks Guys. You are probably right that I may be seeing other issues but my big concern is that I have 3 issues - no oil pressure, no fuel and no spark. It seems a bit odd to get all three. 

Thanks for all the advice, I will forget starting for a while and get the car complete.

Love the idea of light up fuses - I haven't come across those yet

Hi Charles

dash lights are on but to be honest I haven’t connected lights etc yet. I wanted to make sure the engine worked before I put prop shaft in and connected all the ancillaries. Just in case the engine needed to come out again 

Thanks Guys. All good advice and I have tried every connection that could be loose or be re-seated. 

I am hoping that because I have no spark AND no fuel coming through, someone will go “ ahh! That will be .......

It’s a good call as I have no spark. 

I have taken the immobiliser fob off an turned the key. The light goes from slow flashing to fast and then when I present the fob near enough the light goes off. Still no spark though :(

i need to sort the oil pressure first of course but it would be good to have a spark

Thanks. The immobiliser seems to be operating as intended. Light is flashing when ignition off and extinguished when i turn to second key position. You are right, it may be a sensor. Cant see anything wrong though :(

Just seen the notes re oil pressure, thanks. I had assumed it was the gauge but it’s a good call. I should verify that.

so,  no oil pressure and no spark - in hindsight I am not sure why I was worrying about fuel :)

So I now have a car full of fuel and no joy. I have removed a spark plug and earthed it whilst turning over the engine - no spark. I have taken out the inertia switch and bridged it just to be sure. The battery voltage is 12.5 at rest and 10.8 when cranking. I still can’t hear the petrol pump but I will worry about that when I have a spark.

any bright ideas gratefully received.  I pretty much guarantee it will be something stupid I have or haven’t done :)

thanks 

So more fuel then! Wish I had bought a bigger can. Luckily the Shell garage is only a half mile away.

thanks everyone. I will do several fuel runs to tomorrow and let you know.

I have turned the ignition on and there is no noise from the tank. Bit of a whirring from the dash but nowt else

Hi Jonathan. Not sure I can hear the fuel pump. Is it in the tank?

evening Gents and Ladies

Have just finished building the front half of my 310. Still have the prop backwards to contend with but before I tackle that I thought I would fire her up. Oil and water are in of course and car turns over fine but she won’t start. I have put about 17 litres of fuel in and the fuel gauge shows about 30% full. Battery fully charged

I cant see any oil pressure when turning over (needle judges slightly back (yes, to the left) when I turn her over but that’s it. Have tested the inertia switch and that seems ok. I don’t get an engine light when I switch on (left hand one inset in tacho) but not sure if I should.

Any of you clever people have any bright ideas please?

Yes, it’s me that is “in build” hence the wide body chassis and lower floor. The car is in build too.

i think the issue is that the site was built by my son in Wordpress and by default is an http site not https. Some companies block this for security. I will get it a security certificate and then I think it will work normally.

Glad you like the blog guys. I have a few updates still to do. Starter motor, cooling pipes and prop shaft/rear axle next on the list. Got to find the bl**dy throttle cable first though.

Strange. Works for me. I will take a look. Possibly an SSL issue

thanks for letting me know

Hello from a new “boy”. I am mid build of my car orange310.co.uk and wondered if anyone local had done a similar build recently? It would be useful to swap war stories and to take a look at a finished car to give me some pointers.

cheers

Chris

Apologies if this is in the wrong group. Couldn’t decide if this was chit-chat or technical but as I am in build I went with the latter.