Monza Spyder, first-car project.

[Andreasu]

My shopping list so far (All parts from Summit):



Maybe getting a new steeringwheel, but, I don't know yet ^^

[Andreasu]

I got a question:

My fuel pump is being a against me.
It should turn on when i turn on the ignition (Elec. Fuel pump), but it starts WHEN my engine starts.
That means I have to prime it before i can start it...

Any ideas?

[Andreasu]

Anyone know how I can bend 5mm ALU? (Without the "breaking" part ;P)

Do i have to heat it or will it crack then?

[Andreasu]

The plate I need to bend (Lower part):


Small details count:

Before:


After:

Better then it Was

[Andreasu]

Lost my spirit to even work on the car now...

I turn on the ignition, and nothing happens in the dash, just lights and wipers works. (Wipers stop in the middle of the frontwindow now, NO IDEA why...)

I though my wiring wasn't bulletproof, so I removed the dash and checked if the dash wires got power from the battery. NOTHING, zero, nada, Just out of the sky I lost all power to the dash.

How could that happen? My wipers and Dash worked perfect untill today... The wipers used to go back to "start" pos. after I turned it off.

Well, my battery is almost dead, but i cranked the engine and still no power.

I seem to have destroyed my wires to the dash, without doing anything.

I didn't even find a broken fuse!

Any ideas?

[Olav]

Nice car, are you located in Norway ?

Olav

[neki67]

Lost my spirit to even work on the car now...

I turn on the ignition, and nothing happens in the dash, just lights and wipers works. (Wipers stop in the middle of the frontwindow now, NO IDEA why...)

I though my wiring wasn't bulletproof, so I removed the dash and checked if the dash wires got power from the battery. NOTHING, zero, nada, Just out of the sky I lost all power to the dash.

How could that happen? My wipers and Dash worked perfect untill today... The wipers used to go back to "start" pos. after I turned it off.

Well, my battery is almost dead, but i cranked the engine and still no power.

I seem to have destroyed my wires to the dash, without doing anything.

I didn't even find a broken fuse!

Any ideas?

Perhaps a bad connection between the fuse and the fuseholder (fuseholder corroded??). I had the same problem with my car.

Otherwise I would think of an internally damaged wire (or wires).

[Andreasu]

Nice car, are you located in Norway ?

Olav

Yes.

[Andreasu]

Perhaps a bad connection between the fuse and the fuseholder (fuseholder corroded??). I had the same problem with my car.

Otherwise I would think of an internally damaged wire (or wires).

It's not corroded, It all started when i turned on all the lights. I noticed that the blue light (for full-light) didn't work, then the gauge etcetc.

Irritating as hell...

[Andreasu]

It's one fuse i haven't checked, because I don't know where its located... The main fuse, but I don't know if it will help "/

[jackfrost]

just use your multimeter and starting moving backwards from the dash to the battery. there are only so many points there where the circuit could be broken.



make sure you have a good body ground, and the dash is grounded to the body well.

[Andreasu]

just use your multimeter and starting moving backwards from the dash to the battery. there are only so many points there where the circuit could be broken.

make sure you have a good body ground, and the dash is grounded to the body well.

It's the wires straight from the fusebox, they got no power at all, and there is no broken fuse(s) "/

Well, I see hope, my wipers are working again now, installed a window/wiper-washer : )

[jackfrost]

I'm assuming the fusebox has power if other things are working?

make sure the fuse contacts are not corroded, and test the fuses with your multimeter just to make sure they're good. i've had fuses that looked good but weren't.

if all else fails, you might need to pull the fuse box to find the break.

did you check grounds?

[Andreasu]

I don't know which grounds I should check... : p

[DvBoard]

I don't know which grounds I should check... : p

I'd go with all of them...

[Andreasu]

Finaly got power to the dash again (:

[Andreasu]

Update:
Wires done the right way now, no fancy fast-connection units, Tin "welded" now (Ignore the blue "Clumps", been removed now)


Dash back in (again):


Anyone got a idea what this could be?






Just had to : D

[ProTouring442]

Update:
Wires done the right way now, no fancy fast-connection units, Tin "welded" now (Ignore the blue "Clumps", been removed now)

Anyone got a idea what this could be?

It's a vacuum storage tank.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

[Andreasu]

It's a vacuum storage tank.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

Yeah, my dad told me for 15 minutes ago xD

Waiting on my parts : (

[Andreasu]

Small update:

Making the "shifter-plate" or something x)









Parts coming on monday, Aswell with the new shifter-knob