Archive for October, 2008

Almost Done

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Haven't had time to update the blog, but getting the car running on Saturday was the boost I needed to knuckle down and get it back on the road. After working all day Sunday it rolled out of the garage under its own steam at 7pm, a couple of ...

It Runs

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

Today was a momentous occasion in any swap, I started the car for the first time! We had a couple of minor hiccups with reversed fuel supply and return lines, but once those were corrected it fired right up.  Thanks to Ted for manning the camera and helping out today. She's still ...

Debugging…

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

After tracing out all the wires in the HVAC harness I think I've figured out the source of the problems I've been having.  Somehow I managed to switch around 2 wires (one blue, one blue/black) on the control panel, and the smoke I saw was a resistor giving up the ...

Smoke Testing

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Last night was a momentous occasion, I hooked up a battery and started testing out the electrics! The good news is that I have working lights, mirrors, windows, wipers, keyless, alarm, horn, radiator fans, instrument cluster, ecu & obd2.  I was able to successfully read the ROM from the ecu, which ...