GrimJack's rebuild

[group a supra]

grimjack changing your wires on the engine loom was a great decision in my opinion well done for being sesible and spending time on the important issues that get overlooked
:icon_bigg

 

[Dirgle]

I think he means just the plastic loom covering the wiring harness. I know how fun that can be, I remember doing mine.

 

[GrimJack]

dirgle is correct - though I found some issues with my knock sensor wiring, so I pulled off the plugs, fixed that up, covered it in heat shrink tubing, and put the plugs back on.

At the very least, it lets you put in some time inspecting the harness, so you'll know where faults may be and how hard they will be to replace later.

 

[Dirgle]

When I did mine the entire harness was covered in electrical tape, which was a pain to remove all of it, clean the sticky gunk off it, and then rewrap it. I was wondering if you removed and replaced the tape or just stuck the wires back in to the new loom?

 

[GrimJack]

Oh, I did most of the tape. Anything that was old and brittle was replaced.

 

[futara_dan]

Nice... looking really good. :icon_bigg

 

[GrimJack]

Another relatively long night assembling the engine... with some NICE results. It is ready to go into the car, and hopefully this will happen tomorrow morning. A few things to hook up, a few things to bolt up, and I'm done.

Some more pics, of course...

 

[GrimJack]

Oh, and then I couldn't leave well enough alone, so I installed some silcone hose.

 

[IJ.]

Looking good Grim !

 

[suprra_girl]

wow.... ur block is like soooooooo clean, it looks fake lol

like the mk3 models that come with engines... the engine parts are grey... and toys... hehee

but looking awesome!!!!

 

[GrimJack]

Engine is in the car!

Still have to hook up a bunch of wiring, fill the tranny & engine with fluids, and then she's good to go.

I'll post some more pics of the engine going in later tonight - as long as I can still type by then, of course!

 

[CTsupra]

kick ass!

 

[GrimJack]

Ok, now I am stinking tired. The car is close to running, but not quite. I still have to:
- mount the radiator
- mount and connect the fans
- run the rad hoses
- connect the heater hoses to the block
- connect the speedo cable to the tranny
- fix the clutch slave
- pull the wiring harness through the firewall
- hook up the ECU
- put the glovebox back together
- finish the shifter installation
- put the dash back together
- fill the engine with oil and coolant
- install the upper IC pipe

I'm tired enough that I started making silly mistakes, so it's time to call it quits for the day. Shouldn't take all that too long to get it up and running tomorrow, however.

Here's the promised pictures for the day.

 

[GrimJack]

Here is what it looked like immediately after dropping it down onto the engine mounts and removing the hoist.

 

[GrimJack]

And last but not least, a few pictures showing how far it's come from there today. This is what she looks like in the driveway right now - except that the hood is closed, of course. I'm done for the night, I'll likely finish up tomorrow.

PS: Anyone care to sell me a spare set of skin for my fingers? I think mine is done for.

 

[shaeff]

lookin' damn good, Grim! (sends spare finger waves via the intraweb)

-shaeff

 

[Loki]

Looking great Dave, it's hard to stop working on the car when it's so close to running again.

 

[GrimJack]

Doh! Stalled for the moment. Seems my water pump didn't survive the pressure in the cooling system induced by the BHG. It was almost all together - everything but the upper IC pipe and the accordian hose, and I decided to put coolant in... well, the water pump leaks, rather badly, out of the holes top and bottom.

 

[Ckanderson]

Weak! on the other hand... your writeup has convinced me to start working on my supra again.. workin on gettin the interior back togather today! Thanks!

 

[upgradedsupra]

Looking good Dave :naughty: Almost eh!

Duane