Bassboy3313 Posted July 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 How long was the fuel sitting for?Well over a year and a half I'd say. I'm probably just more paranoid about running shitty fuel and tank with the fresh engine I spent so much time and money on. Should probably be done anyways since its a 30+ year old fuel tank. I recently had a tank cleaned at Mike's radiator in Waukesha. Did a great job and it was only $45. I think he gets $100-150 for cleaning and sealing.Good to know. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted July 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Tanks are out. Way more rust on the tops of the tanks than the bottoms. I'll take them to Mike's radiator tomorrow (if they're open) and see what he says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Remember to tell Mike "tanks" when you drop them off. (Ba-dum pshh!) Bassboy3313 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted July 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Got more rusty metal out of the driver side floor pans. Accelerator pedal broke at the floor mounting point which is fine since it was already broken at the top anyways. Ordered a new one from fcpeuro. I cleaned the remaining metal, applied rust killer and will be painting it with kbs rustseal tomorrow or Sunday. On a side note, the radiator shops I was going to take the fuel tanks to for price quotes were both closed today. Looks like I'll have to wait till next week sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted July 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 The new go pedal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipMF Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Theres a toe cage and everything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted July 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 Got the fuel tanks in, fuel lines replaced, battery cable ran to trunk and connected and filled with fresh gas. Turned the key for its first start, saw smoke from the engine compartment, turned key off and saw this ... No idea why that wire fried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 Oh no.....the curse continues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted July 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Brian (snap) and I brained stormed for a bit and came to a conclusion that the relay I have in that spot may not be the correct relay. So, I will be getting a new relay socket this week to replace the one I have with burnt wire and also a "correct" relay. Hopefully that solves it and I can attempt to start then engine for first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipMF Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Yikes. Definitely a circuit that's not fused... I believe E30s have a "fusible link" somewhere that's supposed to stop things starting on fire like that. Maybe something guys like you and me should look into... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 I have been swamped with work and decal orders, so no time to work on this thing. Hopefully this weekend will be a different story. Brian and I are extremely certain that the wrong relay was used which had the high current positive and ground reversed compared to the correct e30 (white) relay. I have a relay coming in the mail soon and just need to make a new wire in place of the one that burnt. Crossing fingers that is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted July 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 replaced the burnt wire and got the correct main relay in. turned key on and no smoke this time, good sign. went to start it, just clicked, bad sign. Brian came over to do some electrical ecu tests and all checked out except power to the fuel pump. hhmmm. fuel pump ran the first time i turned the key and relay wire smoked, but nothimg since. so now 2 issues. i got the battery charged up at oreilly so i could rule that out. still just clicked. so i got a remote trigger starter, connected it to diagnostic port and she cranked away perfectly. heaven to my ears. now i know my ignition switch is bad and will most likely move to a pish button type ignition setup with hidden kill switch. as for fuel pump not working, still a mystery for now. any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Join the annoying push button start club!! Ask Brian how much he likes it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 I come from a family of switch-flippers. It's in my blood. Only God can judge me. KaiserRolls and Rowleym 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted August 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Well after some trial and error, flipping relays around and getting different injectors that DON'T leak, she lives!! Gotta keep the rpms up otherwise it dies right away, but she runs nonetheless. Having trouble with my laptop connecting to Megasquirt and tunerstudio, so haven't updated the correct tune yet. Always something! DrLeadFoot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Additional info for readers: tune is for 33# injectors and its running 42s. Accusatory comment for Dave: it should really be connecting by now, are you sure your drivers arent being corrupted by downloading free Taylor Swift ringtones? You should really pay for those Rowleym 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 . Accusatory comment for Dave: it should really be connecting by now, are you sure your drivers arent being corrupted by downloading free Taylor Swift ringtones? You should really pay for those Too many free tours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted August 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Still having a hell of a time getting Tunerstudio to connect to MS. It won't connect with the serial->usb cable or the bluetooth adapter. I've tried my laptop and my tablet too. Pretty annoying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted August 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Stumped the efi analytics guys and also the guy who built my MS2 e30 ecu. Sending the ecu back to him today so he can examine it. Hopefully its a quick fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfinley Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 HOLY SHIT DAVE! You've been busy in the time that I've been pretending that I don't own a project car. I think you and I need to have a sit down talk about parts and what not. Looks awesome man I cant wait to see videos YoungCR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 Welcome back bfinley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted September 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 HOLY SHIT DAVE! You've been busy in the time that I've been pretending that I don't own a project car. I think you and I need to have a sit down talk about parts and what not. Looks awesome man I cant wait to see videos Thanks man! Yeah for sure. I'd be down for a little sit down talk about stuff. I am in limbo mode right now due to my megasquirt connection issues. Otherwise I am sure I would have been driving around by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 Have you tried connecting to my ecu yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted September 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 That's the next step. I will try using my tablet with Bluetooth connector (tomorrow hopefully) and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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