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[cptkirk]

Now thats a good sized workshop - I need to get me one like that....

Looking forward to seeing the updates.

[shyfd]

Just seen you are in Dover

Didn't realiser there was another Z cars close. Would be good to see it when its on the road.

Dan

[Alburglar]

I drove it today! Albeit sitting on a plastic crate, but a big step anyway. Fixed my water temp gauge, all in needed was an earth to the actual sender base, because it's in the water hose. Doh! Also got the clutch slave arm adjusted properly - easier said than done. Then I thought ******* it, let's drive it!
Rear number plate is way too low to be practical it turns out, so I'll be moving that next and then get the bulkhead and some seats in.

Ps Hi dan, just seen your post. How far along are you with yours?

[rustandoil]

I must be such a good feeling to get thing moving under its own power

Well done you

[Alburglar]

A pic of how I earthed the temp sender. Simple but effective.


...and yes it was good to get it rolling at last!

[cptkirk]

^^^^^^

Simple is often the most effective, good job.

[Alburglar]

I also had the usual problem of the electric reverse drawing too much juice and killing the engine, which so many bike engine cars have suffered from. I have had a 2 farad capacitor tucked away for ages now incase I needed it. I'm going to give it a try, Wiring it in between the battery and the reverse motor. Hopefully that will stop the voltage drop when you use the reverse.

[rustandoil]

I also had the usual problem of the electric reverse drawing too much juice and killing the engine, which so many bike engine cars have suffered from. I have had a 2 farad capacitor tucked away for ages now incase I needed it. I'm going to give it a try, Wiring it in between the battery and the reverse motor. Hopefully that will stop the voltage drop when you use the reverse.

Can you tell us more about this? I have given up (for the moment) trying to stop my electric reverse motor "dropping out"

[Alburglar]

That's about it really. The electric reverse is a starter motor. When you turn it on with the engine running it draws a lot of electricity, it must be either making the spark too weak or not giving the ecu enough volts or possibly both and the engine looses revs and cuts out.
Wiring a power cap in is like having an extra battery, the only difference is it can deliver all its stored power very quickly and hopefully this will cure the problem. They use them in large in car audio setups, to stop the headlights dimming when the subwoofers deliver big base. Therefore power capacitors are common as muck, cheap (mine was £10 on ebay) and they are sealed too so can be mounted anywhere.

[cptkirk]

Thats a bloody good idea and cheap to boot.

[Alburglar]

The only other thing worth noting is the initial Charging of the capacitor. You have to charge them through a resistor. But the best way to charge them is to use a light bulb. You can wire the cap in between the battery and the starter with a big fat fuse between the cap and the battery. Then remove the fuse. Place a resistor (or light bulb) in its place to bridge the gap where the fuse was. The bulb will light up bright and then fade to very dim when the capacitor is charged. You can then remove the bulb and replace the fuse and you are ready to go.

[Alburglar]

... Who needs cad mock ups anyway?

[Alburglar]

I've wired the cap in temporarily but I haven't had a chance to test it properly yet. It didn't need charging as described above tho, I just wired it in and it quickly charged to 12v, when battery cut off was removed it gradually discharged to nothing over about 60 seconds.

Couldn't drive it yet I have been sorting out the number plate.
Doesn't look like much, but it's an inch higher, should make all the difference as before it had only 3 inch ground clearance. I've glassed it in now, but I haven't taken a pic yet,

Edited by Alburglar, 28 November 2011 - 08:29 PM.

[Alburglar]

After glassing and a bit of tidying

Finished

All back together

Edited by Alburglar, 01 December 2011 - 08:21 PM.

[Midas Mk1]

Looking Good, would love a Minus someday!

Had to laugh with the swirled out plate, when your sig shows the full plate lol.