Time for an update, Saturday July 9:
The weather lately has been abysmal, rain, rain and more rain. My chicken coop is so wet, the poor bloody chickens are almost having to learn how to swim.
Did I mention it has been raining? Today, after a 4am start to take the step idiot to the airport, and a quick trip into town (Melb) to do some early morning shopping at the asian market, we got back home at around 11am. Today, the weather was sunny, although chilly, so I took full advantage and pulled the tub out of the garage. Using my engine crane to support the front end, I tipped it up onto the end, set up my little pressure cleaner and gave the underside a thorough cleaning. Some degreaser to get the oil throw-off from the leaking pinion seal and it was clean. After a quick lunch, I mixed up some satin black and sprayed it up:
All cleaned:
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Satin black sprayed on:
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I was forced to cheat on the last little bit, washing out the paint can and adding a little more thinner to just make the coverage. At least this part is now done, I can start prep on the chassis and I need to re-do some of the wiring for the fuel pump(s) and on it goes. I modified the trolley a little to support the tub after painting so the paint won't get all wrecked underneath and it is strapped on to keep it still.
After the tub, I started back on the EFI harness. After mapping all the pins in the ecu plug and writing down their colour codes, I started to strip the wrapping off and remove the un-wanted wiring. I've got it pretty good so far, although there is some minor differences between the Aussie ECU and the A9L. I may have to source an auto ECU yet, in case the manual one won't co-operate with the auto, but most sources say it should be ok (fingers crossed). I have a Mustang auto harness on the way, along with the VSS sensor to make it all work correctly. Once I have all the harness sorted, I will re-pin the ecu plug to the A9L specs, double check all the continuity and then start laying it into the engine bay. I've dummied up the block, heads and truck intake to sort out the engine harness for sequential injection with the truck sensor positioning. Again, I will co-ordinate the two so I don't make any mistakes and burn my truck down once the battery is connected. My wiring workbench:
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By 7pm, it was too cold to continue out there, so I packed it in and will continue tomorrow if the weather holds.
Parts list (if anyone can help, I'd be grateful):
87 - 89 full circuit fuel rail for 5.0L
A set of intake manifold bolts including the 2 coil stand bolts.
Valve cover bolt set for steel covers, with 4 at least with the extra thread above the bolthead.
AOD kickdown cable set-up complete from trans lever to throttle lever (truck intake).
Any of the plastic emission piping for the EGR, TAD and TAB solenoids.
If I think of anything else, I will list it. Tell me what it cost, including postage (reasonable postage) and I will gift paypal you ASAP.
I'm keeping the emission controls installed, the EGR will be working but the TAD/TAB solenoids will be there for good lookd and to keep the ecu from throwing codes.
More tomorrow (maybe)