Today the TVH area had a homecall to Mat, the RHOCaR web master.
This was NO normal homecall as we were all going to get our hands dirty,
plus we we had Ian Stent from Complete Kit Car joining us for the day.
THE MISSION :
* To finalise the build of the engine and box assembly
* To prepare the engine bay with services and mountings ready to accept the power plant
* To install engine and box to final drive
* To connect items essential for starting
* To get Matt to turn the key and burst into life !!!
* To eat Matt out of house and home
* To rock the neighbourhood with industrious noises
* To go home when the job is done.
We split up into two teams to work on the engine and chassis.
Team 1 - sorting out the engine and fitting the gearbox
Team 2 - sorting and fitting the loom into the chassis.
Once this had been done the engine and gearbox were dropped into the rolling chassis and the loom connected up.
Oil and water were then added to the motor plus fuel in the tank and it was time for Mat to turn the key!!!!!!!!!
The engine turned over first time but failed to fire; it turned out that we had no power going to the coil, (which we found out later was due to a broken wire in the loom.) Danny made up a link wire with an inline fuse to take power from the battary to the coil and after a few more turns of the key the engine then spluttered and then roared into life.
A job well done and a great day out.
