 Andyrews Progress Thread, 1/16/22 A Trip to The Red Barn - Lets fab a Firewall! |
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| Mueller |
 May 13 2016, 09:11 PM
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914 Freak!  Group: Members Posts: 17,155 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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Nice progress there....
Sorry, I cannot make it, I am still in North Carolina.... |
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| Andyrew |
May 15 2016, 03:03 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,380 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California
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Had a bunch of help yesterday, especially from Mike Bellis!
 He spent all day extending the wiring harness until exhaustion took over and I finished it up last night at 1am.   Im amazed at how much I learned just watching him.. Im going to see about finishing up taping and locating the dash harness tonight. Also fixed the leaking coolant line and tested the system, everything seems to work great! But I still have to wire up the controller for the water pump. Ill do that after I mount the dash harness. |
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| dan10101 |
May 15 2016, 06:41 PM
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TORQUE-o-holic Group: Members Posts: 1,140 Joined: 29-April 03 From: Eagle Point, Or Member No.: 626 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Looks Good! Thanks Mike for helping him out!
Darla isn't helping much though... |
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| Andyrew |
May 31 2016, 01:25 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,380 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California
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Last update for the month.
WCR last weekend was a blast!! The rock solid Fiesta ST was a monster on the autox and just flew around the mountain roads! But enough about that... Progress was slow due to WCR/Work/Home duties. The goal for next month is to have the engine running and the car drive-able! Be sure to stay tuned. I was however able to put a couple hours in to do some wiring. Laid the harness out and routed the positive cable from the battery to the relay box. Ran a really nice 2ga wire with some lugs that I soldered. I've got 6 more lugs and another 15ft of cable so we'll see if I use it anywhere else! Not pictured is a 250amp fuse that just came in the mail last night that I'll mount to the center tunnel in line with the main power. Not pictured is a solution for the wires coming through the body into the engine bay. Currently a square hole and the wires are protected by some coolant hose. I have the original harness loom ECU box that I have cut up and I think will work nicely after some fanangling. It's still going to take a bit to finish up... Attached thumbnail(s)    
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| Andyrew |
Jun 4 2016, 05:10 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,380 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California
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Working mounting the wiring.
Also figured out the throttle stuff (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)   Its actually pretty much in line with the OE throttle pedal. If I could find it I might even be able to use it..  Also started mounting the wiring. Got the main relay harness mounted, this is where the fat battery lead goes.  Also mounted the fuse box. I like it in this position. The panels will be easily removable so this can be accessible easily. Im going to finish mounting the wiring tonight, hook up the ECU, put power to the system and see if I can connect to the ECU. I currently have a bunch of relays missing but thats just a pick n pull trip tomorrow morning if I cant get power to the ECU. From there I will need to mount the dash cluster, mount a couple of my stanalone guages, wire up the water pump and boost controller, and wire up all the lighting. I also dont know where the plugs are for the clutch/brake so I will have to research that. Its an automatic harness so I might need to do some wiring. |
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| Andyrew |
Jun 4 2016, 05:12 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,380 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California
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One last fun thing (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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| dan10101 |
Jun 4 2016, 05:32 PM
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TORQUE-o-holic Group: Members Posts: 1,140 Joined: 29-April 03 From: Eagle Point, Or Member No.: 626 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
The wiring looks really good! Not so sure about the gas pedal... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/evilgrin.gif)
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| Andyrew |
Jun 4 2016, 05:57 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,380 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California
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Gas pedal is mock up to help me determine position and length. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
The shaft will have a welded piece of steel to form the pedal similar to the current layout and I will either bolt on an aftermarket pedal or just rubber coat the steel. |
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| dan10101 |
Jun 4 2016, 10:42 PM
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TORQUE-o-holic Group: Members Posts: 1,140 Joined: 29-April 03 From: Eagle Point, Or Member No.: 626 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(Andyrew @ Jun 4 2016, 04:57 PM)  Gas pedal is mock up to help me determine position and length. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) The shaft will have a welded piece of steel to form the pedal similar to the current layout and I will either bolt on an aftermarket pedal or just rubber coat the steel. Looking forward to seeing your work. You impress me with your ingenuity. I have to weld up some recessed brackets for the 944 seats. It's going to get ugly. They sit to high unless I leave the sliders out. Still they are nice seats and I can fit my fat butt in them. Always a good thing. So no sliders or sliders, I'm keeping them. Since I brought it up, here's the seat I'm using. http://www.jegs.com/i/Scat/942/80-1606-61L/10002/-1 |
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| Andyrew |
Jun 4 2016, 10:52 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,380 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California
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I've seen your welds, It'll be fine (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Why not cut out your factory brackets and bolt the sliders to the floor? I welded on some stubs for my sliders for the drivers seat onto the floor and I really like how it turned out (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (Pretty sure its the first page in this thread...) |
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| dan10101 |
Jun 4 2016, 11:02 PM
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TORQUE-o-holic Group: Members Posts: 1,140 Joined: 29-April 03 From: Eagle Point, Or Member No.: 626 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I may have to. But they are about an inch inside the factory mounts, I may be able to recess the mounts and keep the factory seat mount locations. I'm not opposed to cutting out the factory mounts but I want to try this first. I just need to get it done before the hill climb. I hope it cools down so I can get some work done.
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| Andyrew |
Jun 8 2016, 11:28 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,380 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California
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Extended the wires to the brake and clutch switches.  Redid the mounts for the sensors, this should get me a bit more foot room aftwr I make a new cover for it. It also keeps it on the pedal cluster.  I need to grab a couple relays and wire up the fuel pumps. |
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| Andyrew |
Jun 13 2016, 11:39 AM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,380 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California
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Got a little bit of progress done,
Hooked up the ECU and got proper readings! Which means that the wiring job seems to be correct. Pulled the spark plugs and put a little bit of oil down them as well as filled the engine up with oil and tightened the oil line. I tried to crank the starter but it wouldnt do anything. After discussing it with my Audi buddies, its because I do not have the central locking system hooked up. I just need to ground the wire going to the central locking system. So in the meantime I hooked up a test wire to the starter and then set it on the battery post to test to make sure the starter worked. Yup! So I gave it a good couple of 30 second cranks to start to prime the oil system and get the lubrication of the engine going good and ensure there was no strange noises. Everything seemed good! Next step is getting the fuel working, a couple more little things and start this mama jama (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Attached thumbnail(s)  
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| Chris H. |
Jun 13 2016, 12:08 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4,059 Joined: 2-January 03 From: Chicago 'burbs Member No.: 73 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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Awesome. Nothing more exciting than when it fires up. If you have the electrical right it will (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) .
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| 76-914 |
Jun 13 2016, 02:03 PM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,727 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(Chris H. @ Jun 13 2016, 11:08 AM) Awesome. Nothing more exciting than when it fires up. If you have the electrical right it will (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) . Uh, that's #2 on the list, Chris. Numero uno es when the ECU Fires and goes up in smoke. Andy, I'd be interested in your pre start diagnosis of your wiring job. In detail if you've time. I don't mind telling you that when I powered up mine the first time I was so nervous you couldn't have driven a ten penny nail up my ass with a sledge hammer. Kent |
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| Andyrew |
Jun 13 2016, 02:34 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,380 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California
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Well, I double checked to make sure there were no loose /exposed wires, I read and re read how the system gets its power, and I hooked up my power wire accordingly.
I grounded all the grounds and installed all the relays per the manuals and what I found on the cars in pick n pull. I left the key off and hooked up power to the system and inspected everything for hot or melting wires, then I hooked up the ECU and turned the key to the on position. Since I dont have the ABS hooked up the dash cluster beeped at me three times (The tuner said he turned that off.... but alas..) I then plugged in my ecu logging software and pulled up the ecu as well as any parameters that it could read at the moment. I also checked fault codes, but my software being the free version basically wouldnt let me check everything, so I left it at that. |
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| Chris H. |
Jun 14 2016, 09:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4,059 Joined: 2-January 03 From: Chicago 'burbs Member No.: 73 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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What usually causes a melted wire is accidentally electrifying a ground wire. I did it. Luckily it wasn't connected to anything important so I just replaced it. The melting started IMMEDIATELY. Within about 10 seconds the garage was full of magic smoke. I think you're clear of that hurdle.
I think you're in really good shape. You're getting readings from the ECU, everything powered up so its grounded correctly. Time to button up the fuel stuff and fire it up! |
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| Mike Bellis |
Jun 14 2016, 09:27 PM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,347 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None 
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I had to open the dash cluster and de-solder the buzzer. Otherwise it will keep beeping 3 times over and over...
The starter relay is interrupted by the clutch switch and central locking. Just remove the central locking interrupt wire/ bypass it. And if the clutch is not pushed in, it won't start. I removed both of these and have the key control the starter relay directly. very easy to do. |
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| r_towle |
Jun 14 2016, 09:30 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,705 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States
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When you figure all of this out, will you do my 4.2 conversion?
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| Andyrew |
Jun 14 2016, 10:13 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,380 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California
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QUOTE(Mike Bellis @ Jun 14 2016, 08:27 PM) I had to open the dash cluster and de-solder the buzzer. Otherwise it will keep beeping 3 times over and over... The starter relay is interrupted by the clutch switch and central locking. Just remove the central locking interrupt wire/ bypass it. And if the clutch is not pushed in, it won't start. I removed both of these and have the key control the starter relay directly. very easy to do. I may have to kill the buzzer, but my tuner said he would tune that out... Hopefully the new guy can. Starter has been taken care of. I grounded the central locking wire and the engine cranks over with the key (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Next on the list is the fuel pump wiring, throw fuel in and fix what is likely a very leaky system. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) |
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