my kraut burner

[softg]

keep up the good work man

[Raarasutra]

Awesome

[hakhawk]

so today i decided to play with the alternator bracket. drilled some more holes, lined up some stuff, lathed some things and ended up with this.









need to get front lower piece remade for more strength, longer belt and some shiney bolts, hook up charge wire, then alternator is done

[hakhawk]

brake/clutch reservoir turned up today





and heres a little teaser of whats coming up for the e21

[scoot]

This is just fucking sweet!

[hakhawk]

got my alternator bracket from my mate today. test fit it when i got home, so far so good. i got one hole slightly off, but that can be fixed with some elongation, gotta drill another hole i couldnt get exact measurements for, and gotta get mate to remake a part that he/we/i/probably me stuffed up

yeh, alternator wont quite bolt in there...



so this is how it looks with the alt on(sans front bottom piece)



and a few bolted up shots. i realised when i mocked up my first bracket, that one of the lower timing cover holes isnt tapped, so ill have to pull the crank pulley off and tap a thread.

belt alignment looks good. real test will be starting it up



have to machine up some spacers for these 2 bolts, and get some longer bolts



its a shame it tucks away so much, i think itd look awesome from the front

[hakhawk]

whoring it up today, went and changed the pump setup. works fine now.

[hakhawk]

so this is where my fuel pump and filter used to sit, right in the warpath of the new diff output flange



today i decided to move it to a safer place. didnt want to prime properly here, but the battery is quite flat. *just had a quick read, and i knew there was a certain way im not supposed to mount the pump, which is the way ive mounted it *facepalm*.

looks like ill be flipping it the other way, and just change some of the fittings and extend the outlet hose

The fuel pump should be mounted with the outlet above the inlet. This will help with eliminate vapor lock issues. Never located the pump so the outlet is below the inlet. Horizontal mounting will not effect fuel delievery performance

[hakhawk]

had the day off today, so i slacked off for the morning, then went out to do some more wiring.

i changed my plan of attack a bit, and moved the oil pressure wires upto the top plug, then added oil temp and water temp wires. so now top plug is all gauges and starter/alt/reverse. bottom plug is now free for ecu only wires.

as you can see, i also taped up the harness to the engine. will run the alternator wire when i get the new bracket installed






and i found a few m4 allen head screws lying around so i test fit them, just need more now. theyre the perfect size.

[hakhawk]

stole the special crimp pliers from work so i could do some wiring today.

for now ive hooked up the reverse wires, starter wire and the alt wire into the top plug, and the oil pressure sender into the bottom plug. need to decide where im routing wires before i do the rest of the sensors.



i hooked up a temp starter power wire, so i could kick it in the guts. started first go after the fuel pump primed up, gotta strip and clean the carbys though, somethings sticking and its overflowing fuel



pulled the center console, speakers, and old radio wiring aswell.



aaaand i swapped the overflow bottle over to the drivers side, now that theres no brake booster in the way. shortens the hose and empties the passenger side a bit more

[hakhawk]

so hard brake lines and clutch line are all done, just need to flush them, and bolt all the lines up, then leak test it all.

oh, also need to sort out a bracket for my reservoirs now too.

lines arent perfectly straight, but ill maybe straighten them a bit more once everythings done up tight

[superturbodiesel.com]

amazing, good work!

[hakhawk]

diff is still sitting in the shed, havent had time to drop it off.

did a little bit today, started cleaning up the welds on the pedalbox, filling holes, grinding, etc. no pics though, ran out of welding wire, so need more of that.

then i did some more brake lines

front master is plumbed, front right is plumbed, front left is almost there. rear master is plumbed.







so just need to finish the front left line, and make the clutch master line, and brakes are finished being plumbed.

then ill flush the lines of any debris, and bolt up the rotors and calipers.

[hakhawk]

started doing brake lines today, got the front calipers done, rear control arms done, and made a start on the firewall lines

front caliper





rear control arms





and the rear line on the firewall. these are fun with such a long length of line. gotta do passenger side run, drivers side, the split to master cylinder and the clutch line yet.

[crf1877]

Dig!